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Antonius Johannes Geesink was a Dutch 10th dan judoka. He was the first non-Japanese judoka to win gold at the World Judo Championships, a feat he accomplished in 1961 and 1965. He…
Anton Geesink, Dutch martial artist (born 1934)
Gertrude Elizabeth Vachon was an American-Canadian professional wrestler, better known as Luna Vachon. Over her 22-year career, she wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation, Ext…
Luna Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (born 1962)
William Patrick Foster, also known as The Law and The Maestro, was the director of the noted Florida A&M University Marching "100". He served as the band's director from 1946 to hi…
William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (born 1919)
Joseph Carl Bailey Jr. was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name J. C. Bailey. He wrestled for numerous American-based professional wrestling promotions …
J. C. Bailey, American wrestler (born 1983)
Alain Corneau was a French film director and writer.
Alain Corneau, French director and screenwriter (born 1943)
Myrtle Edwards was an Australian softball and cricket player.
Myrtle Edwards, Australian cricketer and softball player (born 1921)
Francisco Antonio Varallo was an Argentine footballer who played as a forward for the Argentina national team from 1930 to 1937, also representing the country at the inaugural FIFA…
Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer (born 1910)
Wakanohana Kanji was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 45th yokozuna. He was a popular wrestler and was nicknamed the "Devil of the Dohyō" due to his grea…
Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (born 1928)
Noah Howard was an American free jazz alto saxophonist.
Noah Howard, American saxophonist (born 1943)
Robert George Schimmel was an American stand-up comedian who was known for his blue comedy. While the extremely profane nature of his act limited his commercial appeal, he had a re…
Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1950)
Bonnie Lee Hale Leman was the founder of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, the first quilting-focused magazine in the United States. She was one of the first women magazine publishers…
Bonnie Leman, American art historian, writer, and publisher of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine (born 1926)
Laurent Patrick Fignon was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984, as well as the Giro d'Italia in 1989. He held the title of FICP Wor…
Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (born 1960)
Hedley Beare was an Australian educator, administrator and author. He led the creation of the Northern Territory and ACT education systems. Beare wrote, co-wrote or edited 18 boo…
Hedley Beare, Australian author and academic (born 1932)
Corneille – Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, better known under his pseudonym Corneille, was a Dutch artist.
Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian-Dutch poet and painter (born 1922)
Boris Alexandrovitch Chetkov was a Russian painter and glass artist whose works ranged across genres but can be loosely aligned with Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism and Figur…
Boris Chetkov, Russian painter (born 1926)
Clive Stanley Donner was a British film director who was part of the British New Wave, directing films such as The Caretaker, Nothing but the Best, What's New Pussycat?, and Here W…
Clive Donner, English director and editor (born 1926)
Amar Garibović was a Serbian cross-country skier who had competed since 2004. He finished 80th in the 15 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (born 1991)
William Harry Goetzmann was an American historian and emeritus professor in the American Studies and American Civilization Programs at the University of Texas at Austin. He attende…
William H. Goetzmann, American historian and author (born 1930)
Barbara Murray Holland was an American author who wrote in defense of such modern-day vices as cursing, drinking, eating fatty food and smoking cigarettes, as well as a memoir of h…
Barbara Holland, American author (born 1933)
John Werner Kluge was a German-American entrepreneur who became a television industry mogul in the United States. He was the founder and chairman of Metromedia. At one time he was …
John Kluge, German-American businessman (born 1914)
William Glenn Shadix-Scott was an American actor and comedian. He was best known for his roles as Otho Fenlock in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice and the Mayor of Halloween Town in The Ni…
Glenn Shadix, American actor (born 1952)
Walter Hartwell White, also known by his alias Heisenberg, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American crime drama television series Breaking Bad. He is portrayed …
Walter White, American fictional protagonist of television series Breaking Bad (born 1958)
Harold Vernon Goldstein, better known as Harold Gould, was an American character actor. He appeared as Martin Morgenstern on the sitcom Rhoda (1974–78) and Miles Webber on the sitc…
Harold Gould, American actor (born 1923)
Kevin McCarthy was an American stage, film and television actor, remembered as the male lead in the horror science fiction film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).
Kevin McCarthy, American actor (born 1914)