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x Chenganoor Raman Pillai   Jan 16, 1886 India  
Guru Chenganoor Raman Pillai, also spelt Chengannur Raman Pillai, (1886-1980) was a celebrated Kathakali artist from Kerala in south India. He was known for his brilliant portrayal of the anti-heroic Kathi roles on stage, and was a palace dancer to...
x Francisco Pizarro Francisco Pizarro 1471 Spain Conquistador
Francisco Pizarro González (c. 1471 or 1476 – 26 June 1541) was born in Trujillo, Spain, the illegitimate son of Gonzalo Pizarro, an infantry colonel, and Francisca González, a woman of poor means. His exact birth date is uncertain, but is believed...
x William Hoare Portrait of a Lady by William Hoare 1707 England  
William Hoare of Bath RA (c. 1707 – 12 December 1792) was an English Portraitist, painter and printmaker; until the arrival of Thomas Gainsborough at Bath, Somerset, he was the leading Portraitist. He was a co-founder of the Royal Academy and noted...
x William Beresford   Apr 17, 1797 United Kingdom  
William Beresford (17 April 1797 – 6 October 1883) was a British Conservative politician. He was the only son of Marcus Beresford and his wife Frances Arabella, daughter of Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown. Beresford was educated at St Mary Hall,...
x Julia Álvarez Julia-Alvarez Mar 27, 1950 Dominican Republic Writer
Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is a Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. Born in New York of Dominican descent, she spent the first ten years of her childhood in the Dominican Republic, until her father's involvement in a political...
United States of America Novelist
Author
x Craig Parnham   Jul 13, 1973 England  
Craig Parnham (born 13 July 1973 in Bridgnorth, Shropshire) is an English field hockey defender, who participated in two Summer Olympics for Great Britain: in 2000 and 2004. Parnham, nicknamed Spud, played club hockey for Stourport and Bridgnorth,...
x Shmuel Yosef Agnon Agnon Jul 17, 1888 Israel Writer
Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון‎), (July 17, 1888 – February 17, 1970) was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon (ש"י עגנון). In...
x Martin Adams   Jun 4, 1956 England  
Martin Adams (born 4 June 1956) is an English international darts player. Nicknamed Wolfie he is a three-time BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters champion. He represents Cambridgeshire at county darts level and has been captain of...
x MarTay Jenkins   Feb 28, 1975 United States of America American football player
MarTay Jenkins (born February 28, 1975) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League as well as the Arena Football League and Canadian Football League. He was drafted in the sixth round (193rd overall) of the 1999 NFL...
x Adam Bomb AdamBomb 1963 United States of America Singer
Adam Bomb (born Adam Brenner, 1963) is an American guitarist and singer who has worked with several bands. In 1979, when Adam Bomb was 16 years old, he and Geoff Tate started a cover band called Tyrant. Later he joined the band TKO, with whom he...
Musician
x Charles Johnstone   1719    
Charles Johnstone (1719?-1800), novelist. Prevented by deafness from practising at the Irish Bar, he went to India, where he was proprietor of a newspaper. He wrote one successful book, Chrysal, or the Adventures of a Guinea, a somewhat sombre...
x Michael Bush Michael Bush Jun 16, 1984 United States of America American football player
Michael Bush (born June 16, 1984) is an American football running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the fourth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisville....
x Inge Hammarström   Jan 20, 1948 Sweden  
Hans Inge Hammarström (born January 20, 1948) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey left winger who played six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs and St. Louis Blues. He is currently a European scout with...
x Per Eklund Eklund 2006 Jun 26, 1946 Sweden Racecar driver
Per Eklund, born on June 26, 1946 in Skönnerud (Koppom), Eda Municipality of Värmland in Sweden, is a Rally and Rallycross driver who lives in Arvika. His nickname is "Pekka". In rallying he never made it to the very top but he has been very...
x Richard Noble Richard Noble Mar 6, 1946   Racecar driver
Richard Noble, OBE (born 6 March 1946) is a British entrepreneur who was holder of the land speed record between 1983 and 1997. He was also the project director of ThrustSSC, the vehicle which holds the current land speed record, set at Black Rock...
x Sadie Irvine   1887 United States of America  
Sarah Agnes Estelle (Sadie) Irvine (1887 - 1970) was an American artist and educator. Her work is associated with the Newcomb College pottery school, where she was trained and taught until her retirement in 1952.
x Justine Frangouli-Argyris   1959 Greece Writer
Justine Frangouli-Argyris (Greek: Ιουστίνη Φραγκούλη-Αργύρη; born 1959) is a Greek author and journalist. She was born on the Greek island of Lefkada, where she completed her primary and secondary education. A graduate of the University of Athens...
