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Bhuma Shobha Nagi Reddy was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh, India. She represented the Allagadda constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh for four terms…
Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (born 1968)
Tadeusz Różewicz was a Polish poet, playwright, writer, and translator. Różewicz was in the first generation of Polish writers born after Poland regained its independence in 1918, …
Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (born 1921)
Daniel James Macdonnell Heap was a Canadian activist and politician. Heap served as a Member of Parliament with the New Democratic Party, a Toronto City Councillor, a political act…
Dan Heap, Canadian priest and politician (born 1925)
Earl Edwin Morrall was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 21 seasons, both a starter and reserve. He was the l…
Earl Morrall, American football player and coach (born 1934)
Tomás Balduíno, O.P. was a diocesan bishop of the Catholic Church in Brazil.
Tomás Balduino, Brazilian bishop (born 1922)
Žarko Petan was a Slovenian writer, essayist, screenwriter, and theatre and film director. He is best known as a writer of aphorisms.
Žarko Petan, Slovenian director, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1929)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was an American actor and theatre producer. Known for his "mellifluous voice and air of sophistication," he was known to television audiences for his starring r…
Efrem Zimbalist Jr
Gary Stanley Becker was an American economist who received the 1992 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was a professor of economics and sociology at the University of Ch…
Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1930)
Stefanie Zweig was a German Jewish writer and journalist. She is best known for her autobiographical novel, Nirgendwo in Afrika (1995), which was a bestseller in Germany. The novel…
Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (born 1932)
Gerald Stanford "Gerry" Guralnik was the Chancellor’s Professor of Physics at Brown University. In 1964, he co-discovered the Higgs mechanism and Higgs boson with C. R. Hagen and T…
Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (born 1936)
John Travilla Ramsay was an American basketball coach, commonly known as "Dr. Jack". He was best known for leading the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA championship, and for …
Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1925)
Julian Hart Lewis FRS was an English developmental biologist and researcher whose work shed light on the nature of cellular timing mechanisms and their role in animal development. …
Julian Lewis, English biologist and academic (born 1946)
Carl Eugene Moses was an American businessman from Unalaska, Alaska who served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1965 to 1973 as both a Republican and Democrat, and was …
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Francisco Icaza was a Mexican artist best known for his drawings about his travels and his oil paintings. He spent much of his life living in and visiting various countries around …
Francisco Icaza, Mexican painter (born 1930)
Edgar Maurice Cortright was a scientist and engineer, and senior official at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. His most prominent posit…
Edgar Cortright, American scientist and engineer (born 1923)
David Ross Lonsberry was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, Philadel…
Ross Lonsberry, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1947)
James Louis Oberstar was an American politician and congressman who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2011. Hailing from Minnesota and a member of t…
Jim Oberstar, American educator and politician (born 1934)
Richard Bache Ayers was an American comic book artist and cartoonist best known for his work as one of Jack Kirby's inkers during the late-1950s and 1960s period known as the Silve…
Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator (born 1924)
Elena Sergeevna Baltacha was a Ukrainian-born British professional tennis player. Being a four-time winner of the AEGON Awards, she was also a long-term British No. 1, a position s…
Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (born 1983)
Helga Königsdorf was an East German statistician and novelist. She is notable for becoming distinguished in two distinct careers - science and literature. She wrote three books on…
Helga Königsdorf, German physicist and author (born 1938)
Jean-Paul Ngoupandé was a Central African politician who was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 1996 to 1997. He stood as a presidential candidate in 1999 and 2005…
Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (born 1948)
Michael Agbolade Otedola KSS was a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Lagos State during the Nigerian Third Republic.
Michael Otedola, Nigerian journalist and politician, 9th Governor of Lagos State (born 1926)
Willem Albeda was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and later of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and economist.
Wil Albeda, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs (born 1925)
William Harvey Dana was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force pilot, NASA test pilot, and astronaut. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an ex…
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