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Eugene Booker Record was an American singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer. He was best known as the lead vocalist of the Chicago-based vocal group The Chi-Lites. He ha…
Eugene Record, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1940)
Theodore Greene was an American fingerstyle guitarist, columnist, session musician and educator based in Encino, California.
Ted Greene, American guitarist and journalist (born 1946)
Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll was a British physician who became an epidemiologist in the mid-20th century and made important contributions to that discipline. He was a pioneer i…
Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (born 1912)
Albert Mangelsdorff was a German jazz trombonist. Working mainly in free jazz, he was an innovator in multiphonics.
Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist (born 1928)
Prince Alexander Golitzen (Golitsyn) was a Russian-born American production designer who oversaw art direction on more than 300 movies.
Alexander Golitzen, Russian-born American production designer and art director (born 1908)
Jack Hirshleifer was an American economist and long-time professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic (born 1925)
Jean Gilles "Captain Crunch" Marotte was a Canadian defenceman in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers and St…
Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1945)
Al Held was an American Abstract expressionist painter. He was particularly well known for his large scale Hard-edge paintings. As an artist, multiple stylistic changes occurred th…
Al Held, American painter and academic (born 1928)
Marten Toonder was a Dutch comic strip creator. He was probably the most successful comic artist in the Netherlands and had a great influence on the Dutch language by introducing n…
Marten Toonder, Dutch author and illustrator (born 1912)
Raymond Lee Cunningham was an American professional baseball third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1931 and 1932. He batted and threw rig…
Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (born 1905)
John Garang De Mabior was a Sudanese politician and revolutionary leader. From 1983 to 2005, he led the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement as a commander in chief during the S…
John Garang, Sudanese colonel and politician, 6th President of South Sudan (born 1945)
Willem Frederik "Wim" Duisenberg was a Dutch politician, economist and senior official who served as the first President of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2003. A member of…
Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician, 1st President of the European Central Bank (born 1935)
Alfred Gilbert Aronowitz was an American rock journalist best known for introducing Bob Dylan to the Beatles in 1964.
Al Aronowitz, American journalist (born 1928)
Willem Louis Joseph Boost, was a Dutch cartoonist, using the alias WiBo.
Wim Boost, Dutch cartoonist and educator (born 1918)
Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys, better known as Constant, was a Dutch painter, sculptor, graphic artist, author and musician.
Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter and sculptor (born 1920)
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 13 June 1982 until his death in 2005. Prior to his ascension, he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 1…
Fahd of Saudi Arabia (born 1923)
Steven Charles Vincent was an American author and journalist. In 2005 he was working as a freelance journalist in Basra, Iraq, reporting for The Christian Science Monitor, Nation…
Steven Vincent, American journalist and author (born 1955)
Françoise d'Eaubonne was a French author, labour rights activist, environmentalist, and feminist. Her 1974 book, Le Féminisme ou la mort, introduced the term ecofeminism. She co-fo…
Françoise d'Eaubonne, French author and poet (born 1920)
Anatoly Ivanovich Larkin was a Russian theoretical physicist.
Anatoly Larkin, Russian-American physicist and theorist (born 1932)
Iván Szabó was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1993 and 1994. He joined to the Hungarian Democratic Forum in 1988. He was chosen to the party's pr…
Iván Szabó, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Finance of Hungary (born 1934)
Polina Ghrighorievna Astakhova was a Soviet and Ukrainian artistic gymnast. She won ten medals at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.
Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast and coach (born 1936)
James Joseph O’Hora was an American college football coach for over 30 years.
Jim O'Hora, American football player and coach (born 1915)
Raul Sagarbarria Roco was a Filipino politician. He was the founder and presidential nominee of Aksyon Demokratiko, which he founded in 1997 as a vehicle for his presidential bid i…
Raul Roco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 31st Filipino Secretary of Education (born 1941)
Edwin Jonathan Jenkins was a Welsh professional footballer. He began his professional career with Cardiff City, making his debut for the club in February 1930. After two seasons as…
Eddie Jenkins, Welsh footballer (born 1909)