Famous people born in the year 1910

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Irena Sendler

Irena Sendler


Irena Sendler , also referred to as Irena Sendlerowa in Poland, nom de guerre Jolanta , was a Polish nurse and social worker who served in the Polish Underground in Germanoccupied Warsaw during World War II, and was head of the childrens section of egota, the Polish Council to Aid Jews , which was active from 1942 to 1945.....
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Irene Ware

Irene Ware


Irene Ware was a Hollywood movie actress and is considered one of the early screens most beautiful starlets. She was a beauty queen and showgirl before appearing in 29 films between 1932 and 1940, and is mostly remembered for her roles as Princess Nadji in Chandu the Magician with Edmund Lowe and Bela Lugosi, and as Boris Karloffs and Lugosis leading lady in 1935s The Raven. She died in 1993, aged 82, in Orange, California.....
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Jack Lovelock

Jack Lovelock


Dr. John Jack Edward Lovelock, MB ChB, was a New Zealand athlete, and the 1936 Olympic champion in the 1500 metres.....
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F lix Candela

F lix Candela


Flix Candela Outerio was SpanishMexican architect known for his significant role in the development of Mexican architecture and structural engineering. Candelas major contribution to architecture was the development of thin shells made out of reinforced concrete, popularly known as cascarones. Flix Candela died at the age of 87 in 1997 in North Carolina.....
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G nther Freiherr von Maltzahn

G nther Freiherr von Maltzahn


Oberst Gnther Freiherr von Maltzahn was a German World War II Luftwaffe Flying ace and Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 53 and a winner 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. Legally it was Germanys highest military decoration at the time of its presentation to Gnther Freiherr von Maltzahn.....
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G S Carter

G S Carter


Major Gordon Senior Toby Carter DSO was a New Zealand surveyor and road engineer who worked in Sarawak, Borneo prior to World War II for Shell Oil. He enlisted with the British Army during the war, and served in the Royal Australian Engineers and later in Z Special Unit in Borneo, where he was the Officer in Command of the Semut II operation in the Kelabit Highlands of Sarawak. In 1962 Carter had the initial idea for and was the driving force behind the establishment of both the Kinabalu Nation....
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Cahit Arf

Cahit Arf


Cahit Arf was a Turkish mathematician. He is known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 in topology, the HasseArf theorem in ramification theory, Arf semigroups, and Arf rings.....
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Edgar de Evia

Edgar de Evia


Edgar Domingo Evia y Joutard, known professionally as Edgar de Evia , was a Mexicanborn American photographer.....
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Farid al Atrash

Farid al Atrash


Farid alAtrash , also written Farid Elattrache, was a SyrianEgyptian composer, singer, virtuoso oud player, and actor. Having immigrated to Egypt in childhood, alAtrash embarked on a highly successful career spanning more than four decadesrecording 500 songs and starring in 31 movies. Sometimes referred to as King of the Oud, he is one of the most important figures of 20th century Arab music.....
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Galina Ulanova

Galina Ulanova


Galna Sergyevna Ulnova was a Russian ballet dancer. She is frequently cited as being one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century.....
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Hamoodur Rahman

Hamoodur Rahman


Chief Justice Hamoodur Rahman was an East Pakistani jurist who was the seventh Chief Justice of Pakistan and the vicechancellor of the Dhaka University as well as professor of law at the Karachi University. Hailed from EastPakistan, Hamoodur Rahman retained his Pakistani citizenship even after the war and independence of Bangladesh. Hamoodur Rahman gained international and public fame when he was named by the Zulfikar Ali Bhuttos Government as the Chairman of the Hamoodur Rahman Commission. The....
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Hans Bartels

Hans Bartels


Hans Bartels was a Korvettenkapitn with the Kriegsmarine during 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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David A Frank Kamenetskii

David A Frank Kamenetskii


David Albertovich FrankKamenetskii was a Soviet theoretical physicist and chemist, professor and doctor of physical, chemical and mathemetical sciences. He developed the thermal explosion theory, worked on plasma physics problems and in astrophysics.....
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Haroutiun Galentz

Haroutiun Galentz


Haroutiun Galentz , was a prolific Armenian painter.....
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Harry Carney

Harry Carney


Harry Howell Carney was an American jazz musician whose virtuosity on the baritone saxophone influenced generations of subsequent players. He also performed on clarinet and bass clarinet, as well as alto saxophone in the early years of his career. Mainly known for his 45year tenure in Duke Ellingtons Orchestra, Carneys strong, steady saxophone often served as the anchor of Dukes music.....
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Chiang Ching kuo

Chiang Ching kuo


Chiang Chingkuo , Kuomintang politician and leader, was a Chinese politician and the son of Generalissimo and President Chiang Kaishek and held numerous posts in the government of the Republic of China . He succeeded his father to serve as Premier of the Republic of China between 1972 and 1978 and was the President of the Republic of China from 1978 until his death in 1988. Under his tenure, the government of the Republic of China, while authoritarian, became more open and tolerant of politica....
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Harry Gold

Harry Gold


Harry Gold was a laboratory chemist and spy for a number of Soviet spy rings operating in the United States during the Manhattan Project.....
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Eknath Easwaran

Eknath Easwaran


Eknath Easwaran was a spiritual teacher, an author of books on meditation and ways to lead a fulfilling life, as well as a translator and interpreter of Indian literature.....
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David Niven

David Niven


James David Graham Niven was a popular English actor and novelist. His many roles included Squadron Leader Peter Carter in A Matter of Life and Death, Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days, and Sir Charles Lytton, in The Pink Panther. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Separate Tables .....
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Hazi Aslanov

Hazi Aslanov


Hazi Aslanov was an Azerbaijani MajorGeneral of the Soviet armoured troops during World War II. Aslanov was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union title twice. The second Hero title was awarded on July 12, 1991 by Mikhail Gorbachev, at the constant recommendations by Heydar Aliyev.....
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