Famous people born in the year 1915

Leigh Douglass Brackett was an American writer, particularly of science fiction, and has been referred to as the Queen of Space Opera. She was also a screenwriter, known for her work on such films as The Big Sleep , Rio Bravo , The Long Goodbye and The Empire Strikes Back .....
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William Thomas Billy Strayhorn was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger, best known for his successful collaboration with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington, lasting nearly three decades. His compositions include Take the A Train, Chelsea Bridge, A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing, and Lush Life.....
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Alice Bradley Sheldon was an American science fiction author better known as James Tiptree Jr., a pen name she used from 1967 to her death. She was most notable for breaking down the barriers between writing perceived as inherently male or femaleit was not publicly known until 1977 that James Tiptree Jr. was a woman. From 1974 to 1977 she also used the pen name Raccoona Sheldon.....
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William Bill Partlow Daniel , was a Governor of Guam and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. Born in Dayton, Texas, and a graduate of Baylor University and a member of the Baylor University Chamber of Commerce, he spent the majority of his life working as a lawyer in Liberty County, Texas.....
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Sir Fred Hoyle FRS was an English astronomer noted primarily for the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis, but also for his often controversial stances on other scientific mattersin particular his rejection of the Big Bang theory, a term coined by him on BBC radio, and his promotion of panspermia as the origin of life on Earth. While Hoyle was wellregarded for his works on nucleosynthesis and science popularization, his career was also noted for the controversial positions he held on a wide range ....
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Group Captain Leonard Henry Trent VC DFC was a New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross, the most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.....
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Dr. Leonard Jan Le Vann was the medical superintendent at the Alberta Provincial Training School for Mental Defectives from the years 19491974. Although he was born and raised in the United States, Le Vann trained as a physician in Scotland. Throughout his career Le Vann wrote many articles, the majority of which were published during his 25year career at the Provincial Training School. These articles covered a broad range of topics that include alcoholism, schizophrenia and experimental treat....
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Oberst Gustav Rdel was a German World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace. He scored all but one of his 98 victories against the Western Allies in over 980 combat missions whilst flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109. He was also a recipient of the 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. He often said to the men under his command You are fighte....
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Gus Bivona was an American reed player covering a range of clarinets, saxophones and flute at the height of the big band era. Following World War II, he was a staff musician for the MGM Studio Orchestra, playing on countless soundtracks and sessions. He later became a wellknown sidekick of pianist, composer, comedian, and television host Steve Allen. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Bivona began leading his own band, releasing albums under his own name for labels such as Mercury and Warner ....
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Friedrich Guggenberger was a German admiral and Uboat commander in the Second World War. He was highly successful during the war. From November 1940 until his capture in July 1943, he sank 17 ships for a total of 66,848160gross register tons160 and damaged another for 6,003160GRT. He was also responsible for sinking the British aircraft carrier HMS160Ark Royal in November 1941. For these achievements he received the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, among other commendations. Aft....
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Major Friedrich Lang was a German World War II Luftwaffe Stuka ace. He was also 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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Leonid Molodoshanin, known as Leo Mol, OC OM was a Ukrainian Canadian stained glass artist and sculptor.....
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Paul Anthony Samuelson was an American economist, and the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The Swedish Royal Academies stated, when awarding the prize, that he has done more than any other contemporary economist to raise the level of scientific analysis in economic theory. Economic historian Randall E. Parker calls him the Father of Modern Economics, and The New York Times considered him to be the foremost academic economist of the 20th century.....
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Paul Semrau was a Luftwaffe night fighter flying ace of World War II. He was also a recipient of the 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. Semrau was credited with 46 nocturnal aerial victories, claimed in 350 combat missions.....
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Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the pilot who flew the Enola Gay when it dropped Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.....
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Lester del Rey was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the author of many books in the juvenile Winston Science Fiction series, and the editor at Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction imprint of Ballantine Books, along with his fourth wife JudyLynn del Rey.....
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Margaret TaylorBurroughs , also known as Margaret Taylor Goss, Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs or Margaret T G Burroughs was an American visual artist, writer, poet, educator, and arts organizer. She cofounded the Ebony Museum of Chicago, now the DuSable Museum of African American History. An active member of the AfricanAmerican community, she also helped to establish the South Side Community Art Center, whose opening on May 1, 1941 was dedicated by the First Lady of the United States Eleanor Ro....
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Lester William Polsfuss , known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solidbody electric guitar, which made the sound of rock and roll possible. Paul taught himself how to play guitar and while he is mainly known for jazz and popular music, he had an early career in country music. He is credited with many recording innovations. Although he was not the first to use the technique, his early experiments ....
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Alice Faye was an American actress and singer, called by The New York Times one of the few movie stars to walk away from stardom at the peak of her career.....
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Robert Leo Bobby Hackett was an American jazz musician who played trumpet, cornet and guitar with the bands of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Hackett is probably best known for being the featured soloist on some of the Jackie Gleason mood music albums during the 1950s.....
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