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Eduardo Henrique Accioly Campos was a Brazilian congressman and governor. Born and raised in Recife, in the Northeast Brazil, he graduated in Economics from the Recife's Federal Un…
Eduardo Campos, Brazilian politician, 14th Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology (born 1965)
Martino Finotto was an Italian racing driver, mainly known for his success in touring car and sports car racing.
Martino Finotto, Italian race car driver (born 1933)
Süleyman Seba was a Turkish football player of Abkhazian origin and was the longest presiding chairman of the Istanbul-based multisports club Beşiktaş. He was also an intelligence …
Süleyman Seba, Turkish footballer and manager (born 1926)
Leonard J. Fein, also known as Leibel Fein, was an American activist, writer, and teacher specializing in Jewish social themes.
Leonard Fein, American journalist and academic, co-founded Moment Magazine (born 1934)
George Vernon Hansen was an American politician from Idaho. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 14 years, representing Idaho's 2nd district from 1965 to 1969 and aga…
George V. Hansen, American politician (born 1930)
Licia Albanese was an Italian-born American operatic soprano. Noted especially for her portrayals of the lyric heroines of Verdi and Puccini, Albanese was a leading artist with the…
Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (born 1909)
Patrick Aziza was a Nigerian military officer who served as the first military Governor of Kebbi State, Nigeria after it was split off from Sokoto State on 27 August 1991 during th…
Patrick Aziza, Nigerian general and politician, Governor of Kebbi State (born 1947)
Vsevolod Zinoviiovych Nestaiko or Nestayko was a modern Ukrainian children's writer. In Ukraine he is considered the country's best-known and best loved Ukrainian children’s litera…
Vsevolod Nestayko, Ukrainian author (born 1930)
Mario Gaspare R. Oriani-Ambrosini was an Italian constitutional lawyer and politician who was a Member of Parliament in South Africa with the Inkatha Freedom Party.
Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, Italian-South African lawyer and politician (born 1960)
Børre Arnold Knudsen (1937–2014) was a Norwegian Lutheran priest noted for his anti-abortion activism. Together with Ludvig Nessa, he staged protests at abortion clinics starting i…
Børre Knudsen, Norwegian minister and activist (born 1937)
Sophie Masloff was an American politician. A long-time member of the Democratic Party and civil servant, she was elected to the Pittsburgh City Council and later served as the mayo…
Sophie Masloff, American civil servant and politician, 56th Mayor of Pittsburgh (born 1917)
Peter Roman Scholl-Latour was a French-German journalist, author and reporter. Scholl-Latour was regarded as one of Europe's most important journalists, akin to what Walter Cronkit…
Peter Scholl-Latour, German journalist, author, and academic (born 1924)
Wolfgang Leonhard was a German political author and historian of the Soviet Union, the German Democratic Republic and Communism. A German Communist whose family had fled Hitler's G…
Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (born 1921)
Miodrag Pavlović was a Serbian poet, physician writer, critic and academic. Pavlović was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Miodrag Pavlović, Serbian poet and critic (born 1928)
Pierre Vassiliu was a French singer, songwriter and actor.
Pierre Vassiliu, French singer-songwriter (born 1937)
Gordon C. Faber was an American politician and businessman in the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Pennsylvania, he grew up in Hillsboro, Oregon. He joined the U.S. Air Force duri…
Gordon Faber, American soldier and politician, 39th Mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon (born 1930)
James Merrill Jeffords was an American lawyer and politician from Vermont. Originally a Republican, he served as a member of the Vermont Senate from 1967 to 1969 and Vermont Attorn…
Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician (born 1934)
Levente Lengyel was a Hungarian chess player, who gained the Grandmaster title in 1964.
Levente Lengyel, Hungarian chess player (born 1933)
Dominick George "Don" Pardo Jr. was an American radio and television announcer whose career spanned more than seven decades.
Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (born 1918)
Samīħ al-Qāsim al Kaissy was a Palestinian poet with Israeli citizenship whose work is well known throughout the Arab world. He was born in Transjordan and later lived in Mandatory…
Samih al-Qasim, Palestinian poet and journalist (born 1939)
Simin Behbahani was an Iranian poet, lyricist, and activist. Renowned for her mastery of the ghazal, a traditional poetic form, she became an icon of modern Persian poetry. The Ira…
Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist (born 1927)
Lois Mai Chan was a Taiwanese-American library scientist, author, and professor at the University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Science until 2011. Her publications…
Lois Mai Chan, Taiwanese-American librarian, author, and academic (born 1934)
James Wright Foley was an American journalist and video reporter. While working as a freelance war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War, he was abducted on November 22, 2012, …
James Foley, American photographer and journalist (born 1973)
Candida Rose Lycett Green was a British author who wrote sixteen books including English Cottages, Goodbye London, The Perfect English House, Over the Hills and Far Away and The Da…
Candida Lycett Green, Anglo-Irish journalist and author (born 1942)