Journalist
Novelist
x Hōjō Ujikuni   1541    
Hōjō Ujikuni (北条 氏邦, 1541 – September 19, 1597) was a samurai of the Sengoku period, and the third son of Hōjō Ujiyasu. Ujikuni was a high ranking commander in the invasion of Kozuke. He was also the castellan (castle lord) in command of Hachigata...
x Kent Baer   May 2, 1951 United States of America American football player
Kent Baer (born May 2, 1951) was a football assistant coach and defensive coordinator at the University of Notre Dame under Tyrone Willingham. When Willingham was fired as coach on November 30, 2004, Baer was named interim head coach until Charlie...
Coach
x Samuel Lister, 1st Baron Masham The statue of Lister in Bradford's Lister Park depicts him standing with a two-foot rule clasped across his chest Jan 1, 1815 England  
Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron Masham, (1 January 1815 in Calverley Old Hall, Yorkshire – 2 February 1906 in Swinton Park, Yorkshire) was an English inventor and industrialist, notable for inventing the Lister nip comb. He was born in Calverley...
x Eddie Guardado AAAA7749 Eddie Guardado Oct 2, 1970 United States of America Baseball player
Edward Adrian Guardado (born October 2, 1970, in Stockton, California) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. Throughout his career, Guardado had played with the Minnesota Twins (1993–2003, 2008), Seattle Mariners (2004–2006), Cincinnati...
x Red Hickey   Feb 14, 1917 United States of America Football Coach
Howard Wayne "Red" Hickey (February 14, 1917 — March 30, 2006) was an American football player and coach who played for two teams and served as head coach for the San Francisco 49ers, where he was most famous for creating the shotgun formation in...
Coach
x Serhiy Kovalenko   May 10, 1984 Soviet Union  
Serhiy Viktorovich Kovalenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Вікторович Коваленко, born 10 May 1984) is a Ukrainian footballer who is currently playing for Naftan Novopolotsk. Kovalenko started his career at Juventus youth team. He was offered a contract after a...
x Saint Naum Saint Naum 830 C.E. Bulgaria Writer
Saint Naum (Bulgarian: Свети Наум, Sveti Naum), also known as Naum of Ohrid or Naum of Preslav (c. 830 – December 23, 910) was a medieval Bulgarian scholar and missionary among the Slavs. He is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church....
x Yutaka Ishinabe   1948   Chef
Yutaka Ishinabe (石鍋 裕 Ishinabe Yutaka, born 1948 in Yokohama, Japan) was the first French Chef in the Japanese cooking show Iron Chef. He appeared from the first episode in 1993, sporting a green outfit while holding a bell pepper. Over the years he...
x Sigmar Polke Sigmar Polke Feb 13, 1941 Germany Photographer
Sigmar Polke (13 February 1941 – 10 June 2010) was a German painter and photographer. Polke experimented with a wide range of styles, subject matter and materials. In the 1970s, he concentrated on photography, returning to paint in the 1980s, when...
Painter
Visual Artist
Artist
x Stu Hart   May 3, 1915 Canada Wrestler
Stewart Edward "Stu" Hart, CM (May 3, 1915 – October 16, 2003) was a Canadian amateur wrestler, professional wrestler, promoter and trainer. Hart founded Stampede Wrestling, a promotion based in Calgary, Alberta and associated wrestling school "The...
