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Yehuda Elkana was a historian and philosopher of science, and a former President and Rector of the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary.
Yehuda Elkana, Israeli historian and philosopher (born 1934)
Sven Hassel was the pen name of the Danish-born Børge Willy Redsted Pedersen known for his bestselling novels about German soldiers fighting in World War II. In Denmark he used the…
Sven Hassel, Danish-German soldier and author (born 1917)
Commander William Donald Aelian King, DSO & Bar, DSC was a British naval officer, yachtsman and author. He was the oldest participant in the first solo non-stop, around-the-world y…
Bill King, English commander, sailor, and author (born 1910)
Thomas Mullen Umphlett was an American center and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1953 to 1955 with the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators. His 21-year p…
Tom Umphlett, American baseball player and manager (born 1930)
Hector Abhayavardhana was a Sri Lankan Trotskyist theoretician, a long-standing member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) and a founder-member of the Bolshevik-Leninist Party of…
Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and academic (born 1919)
Juan Herminio Cintrón García was a Puerto Rican politician and Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1968 to 1972. Under his administration the city of Ponce saw the construction of th…
Juan H. Cintrón García, Puerto Rican businessman and politician, 126th Mayor of Ponce (born 1919)
Irving Adler was an American author, mathematician, scientist, political activist, and educator. He was the author of 57 books about mathematics, science, and education, and the co…
Irving Adler, American mathematician, author, and academic (born 1913)
Grigory Samuilovich Frid, also known as Grigori Fried, was a Russian composer of music written in many different genres, including chamber opera.
Grigory Frid, Russian pianist and composer (born 1915)
Jan Hendrik van den Berg was a Dutch psychiatrist notable for his work in phenomenological psychotherapy and metabletics, or "psychology of historical change." He is the author of …
Jan Hendrik van den Berg, Dutch psychiatrist and academic (born 1914)
Stephen Henry Champ was a veteran Canadian broadcast journalist, working for CTV News, NBC News and CBC News.
Henry Champ, Canadian journalist and academic (born 1937)
Pavel Sergeyevich Grachev, sometimes transliterated as Grachov or Grachyov, was a Russian Army General and the Defence Minister of the Russian Federation from 1992 to 1996; in 1988…
Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Minister of Defence for Russia (born 1948)
Roberto Muñoz Rodríguez was a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, and Chic…
Roberto Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player and coach (born 1941)
Cornelius Johannes Sanders was a South African professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2008. He won the WBO heavyweight title in 2003 after knocking out Wladimir Klitschko in …
Corrie Sanders, South African boxer (born 1966)
Sam Sniderman, was a Canadian businessman best known as the founder of the Canadian record shop chain Sam the Record Man. Sniderman was also a major promoter of Canadian music incl…
Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (born 1920)
Pierre Louis Eugène Adam was a French cyclist. He was born in Paris. He won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, together with Fernand Decanali, …
Pierre Adam, French cyclist (born 1924)
Bruno Bobak, was a Polish-born Canadian Official war artist and art teacher. His main medium was watercolour painting but he also produced woodcuts.
Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (born 1923)
Billy Barnes was a composer, lyricist and actor from Los Angeles, California. Barnes may be best known for his theatrical revues and his recurring role as Mr. Edlin on the televisi…
Billy Barnes, American composer and songwriter (born 1927)
Eric William Ives was a British historian who was an expert on the Tudor period, and a university administrator. He was emeritus Professor of English History at the University of…
Eric Ives, English historian and academic (born 1931)
Alonso José Ricardo Lujambio Irazábal was a Mexican academic and politician who served as Secretary of Public Education in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón.
Alonso Lujambio, Mexican academic and politician (born 1962)
Howard Andrew Williams was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified and three platinum certified. He was also nominated for six…
Andy Williams, American singer (born 1927)
Pedro Vázquez Colmenares was a Mexican politician who served as the Governor of Oaxaca from 1980 to 1985. He left the Oaxacan governor's office in 1985, before the expiration of hi…
Pedro Vázquez Colmenares, Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Oaxaca (born 1934)
John Frederick Bond was an English professional football player and manager. He played from 1950 until 1966 for West Ham United, making 444 appearances in all competitions and scor…
John Bond, English footballer and manager (born 1932)
Mary Ellen Dowd was an American stage, musical theatre and film actress, and singer, whose career spanned half a century. Beginning in Shakespeare roles and films in the 1950s, Dow…
M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (born 1933)
Sylvia Olga Fedoruk was a Canadian physicist, medical physicist, curler and the 17th lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan, from 1988 to 1994.
Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (born 1927)