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Marvin Jerome "Bad News" Barnes was an American professional basketball player. A forward, he was an All-American at Providence College, and played professionally in both the Ameri…
Marvin Barnes, American basketball player (born 1952)
Samuel Truett Cathy was an American businessman, investor, author, and philanthropist who founded the fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A in 1946.
S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founder of Chick-fil-A (born 1921)
Sean Christopher Haire was an American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and kickboxer, better known by his ring name Sean O'Haire.
Sean O'Haire, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kick-boxer (born 1971)
Magda Olivero was an Italian operatic soprano. Her career started in 1932 when she was 22, and spanned five decades, establishing her "as an important link between the era of the v…
Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (born 1910)
Gerald Stanley Wilson was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. …
Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (born 1918)
George Zuverink was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of eight Major League Baseball seasons with the Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Redlegs, …
George Zuverink, American baseball player (born 1924)
Montserrat Abelló i Soler was a Catalan poet and translator. During the Spanish Civil War, she lived in exile in France, England and Chile.
Montserrat Abelló i Soler, Spanish poet and translator (born 1918)
Firoza Begum was a Bangladeshi Bengali Nazrul Geeti singer. She was awarded the Independence Day Award in 1979 by the government of Bangladesh.
Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (born 1930)
Graham William Joyce was a British writer of speculative fiction and the recipient of numerous awards, including the O. Henry Award, the World Fantasy Award, and six times the Brit…
Graham Joyce, English author and educator (born 1954)
Emilio Botín-Sanz de Sautuola y García de los Ríos, iure uxoris Marquess of O'Shea was a Spanish banker. He was the executive chairman of Spain's Grupo Santander. In 1993 his bank …
Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (born 1934)
Richard Dawson Kiel was an American actor. Standing 7 feet 1.5 inches (2.17 m) tall, he was notable for portraying Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), and Mr.…
Richard Kiel, American actor (born 1939)
Edward Nelson was an American mathematician known for his work on mathematical physics and mathematical logic. In mathematical logic, he was noted especially for his internal set t…
Edward Nelson, American mathematician and academic (born 1932)
George Elwell Spencer was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. A right-hander, he was primarily a relief pitcher for the New York Giants and the Detroit Tigers. Spencer st…
George Spencer, American baseball player (born 1926)
Paul Kay Sybrowsky was the president of Southern Virginia University (SVU) from June 1, 2012 until August 31, 2014. He was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latt…
Paul K. Sybrowsky, American religious leader and academic (born 1944)
Robert Stanley Crewe was an American songwriter, record producer, dancer and manager, best known mainly for co-writing and producing a string of Top 10 singles with Bob Gaudio for …
Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1930)
Antoine Duhamel was a French composer, orchestra conductor and music teacher.
Antoine Duhamel, French composer and conductor (born 1925)
Sir Donald Alfred Sinden was an English actor.
Donald Sinden, English actor (born 1923)
Atef Muhammad Ebeid was an Egyptian politician who served in various capacities in the governments of Egypt. He was the 47th prime minister of Egypt from 1999 to 2004.
Atef Ebeid, Egyptian academic and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Egypt (born 1932)
John Frederick "Johnny" Gustafson was an English bass guitar player and singer, who had a lengthy recording and live performance career. During his career, he was a member of the b…
John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1942)
Joseph Leslie Sample was an American jazz keyboardist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Jazz Crusaders in 1960, whose name was shortened to "The Crusaders" in…
Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (born 1939)
Benjamin Adesanya Maja Adekunle was a Nigerian military officer and prominent military figure during the Nigerian Civil War.
Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (born 1936)
Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside was a loyalist politician and Protestant religious leader from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)…
Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical pastor (Free Presbyterian Church) and politician, 2nd First Minister of…
Helen Filarski was an American baseball player. She was an infielder and outfielder who played from 1945 through 1950 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL…
Helen Filarski, American baseball player (born 1924)
Milan Galić was a Yugoslav and Serbian professional footballer who played as a striker. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Milan Galić, Serbian footballer (born 1938)