Wrestling Promoter
x Anne Kat Hærland Anne-Kat. Hærland in 2008. Mar 27, 1972 Norway  
Anne Katrine Hærland (born 27 March 1972) is a Norwegian satirical comedienne mostly known for her regular appearance on the weekly news satire show Nytt på nytt. She made her television debut in 1996 with the show Direkte lykke, and then had two...
x Ulrich Plenzdorf   Oct 26, 1934 Germany  
Ulrich Plenzdorf (October 26, 1934 – August 9, 2007) was a German author and dramatist. Born in Berlin, Plenzdorf studied Philosophy in Leipzig, but graduated with a degree in film. He found work at DEFA. He became famous in both East and West...
x Michael Vale   Jun 28, 1922 United States of America Actor
Michael Vale (June 28, 1922 – December 24, 2005) was an American commercial actor famous for being the longtime sleepy-eyed mascot "Fred the Baker" for donut chain Dunkin' Donuts, with his famous catchphrase "Time to make the donuts." He was...
x Sadako Sasaki Every day more cranes arrive at the memorial from children all over the world in the hope for peace. Jan 7, 1943 Japan  
Sadako Sasaki (佐々木 禎子, Sasaki Sadako, January 7, 1943 – October 25, 1955) was a Japanese girl who was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, near her home by Misasa Bridge in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadako is remembered through...
x Phillip Crosby   Jul 13, 1934 United States of America Singer
Phillip Lang Crosby (13 July 1934 – 13 January 2004) was an American actor and singer, who began his career singing alongside his brothers and his father, Bing Crosby. He was the twin brother of Dennis Crosby. He was born in California and was...
Actor
x Antwaan Randle El Antwaan Randle El 2006 Aug 17, 1979 United States of America American football player
Antwaan Randle El (pronounced /ˈæntwɑːn ˌrændəlˈɛl/; born August 17, 1979) is an NFL free agent. He attended Indiana University. At Indiana, he primarily played college football for the Indiana Hoosiers, as well as basketball and baseball. Following...
x Kaoru Yumi   Nov 12, 1950 Japan  
Kaoru Yumi (由美かおる, Yumi Kaoru, born November 12, 1950 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese actress. In junior high school, Kaoru joined the Nishino ballet group. She gained popularity with her appearance in the 1967 program Re Gaaruzu with Katsuko Kanai...
x Arshad Khan   Mar 22, 1971 Pakistan  
Arshad Khan (Urdu: ارشد خان) (born March 22, 1971 in Peshawar) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler. Arshad was first picked to play against the West Indies during the 1997-98 season, and the...
x Samuel Provoost The Most Reverend Samuel Prvoost 1742    
Samuel Provoost (1742 – September 6, 1815) was the third Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA, as well as the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. He was consecrated as bishop of New York in 1787 with Bishop William White. He...
x Curtis Stinson   Feb 15, 1983 United States of America Basketball player
Curtis Stinson (born February 15, 1983) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League. Stinson played college basketball with the Iowa State Cyclones. He is a former Iowa State Cyclones...
x Antonio Bosio   1575 Italy  
Antonio Bosio (c. 1575-1576 – 1629) was an Italian scholar, the first systematic explorer of subterranean Rome (the "Columbus of the Catacombs"), author of Roma Sotterranea and first urban spelunker. Bosio was born in Malta. Sent as a boy to the...
x Héctor Enrique   Apr 26, 1962 Argentina  
Héctor Adolfo Enrique (born 26 April 1962 in Lanús) is a retired Argentine footballer and current assistant coach of the Argentina national team. He played for La Seleccion in the 1986 World Cup and in Copa América 1989. Nicknamed El Negro by both...
x Jim Kyte   Mar 21, 1964 Canada Ice hockey player
James G. Kyte (born March 21, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Kyte made history by being the first (and to date, only) legally deaf National Hockey League (NHL) player, playing 598 games in the NHL. Considered an...
x Walter Buswell   Nov 6, 1907 Canada  
Walter "Walt" Buswell (November 6, 1907 in Montreal, Quebec – October 16, 1991 in Saint-Eustache, Quebec), was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 8 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal...
x Oswald Balzer Balzer 1858 Poland Lawyer
Oswald Marian Balzer (1858–1933) was an Austro-Polish historian of law and statehood, one of the most renowned Polish historians of his times. In 1887 he became a professor at the University of Lwów. Between 1895 and 1896 he also briefly served as...
x Nick Anderson   Jan 20, 1968 United States of America Basketball player
Nelison "Nick" Anderson (born January 20, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former professional basketball player. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for two years, playing on the team that reached the NCAA Final Four...
x Ariën Van Weesenbeek   May 17, 1980   Musician
Ariën van Weesenbeek (born May 17, 1980) is the drummer for the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica. Ariën started as a 3 year old smashing furniture with spoons and forks before discovering his dad's drum kit. Inspired by bands like Cream, Ariën took...
