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Benoît Sauvageau was a Canadian politician, who served as a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 until his death in 2006.
Benoît Sauvageau, Canadian educator and politician (born 1963)
Melvin Schwartz was an American physicist. He shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics with Leon M. Lederman and Jack Steinberger for their development of the neutrino beam method an…
Melvin Schwartz, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932)
Robin Brunskill Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, was a New Zealand judge and later a British Law Lord and member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. He is widely conside…
Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand lawyer and judge (born 1926)
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford, known as Glenn Ford, was a Canadian-born American actor. He was most prominent during Hollywood's Golden Age as one of the biggest box-office draws of t…
Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (born 1916)
Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize, the Swedish Academy described him as a wri…
Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
Mohamed Mohamed Abdelwahab was an Egyptian footballer. He played in the defensive left back position. He was an important part of the Egyptian squad that went on to win the 2006 Af…
Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (born 1983)
Cyril Terence "Tom" Delaney was a British sportsman and industrialist, perhaps best known in his later years for being the oldest licensed racing driver in the world, having compet…
Tom Delaney, English race car driver and businessman (born 1911)
György Faludy, sometimes anglicized as George Faludy, was a Hungarian poet, writer and translator.
György Faludy, Hungarian author and poet (born 1910)
Warren J. Mitofsky was an American political pollster.
Warren Mitofsky, American journalist (born 1934)
Robert E. O'Connor Jr. was an American politician who was the Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from January 3, 2006, until his death.
Bob O'Connor, American businessman and politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (born 1944)
Sir John Kyffin Williams, was a Welsh landscape painter who lived at Pwllfanogl, Llanfairpwll, on the Island of Anglesey. Williams is widely regarded as the defining artist of Wale…
Kyffin Williams, Welsh painter and educator (born 1918)
Robert Bruce Mathias was an American decathlete, politician, and actor. Representing the United States, he won two Olympic gold medals in the Decathlon, at the 1948 and the 1952 Su…
Bob Mathias, American decathlete and politician (born 1930)
William Roscoe Leake, better known as Willi Ninja, was an American dancer and choreographer known for his appearance in the documentary film Paris Is Burning.
Willi Ninja, American dancer and choreographer (born 1961)
Walter Dewey Redman was an American saxophonist who performed free jazz as a bandleader, and as a member of bands including those led by Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett.
Dewey Redman, American saxophonist (born 1931)
Giacinto Facchetti was an Italian footballer who played as a left-back for Inter Milan from 1960 to 1978. He later served as Inter chairman from January 2004 until his death in 200…
Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer and manager (born 1942)
Stephen Robert Irwin was an Australian conservationist, environmentalist, zookeeper, television personality, and wildlife educator. Nicknamed the "Crocodile Hunter", he is regarded…
Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (born 1962)
Colin Milton Thiele was an Australian author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning children's fiction, most notably the novels Storm Boy, Blue Fin, the Sun on the Stu…
Colin Thiele, Australian author, poet, and educator (born 1920)
Ibolyka Astrid Maria Varnay was a Swedish-born American dramatic soprano of Hungarian descent. She spent most of her career in the United States and Germany. She was one of the lea…
Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano (born 1918)
Hilda Bernstein OLG was a British-born author, artist, and an activist against apartheid and for women's rights.
Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (born 1915)
Peter Geoffrey Brock, known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain", or simply "Brocky", was an Australian motor racing driver. Brock was most often associated with Holden f…
Peter Brock, Australian race car driver and sportscaster (born 1945)
Gérard Brach was a French screenwriter best known for his collaborations with the film directors Roman Polanski and Jean-Jacques Annaud. He directed two movies: La Maison and Le Ba…
Gérard Brach, French director and screenwriter (born 1927)
Richard Steven Burmer was an American composer, engineer, sound designer, musician and ethnomusicologist. His work with electronic music combined with musical styles and instrument…
Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer (born 1955)
Matthew John Gadsby was an English professional footballer. Born in Sutton Coldfield, he played for Walsall, Mansfield Town, Kidderminster Harriers, Forest Green and Hinckley Unite…
Matt Gadsby, English footballer (born 1979)
William Bernard "Bill" Ziff Jr. was an American publishing executive. His father, William Bernard Ziff Sr., was the co-founder of Ziff Davis Inc. and when the elder Ziff died in 19…
William Bernard Ziff Jr., American businessman, founded Ziff Davis (born 1930)