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George Mattos was an American pole vaulter. He competed for his native country in two Olympics, 1952 when he finished 9th and 1956 when he finished 4th, both times behind America…
George Mattos, American pole vaulter (born 1929)
Albert Lee Ueltschi is considered the father of modern flight training and was the founder of FlightSafety International. Ueltschi was once personal pilot to Juan Trippe and an ass…
Albert Lee Ueltschi, American pilot and businessman, founded FlightSafety International (born 1917)
David Spencer Ware was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
David S. Ware, American saxophonist and composer (born 1949)
Wissam Adnan al-Hassan was a brigadier general at the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) and the head of its intelligence-oriented Information Branch. Seen as a leading Sunni …
Wissam al-Hassan, Lebanese general (born 1965)
Edward Michael Gossett, better known as Mike Graham, was an American professional wrestler who was the son of Eddie Graham.
Mike Graham, American wrestler (born 1951)
Fiorenzo Magni was an Italian professional road racing cyclist.
Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (born 1920)
Przemysław Adam Gintrowski was a Polish composer and musician.
Przemysław Gintrowski, Polish poet and composer (born 1951)
Lincoln MacCauley Alexander was a Canadian lawyer and politician who became the first Black Canadian to be a member of Parliament in the House of Commons, a federal Cabinet Ministe…
Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (born 1922)
Wiyogo Atmodarminto or better known as Bang Wi, is an Indonesian military figure, diplomat and politician. He served as Governor of Jakarta, the country's capital, from 1987–1992. …
Wiyogo Atmodarminto, Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta (born 1922)
Paul Kurtz was an American scientific skeptic, philosopher and secular humanist. He has been called "the father of secular humanism". He was a professor emeritus of philosophy at t…
Paul Kurtz, American philosopher and academic (born 1925)
David LaFrance May was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1967 through 1978 for the Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Bre…
Dave May, American baseball player (born 1943)
John McConnell was the founder and creator of Earth Day, and The Earth Society Foundation. He was known for designing the Earth Flag, pursuing causes relating to peace, religion, a…
John McConnell, American activist, created Earth Day (born 1915)
Edward Donnall "Don" Thomas was an American physician, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, and director emeritus of the clinical research division at the Fred Hutch…
E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920)
Raymond "Ray" L. Watson was the former president of the Irvine Company, and served as chief planner during the 1960s and 1970s. He was also chairman of Walt Disney Productions from…
Raymond Watson, American businessman (born 1926)
Antoni Dobrowolski was a Polish educator, teacher and Holocaust survivor. At the time of his death in 2012, Dobrowolski was the oldest known survivor of the Auschwitz concentration…
Antoni Dobrowolski, Polish educator (born 1904)
Alfred Khumalo, better known as Alf Kumalo, was a South African documentary photographer and photojournalist.
Alf Kumalo, South African photographer and journalist (born 1930)
Betty Binns Fletcher was an American lawyer and judge. She served as a United States circuit judge of the San Francisco-based United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit b…
Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (born 1923)
Michael Hugh Saunderson Morris was a British television presenter and journalist, best known as a main anchor for TV-am's flagship breakfast television programme Good Morning Brita…
Mike Morris, English talk show host (born 1946)
Yash Raj Chopra was an Indian film director and film producer who worked in Hindi cinema. The founding chairman of the film production and distribution company Yash Raj Films, Chop…
Yash Chopra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)
Jaroslav Kozlík was a Czech educator and theorist of education, a senior member of the Sokol movement, and a volleyball player. He was a pioneer of volleyball and a former volleyba…
Jaroslav Kozlík, Czech volleyball player and educator (born 1907)
George Stanley McGovern was an American politician, diplomat, and historian from South Dakota who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, first as a member of the Un…
George McGovern, American historian, lieutenant, and politician (born 1922)
Gabrielle Roth was an American dancer and musician in the world music and trance dance genres, with a special interest in shamanism. She overcame depression and injury to create th…
Gabrielle Roth, American dancer, singer, and author (born 1941)
William Joel Blass was an American war veteran, jurist, attorney, educator, and politician.
William Joel Blass, American lawyer and politician (born 1917)
Wilhelm Brasse was a Polish professional photographer and a prisoner in Auschwitz during World War II. He became known as the "famous photographer of Auschwitz concentration camp".…
Wilhelm Brasse, Polish photographer (born 1917)