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Metropolitan Kiril ; June 8, 1954 – July 9, 2013), was the Bulgarian Orthodox metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, Bulgaria.
Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (born 1954)
Barbara Jean Robinson was an American author and writer of the children's books The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1972) and The Best School Year Ever (1994).
Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (born 1927)
Toshi Seeger was an American filmmaker, producer and environmental activist. A filmmaker who specialized in the subject of folk music, her credits include the 1966 film Afro-Americ…
Toshi Seeger, American activist, co-founded the Clearwater Festival (born 1922)
Philip Caldwell was the first person to run the Ford Motor Company who was not a member of the Ford family. He orchestrated one of the most dramatically successful turnarounds in b…
Philip Caldwell, American businessman (born 1920)
Józef Gara was a miner who spoke an endangered language of Wilamowice, Wymysorys, which had only 70 native speakers, and created the Wymysorys alphabet. He also wrote poetry in Wym…
Józef Gara, Polish poet and linguist (born 1929)
Concepción García Campoy, also known as Concha García Campoy, was a Spanish radio and television journalist and personality.
Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (born 1958)
Caroline Duby Glassman was an American attorney and former jurist in the state of Maine. A native of Oregon, she completed college and law school in that state before moving to Por…
Caroline Duby Glassman, American lawyer and jurist (born 1922)
Ku Ok-hee was a South Korean professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.
Ku Ok-hee, South Korean golfer (born 1956)
Emik Avakian was an Armenian American inventor and owner of numerous patents including breath-operated computer, a mechanism that facilitates putting wheelchairs on automobiles, an…
Emik Avakian, Iranian-American inventor (born 1923)
Egbert Valentin Brieskorn was a German mathematician who introduced Brieskorn spheres and the Brieskorn–Grothendieck resolution.
Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic (born 1936)
Eugene Parks "Dennis" Wilkinson was a United States Navy officer. He was selected for three historic command assignments. The first, in 1954, was as the first commanding officer of…
Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (born 1918)
Amar Gopal Bose was an American entrepreneur and academic. An electrical engineer and sound engineer, he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for over 45 ye…
Amar Bose, American businessman, founded the Bose Corporation (born 1929)
Gokulananda Mahapatra was an Indian scientist and science fiction writer, who popularized science in the Odia language. Mahapatra has authored over 95 science fiction and children …
Gokulananda Mahapatra, Indian author and academic (born 1922)
Takako Takahashi was a Japanese author. Her maiden name was Takako Okamoto .
Takako Takahashi, Japanese author (born 1932)
Elaine Morgan OBE, FRSL, was a Welsh writer for television and the author of several books on evolutionary anthropology. She advocated the aquatic ape hypothesis, which advocated a…
Elaine Morgan, Welsh writer (born 1920)
Donald Alan Whicker was a British journalist and television presenter and broadcaster. His career spanned almost 60 years, during which time he presented the documentary television…
Alan Whicker, Egyptian-English journalist (born 1921)
Leonard Garment was an American attorney, public servant, and arts advocate. He served U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford in the White House in various positions from 19…
Leonard Garment, American lawyer and public servant, 14th White House Counsel (born 1924)
Henri Julien was a French racing car driver and motor sports team founder. He founded and managed the Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives (AGS) racing team, which participated in…
Henri Julien, French race car driver (born 1927)
Cory Allan Michael Monteith was a Canadian actor and musician. He made his acting debut in the television series Stargate Atlantis (2004), and had other roles in shows including Sm…
Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer (born 1982)
Ottavio Quattrocchi was an Italian businessman who was being sought until early 2009 in India for criminal charges for acting as a conduit for bribes in the Bofors scandal. Quattro…
Ottavio Quattrocchi, Italian businessman (born 1938)
Vernon Bradford Romney was an American lawyer who served as the attorney general of Utah from 1969 to 1977, and the Republican candidate for Governor of Utah in 1976. He was a memb…
Vernon B. Romney, American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (born 1924)
Marc Simont was a Paris-born American artist, political cartoonist, and illustrator of more than a hundred children's books. Inspired by his father, Spanish painter Joseph Simont, …
Marc Simont, French-American author and illustrator (born 1915)
Ninos Aho, was an Assyrian poet and activist. He is recognized one of the pioneers of the modern Assyrian nationalistic movement.
Ninos Aho, Syrian-American poet and activist (born 1945)
Henry English "Hank" Braden IV was a lawyer and politician.
Henry Braden, American lawyer and politician (born 1944)