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Alexander Claud Cockburn was a Scottish-born Irish-American political journalist and writer. Cockburn was brought up by British parents in Ireland, and lived and worked in the Unit…
Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-American journalist and author (born 1941)
Donald Wilson was an English cricketer, who played in six Test matches for England from 1964 to 1971. His first-class cricket career, which lasted from 1957 to 1974, was spent with…
Don Wilson, English cricketer and coach (born 1937)
Ding Guangen was a Chinese politician who served in senior leadership roles in the Chinese Communist Party during the 1990s. He was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communi…
Ding Guangen, Chinese engineer and politician (born 1929)
George Armitage Miller was an American psychologist who was one of the founders of cognitive psychology, and more broadly, of cognitive science. He also contributed to the birth of…
George Armitage Miller, American psychologist and academic (born 1920)
Frank Romer Pierson was an American screenwriter and film director.
Frank Pierson, American director and screenwriter (born 1925)
Margaret Mahy was a New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. Many of her story plots have strong supernatural elements but her writing concentrates on the themes of …
Margaret Mahy, New Zealand author (born 1936)
Sally Kristen Ride was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Southern California, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983, became the first American woman and the third woman t…
Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut (born 1951)
Lakshmi Sahgal was an Indian politician and activist. She was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army (INA), and the Minister of…
Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian soldier and politician (born 1914)
Esther Tusquets was a Spanish publisher, novelist and essayist.
Esther Tusquets, Spanish publisher and author (born 1936)
José Luis Uribarri Grenouillou was a Spanish broadcaster and music journalist for Televisión Española (TVE). He was the Spanish commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest on 18 oc…
José Luis Uribarri, Spanish television host and director (born 1936)
Raymon Lee Cramton, known professionally as Chad Everett, was an American actor who appeared in more than 40 films and television series. He played Dr. Joe Gannon in the television…
Chad Everett, American actor and director (born 1937)
Sherman Alexander Hemsley was an American actor and comedian. He was known for his roles as George Jefferson on the CBS television series All in the Family and The Jeffersons (1975…
Sherman Hemsley, American actor and singer (born 1938)
Orleans is an American pop rock band formed in 1972 in Woodstock, New York, by John Hall, Larry Hoppen, and Wells Kelly. Larry's younger brother, bassist Lance Hoppen, and drummer …
Larry Hoppen, American singer and guitarist (born 1951)
Robert Steven Ledley, professor of physiology and biophysics and professor of radiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, pioneered the use of electronic digital compute…
Robert Ledley, American physiologist and physicist, invented the CT scanner (born 1926)
Themístocles Nazario Lobos Aguirre, better known as Themo Lobos, was a Chilean cartoonist. He created the characters Máximo Chambónez, Ferrilo, Nick Obre, and Alaraco, with his mos…
Themo Lobos, Chilean author and illustrator (born 1928)
John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as the 11th president of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012. He was inaugurated on 7 January…
John Atta Mills, Ghanaian lawyer and politician, President of Ghana (born 1944)
Gregorio Peces-Barba Martínez was a Spanish politician and jurist. He was one of the seven jurists who wrote the Spanish Constitution of 1978, acting as a representative of the Spa…
Gregorio Peces-Barba, Spanish jurist and politician (born 1938)
Babu Ram Ishara was an Indian film director and screenwriter best known for his films of the 1970s. He filmed 35 Bollywood films between 1964 and 1996. He was much popular for his …
B. R. Ishara, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1934)
Barry Langford was a British television and music director, producer, and businessman. He directed many television programmes for the BBC in the 1960s and 1970s, and also worked as…
Barry Langford, English director and producer (born 1926)
Gregory R. Mohns was an American football coach and executive. He was the head coach of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1998 to 2000.
Greg Mohns, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1950)
Franz West was an Austrian artist.
Franz West, Austrian painter and sculptor (born 1947)
Donald Neff Bagley was an American jazz bassist.
Don Bagley, American bassist and composer (born 1927)
Miriam Ben-Porat was an Israeli jurist. She was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Israel and the State Comptroller of Israel from 1988–1998.
Miriam Ben-Porat, Russian-Israeli lawyer and jurist (born 1918)
Guadalupe Ontiveros was an American actress best known for portraying Rosalita in The Goonies, and Yolanda Saldívar in the film Selena. She acted in numerous films and television s…
Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (born 1942)