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Rupert Croft-Cooke (20 June 1903 – 1979) was an English writer, a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction, including screenplays and biographies under his own name and detective stories under the pseudonym of Leo Bruce. For legal reasons, he spe
Edvard Kardelj (27 January 1910 – 10 February 1979), also known under the pseudonyms Bevc, Sperans and Krištof, was a journalist from Ljubljana, Slovenia, and one of the leading members of the illegal Communist Party of Slovenia before World War I
John George Diefenbaker PC CH QC (/ˈdiːfənˌbeɪkər/; September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative (PC or Tory) party leade
John Coleman “Jack” Burroughs (28 February 1913 – 22 February 1979) was an American illustrator known for his illustrations of the works of his father, Edgar Rice Burroughs.
The drawings, paintings, and lithographs of Charles White capture “the vitality and poignancy of humankind … for the eye to see and the heart to feel,” wrote Benjamin Horowitz in Images of Dignity: The Drawings of Charles White. White`s images of t
Mary Teston Luis Bell (3 December 1903 – 6 February 1979) was an Australian aviator and founding leader of the Women’s Air Training Corps (WATC), a volunteer organisation that provided support to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World
Fred Aldrich (December 23, 1904 – January 25, 1979) was an American character actor of both film and television. He would break into the film industry in 1939, appearing in two films that year in small roles: My Son Is Guilty, and the notable, Confes
Minerva Pious (March 5, 1903 – March 16, 1979) was an American radio, television and film actress. She was best known as the malaprop-prone Pansy Nussbaum in Fred Allen’s famous “Allen’s Alley” current-events skits.
Madras Rajagopala Radhakrishnan Naidu (b 14 April 1907 – 17 September 1979), popularly known by his stage name, M R Radha was an Indian film actor and politician. He was given the title of “Nadigavel” for his acting prowess. After a successful career