Famous people born in the year 1912
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Hermann H cherl
Hermann Hcherl was a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria . He served as Federal Ministry of the Interior from 1961 to 1965 and as Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests from 1965 to 1969....
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Agnes Martin
Agnes Bernice Martin , born in Canada, was an American abstract painter. Often referred to as a minimalist, Martin considered herself an abstract expressionist. Her work has been defined as an essay in discretion, inwardness and silence.....
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Fosco Maraini
Fosco Maraini was an Italian photographer, anthropologist, ethnologist, writer, mountaineer and academic.....
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Jackson D Arnold
Admiral Jackson Dominick Arnold was a fourstar admiral in the United States Navy who served as Chief of Naval Material from 1970 to 1971.....
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Jackson Pollock
Paul Jackson Pollock , known professionally as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his unique style of drip painting.....
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Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin was an American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania, where his family was involved in civil rights work. In 1936, he moved to Harlem, New York City, where he earned a living as a nightclub and stage singer. He continued activism for civil rights.....
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P Schuyler Miller
Peter Schuyler Miller was an American science fiction writer and critic.....
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Lady Bird Johnson
Claudia Alta Taylor Lady Bird Johnson was First Lady of the United States , as the wife of the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson.....
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Glenn T Seaborg
Glenn Theodore Seaborg was an American chemist whose involvement in the synthesis, discovery and investigation of ten transuranium elements earned him a share of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His work in this area also led to his development of the actinide concept and the arrangement of the actinide series in the periodic table of the elements.....
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Glen Roberts
Glenn Roberts was an American National Basketball League player. In college basketball, Roberts was one of the first players to put the jump shot to practical use.....
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Ernst S
Ernst S was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. During his career he was credited with 68 aerial victories.....
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Erwin Strittmatter
Erwin Strittmatter was a German writer. Strittmatter was one of the most famous writers in the GDR.....
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Nancy Wake
Nancy Grace Augusta Wake AC, GM served as a British Special Operations Executive agent during the later part of World War II. She became a leading figure in the maquis groups of the French Resistance and was one of the Allies most decorated servicewomen of the war. After the fall of France in 1940, she became a courier for the French Resistance and later joined the escape network of Captain Ian Garrow. By 1943, Wake was the Gestapos most wanted person, with a 5 millionfranc price on her head.....
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Francis Durbridge
Francis Henry Durbridge was an English playwright and author.....
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Benjamin O Davis Jr
Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. was an American United States Air Force general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen.....
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Horst Ademeit
Horst Ademeit was a lithuanian descent German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.....
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Gordon Gollob
Gordon Mac Gollob was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a fighter ace credited with 150 enemy aircraft shot down in over 340 combat missions. Originally from Austria, he claimed the majority of his victories over the Eastern Front, and six over the Western Front, five of which he claimed as a Messerschmitt Bf 110 heavy fighter pilot.....
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Pappy Boyington
Gregory Pappy Boyington was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross.....
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Ollie Johnston
Oliver Martin Ollie Johnston, Jr. was an American motion picture animator. He was one of Disneys Nine Old Men, and the last surviving at the time of his death from natural causes. He was recognized by The Walt Disney Company with its Disney Legend Award in 1989. His work was recognized with the National Medal of Arts in 2005.....
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