Famous people born in the year 1913

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Ivan Goran Kova i

Ivan Goran Kova i


Ivan Goran Kovai was a prominent Croatian poet and writer of the 20th century.....
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J C Martin Texas politician

J C Martin Texas politician


J. C. Martin, III Patricia Martin Patsy Galo Marialice Martin Cohen ....
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Jack Batton

Jack Batton


Mayor Batton continued the municipallyowned power plant in his small city of Minden and pushed for expanded street paving and lowincome housing projects during his tenure from 19781982.....
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B o i

B o i


Bo i , born Nguyn Phc Vnh Thy, was the 13th and final emperor of the Nguyn Dynasty, which was the last dynasty of Vietnam. From 1926 to 1945, he was emperor of Annam. During this period, Annam was a protectorate within French Indochina, covering the central twothirds of the presentday Vietnam. Bo i ascended the throne in 1932.....
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H T Cadbury Brown

H T Cadbury Brown


Henry Thomas CadburyBrown RA was a British architect. He was educated at the Architecture Association where he was influenced by the architecture of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. After graduating he worked for architect Ern Goldfinger and became his lifelong friend. He went on to set up his own successful practice.....
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Haane Manahi

Haane Manahi


Haane Te Rauawa Manahi DCM was a New Zealand soldier of Te Arawa and Ngti Raukawa descent who served in the Second World War as a member of the Mori Battalion.....
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C Achutha Menon

C Achutha Menon


Chelat Achutha Menon was the Chief Minister of Kerala state for two terms. The first term was from 1 November 1969 to 1 August 1970 and the second 4 October 1970 to 25 March 1977. He was instrumental in starting number of institutions and development projects in Kerala. Achutha Menon was the only politician who adorned the chief minister ship of Kerala for two consecutive terms. He led the then United Front to a thumping electoral victory in Kerala when Congress party was routed in elections in....
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Hajo Herrmann

Hajo Herrmann


HansJoachim Hajo Herrmann was a Luftwaffe bomber pilot. In World War II, he was a highranking and influential member of the Luftwaffe, and a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords . The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.....
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Hal Block

Hal Block


Harold Hal Block was an American comedy writer, comedian, producer, songwriter and television personality. Although Block was a highly successful comedy writer for over 15 years, today he is most often remembered as an original panelist of the television game show Whats My Line who was fired from the show in its third season, reportedly for inappropriate onair behavior. Block is a controversial figure in the history of television, denounced by some, while praised by others as a writer and for c....
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Hans Dietrich von Tiesenhausen

Hans Dietrich von Tiesenhausen


HansDiedrich Freiherr von Tiesenhausen was a Kapitnleutnant with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.....
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Hans Dammers

Hans Dammers


Hans Dammers was a German World War II fighter ace and was credited with 113 aerial victories, with 23 unconfirmed claims. During his numerous ground attack missions he destroyed 11 aircraft, 8 locomotives, 39 horsedrawn wagons, 34 trucks, 3 antiaircraft emplacements and 1 armoured reconnaissance vehicle. He was also a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.....
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Hans Filbinger

Hans Filbinger


Hans Karl Filbinger was a conservative German politician and a leading member of the centreright Christian Democratic Union in the 1960s and 1970s, serving as the first chairman of the CDU BadenWrttemberg and vice chairman of the federal CDU. He was Minister President of BadenWrttemberg from 1966 to 1978 and as such also chaired the Bundesrat in 197374. He had to resign as minister president and party chairman after allegations about his role as a navy lawyer and judge in the Second World War. ....
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Charles Trenet

Charles Trenet


Louis Charles Auguste Claude Trenet, known as Charles Trenet , was a French singer and songwriter. He was most famous for his recordings from the late 1930s until the mid1950s, though his career continued through the 1990s. In an era in which it was unusual for singers to write their own material, Trenet wrote prolifically and declined to record any but his own songs.....
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Dave Garroway

Dave Garroway


David Cunningham Dave Garroway was an American television personality. He was the founding host and anchor of NBCs Today from 1952 to 1961. His easygoing and relaxing style belied a lifelong battle with depression. Garroway has been honored for his contributions to radio and television with a star for each on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as well as the St. Louis Walk of Fame, the city where he spent part of his teenage years and early adulthood.....
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Hans Multhopp

Hans Multhopp


Hans Multhopp was a German aeronautical engineerdesigner. Receiving a degree from the University of Gttingen, Multhopp worked with the famous designer Kurt Tank at the FockeWulf Flugzeugbau AG during World War II, and was the leader of the team responsible for the design of the FockeWulf Ta 183 lightweight jet fighter, which was the winner of the 1945 Emergency Fighter Competition. Emigrating to the United Kingdom after the war, he assisted in the advancement of British aeronautic science befor....
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Edward Gierek

Edward Gierek


Edward Gierek was a Polish communist politician. Gierek replaced Wadysaw Gomuka as First Secretary of the ruling Polish United Workers Party in the Polish Peoples Republic. Gierek is known for opening communist Poland to Western influence and for his economic reform, based on foreign loans, which ultimately failed. He was removed from power after labor strikes led to the Gdask Agreement between the communist state and workers of the emerging Solidarity free trade union movement.....
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Chino Roces

Chino Roces


Joaquin Chino Roces was the founder and owner of Associated Broadcasting Company and the Manila Times.....
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George Barker poet

George Barker poet


George Granville Barker was an English poet, identified with the New Apocalyptics movement, which reacted against 1930s realism with mythical and surrealistic themes. His long liaison with Elizabeth Smart was the subject of her cultnovel By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept.....
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David Lord

David Lord


David Samuel Anthony Lord VC, DFC was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.....
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David M Jones

David M Jones


David M. Jones was a United States Air Force pilot who served with distinction during World War II. He was one of the Doolittle Raiders whose exploits in April 1942 were dramatized in the film Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. He then flew combat missions over North Africa, where he was shot down. He was a German prisoner of war for two and a half years helping with the escape attempt described in the book Great Escape, which was later the subject of a Hollywood film. The character Virgil Hilts, play....
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