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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was a German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music. One of the most famous Lieder performers of the post-war period, he is best known as a singer…
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (born 1925)
Peter Robert Jones was an English-born Australian musician. He replaced Paul Hester on drums for Crowded House in mid-1994. After the band split up in June 1996, he played in Deads…
Peter Jones, English-Australian drummer and songwriter (born 1967)
Alan Oakley was a British bicycle designer from Nottingham who worked for the Raleigh Bicycle Company.
Alan Oakley, English bicycle designer, designed the Raleigh Chopper (born 1927)
Patricia "Patty" Aakhus, also known by her maiden name and pseudonym Patricia McDowell, was an American novelist and director of International Studies at the University of Southern…
Patricia Aakhus, American author and academic (born 1952)
Ellis James Abdnor was an American politician who served as a member of the United States Senate from South Dakota. He was also the 15th administrator of the Small Business Adminis…
James Abdnor, American soldier and politician (born 1923)
Charles Louis Brown was an American guitarist, bandleader, and singer known as "The Godfather of Go-Go". Go-go is a subgenre of funk music developed around the Washington, D.C., ar…
Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1936)
Ernesto Chan, born and sometimes credited as Ernie Chua, was a Filipino-American comics artist, known for work published by Marvel Comics and DC Comics, including many Marvel issue…
Ernie Chan, Filipino-American illustrator (born 1940)
Kevin John Hickey was an American left-handed pitcher who spent six seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Chicago White Sox (1981–1983) and Baltimore Orioles (1989–1991).…
Kevin Hickey, American baseball player (born 1956)
Robert Louis Boozer was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Boozer won a gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics and won an NBA …
Bob Boozer, American basketball player (born 1937)
Tamara Brooks was an American choral conductor.
Tamara Brooks, American conductor and educator (born 1941)
Ian John Burgess was a British racing driver. He participated in 20 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 19 July 1958, and numerous non-Championship Formula One …
Ian Burgess, English race car driver (born 1930)
Gerhard Hetz was a German Olympic swimmer. He competed in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the 400 m …
Gerhard Hetz, German-Mexican swimmer (born 1942)
Robin Hugh Gibb was a British singer and songwriter. He gained global fame as a member of the Bee Gees with elder brother Barry and twin brother Maurice. Robin Gibb also had his ow…
Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (born 1949)
David Gerald Littman was a British political activist. He is known for organising the illegal transportation of Jewish Moroccan children from Morocco to Israel when he was 28.
David Littman, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (born 1933)
Phillip John Lamason, was a pilot in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the Second World War, who rose to prominence as the senior officer in charge of 168 Allied airme…
Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot (born 1918)
Leela Dube was a renowned anthropologist and feminist scholar, fondly called Leeladee by many. She had been married to the renowned anthropologist and sociologist Late Shyama Chara…
Leela Dube, Indian anthropologist and scholar (born 1923)
Kenneth Leo Lyons was a bass guitarist and founding member of the southern rock band 38 Special. He was born to mother Joyce Lavelle Godwin Lyons and father Clynn Leo Lyons in Jack…
Ken Lyons, American bass guitarist (born 1953)
Eugene Joseph Polley was an electrical engineer and engineering manager for Zenith Electronics who invented the first wireless remote control for television.
Eugene Polley, American engineer, invented the remote control (born 1915)
Andrew Bart Steinberg was a leading aviation regulatory lawyer, who held several key posts in the public and private sectors in the United States. He served until 2008 as the Assis…
Andrew B
Eddie Blazonczyk, Sr. was an American polka musician and founder of the band The Versatones. He was inducted into the International Polka Hall of Fame in 1970, and was a 1998 Natio…
Eddie Blazonczyk, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Otis Clark was an American butler who was one of the last survivors of the May 31, 1921, Tulsa race massacre, considered to be the worst racial massacre in American history. He had…
Otis Clark, American butler and preacher, survivor of the Tulsa race riot (born 1903)
Metropolitan Constantine was the Metropolitan of Irinoupolis, and Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Diaspora…
Constantine of Irinoupolis, Metropolitan of Irinoupolis and Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA (born 19
Roman Dumbadze was a Georgian military commander, who led a mutiny during the 2004 crisis in Adjara. From 2008, he resided in Russia, where he was shot dead in 2012.
Roman Dumbadze, Georgian commander (born 1964)
Douglas Rodríguez was an amateur boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country in the Men's Flyweight category at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
Douglas Rodríguez, Cuban boxer (born 1950)