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Emile Alphonse Griffith was an American professional boxer who won world titles in three weight divisions. He held the world light middleweight, undisputed welterweight, and middle…
Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer (born 1938)
Kim Jong-hak was a South Korean television director and producer, best known for the seminal and highly rated Korean dramas Eyes of Dawn (1991) and Sandglass (1995). After financia…
Kim Jong-hak, South Korean director and producer (born 1951)
Djalma Pereira Dias dos Santos, known simply as Djalma Santos was a Brazilian footballer who starred for the Brazil national team in four World Cups and winning the 1958 and 1962 e…
Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer (born 1929)
Sol Gareth "Garry" Davis was an international peace activist best known for renouncing his American citizenship and interrupting the United Nations in 1948 to advocate for world go…
Garry Davis, American pilot and activist, created the World Passport (born 1921)
Frederick Irwin "Fred" Dretske was an American philosopher noted for his contributions to epistemology and the philosophy of mind.
Fred Dretske, American philosopher and academic (born 1932)
Virginia E. Johnson was an American sexologist and a member of the Masters and Johnson sexuality research team. Along with her collaborator, William H. Masters, she pioneered resea…
Virginia E. Johnson, American psychologist and sexologist (born 1925)
Pius Nkonzo Langa SCOB was Chief Justice of South Africa from June 2005 to October 2009. Formerly a human rights lawyer, he was appointed as a puisne judge of the Constitutional Co…
Pius Langa, South African lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of South Africa (born 1939)
Walter Joseph De Maria was an American artist, sculptor, illustrator and composer, who lived and worked in New York City. Walter de Maria's artistic practice is connected with mini…
Walter De Maria, American sculptor, illustrator, and composer (born 1935)
William Joseph Guste Jr. was an American attorney and politician from the state of Louisiana. He was Attorney General of Louisiana from 1972 to 1992.
William J. Guste, American lawyer and politician (born 1922)
Hugh Esmor Huxley was a British molecular biologist who made important discoveries in the physiology of muscle. He was a graduate in physics from Christ's College, Cambridge. Howev…
Hugh Huxley, English-American biologist and academic (born 1924)
Luther Francis Cole was an American lawyer and politician from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who served as a state legislator and then as a judge.
Luther F. Cole, American lawyer and politician (born 1925)
Harley M. Flanders was an American mathematician, known for several textbooks and contributions to his fields: algebra and algebraic number theory, linear algebra, electrical netwo…
Harley Flanders, American mathematician and academic (born 1925)
Sung Jae-gi was a South Korean men's rights activist. Sung was the leader of various masculinist and anti-feminist organizations, including the Association of Anti-Feminism and Mal…
Sung Jae-gi, South Korean philosopher and activist (born 1967)
George Phydias Mitchell was an American businessman, real estate developer and philanthropist from Texas credited with pioneering the economic extraction of shale gas.
George P. Mitchell, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1919)
Fernando Alonso was a Cuban ballet dancer. He is a co-founder of the Cuban National Ballet and was part of the American Ballet Theatre company between 1940 until 1948. He received …
Fernando Alonso, Cuban dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet (born 1914)
Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs was a politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She was t…
Lindy Boggs, American politician and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the Holy See (born 1916)
George Everette "Bud" Day was a United States Air Force officer, aviator, and veteran of World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War. He was also a prisoner of war, and recipient of t…
Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1925)
David Peter Cradick was an American radio host and television personality, known as Kidd Kraddick. His nationally syndicated morning radio show, The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show, is …
Kidd Kraddick, American radio host (born 1959)
Ilya Valentinovich Segalovich was a co-founder of Russian company Yandex. He was CTO and director of Yandex since 2000 until his death in 2013. Segalovich proposed the name "Yandex…
Ilya Segalovich, Russian businessman, co-founded Yandex (born 1964)
Mustafa Adrisi Abataki was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third vice president of Uganda from 1977 to 1979 and was one of President Idi Amin's closest …
Mustafa Adrisi, Ugandan general and politician, 3rd Vice President of Uganda (born 1922)
Eileen Brennan was an American actress. She made her film debut in the satire Divorce American Style (1967), followed by a supporting role in Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture S…
Eileen Brennan, American actress and singer (born 1932)
Rita Reys was a jazz singer from the Netherlands. She was promoted as "Europe's First Lady of Jazz".
Rita Reys, Dutch jazz singer (born 1924)
William Warren Scranton was an American Republican Party politician and diplomat. Scranton served as the 38th governor of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1967, and as United States Ambas…
William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1917)
Ersilio Tonini was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia from 1975 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994. When Cardin…
Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal (born 1914)