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Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov was a Soviet and Russian stage actor and director associated with the internationally renowned Taganka Theatre, which he founded in 1964. He was one of the …
Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (born 1917)
Victor Kenneth Braden Jr. was an American tennis player, instructor, sport researcher and television broadcaster for the sport. He earned a PhD in psychology and was married twice.…
Vic Braden, American tennis player and coach (born 1929)
Jean-Claude Duvalier, nicknamed "Baby Doc", was a Haitian dictator who held the presidency of Haiti from 1971 until he was overthrown by a popular uprising in February 1986. He suc…
Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (born 1951)
Geoffrey Lamont Holder was a Trinidadian-American actor, dancer, musician, director, choreographer, and artist. He was a principal dancer for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, before …
Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (born 1930)
Igor Mitoraj, born Jerzy Makina, was a Polish artist and monumental sculptor. Known for his fragmented sculptures of the human body often created as large-scale installations in pu…
Igor Mitoraj, German-Polish sculptor (born 1944)
Diane Nyland Proctor was a Canadian actress, director and choreographer. She is perhaps best known for having portrayed the title role in the infamous 1970-71 CTV television series…
Diane Nyland, Canadian actress, director and choreographer (born 1944)
Marian Hall Seldes was an American actress. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for A Delicate Balance in 1967, and received …
Marian Seldes, American actress (born 1928)
Serhiy Volodymyrovych Zakarlyuka was a Ukrainian footballer and football manager.
Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (born 1976)
Feridun İsmail Buğeker was a Turkish football forward who played for Turkey in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Fenerbahçe S.K. between 1950–55 and 1961–63.
Feridun Buğeker, Turkish football player (born 1933)
Nika Kiladze was a Georgian football player who last played for FC Guria Lanchkhuti.
Nika Kiladze, Georgian footballer (born 1988)
Siegfried Lenz was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary o…
Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (born 1926)
Pearl Iva Edith Withers was a Canadian-born American actress and singer, best remembered as a replacement player who had long runs in some of Rodgers and Hammerstein's biggest musi…
Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1917)
Moses "Morris" Lurie was an Australian writer of comic novels, short stories, essays, plays, and children's books. His work focused on the comic mishaps of Jewish-Australian men of…
Morris Lurie, Australian author and playwright (born 1938)
Alden Ewart Matthews was a Congregationalist missionary to China and Japan.
Alden E. Matthews, American missionary (born 1921)
Harden Marsden McConnell was an American physical chemist. His many awards included the National Medal of Science and the Wolf Prize, and he was elected to the National Academy of …
Harden M. McConnell, American chemist and academic (born 1927)
Zilpha Keatley Snyder was an American author of books for children and young adults. Three of Snyder's works were named Newbery Honor books: The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid and …
Zilpha Keatley Snyder, American author (born 1927)
Jeen van den Berg was a Dutch long track speed skating athlete primarily known as the winner of the Elfstedentocht of 1954. He competed in the race a record seven times, with his f…
Jeen van den Berg, Dutch speed skater (born 1928)
Boris Buzančić was a Croatian actor and politician who served as the 47th Mayor of Zagreb between 1990 and 1993.
Boris Buzančić, Croatian actor and politician, 47th Mayor of Zagreb (born 1929)
Janet Vivian Hooks was an American actress and comedian. She was best known for her tenure on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where she was a repertory player fro…
Jan Hooks, American actress and comedienne (born 1957)
Carolyn Ashley Kizer was an American poet of the Pacific Northwest whose works reflect her feminism. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1985.
Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (born 1925)
Peter A. Peyser was a United States representative from New York, serving from 1971 to 1977 as a Republican and from 1979 to 1983 as a Democrat.
Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (born 1921)
Rita Shane was an American coloratura soprano.
Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (born 1936)
Olav Dale was a Norwegian composer, orchestra leader and jazz saxophonist. In addition to saxophone he played other woodwinds. He received little formal education in music, but he …
Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (born 1958)
Damiana Ligon Eugenio was a Filipino female author and professor who was known as the Mother of Philippine Folklore, a title she received in 1986. Apart from teaching at the Univer…
Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (born 1921)