Famous people born in the year 1919

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J D Salinger

J D Salinger


Jerome David Salinger was an American writer who won acclaim early in life. He led a very private life for more than a halfcentury. He published his final original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980.....
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B la H B n thy

B la H B n thy


Bla Heinrich Bnthy was the founder of the White Stag Leadership Development Program, organized the International Systems Institute, and was cofounder of the General Evolutionary Research Group, A HungarianAmerican who remained loyal to his birth country his entire life, he served as an influential professor of systems theory, systems scientist and professor at San Jose State University and UC Berkeley. He became a widely read and respected author in the United States.....
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Earl E Anderson

Earl E Anderson


General Earl Edward Anderson was an American Marine Corps general. The youngest active duty Marine ever promoted to the rank of General and the first active duty Marine Naval Aviator to be promoted to a 4star rank, became Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps on April 1, 1972. He was promoted to General on March 31, 1972. General Keith B. McCutcheon had been promoted to four star rank the day of his retirement for medical reasons on July 1, 1971. During his 35year Marine career, he has serve....
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G E M Anscombe

G E M Anscombe


Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe, FBA , usually cited as G. E. M. Anscombe, was a British analytic philosopher. She wrote on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, philosophical logic, philosophy of language, and ethics. She was a prominent figure of analytical Thomism.....
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Gabby Gabreski

Gabby Gabreski


Francis Stanley Gabby Gabreski was a career officer and pilot in the United States Air Force, retiring as a colonel with 26 years of military service. He was the top American and U.S. Army Air Forces fighter ace over Europe in World War II and a jet fighter ace with the Air Force in the Korean War.....
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Edmund Hillary

Edmund Hillary


Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG, ONZ, KBE was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. Hillary was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.....
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Fausto Coppi

Fausto Coppi


Angelo Fausto Coppi, , was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist of the years each side of the Second World War. His successes earned him the title Il Campionissimo, or champion of champions. He was an allround racing cyclist he excelled in both climbing and time trialing, and was also a great sprinter. He won the Giro dItalia five times , the Tour de France twice , and the World Championship in 1953. Other notable results include winning the Giro di Lombardia five times, the Mi....
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Darrell R Lindsey

Darrell R Lindsey


Darrell Robins Lindsey was a bomber pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor.....
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Eduardo C Gomez

Eduardo C Gomez


Eduardo Corral Gomez was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.....
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Hans Joachim Marseille

Hans Joachim Marseille


Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds....
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Hans Bauer SS officer

Hans Bauer SS officer


Hans Bauer was an Obersturmfhrer in 6th SS Mountain Division Nord and received the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 April 1945. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.....
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Eduard Tratt

Eduard Tratt


Eduard Tratt was a Luftwaffe fighter, test pilot and flying ace of World War II. Major Eduard Tratt was the highest scoring Zerstrer pilot of the war with 38 victories and Gruppenkommandeur of II.Zerstrergeschwader 26 . 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. On 20 April 1944 he was posthumously promot....
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Edward Brooke

Edward Brooke


Edward William Brooke III was an American Republican politician. In 1966, he became the first African American popularly elected to the United States Senate. No other senator of African heritage was elected until Democrat Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois in 1992. Brooke was also the last Black Republican to serve in the United States Senate until the 2012 appointment of Tim Scott in South Carolina. He was elected to the Senate as a Republican from Massachusetts, defeating former Massachusetts go....
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Gayatri Devi

Gayatri Devi


Maharani Gayatri Devi , was the third Maharani consort of Jaipur from 1940 to 1949 through her marriage to Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II. Following her husbands signature for the Jaipur State to become part of the Union of India and her stepsons accession to the throne in 1970, she was later known as Maharani Gayatri Devi, Rajmata of Jaipur.....
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Edward Kenna

Edward Kenna


Edward Ted Kenna VC was the last living Australian Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces.....
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Edward L Feightner

Edward L Feightner


Rear Admiral Edward Lewis Whitey Feightner is a retired United States Navy officer who fought in a number of significant battles in the World War II Pacific Theater of Operations. During two combat tours, he shot down nine enemy aircraft to become a flying ace.....
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Gene Barry

Gene Barry


Gene Barry was an American stage, screen, and television actor. Barry is best remembered for his leading roles in the films The Atomic City and The War of The Worlds and for his portrayal of the title characters in the TV series Bat Masterson and Burkes Law, among many roles.....
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Geoffrey Bawa

Geoffrey Bawa


Deshamanya Geoffrey Manning Bawa, FRIBA was a Sri Lankan architect. He is the most renowned architect in Sri Lanka and was among the most influential Asian architects of his generation. He is the principal force behind what is today known globally as tropical modernism. ....
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Edwin Keith Thomson

Edwin Keith Thomson


Edwin Keith Thomson , usually known as Keith Thomson, was a United States Representative from Wyoming. A highly decorated World War II veteran, Thomson served three terms in Wyomings only U.S. House seat. On November 8, 1960, he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1960, but died a month later of a heart attack before taking office.....
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David E Bell

David E Bell


David Elliott Bell was a director of the United States Office of Management and Budget from January 22, 1961 until December 20, 1962 under President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy named him administrator of the Agency for International Development in late 1962. He left government service in 1966 to become the Executive Vice President of the Ford Foundation.....
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