Famous people born in the year 1915
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J Paul Austin
J. Paul Austin was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of The CocaCola Company. From 1962 to 1981 Austin oversaw the growth of the company from 567 million in sales to a 5.9 billion global force, an unprecedented growth that has not been replicated.....
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Jack Lummus
Andrew Jackson Lummus, Jr. was a twosport athlete at Baylor University, a professional football player with the New York Giants, and an officer in the United States Marine Corps. He fought, and died, at the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II and received the Medal of Honor for his service.....
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Daniel Johnson Sr
Francis Daniel Johnson, Sr., PC was a Quebec politician and the 20th Premier of Quebec from 1966 until his death in 1968.....
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G tz Freiherr von Mirbach
Erich Werner Siegfried Gtz Freiherr von Mirbach was a Korvettenkapitn with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He is also a recipient of the coveted Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.....
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Edgardo Sogno
Count Edgardo Pietro Andrea Sogno Rata del Vallino di Ponzone was an Italian diplomat, partisan and political figure. He was born in an aristocratic family from Piedmont.....
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Danuta Szaflarska
Danuta Szaflarska is a Polish screen and stage actress. In 2008 she was awarded the Zota Kaczka for the best Polish actress of the century. Szaflarska participated in the Warsaw Uprising as a liaison. Szaflarska was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta, Commanders Cross and Commanders Cross with Star, one of Polands highest Orders and Gold Medal of Gloria Artis .....
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Gale W McGee
Gale William McGee was a United States Senator of the Democratic Party, and United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States . He represented Wyoming in the United States Senate from 1959 until 1977.....
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Edith Pfau
Sister Edith Pfau, S.P., was an American painter, sculptor and art educator known for her religious works and commissions.....
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Hanns Martin Schleyer
Hanns Martin Schleyer was a German business executive and employer and industry representative, and a former SS Untersturmfhrer, who served as President of two powerful commercial organizations, Confederation of German Employers Associations and Federation of German Industries . He was targeted as an enemy by radical elements of the German student movement due to his role in those business organisations and his past activities as an officer of the SS.....
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Hans Werner Kraus
HansWerner Kraus was a German Uboat commander in World War II and 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 Larive
Etienne Henri Hans Larive, MWO, DSC and bar, was a Dutch naval officer during World War II. He escaped from the prisoner of war camp Oflag IVC at Colditz Castle in 1941, and spent the rest of the war in England serving aboard Motor Torpedo Boats. He later wrote his memoir Vannacht varen de Hollanders , which was republished translated into English as The Man Who Came in From Colditz a pun on the bestselling novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.....
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David Honeyboy Edwards
David Honeyboy Edwards was a Delta blues guitarist and singer from the American South.....
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Harry Bertoia
Harry Bertoia , was an Italianborn American artist, sound art sculptor, and modern furniture designer.....
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Harry Gibson
Harry The Hipster Gibson was a jazz pianist, singer and songwriter.....
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David Gordon Hines
David Gordon Hines was a British colonial officer and administrator, who had national responsibility for the development of cooperatives in Tanganyika and later in Uganda, improving the living standards of farmers in their transition from subsistence farming to cash crops. In Uganda, some 500,000 farmers joined these cooperatives during his period there.....
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Harry Kinnard
Harry William Osborne Kinnard II was an American general officer who, during the Vietnam War, pioneered the airmobile concept of sending troops into battle using helicopters. Kinnard retired from the military as a Lieutenant General.....
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Harry Morgan
Harry Morgan was a prolific American actor and director whose television and film career spanned six decades. Morgans major roles included Pete Porter in both December Bride and Pete and Gladys Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey and for his starring role as Colonel Sherman T. Potter in MASH and AfterMASH . Morgan also appeared in more than 100 films.....
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Egon Delica
Egon Delica was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Fallschirmjger 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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Harry Weese
Harry Mohr Weese was an American architect, born in Evanston, Illinois in the Chicago suburbs, who had an important role in 20th century modernism and historic preservation. His brother, Ben Weese, is also a renowned architect.....
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