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Mikihiko Renjō was a Japanese writer, winner of the Naoki Prize. He was also an ordained priest within the Ōtani-ha branch of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism.
Mikihiko Renjō, Japanese author (born 1948)
Ostad ("Master") Mahmoud Zoufonoun was an Iranian-born American musician accomplished in the art of Persian traditional music.
Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian-American violinist and composer (born 1920)
Ronald Shannon Jackson was an American jazz drummer from Fort Worth, Texas. A pioneer of avant-garde jazz, free funk, and jazz fusion, he appeared on over 50 albums as a bandleader…
Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (born 1940)
Jovanka Broz was the First Lady of Yugoslavia from 1952 until 1980 as the wife of Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito. She was a lieutenant colonel in the Yugoslav People's Army.
Jovanka Broz, Croatian-Serbian colonel (born 1924)
Donald Earl James was an American college football coach and player. He served as the head coach at Kent State University from 1971 to 1974 and at the University of Washington from…
Don James, American football player and coach (born 1932)
Lawrence Robert Klein was an American economist. For his work in creating computer models to forecast economic trends in the field of econometrics in the Department of Economics at…
Lawrence Klein, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920)
Sardar Joginder Singh Bhachu was a successful Kenyan rally driver in the 1960s and 1970s. Popularly known as "The Flying Sikh", He won the Safari Rally three times, in 1965 driving…
Joginder Singh, Kenyan race car driver (born 1932)
Larri Thomas was an American actress and dancer. She began her career by participating in a string of television commercials and eventually signed a contract with NBC. The network …
Larri Thomas, American actress and dancer (born 1932)
Sidney Lawrence "Sid" Yudain was an American journalist who founded Roll Call in 1955 as a community newspaper focused on the United States Congress and Capitol Hill. Yudain publ…
Sid Yudain, American journalist, founded Roll Call (born 1923)
Gianni Ferrio was an Italian composer, conductor and music arranger.
Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (born 1924)
Robert Neill Morris, known professionally as Colonel Robert Morris, was an American musician, drummer, singer and songwriter. He was also known as "The Man with the Golden Pen".
Colonel Robert Morris, American singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1954)
Thomas Phillip "Tony" Summers was a British competition swimmer and Olympian. He was born in Newport, South Wales, the son of Edwin Charles Summers. His grandfather was the boneset…
Tony Summers, Welsh swimmer (born 1924)
Óscar Armando Yanes González was a Venezuelan journalist, politician and bestselling author, considered a pioneer in Venezuelan broadcast journalism. He was awarded three times wit…
Oscar Yanes, Venezuelan journalist and author (born 1927)
Kenneth Stanley "Bud" Adams Jr. was an American businessman who was the founder and owner of the Houston Oilers of the American Football League (AFL). The franchise eventually was …
Bud Adams, American businessman (born 1923)
Rune Torstein Kidde was a Danish writer, storyteller, musician and artist. He was the son of illustrator and painter Thormod Kidde and ceramist Ragnhild Kidde. He graduated from Ve…
Rune T. Kidde, Danish author, poet, and illustrator (born 1957)
Major Robert Odell Owens was an American politician and librarian who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007, representing the New York's 11th and t…
Major Owens, American librarian and politician (born 1936)
Marylou Dawes or Mary Lou Dawes, was a Canadian concert pianist. She was one of Canada's leading accompanists, chamber musicians and soloists. She trained in Calgary and Austria an…
Marylou Dawes, Canadian pianist and educator (born 1933)
Lajos Für was a Hungarian politician and historian, who served as Minister of Defence between 1990 and 1994. From 1994 to 1996 he was also chairman of the Hungarian Democratic Foru…
Lajos Für, Hungarian historian and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (born 1930)
William Neal Harrison was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
William Harrison, American author and screenwriter (born 1933)
Brigadier General James Robinson "Robbie" Risner was a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force, and a senior leader among U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War.
James Robinson Risner, American general and pilot (born 1925)
Sir Anthony Alfred Caro was an English abstract sculptor whose work is characterised by assemblages of metal using 'found' and industrial objects. He began as a member of the moder…
Anthony Caro, English sculptor and academic (born 1924)
Niall Donohue was an Irish hurler who played at senior level for the Galway senior team.
Niall Donohue, Irish hurler (born 1990)
John "Gypie" Mayo was a British guitarist and songwriter, playing in Dr. Feelgood from 1977 to 1981, and from 1996 to 2004 in the reborn Yardbirds with Alan Glen.
Gypie Mayo, English guitarist and songwriter (Dr. Feelgood and The Yardbirds) (born 1951)
Antonia Jane Bird, FRSA was an English producer and director of television drama and feature films.
Antonia Bird, English director and producer (born 1951)