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John Robert McCloskey was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He both wrote and illustrated eight picture books, and won two Caldecott Medals from the American …
Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator (born 1915)
Herbert Jay Solomon, known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played ten…
Herbie Mann, American flute player and saxophonist (born 1930)
Briggs Swift Cunningham II was an American entrepreneur and sportsman. He is best known for skippering the yacht Columbia to victory in the 1958 America's Cup race, and for his eff…
Briggs Cunningham, American race car driver and businessman (born 1907)
Larry Burkett was an American radio personality whose work focused on financial counseling from a Christian point of view.
Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (born 1939)
André Claveau was a French singer, popular in France from the 1940s to the 1960s. He won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958 singing "Dors, mon amour", with music composed by Pierr…
André Claveau, French singer (born 1915)
Buddy Ebsen, was an American actor and dancer, widely known for his role as Jed Clampett in the CBS television sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971) as well as his title role …
Buddy Ebsen, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1908)
Çelik Gülersoy was a Turkish lawyer, historical preservationist, writer and poet. He is best remembered for the heritage conservation works he carried out on historical sites durin…
Çelik Gülersoy, Turkish lawyer, historical preservationist, writer and poet (born 1930)
Barry Eugene White was an American R&B, soul and disco singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. A two-time Grammy Award winner known for his bass voice and romantic image, h…
Barry White, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1944)
Izhak Graziani was an Israeli music conductor.
Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian trumpet player and conductor (born 1924)
Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE, born Winston Grime, was an English novelist best known for the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall, though he also wrote numerous other…
Winston Graham, English author (born 1908)
Hartley William Shawcross, Baron Shawcross,, known from 1945 to 1959 as Sir Hartley Shawcross, was an English barrister and Labour politician who served as the lead British prosecu…
Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, German-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born…
Zahra "Ziba" Kazemi-Ahmadabadi was an Iranian-Canadian freelance photojournalist. She gained notoriety for her arrest in Iran and the circumstances in which she was held by Iranian…
Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer (born 1948)
Bennett Lester Carter was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From…
Benny Carter, American trumpet player, saxophonist, and composer (born 1907)
Mark Johnathon Lovell was a British rally driver. He won the 1986 British Rally Championship in a Ford RS200 Group B, the 1987 and 1988 Irish Tarmac Rally Championship, the 1988 In…
Mark Lovell, English race car driver (born 1960)
Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles, known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer.
Compay Segundo, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1907)
Roberto Bolaño Ávalos was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. In 1999, Bolaño won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel The Savage Detectives, and in 2008 …
Roberto Bolaño, Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist (born 1953)
Elisabeth Margaret Welch was an American singer, actress, and entertainer, whose career spanned seven decades. Her best-known songs were "Stormy Weather", "Love for Sale" and "Far …
Elisabeth Welch, American actress and singer (born 1904)
Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso, known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban-American singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during the 195…
Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer and actress (born 1925)
Carol Ann Shields was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Ficti…
Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (born 1935)
David Christopher Kelly was a Welsh scientist and authority on biological warfare (BW). A former head of the Defence Microbiology Division working at Porton Down, Kelly was part of…
David Kelly, Welsh weapons inspector (born 1944)
Rosalyn Tureck was an American pianist and harpsichordist who was particularly associated with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. However, she had a wide-ranging repertoire that i…
Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichord player (born 1914)
Walter Zapp was a Baltic German inventor. His best-known creation was the Minox subminiature camera. Over the course of his life, he was granted over 60 patents.
Walter Zapp, Latvian-Swiss inventor, invented the Minox (born 1905)
William R. Bright was an American evangelist. In 1951 at the University of California, Los Angeles, he founded Campus Crusade for Christ as a ministry for university students. In 1…
Bill Bright, American evangelist and author, founded the Campus Crusade for Christ (born 1921)
Pierre Graber was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1970–1978).
Pierre Graber, Swiss politician, President of the Swiss National Council (born 1908)