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Gerhard Pohl was a German politician and a member of the East German CDU. He served as Minister of Economics from April to August 1990, in the cabinet of Lothar de Maizière.
Gerhard Pohl, German economist and politician (born 1937)
John Kennedy Twyman was an American professional basketball player and sports broadcaster. During his career, he was a caregiver for his disabled teammate Maurice Stokes and both a…
Jack Twyman, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1934)
Christopher George Joseph Challis BSC, FRPS was an English cinematographer. He was well-known for his collaborations with the directing duo of Powell and Pressburger, and worked on…
Christopher Challis, English cinematographer (born 1919)
Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley was an English physiologist and biophysicist. He was born into the prominent Huxley family. After leaving Westminster School in central London, he went t…
Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
Randall Blair Kester was an American attorney and judge in the state of Oregon. He was the 69th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, serving from 1957 to 1958. He later taught at w…
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Paul Pietsch was a racing driver, journalist and publisher from Germany, who founded the magazine Das Auto and published many other as his Motor Presse Stuttgart became the largest…
Paul Pietsch, German race car driver and publisher (born 1911)
Orlando Vernada Woolridge was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1981 to 1994. He was known for his scoring ability, espec…
Orlando Woolridge, American basketball player and coach (born 1959)
Faruq Z. Bey was an American jazz saxophonist and composer from Detroit, Michigan. Bey was known for his work with Griot Galaxy, which played distinct compositions, often by Bey. O…
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Pádraig Faulkner was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1980 to 1981, Minister for Defence 1979 to 1980, Minister for Posts and Tele…
Pádraig Faulkner, Irish educator and politician, 19th Irish Minister of Defence (born 1918)
Milan Gaľa was a Slovak politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) with the Slovenská demokraticka a krestanska unia, part of the European People's Party and sat on th…
Milan Gaľa, Slovak politician (born 1953)
Adolfo Calero Portocarrero was a Nicaraguan businessman and the leader of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, the largest rebel group of the Contras, opposing the Sandinista governmen…
Adolfo Calero, Nicaraguan businessman and political activist (born 1931)
Richard Dawson was an English actor, comedian, game-show host, and panelist. He was well known for playing Corporal Peter Newkirk in Hogan's Heroes, as a regular panelist on Match …
Richard Dawson, English-American soldier, actor, television personality, and game show host (born 1932)
LeRoy Ellis was an American basketball player.
LeRoy Ellis, American basketball player (born 1940)
Kathryn Joosten was an American actress. Her best known roles include Delores Landingham on NBC's The West Wing from 1999 to 2002 and Karen McCluskey on ABC's Desperate Housewives …
Kathryn Joosten, American actress (born 1939)
Carol Ann Abrams was an American television and film producer. She and her husband, television producer Gerald W. Abrams, are the parents of film director and producer J. J. Abrams…
Carol Ann Abrams, American producer, author, and academic (born 1942)
Roy Francesco Salvadori was a British racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1952 to 1962. In endurance racing, Salvadori won the 24 Hours of Le M…
Roy Salvadori, English racing driver and manager (born 1922)
Sir Brian Edward Talboys was a New Zealand politician who served as the seventh deputy prime minister of New Zealand for the first two terms of Robert Muldoon's premiership. If the…
Brian Talboys, New Zealand journalist and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1921)
Peter Jamieson Beaven was a New Zealand architect based in Christchurch, who lived for his last few months in Blenheim. He was a co-founder of New Zealand's first heritage lobby gr…
Peter Beaven, New Zealand architect, designed the Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building (born 1925)
Pedro Borbón Rodriguez was a Dominican professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) most notably as a member of the Cincinnati Reds dynasty that won four…
Pedro Borbón, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1946)
Rodolfo Ignacio Quezada Toruño was a Guatemalan Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala from 2003 to 2010. He previously served as Bishop of Zacapa y San…
Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Guatemalan cardinal (born 1932)
Herbert Reed was an American musician, vocalist, and founding/naming member of The Platters, known for songs such as "Only You " and "The Great Pretender". Reed was the last surviv…
Herb Reed, American violinist (born 1929)
Ray Douglas Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science…
Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (born 1920)
Harold Kefauver Keller was an American professional baseball player and executive who served as the fourth general manager in the history of the Seattle Mariners of Major League Ba…
Hal Keller, American baseball player and manager (born 1928)
Mihai Pătrașcu was a Romanian-American computer scientist at AT&T Labs in Florham Park, New Jersey, United States.
Mihai Pătrașcu, Romanian-American computer scientist (born 1982)