Songwriter
x Scott Wynd   Jan 25, 1970   Ruckman
Scott Wynd (born 25 January 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League, playing with Footscray. Debuting in 1988, the 201 cm ruckman was the winner of the 1992 Brownlow Medal after team mate Tony...
x Michael Thonet   1796      
x John H. Quick John H. Quick Jun 20, 1870 United States of America  
John Henry Quick (June 20, 1870 – September 9, 1922) was a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his actions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 1898 during the Spanish-American War. He was also received the Distinguished Service Cross and...
x Joanne Wright   Oct 10, 1977    
Joanne Nicholas (née Wright) (born 10 October 1977) is a female badminton player from the United Kingdom. Joanne attended Churchtown Primary School, Stanley High School and King George V College ("KGV"), all in Southport, Merseyside. Wright competed...
x Tomasz Józef Zamoyski   1678    
Tomasz Józef Zamoyski (1678–1725) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic). Tomasz became the 5th Ordynat of Zamość estate. He was also starost of Płoskirów and Gródek and became a Royal Colonel.
x Gurban Gurbanov Gurbanov during training session. Apr 13, 1972   Coach
Gurban Osman Gurbanov (Azerbaijani: Qurban Osman oğlu Qurbanov; born 13 April 1972, Zagatala) is retired football striker from Azerbaijan. He started his career in Dashgyn, and has since played for Kur-Nur, Mertskhali, Turan Tovuz, Neftchi Baku,...
x Yoshie Kagesuke   1527      
x Stoyanka Mutafova Стоянка Мутафова  Feb 2, 1922 Bulgaria  
Stoyanka Konstantinova Mutafova (Bulgarian: Стоянка Константинова Мутафова) (born 2 February 1922) is a Bulgarian actress. Born in Sofia, she read philology at the University of Sofia "Kliment Ohridski". Later she studied acting in Bulgaria and...
x William Walden Rubey   Dec 19, 1898 United States of America Geologist
William Walden Rubey (December 19, 1898–April 12, 1974) was an American geologist. He was born in Moberly, Missouri. He attended the University of Missouri, and in 1920 he graduated with an A.B. degree. During the same year he married Susan Elsie...
x Sherrod Brown Sherrod Brown Nov 9, 1952 United States of America Politician
Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9, 1952) is the senior United States Senator from Ohio and a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the U.S. Senate, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing...
x Mateja Svet   Aug 16, 1968 Slovenia  
Mateja Svet ( pronunciation (help·info)) (born August 16, 1968) is a former Slovenian alpine skier. Debuting in the 1983/1984 season, she won the first Slovenian female skiing victory in 1986. She was born in Ljubljana. Svet won the World Cup giant...
x Mawlana Faizani Mawlana Faizani 1923   Philosopher
Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani was born 17 April 1923 (the twenty-first day of Ramadan of that year) in Herat, Afghanistan to a family of miagan (religious scholars descended from a great Islamic saint). The honorific "Faizani", a derivation of an...
x Angela Evans Smith   Jan 7, 1959 United Kingdom  
Angela Evans Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon (born 7 January 1959) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon from 1997 until she was defeated in 2010. She was a Minister of State in the Cabinet...
x Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton   Jan 31, 1702 England  
Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton (31 January 1702 – 8 June 1747) was a British peer and significant cricket patron who was jointly responsible for creating the earliest known written rules. Midleton succeeded his father Alan Brodrick, 1st...
x Fess Parker Fess Parker DA-SC-86-08999 Aug 16, 1924 United States of America Actor
Fess Elisha Parker, Jr. (August 16, 1924 – March 18, 2010) was an American film and television actor best known for his portrayals of Davy Crockett in the Walt Disney 1955–56 TV mini-series and as TV's Daniel Boone from 1964 to 1970. He was also...
Vintner
x Mohammad-Ali Ramin   1954 Iran Politician
Mohammad-Ali Ramin (born 1954 in Dezful, Iran) is the deputy culture minister for press in Iran and was organisator of the International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust. He is also an Iranian political analyst, and the head...
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