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Marsha Singh was a British Labour Party politician, and the member of parliament (MP) for Bradford West from 1997 to 2012. Singh stood down due to ill health.
Marsha Singh, Indian-English politician (born 1954)
Yosef Shalom Elyashiv was a Haredi rabbi and posek who lived in Jerusalem. Until his death at the age of 102, Rav Elyashiv was the paramount leader of both Israel and the Diaspora …
Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, Lithuanian-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1910)
Jean François-Poncet was a French politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing from 1978 to 1981. From 1983 until 2011…
Jean François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1928)
Dawoud Abdallah Rajiha was a Syrian military officer who served as the Minister of Defense of Syria from August 2011 to July 2012 when he was assassinated along with other senior g…
Dawoud Rajiha, Syrian general and politician, Syrian Minister of Defense (born 1947)
Assef Shawkat was a Syrian military officer and intelligence chief who was the Deputy Minister of Defense of Syria from September 2011 until his death in July 2012. He was the brot…
Assef Shawkat, Syrian general and politician (born 1950)
Hasan Ali Turkmani was a Syrian military officer and politician who served as Syria's Minister of Defense from 2004 to 2009.
Hasan Turkmani, Syrian general and politician, Syrian Minister of Defense (born 1935)
Rajesh Khanna was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who worked in Hindi films. Regarded as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinem…
Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (born 1942)
Humayun Ahmed was a Bangladeshi novelist, dramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and academic. His breakthrough was his debut novel Nondito Noroke published in 19…
Humayun Ahmed, Bangladeshi director and playwright (born 1948)
Thomas James Davis was an American comedian, writer, and author. He is best known for his comedy partnership with Al Franken, as half of the comedy duo "Franken & Davis" on Saturda…
Tom Davis, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1952)
Mohammad Hassan Ganji, Ph.D. was an Iranian meteorologist and academic. He was born in Birjand. He is credited as being the father of modern geography in Iran.
Mohammad Hassan Ganji, Iranian meteorologist and academic (born 1912)
Omar Mahmoud Suleiman was an Egyptian army general, politician, diplomat, and intelligence officer. A leading figure in Egypt's intelligence system beginning in 1986, Suleiman was …
Omar Suleiman, Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt (born 1935)
Sylvia Woods was an American restaurateur who founded the restaurant Sylvia's in Harlem on Lenox Avenue, New York City with her husband, Herbert Woods, in 1962. The soul food eater…
Sylvia Woods, American businesswoman, co-founded Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem (born 1926)
Valiulla Makhmutovich Yakupov was a prominent Muslim cleric in Tatarstan, Russia, and the deputy to the Muslim province's chief mufti. He was also known as a strong critic of radic…
Valiulla Yakupov, Islamic cleric (born 1963)
Sir James William Alexander Burnet, known as Alastair Burnet, was a British journalist and broadcaster, who had a career working in news and current affairs programmes, including a…
Alastair Burnet, English journalist (born 1928)
Jack Wells Davis was an American track and field hurdler, silver medalist in the 1952 and 1956 Olympics over 110-meter hurdles. Davis lost to Harrison Dillard in 1952 with the same…
Jack Davis, American hurdler (born 1930)
José Hermano Saraiva GCIH • GCIP was a Portuguese professor, historian and jurist. He was most known as a television personality in Portugal, having been the author and presenter o…
José Hermano Saraiva, Portuguese historian, jurist, and politician, Portuguese Minister of Education (born 1919)
Marie Ann Kruckel ["Kruck"] was an American outfielder and pitcher who played from 1946 through 1949 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft…
Marie Kruckel, American baseball player (born 1924)
Ali Podrimja was an Albanian poet. He was born in Gjakova, at the time part of Italian-controlled Albania under Italy.
Ali Podrimja, Albanian poet and author (born 1942)
James D. "Jig Dog" Ramage was a Naval Aviator in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War, and was a driving force in putting nuclear-capable attack aircraft …
James D. Ramage, American admiral and pilot (born 1916)
Angharad Rees was a Welsh actress, best known for her British television roles during the 1970s and in particular her leading role as Demelza in the 1970s BBC TV costume drama Pold…
Angharad Rees, English-b. Welsh actress (born 1944)
Alexander Claud Cockburn was a Scottish-born Irish-American political journalist and writer. Cockburn was brought up by British parents in Ireland, and lived and worked in the Unit…
Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-American journalist and author (born 1941)
Donald Wilson was an English cricketer, who played in six Test matches for England from 1964 to 1971. His first-class cricket career, which lasted from 1957 to 1974, was spent with…
Don Wilson, English cricketer and coach (born 1937)
Ding Guangen was a Chinese politician who served in senior leadership roles in the Chinese Communist Party during the 1990s. He was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communi…
Ding Guangen, Chinese engineer and politician (born 1929)
George Armitage Miller was an American psychologist who was one of the founders of cognitive psychology, and more broadly, of cognitive science. He also contributed to the birth of…
George Armitage Miller, American psychologist and academic (born 1920)