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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)
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)
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)
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)
Konstantin Aseev was a Russian chess Grandmaster and trainer.
Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer (born 1960)
Sir Walter Angus Bethune was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He was Premier of Tasmania from 26 May 1969 to 3 May 1972.
Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (born 1908)
Daniel Mannix Petrie was a Canadian film, television, and stage director who worked in Canada, Hollywood, and the United Kingdom; known for directing grounded human dramas often de…
Daniel Petrie, Canadian director and producer (born 1920)
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was a Swiss and American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, author, and developer of the five stages of grief, also known as the "Kübler-Ross mode…
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and academic (born 1926)
Laura Ann Kruteck was an American singer. Her signature song, the platinum-certified 1982 cover of Umberto Tozzi's single "Gloria", stayed on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 36 week…
Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1952)
Willie Murphy Crawford was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in the major leagues with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1964–1975), St. Louis Cardinals (1976), Housto…
Willie Crawford, American baseball player (born 1946)
Hans Vonk was a Dutch conductor.
Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (born 1942)
Fred Lawrence Whipple was an American astronomer, who worked at the Harvard College Observatory for more than 70 years. Among his achievements were asteroid and comet discoveries, …
Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic (born 1906)
Ahmed Muhammad Amin Kuftaro was the Grand Mufti of Syria, the highest officially appointed Sunni Muslim representative of the Fatwa-Administration in the Syrian Ministry of Auqaf i…
Ahmed Kuftaro, Syrian religious leader, Grand Mufti of Syria (born 1915)
Sir Robert Alastair Newton Morton was Chief Executive of Eurotunnel and Chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority, industrialist and the last chairman of the British Railways Board.
Alastair Morton, South African businessman (born 1938)
Joan Oró i Florensa, 1st Marquess of Oró was a Spanish Catalan biochemist, whose research has been of importance in understanding the origin of life. Living in the United States fo…
Joan Oró, Catalan biochemist and academic (born 1923)
Alphonso Gene Ford was an American professional basketball player. A 1.92 m tall, 98 kg (216 lbs.) shooting guard, he was one of the greatest scorers in college basketball history.…
Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (born 1971)
Murray Irwin "Moe" Norman was a Canadian professional golfer whose accuracy and ability to hit shot after shot perfectly straight gave him the reputation as a golf swing "genius" w…
Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (born 1929)
Robert Richard Boyd was an American first baseman in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball.
Bob Boyd, American baseball player (born 1925)
Franklin Rosborough Thomas was an American animator and pianist. He was one of Walt Disney's leading team of animators known as the Nine Old Men.
Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and screenwriter (born 1913)
Ernie Ball was an American entrepreneur and musician who developed guitar-related products. Ball began as a club and local television musician and entrepreneur, building an interna…
Ernie Ball, American guitarist and businessman (born 1930)
Caitlin Clarke was an American actress best known for her roles as Valerian in the 1981 fantasy film Dragonslayer and Charlotte Cardoza in the 1998–1999 Broadway musical Titanic.
Caitlin Clarke, American actress (born 1952)
Brockman Adams was an American lawyer and politician. A Democratic Party member from the state of Washington, Adams served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Was…
Brock Adams, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Transportation (born 1927)