Italian serial killer who shot and killed his parents and seven other persons. Captured, he killed himself in February 1988. Director Cedric Kah made a…
German-American astrologer and the author of “Drama of the Universe,” “Man and the Stars,” “Isis Sophia” and more. He joined AFA in May 1947. Sucher…
Czech photographer, best known for his photographs of Prague. Sudek was originally a bookbinder. During The First World War he was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian…
German historian of medicine, who helped establish that field as a legitimate discipline for research and teaching within faculties of medicine. Sudhoff taught for years…
French military officer in World War II, awarded the title of ‘Compagnon de la Libération’ (English: Companion of the Liberation). He died on 9 December…
French politician, education minister under Charles DeGaulle until late September 1962 when he resigned as a protest against a proposed amendment to the French constitution…
Spanish lawyer and politician who served as his country’s first democratically elected prime minister (1976-1981) since the Second Spanish Republic. He oversaw the end of…
French author of sensational novels of the seamy side of urban life. His works were the first to deal with many of the social ills…
Mexican actress, an Ariel Award and Emmy International nominee, who has played roles in a number of mostly Spanish language films and television series since…
American war photographer who served in the U.S. Marines from 1948 to 1949 and in Korea in 1950. He is the brother of Mario Minjares…
Mexican actor and comedian known for his funny characters on Mexican television. He replaced Humberto Navarro on La Carabina de Ambrosio playing La pájara Peggy…
Turkish actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She was the winner of the 2005 Miss Turkey competition. As an actress, she has appeared in more than…
American filmmaker, YouTuber, author, and film critic who as one of the most popular film critics on YouTube has over 2 million subscribers and over…
American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who conditioned racehorses for almost 70 years from a base in California. Clement L. Hirsch, co-founder and owner of Oak…
Brazilian physician, historian and British vice-consul in Ceará, Brazil. He died on 25 September 1938 in Fortaleza, Brazil. Link to Wikipedia biography (Portuguese)
German Generalmajor awarded the Pour le Mérite during World War I and the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Stutterheim came…
American professional baseball player, a former right-handed pitcher who worked in seven games over portions of three Major League seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies (1950,…
American business executive, the president and owner of Henri Bendel, an elegant Manhattan women’s specialty store. She first started the job as Vice President and…
German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who was an army level commander. While serving as military commander of German-occupied France and as…
Dutch painter and art theorist, a designer and creator of computer art.
German military commander of occupied France during the Second World War, who played a major role in Franco-German relations between October 1940 and January 1942.…
Dutch architect, who mostly designed neo-Romanesque churches. He died on 11 July 1934 in The Hague. Link to Wikipedia biography
American politician who served as a U.S. Congressman from Arizona, 1977-1983, first as a member from the Democratic Party and then as a member of…
Belgian mathematician and professor at the University of Ghent, who died in Ghent on 3 October 1932, aged 66.
German general in the Luftwaffe (Air force) during World War II and one of the signatories to Germany’s unconditional surrender at the end of the…
Mexican vedette, film actress and dancer of Chinese descent, nicknamed “Muñequita China” (“Chinese Doll”). She was one of the first Burlesque performers in México. Muy…
German actress DeutschSchauspielerin; vor allem bekannt an der Seite ihres Vaters Wolfgang Stumph (den habt ihr schon von mir) in der Serie “Stubbe – von…
Italian indologist, glottologist, philologist, scholar and bibliophile, who collected a rich specialist library. One part, which includes more than 500 works on history, religion, philology…
German actor and cabaret artist. DeutschSchauspieler, Kabarettist. Den bundesweiten Durchbruch brachte Stumph seine Hauptrolle in Peter Timms Nachwende-Kinokomödie “Go Trabi Go”. Danach waren es vor…
French engineer, senior official, and director of national companies. Link to Wikipedia biography
American world-class diver who earned a silver medal on the three-metre springboard at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. At those same Games, Irene…
French poet and critic. From 1912 onwards, he was one of the four “pillars” of the Nouvelle Revue Française, along with André Gide, Paul Claudel…
Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 2014 to 2023. She has served as…
American physician and missionary who, with his wife, Raylene Sturges, were the first Seventh-day Adventist medical missionaries to Nepal in 1957. They founded the Scheer…
German political activist (SPD, KPD) who after 1933 became a resistance activist. She spent most of the twelve Nazi years (1933-1945) in state detention, during…
American gridiron football center, tackle and guard, who played professionally in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Saskatchewan Roughriders (1958) and Calgary Stampeders (1959–1960);…
American nine-year-old boy found dead in the freezing snow on 12/14/1985, Thayer County, NE. His dad was suspected of either smothering him or abandoning him…
American investigative journalist, mainly on higher education, health care, science and environmental issues, who won a Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting in 2017 for her…
American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses who had his 2000th race win on 11 December 2010 at Hollywood Park Racetrack. His career includes a win in…
Dutch artist, painter, art theorist and computer art maker. Link to Wikipedia biography
American porn star who has starred in bisexual, gay, and straight adult films. Filmmaker and author John Waters called Jeff Stryker “the Cary Grant of…
French high-ranking civil servant. He is a former Prefect. He is President Emmanuel Macron’s chief of staff. Link to Wikipedia biography
American FBI agent, Chief of the Counterespionage Section and leader of the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server. He also…
Brazilian filmmaker, screen actor and television director from a family of noted artists. He was the son of actors Walter Stuart, who, in turn, was…
Scottish jurist, the Queen’s Counsel 1963 and later, a High Court Judge. Married, he had four kids. Link to Wikipedia biography
American homicide who killed two men and was given life in prison. A crippled bird flew into his cell, leading to a life study of…
American social activist who was the first female African American to apply for graduate school studies at the University of Virginia, in August 1935. She…
American football coach and former player. He is the assistant head coach and defensive line coach at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida,…
American noted family, the daughter of actress Sue Carol and actor Nick Stuart. Carol married actor Richard Anderson for less than a year and then…
American military officer, a United States Army Lieutenant General (LTG) who served as Deputy Chief of Staff G-1 Personnel of The United States Army from…