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Alireza Soleimani Karbalaei was an Iranian heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He was the first Iranian to win the world superheavyweight title, which he achieved in 1989. He served as…
Alireza Soleimani, Iranian wrestler (born 1956)
Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev was a Soviet and Russian linguist specializing in Nakh-Daghestanian languages.
Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev, Russian linguist and academic (born 1949)
Madhav Krishnaji Mantri was an Indian cricketer who played in four Test matches between 1951 and 1955. Born in Nasik, Maharashtra, he was a right-handed opening batsman and special…
Madhav Mantri, Indian cricketer (born 1921)
David Arthur Allen was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire between 1953 and 1972. He also played 39 Test matches for England between 1960 and 19…
David Allen, English cricketer (born 1935)
Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, also known as Amir Mansour Aria, was an Iranian businessman who was executed for his part in the 2011 Iranian embezzlement scandal. At one time, he was con…
Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, Iranian businessman (born 1969)
Stormé DeLarverie was an American known as the lesbian whose scuffle with police was, according to DeLarverie and many eyewitnesses, the spark that ignited the Stonewall uprising, …
Stormé DeLarverie, known as the "Rosa Parks of the lesbian community" (born 1920)
Cyril Knowlton Nash was a Canadian journalist, author and news anchor. He was senior anchor of CBC Television's flagship news program, The National from 1978 until his retirement i…
Knowlton Nash, Canadian journalist and author (born 1927)
John Bernard Vasconcellos Jr. was an American politician from California and member of the Democratic Party. He represented Silicon Valley as a member of the California State Assem…
John Vasconcellos, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1932)
David Arthur Allen was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire between 1953 and 1972. He also played 39 Test matches for England between 1960 and 19…
David Allen, English cricketer (born 1935)
Marcel Côté was a Canadian economist and politician. He was a founding partner of SECOR, a strategic management consulting firm. On July 3, 2013, he announced his candidacy for May…
Marcel Côté, Canadian economist and politician (born 1942)
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski was a Polish military general, politician and de facto leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1981 until 1989, and a military dictator from 13 Decem…
Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (born 1923)
Herb Jeffries was an American actor of film and television and popular music and jazz singer-songwriter, known for his baritone voice.
Herb Jeffries, American singer and actor (born 1913)
Sir Toaripi Lauti was a Tuvaluan politician who served as chief minister of the Colony of Tuvalu (1975–78), as the first prime minister following Tuvalu's independence (1978–1981) …
Toaripi Lauti, Tuvaluan educator and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Tuvalu (born 1928)
Matthew Saad Muhammad was an American professional boxer who was the WBC Light Heavyweight Champion of the World for two-and-a-half years.
Matthew Saad Muhammad, American boxer and trainer (born 1954)
Baselios Marthoma Didymus I born C. T. Thomas was the primate of the Malankara Orthodox Church from 2005 to 2010. He was the 7th Catholicos of the Malankara since the Catholicate …
Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (born 1921)
William Robert Roy, also known as Bill Roy, was a United States representative from Kansas, a physician, and a columnist for The Topeka Capital-Journal. He was the Democratic nomin…
William R
Houshang Seyhoun was an Iranian architect, sculptor, painter, scholar and professor.
Hooshang Seyhoun, Iranian-Canadian architect, sculptor, and painter (born 1920)
Miodrag (Misha) Radulovacki, was a Serbian American scientist and inventor. He was professor of pharmacology in the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UI…
Miodrag Radulovacki, Serbian-American academic and neuropharmacologist (born 1933)
Robert Douglas Genn was a Canadian artist, who gained recognition for his style, which is in the tradition of Canadian landscape painting. He ran a painters' website, which sends …
Robert Genn, Canadian painter and author (born 1936)
Helma Sanders-Brahms was a German film director, screenwriter and producer.
Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940)
Roberto Enrique Vargas Vélez was a Puerto Rican pitcher in Major League Baseball and Negro league baseball. Vargas played for the Chicago American Giants for one season in 1948, in…
Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1929)
Massimo Vignelli was an Italian designer active in graphic design, industrial design, furniture, and architecture. He worked within the modernist tradition, emphasizing simplicity …
Massimo Vignelli, Italian-American graphic designer (born 1931)
Maya Angelou was an American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credi…
Maya Angelou, American memoirist and poet (born 1928)
Stanley Crowther was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Manchester United, Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion during the 1950s and early 1960s…
Stan Crowther, English footballer (born 1935)