Famous people born in the year 1925

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Malcolm X

Malcolm X


Malcolm160 X , born Malcolm Little and also known as elHajj Malik elShabazz , was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.....
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Frank Kameny

Frank Kameny


Franklin Edward Frank Kameny was an American gay rights activist. He has been referred to as one of the most significant figures in the American gay rights movement.....
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Everton Weekes

Everton Weekes


Sir Everton DeCourcy Weekes, KCMG, GCM, OBE is a leading former West Indian cricketer. Along with Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott, he formed what was known as The Three Ws of West Indian cricket.....
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Frank Page broadcaster

Frank Page broadcaster


Raymond Franklin Page, known as Frank Page , was a boadcaster from radio station KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana, who on October 16, 1954 introduced Elvis Presley to the Louisiana Hayride Country music program. The Hayride was presented weekly from 1948 until 1960 at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium it was akin to Shreveports temporary alternative to the permanent Grand Ole Opry of Nashville, Tennessee.....
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Don Gallinger

Don Gallinger


Donald Calvin Gabby Gallinger was a professional ice hockey player who played 222 games in the National Hockey League. Born in Port Colborne, Ontario, he played for the Boston Bruins. Gallinger was one of the leagues youngest players when he broke into the NHL, playing on the Sprout Line of Boston with Bill Shill and Bep Guidolin. Gallingers career was cut short, when in 1948 Gallinger and former teammate Billy Taylor were discovered gambling on their own teams and banned for life by the NHL. T....
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Berta Rosenbaum Golahny

Berta Rosenbaum Golahny


Berta Rosenbaum Golahny was an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor.....
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Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson


Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, OOnt was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was called the Maharaja of the keyboard by Duke Ellington, but simply O.P. by his friends. He released over 200 recordings, won eight Grammy Awards, and received numerous other awards and honours. He is considered one of the greatest jazz pianists, and played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years.....
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Frank Truitt

Frank Truitt


Frank Wilson Truitt, Jr., was a multisport collegiate coach and a veteran of World War II.....
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E L Short

E L Short


Vivian Bruns Patti Kilpatrick Robin Taylor....
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Nelly Beltr n

Nelly Beltr n


Nlida Dod Lpez Valverde better known as Nelly Beltrn was an Argentine actress. She appeared on the radio from the age of 10 and in 85 theatrical performances, 48 films and 3 dozen television shows between 1953 and 1996. She won a Martn Fierro Award as Best Comic Actress for her television work on La hermana San Sulpicio participated in the film Pajarito Gmez which won the Best Youth Film award at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival won a Konex Foundation Award and was honored by the Arg....
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Doris Roberts

Doris Roberts


Doris Roberts was an American stage, character actress, author and philanthropist, whose career spanned six decades of television. She had also appeared as a guest on many talk and variety shows. She has also appeared as a panelist on several game shows. She was also an advocate for animal rights and of animalrights activism, supporting groups such as the United Activists for Animal Rights.....
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Konrad Wolf

Konrad Wolf


Konrad Wolf was an East German film director. He was the son of writer, doctor and diplomat Friedrich Wolf, and the younger brother of Stasi spymaster Markus Wolf.....
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Dorothy Loudon

Dorothy Loudon


Dorothy Loudon was an American actress and singer. She won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in 1977 for her performance as Miss Hannigan in Annie. Loudon was also nominated for Tony Awards for her lead performances in the musicals The Fig Leaves Are Falling and Ballroom, as well as a Golden Globe award for her appearances on The Garry Moore Show.....
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Dorothy Malone

Dorothy Malone


Dorothy Malone is an American actress. Her film career began in 1943, and in her early years she played small roles, mainly in Bmovies. After a decade in films, she began to acquire a more glamorous image, particularly after her performance in Written on the Wind , for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her film career reached its peak by the beginning of the 1960s, and she achieved later success with her television role as Constance MacKenzie on Peyton Place from 1964....
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Betty Bumpers

Betty Bumpers


Elizabeth Callans Flanagan Betty Bumpers was First Lady of Arkansas, from 1971 to 1975. She is an advocate for childhood immunizations and world peace. She and Rosalynn Carter ran a successful campaign to ensure that all American school children were immunized. She is also the widow of Dale Bumpers, former State governor and U.S. Senator.....
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Manuel J Fernandez

Manuel J Fernandez


Manuel John Pete Fernandez, Jr. was the thirdleading American and United States Air Force ace in the Korean War. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in Korea on March 21, 1953.....
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James L Day

James L Day


Major General James Lewis Day was a United States Marine Corps major general who served in World War II, in the Korean War, and in the Vietnam War. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions as a corporal on May 14 to 17 during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II.....
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Douglas Engelbart

Douglas Engelbart


Douglas Carl Engelbart was an American engineer and inventor, and an early computer and Internet pioneer. He is best known for his work on founding the field of humancomputer interaction, particularly while at his Augmentation Research Center Lab in SRI International, which resulted in the invention of the computer mouse, and the development of hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to graphical user interfaces. These were demonstrated at The Mother of All Demos in 1968. Engelbarts Law,....
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Paulina Longworth Sturm

Paulina Longworth Sturm


Paulina Longworth Sturm was an American socialite. She was the only child of Alice Roosevelt Longworth , and a granddaughter of U.S. President Theodore T.R. Roosevelt, Jr. .....
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Douglas T Jacobson

Douglas T Jacobson


Major Douglas Thomas Jacobson was a United States Marine who earned the United States highest military honor the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on Iwo Jima during World War II. Private First Class Jacobson destroyed a total of sixteen enemy positions and annihilated approximately seventyfive Japanese, thereby contributing essentially to the success of his divisions operations. He was presented the Medal of Honor by President Harry S. Truman on October 5, 1945.....
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