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Sir Nicholas George Winton was a British stockbroker and humanitarian who helped to rescue refugee children, mostly Jewish, whose families had fled persecution by Nazi Germany. Bor…
Nicholas Winton, English lieutenant and humanitarian (born 1909)
Sir Ronald Keith Davison was a New Zealand lawyer and jurist. He served as the tenth Chief Justice of New Zealand from 1978 to 1989,
Ronald Davison, New Zealand lawyer and judge, 10th Chief Justice of New Zealand (born 1920)
Charles Alvin Sanders was an American professional football player who was a tight end for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1968 to 1977. Sanders was ch…
Charlie Sanders, American football player and sportscaster (born 1946)
Jacobo Zabludovsky Kraveski was a Mexican journalist. He was the first anchorman in Mexican television and his TV news program, 24 Horas was for decades regarded as the most import…
Jacobo Zabludovsky, Mexican journalist (born 1928)
Diana Love Webster, known professionally as Diana Douglas, was a Bermudian-American actress who was married to actor Kirk Douglas from 1943 until their divorce in 1951. She was the…
Diana Douglas, British-American actress (born 1923)
James C. Weaver was an American college football player, coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Villanova University for the first eight…
Jim Weaver, American football player and coach (born 1945)
Boyd Kenneth Packer was an American religious leader and educator who served as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fr…
Boyd K. Packer, American religious leader and educator (born 1924)
W. Wayne Townsend was an American politician from the U.S. state of Indiana. A Democrat, he was his party's gubernatorial nominee in 1984. Townsend was defeated by the incumbent Re…
Wayne Townsend, American farmer and politician (born 1926)
Phillip Walsh was an Australian rules footballer and coach. Walsh played for Collingwood, Richmond and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1983 and 19…
Phil Walsh, Australian footballer and coach (born 1960)
Nedelcho Krumov Beronov was a Bulgarian jurist, right-wing politician and Constitutional Court chairman, as well as a presidential candidate in the 2006 presidential elections.
Nedelcho Beronov, Bulgarian judge and politician (born 1928)
William Conrad Gibbons was an American historian and foreign policy expert.
William Conrad Gibbons, American historian, author, and academic (born 1926)
Uffe Valentin Haagerup was a mathematician from Denmark.
Uffe Haagerup, Danish mathematician and academic (born 1949)
Yoichiro Nambu was a Japanese-American physicist and professor at the University of Chicago.
Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1921)
Jerome Charles Weintraub was an American film producer, talent manager and actor whose television films won him three Emmys.
Jerry Weintraub, American film producer, and talent agent (born 1937)
Maria de Jesus Simões Barroso Soares was a Portuguese actress, teacher and political and social activist, having been one of the founders of the Socialist Party (PS), in Germany, i…
Maria Barroso, Portuguese actress and politician (born 1925)
Robert MacKinnon was an American college and professional basketball coach. He coached three different professional teams in his career; the American Basketball Association's Spiri…
Bob MacKinnon, American basketball player and coach (born 1927)
James Vincent Tate was an American poet. His work earned him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He was a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amhers…
James Tate, American poet (born 1943)
Kenneth Michael Stabler was an American professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons, primarily with the Oakland Raiders. Nickn…
Ken Stabler, American football player and sportscaster (born 1945)
Christian Audigier was a French fashion designer known for the Ed Hardy and Von Dutch clothing lines.
Christian Audigier, French fashion designer (born 1958)
Saud bin Faisal Al Saud, also known as Saud Al Faisal, was a Saudi Arabian statesman and diplomat who served as the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia from 1975 to 2015. He was a mem…
Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign…
Roger Rees was a Welsh-American actor and director. He won an Olivier Award and a Tony Award for his performance as the lead in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. He als…
Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor and director (born 1944)
Omar Sharif was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as his country's greatest male film star. He began his career in Egypt in the early 1950s. He is best known for his appearance…
Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (born 1932)
Jonathan Stewart Vickers, known professionally as Jon Vickers, was a world renowned Canadian heldentenor.
Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor (born 1926)
Giacomo Biffi was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, having served as archbishop there from 1984 to 2003. He was elevated to t…
Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (born 1928)