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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)
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)
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)
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)
Robert Finlayson "Robin" Cook was a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 until his death in 2005 and served in the Cabinet as Foreign…
Robin Cook, Scottish educator and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (born 1946)
Creme Puff was a mixed tabby domestic cat, owned by Jake Perry of Austin, Texas. She was the oldest cat ever recorded, according to the 2010 edition of Guinness World Records, when…
Creme Puff, tabby domestic cat, oldest recorded cat (born 1967)
Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings was a Canadian and American television journalist. He was best known for serving as the sole anchor of ABC World News Tonight from 1983 until…
Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (born 1938)
Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková was a Slovak painter, scenic designer and journalist.
Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková, Slovak painter (born 1909)
Barbara Bel Geddes was an American stage and screen actress, artist, and children's author whose career spanned almost five decades. She received various accolades, including a Pri…
Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (born 1922)
Ahmed Husein Deedat was an Indian-South African Islamic author, intellectual, and orator on comparative religion. He was best known as a Muslim missionary, who held numerous inter-…
Ahmed Deedat, South African missionary and author (born 1918)
John Harold Johnson was an American business executive and publisher. He was the founder in 1942 of the Johnson Publishing Company, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Johnson's co…
John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (born 1918)
Gene William Mauch was an American professional baseball player and manager who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirat…
Gene Mauch, American baseball player and manager (born 1925)