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María Isabel Anita Carmen de Jesús Vargas Lizano, known professionally as Chavela Vargas, was a Mexican singer, songwriter and actress. She gained widespread recognition for her di…
Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (born 1919)
Roland C. Wagner was a French writer of humorous science fiction. Since his professional debut in 1981, he wrote around one hundred novellas and around fifty novels. He was the onl…
Roland Charles Wagner, French author and translator (born 1960)
Richard Cragun was an American ballet dancer, teacher and ballet director who performed with the Stuttgart Ballet in Germany from 1965 to 1996.
Richard Cragun, American-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1944)
Marvin Frederick Hamlisch was an American composer and conductor. He is one of a handful of people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards, a feat dubbed the "EGOT". He and com…
Marvin Hamlisch, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1944)
Robert Studley Forrest Hughes was an Australian art critic, writer and producer of television documentaries. He was described in 1997 by Robert Boynton of The New York Times as "th…
Robert Hughes, Australian-American author and critic (born 1938)
Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell was an English physicist and radio astronomer. He was the first director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, from 1945 to 1980.
Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (born 1913)
Mark O'Donnell was an American writer and humorist.
Mark O'Donnell, American playwright (born 1954)
Ruggiero Ricci was an American violinist known for performances and recordings of the works of Paganini.
Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (born 1918)
Danny Thomas Roundfield was an American professional basketball player. The 6'8" power forward/center graduated from Detroit's Chadsey Senior High School in 1971. On the collegiate…
Dan Roundfield, American basketball player (born 1953)
Murtuz Najaf oglu Alasgarov, also spelled as Murtuz Aleskerov, was an Azerbaijani politician who served as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan from 1996 to 2005.
Murtuz Alasgarov, Azerbaijani academic and politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (born 1928)
Judith Crist was an American film critic and academic.
Judith Crist, American critic and academic (born 1922)
Vladimir Vasilyevich Kobzev was a Russian professional football coach and player.
Vladimir Kobzev, Russian footballer and coach (born 1959)
Anna Maria Piaggi was an Italian fashion writer. She was known for her bright blue hair, liberal use of make-up, and her sense of style that mixed vintage and contemporary fashion.
Anna Piaggi, Italian journalist and author (born 1931)
Mayer Nathan Zald was an American sociologist. He was a professor of sociology, social work and business administration at the University of Michigan, he made contributions to the …
Mayer Zald, American sociologist and academic (born 1931)
Dušan Zbavitel was a Czech indologist.
Dušan Zbavitel, Czech indologist and author (born 1925)
Fay Ajzenberg-Selove was an American nuclear physicist. She was known for her experimental work in nuclear spectroscopy of light elements, and for her annual reviews of the energy …
Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, German-American physicist and academic (born 1926)
Dorothea Ruth Etchells was an English poet and college principal who spent most of her working life in the University of Durham.
Ruth Etchells, English poet and academic (born 1931)
Liem Soei Liang, also known as Surya Lesmana was an Indonesian association football player and manager. Lesmana played midfielder for Persija Jakarta and the Indonesia national tea…
Surya Lesmana, Indonesian footballer and manager (born 1944)
Kurt Maetzig was a German film director who had a significant effect on the film industry in East Germany. He was one of the most respected filmmakers of the GDR. After his retirem…
Kurt Maetzig, German director and screenwriter (born 1911)
Carl H. Davis Sr. was an American record producer and music executive, who was particularly active in Chicago in the 1960s and 1970s. He was responsible for hit R&B records by Gene…
Carl Davis, American record producer (born 1934)
Gene F. Franklin was an American electrical engineer and control theorist known for his pioneering work towards the advancement of the control systems engineering – a subfield of e…
Gene F. Franklin, American engineer, theorist, and academic (born 1927)
Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. was an American actor, director, and educator. A life member of The Actors Studio, Freeman appeared in a wide variety of plays, ranging from Leroi Jone…
Al Freeman, Jr., American actor, director, and educator (born 1934)
David Benjamin Rakoff was a Canadian-American essayist and humorist, born in Montreal and raised in Toronto, who spent his professional career in New York City. Rakoff was an essay…
David Rakoff, Canadian-American actor and journalist (born 1964)
Carmen Belén Richardson was a Puerto Rican actress and comedian.
Carmen Belen Richardson, Puerto Rican-American actress (born 1930)