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Harry Max Harrison was an American science fiction author, known mostly for his character The Stainless Steel Rat and for his novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966). The latter was the…
Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (born 1925)
Princess Lalla Amina was a member of the Moroccan royal family and former President of the Royal Moroccan Federation of Equestrian Sports.
Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (born 1954)
Martine Franck was a British-Belgian documentary and portrait photographer. She was a member of Magnum Photos for more than 32 years. Franck was the second wife of Henri Cartier-Br…
Martine Franck, Belgian photographer and director (born 1938)
Abune Paulos was the fifth Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church from 1992 to his death in 2012. His full title was "His Holiness Abuna Paulos, Fifth Patriarch of the…
Abune Paulos, Ethiopian patriarch (born 1935)
William Windom was an American actor. Known as a character actor of the stage and screen, he is famous for his recurring role as Dr. Seth Hazlitt alongside Angela Lansbury in the C…
William Windom, American actor (born 1923)
Aase Ingerid Nathalie Bjerkholt was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was born in Oslo.
Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (born 1915)
Victor "Vic" Poor was an American engineer and computer pioneer. At Computer Terminal Corporation, he co-created the architecture that was ultimately implemented in the first succe…
Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (born 1933)
Patrick Ricard was a French entrepreneur and chairman and CEO of the liquor and wine group Pernod Ricard.
Patrick Ricard, French businessman (born 1945)
John George Lynch-Staunton was a Canadian senator, who served as interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, from December 2003 to March 2004. He represented the Senate div…
John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1930)
Harrison Begay, also known as Haashké yah Níyá was a renowned Diné (Navajo) painter, printmaker, and illustrator. Begay specialized in watercolors, gouache, and silkscreen prints. …
Harrison Begay, American painter (born 1917)
John George Kovatch Jr. was an American professional football end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and the Green Bay Packers. He was born in South …
John Kovatch, American football player (born 1920)
Scott McKenzie was an American singer and songwriter who recorded the 1967 hit single "San Francisco ".
Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939)
Rayampettai Krishnamacharya Rangarajan, popularly known as Ra Ki, was a Tamil journalist and prolific author of novels, short stories, essays, translations and other works. Rangara…
Ra. Ki. Rangarajan, Indian journalist and author (born 1927)
Jesus "Jesse" Manalastas Robredo was a Filipino politician who served as 23rd Secretary of the Interior and Local Government in the administration of President Benigno Aquino III f…
Jesse Robredo, Filipino public servant and politician, 23rd Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (born 1958)
Donal Henahan was an American music critic and journalist who had lengthy associations with the Chicago Daily News and The New York Times. With the Times he won the annual Pulitzer…
Donal Henahan, American journalist and critic (born 1921)
Ivar Iversen was a Norwegian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 4 x 500 m event at the 1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World C…
Ivar Iversen, Norwegian canoe racer (born 1914)
Edmund Skellings was an American poet. He was the Poet Laureate of Florida from 1980 to 2012, and was succeeded by Peter Meinke.
Edmund Skellings, American poet and academic (born 1932)
Anthony David Leighton Scott was an English filmmaker. He made his theatrical film debut with The Hunger (1983) and went on to direct highly successful action and thriller films su…
Tony Scott, English-American director and producer (born 1944)
Phyllis Ada Diller was an American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician and visual artist, noted for her eccentric stage persona, characterized by her self-deprecating humo…
Phyllis Diller, American actress and comedian (born 1917)
William Daryl Hine was a Canadian poet and translator. A MacArthur Fellow for the class of 1986, Hine was the editor of Poetry from 1968 to 1978. He graduated from McGill Universit…
Daryl Hine, Canadian-American poet and academic (born 1936)
Dominic Mintoff was a Maltese socialist politician, architect, and civil engineer who was leader of the Labour Party from 1949 to 1984, and was Prime Minister of Malta from 1955 to…
Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1916)
Wilfred Leonard Quested was an English footballer. Quested played one match for England B as well as being selected as a travelling reserve for a Full International for England. In…
Len Quested, English footballer and manager (born 1925)
Mika Yamamoto was a Japanese video and photojournalist for the news agency Japan Press. Yamamoto was killed on 20 August 2012 while covering the Syrian Civil War in Aleppo, Syria.…
Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (born 1967)
Meles Zenawi Asres, born Legesse Zenawi Asres was an Ethiopian politician and former rebel militant commander who served as president of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and as prime min…
Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (born 1955)