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Rex Anthony Shelley was a Singaporean author. A graduate of the University of Malaya in Malaysia and Cambridge trained in engineering and economics, Shelley managed his own busines…
Rex Shelley, Singaporean engineer and author (born 1930)
Elmer Kelton was an American author, known for his Westerns. He was born in Andrews County, Texas.
Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (born 1926)
Mandé Sidibé was Prime Minister of Mali from 2000 to 2002 and chairman of the Board of Directors of Ecobank from 2006 to 2009. He was also Director of the Malian branch of the Cent…
Mandé Sidibé, Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (born 1940)
Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov was a Russian author of children's books and satirical fables. He wrote the lyrics for the Soviet and Russian national anthems.
Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian author and poet (born 1913)
Richard John Egan was an American business executive, political fundraiser, and United States Ambassador to Ireland (2001–2003).
Richard Egan, US Ambassador, Owner of Dell EMC, Engineer (born 1936)
Klaus-Peter Hanisch was a professional German footballer.
Klaus-Peter Hanisch, German footballer (born 1952)
Muriel Helen Duckworth was a Canadian pacifist, feminist, and social and community activist. She was a practising Quaker, a religious denomination committed to non-violence. Duckwo…
Muriel Duckworth, Canadian pacifist, feminist, and activist (born 1908)
Edward Moore Kennedy was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic P…
Ted Kennedy, American politician (born 1932)
Dominick John Dunne was an American writer, investigative journalist, and producer. He began his career in film and television as a producer of the pioneering gay film The Boys in …
Dominick Dunne, American journalist and novelist (born 1925)
Adam Michael Goldstein, known professionally as DJ AM, was an American DJ. Born in Philadelphia, Goldstein became interested in deejaying as a child after watching Herbie Hancock p…
Adam Goldstein, American drummer, DJ, and producer (born 1973)
Eraño de Guzmán Manalo, also known as Ka Erdy, was a Filipino minister and preacher who served as the second Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) from April 19, 1963, …
Eraño Manalo, Filipino religious minister and Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (born 1925)
Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy, popularly known as YSR, was an Indian politician. He served as the 14th chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2004 to 2009. Reddy was elected f…
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (born 1949)
Chief Abdul-Ganiyu "Gani" Oyesola Fawehinmi,, SAN, was a Nigerian author, publisher, philanthropist, social critic, human and civil rights lawyer, and politician.
Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and activist (born 1938)
Catherine Gaskin was an Irish–Australian romance novelist.
Catherine Gaskin, Irish-Australian author (born 1929)
Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno was an American Italian television presenter. After a few experiences in the U.S., he started working on RAI in the 1950s and was considered to…
Mike Bongiorno, American-Italian television host (born 1924)
James Dennis Carroll was an American author, poet, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which inspired a 1995 film o…
Jim Carroll, American author, poet and musician (born 1949)
Aage Niels Bohr was a Danish nuclear physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 with Ben Roy Mottelson and James Rainwater "for the discovery of the connection between…
Aage Bohr, Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922)
Pierre Maurice Joseph Cossette was a television executive producer and Broadway producer. Cossette produced the first television broadcast of the Grammy Awards in 1971. He was one …
Pierre Cossette, Canadian producer and manager (born 1923)
Larry Simon Gelbart was an American television writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and author, most famous as a creator and producer of the television series M*A*S*H, and as…
Larry Gelbart, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
Yoshito Usui was a Japanese manga artist known for the popular Crayon Shin-chan series. He was born in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Yoshito Usui, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1958)
Norman Ernest Borlaug was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution. B…
Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1914)
John Albert Kramer was an American tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, and a pioneer promoter who helped drive the sport towards professionalism at the elite level. Kramer also u…
Jack Kramer, American tennis player and sportscaster (born 1921)
Willy Ronis was a French photographer. His best-known work shows life in post-war Paris and Provence.
Willy Ronis, French photographer and author (born 1910)
Paul Raymond Burke was an American actor, best known for his lead roles in two 1960s ABC television series, Naked City and 12 O'Clock High. He was twice nominated for an Emmy Award…
Paul Burke, American actor (born 1926)