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Kho Jabing, later in life Muhammad Kho Abdullah, was a Malaysian of mixed Chinese and Iban descent from Sarawak, Malaysia, who partnered with a friend to rob and murder a Chinese c…
Kho Jabing, Malaysian convicted murderer who was executed by hanging in Singapore (born 1984)
Harambe was a western lowland gorilla who lived at the Cincinnati Zoo. On May 28, 2016, a three-year-old boy visiting the zoo climbed under a fence into an outdoor gorilla enclosur…
Harambe, Cincinnati Zoo western lowland gorilla (born 1999)
Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi was a Soviet and Swiss chess grandmaster (GM) and chess writer. He is considered one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion.
Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess grandmaster; arguably the best player never to become World Chess Champion (born 1931)
Christina Victoria Grimmie was an American singer, songwriter, and internet personality. In 2009, she began posting covers of popular songs on YouTube. After releasing her debut EP…
Christina Grimmie, American singer-songwriter (born 1994)
Rudi Altig was a German professional track and road racing cyclist who won the 1962 Vuelta a España and the world championship in 1966. After his retirement from sports he worked a…
Rudi Altig, German track and road racing cyclist (born 1937)
Ann Morgan Guilbert, sometimes credited as Ann Guilbert, was an American television and film actress and comedian who portrayed a number of roles from the 1950s on, most notably as…
Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress and singer (born 1928)
Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer and activist. A global cultural icon, widely known by the nickname "the Greatest", he is often regarded as the greatest heavyweight …
Muhammad Ali, American boxer (born 1942)
Jerome Seymour Bruner was an American psychologist who made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology. Bruner …
Jerome Bruner, American psychologist (born 1915)
Sir Peter Levin Shaffer was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. His best-known works are the plays Equus and Amadeus, both of which earned him the Tony Award for Bes…
Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter; works included Equus and Amadeus (born 1926)
Gordon Howe was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. From 1946 to 1980, he played 26 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and six seasons in the World Hockey Associati…
Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1928)
Joseph Georges Gilles Claude Lamontagne was a Canadian politician who held a number of offices both in Quebec and federally. A Liberal, he was Mayor of Quebec City (1965–1977), Pos…
Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1919)
Helen Joanne Cox was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Batley and Spen from May 2015 until her murder in June 2016. She was a member of the Labour Pa…
Jo Cox, English political activist and MP (born 1974)
Dr. Jeppiaar, also known as Jeppiaar Jesuadimai and J. P. R., was an Indian politician, educationist, and industrialist. He was born in Muttom near Nagercoil, Travancore Cochin Pr…
Jeppiaar, Indian educationist, founder and chancellor of Sathyabama University (born 1931)
Pierre Lalonde was a Canadian singer and television host, who was sometimes also billed as Peter Martin in the United States.
Pierre Lalonde, Canadian television host and singer (born 1941)
Ralph Edmund Stanley was an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing. He began playing music in 1946, originally with his older brother Carter…
Ralph Stanley, American singer and banjo player (born 1927)
Adam Small was a South African writer who was involved in the Black Consciousness Movement and other activism. He was noted as a Coloured writer who wrote works in Afrikaans that d…
Adam Small, South African writer of apartheid-period (born 1936)
Anton Viktorovich Yelchin was an American actor. Born in the Soviet Union to a Russian Jewish family, he immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of six months. …
Anton Yelchin, American actor (born 1989)
Bud Spencer was an Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player. He was known for action-comedy and spaghetti Western roles with his long-time film partner and friend …
Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (born 1929)
Winfield Scott Moore III was an American guitarist who formed the Blue Moon Boys in 1954, Elvis Presley's backing band. He was studio and touring guitarist for Presley between 1954…
Scotty Moore, American guitarist (born 1931)
Patricia Susan Summitt was an American women's college basketball head coach and college basketball player. She coached 1,098 career wins, the most in college basketball history at…
Pat Summitt, American women's college basketball head coach (born 1952)
James David "Buddy" Ryan was an American football coach in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL). During his 35-season coaching career, Ryan served …
Buddy Ryan, American football coach (born 1931)
Jan Hettema was a South African cyclist. He competed in three events at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was also a successful rally driver and won the South African National Rally Cha…
Jan Hettema, Springbok cyclist and five times South African National Rally Champion (born 1933)
Robin St. Clair Rimington Hardy was an English author and film director. His most famous directorial work is The Wicker Man (1973), and his last project was a film adaptation of hi…
Robin Hardy, English author and film director (born 1929)
Caroline Mary Aherne was an English actress, comedian, writer and director.
Caroline Aherne, English actress and comedian (born 1963)