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John David Vanderhoof was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, Vanderhoof served as the 37th governor of Colorado from 1973 to 1975, assuming the office from J…
John D. Vanderhoof, American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (born 1922)
Hiroshi Yamauchi was a Japanese businessman and the third president of Nintendo, serving in the role from 25 April 1949 to 24 May 2002, and principal owner of the Seattle Mariners …
Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (born 1927)
James Benjamin Vaught was a United States Army Lieutenant General who fought in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. In South Korea he served as a company commander in the 24th Infa…
James B. Vaught, American general (born 1926)
Gilles Verlant was a Belgian journalist, best known as a music critic and rock expert. He was also Serge Gainsbourg's friend and wrote his definitive biography. He died from fallin…
Gilles Verlant, Belgian journalist and critic (born 1957)
Kofi Awoonor was a Ghanaian poet, author and diplomat. His work combined the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people with contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa d…
Kofi Awoonor, Ghanaian author, poet, and diplomat (born 1935)
Michel Brault, OQ was a Canadian cinematographer, cameraman, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was a leading figure of direct cinema, characteristic of the French …
Michel Brault, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
Harl H. Haas Jr. was an American politician and jurist in Oregon. A native of Missouri, he served in both chambers of the Oregon Legislative Assembly as a Democrat before serving a…
Harl H. Haas, Jr., American lawyer, jurist, and politician (born 1932)
Walter Wallmann was a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the Mayor of Frankfurt between 1977 and 1986, and as Minister-president of …
Walter Wallmann, German lawyer and politician, Minister-President of Hesse (born 1932)
Heiko "Ko" Wierenga was a Dutch politician and member of the Labour Party (PvdA). He served as the Mayor of the municipality of Enschede from September 1977 until April 1994. Under…
Ko Wierenga, Dutch lawyer and politician (born 1933)
Gary Phil Brandner was an American horror fiction author best known for his werewolf themed trilogy of novels, The Howling. The first book of the series was adapted loosely as a mo…
Gary Brandner, American author and screenwriter (born 1930)
Jane Sperry Connell was an American actress and singer.
Jane Connell, American actress and singer (born 1925)
David Hunter Hubel was an American Canadian neurophysiologist noted for his studies of the structure and function of the visual cortex. He was co-recipient with Torsten Wiesel of t…
David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo was a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. His best-known work is the novel sequence The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, which revolves around th…
Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet (born 1923)
Hans Erich Slany was a German designer considered by many to have been the first industrial designer to design plastic housings for power tools. Slany is also thought of as one of …
Hans Erich Slany, German industrial designer, founded TEAMS Design (born 1926)
Luciano Vincenzoni was an Italian screenwriter, known as the "script doctor". He wrote for some 65 films between 1954 and 2000.
Luciano Vincenzoni, Italian screenwriter (born 1926)
Gilbert Lynel Dozier, was an attorney, businessman, farmer, and rancher who served from 1976 to 1980 as the Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry. A Democrat, Dozier's…
Gil Dozier, American captain, lawyer, and politician (born 1934)
Ruth Myrtle Patrick was an American botanist and limnologist specializing in diatoms and freshwater ecology. She authored more than 200 scientific papers, developed ways to measure…
Ruth Patrick, American botanist and immunologist (born 1907)
Abdul Hamid Sarraj was a Syrian military officer and politician. When the union between Egypt and Syria — the United Arab Republic (UAR) — was declared in 1958, Sarraj, a staunch A…
Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj, Syrian colonel and politician (born 1925)
Paul Franklin Dietzel was an American college football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Louisiana State University (1955–1961), the United…
Paul Dietzel, American football player and coach (born 1924)
Margaret Anne Feilman was an Australian architect and Perth's first female town planner. She practiced as an architect and landscape designer. A founding member of the Western Aust…
Margaret Feilman, Australian architect and urban planner (born 1921)
Boris Dmitrievich Karvasarsky was a Russian psychiatrist, a disciple of V. N. Myasishchev.
Boris Karvasarsky, Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and author (born 1931)
Anthony John Lawrence, OBE was a British journalist. His most high-profile role was that of chief Far East correspondent for BBC Radio during the Vietnam War. He died in Hong Kong …
Anthony Lawrence, English-Hong Kong journalist and author (born 1912)
Sagadat Kozhakhmetovich Nurmagambetov was a Soviet and Kazakh general who served as Chairman of Kazakhstan's State Defense Committee in 1991-1992 and Kazakhstan's first Minister of…
Sagadat Nurmagambetov, Kazakh general and politician (born 1924)
Paul J. Oliver was an American professional football safety of the National Football League (NFL) who was selected in the fourth round of the 2007 Supplemental NFL draft by the San…
Paul Oliver, American football player (born 1984)