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James Ambrose Johnson Jr., better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.
Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1948)
Donald Rodney Justice was an American poet and teacher of creative writing who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1980.
Donald Justice, American poet and academic (born 1925)
Paul Neal "Red" Adair was an American oil well firefighter. He became notable internationally as an innovator in the specialized and hazardous profession of extinguishing and cappi…
Red Adair, American firefighter (born 1915)
Colin Joseph Bibby was a British ornithologist and conservationist.
Colin Bibby, English ornithologist and academic (born 1948)
Leon Golub was an American painter. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, where he also studied, receiving his BA at the University of Chicago in 1942, and his BFA and MFA at the Schoo…
Leon Golub, American painter and academic (born 1922)
Vina Fay Wray was a Canadian-American actress best known for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film King Kong. Through an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Wray attai…
Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (born 1907)
Robert Lecourt was a French politician and lawyer, judge and the fourth President of the European Court of Justice.
Robert Lecourt, French lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (born 1908)
Anthony C. "Tony" Mottola was an American jazz guitarist who released dozens of solo albums. He was born in Kearny, New Jersey, and died in Denville.
Tony Mottola, American guitarist and composer (born 1918)
David Raksin was an American composer noted for his work in film and television. Raksin had more than 100 film scores and 300 television scores to his credit. Some sources called h…
David Raksin, American composer and educator (born 1912)
Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield was a British electrical engineer who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Allan MacLeod Cormack for his part in developing th…
Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919)
Julia Carolyn Child was an American chef, author, and television personality. She is recognized for having brought French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, Ma…
Julia Child, American chef, author, and television host (born 1912)
Bharat Kalicharan Yadav, also known as Akku Yadav, was an Indian gangster, robber, home invader, kidnapper, serial rapist, serial killer, and extortionist. Akku grew up in the Kast…
Akku Yadav, Indian gangster and serial rapist (born 1971 or 1972)
Czesław Miłosz was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature…
Czesław Miłosz, Polish-born American novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
Sir Trevor Herbert Harry Skeet was a New Zealand-born lawyer and a British Conservative Party politician.
Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (born 1918)
Karl Sune Detlof Bergström was a Swedish biochemist. In 1975, he was appointed to the Nobel Foundation Board of Directors in Sweden, and was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize …
Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)
Amarsinh Bhilabhai Chaudhary was an Indian politician. He became the first adivasi to serve as the Chief Minister of Gujarat when he took office in 1985.
Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (born 1941)
Ivan Hlinka was a Czech professional ice hockey player and coach. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in Czech ice hockey history. A big centre, his playing st…
Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (born 1950)
Kandasamy Iyer Balanadarajah Iyer (Balanadarasan), also known as Sinna Bala, (6 June 1957 – 16 August 2004) was a Sri Lankan Tamil activist, writer and poet who was a media secreta…
Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan journalist and poet (born 1957)
Carl Mydans was an American photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration and Life magazine.
Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist (born 1907)
Robert Quiroga was the International Boxing Federation Super flyweight champion from 1990 to 1993. Quiroga successfully defended his title five times and retired in 1995. He finish…
Robert Quiroga, American boxer (born 1969)
Thea Beatrice May Astley was an Australian novelist and short story writer. She was a prolific writer who was published for over 40 years from 1958. At the time of her death, she h…
Thea Astley, Australian author and educator (born 1925)
Elmer Bernstein was an American composer and conductor. In a career that spanned over five decades, he composed "some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood his…
Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (born 1922)
Hiram Leong Fong was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician from Hawaii. Born to a Cantonese immigrant sugar plantation worker, Fong was one of the first two senators for …
Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (born 1906)
Sachidananda Routray was an Indian poet, novelist and short-story writer who wrote in Odia. He received Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award of India, in 1986. He was popular…
Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet (born 1916)