Famous people born in the year 1921

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Istv n Sarl s

Istv n Sarl s


Istvn Sarls was a Hungarian politician, who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary between 1984 and 1988.....
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Ivan Shamiakin

Ivan Shamiakin


Ivan Shamiakin was a Soviet Belarusian writer, he was perhaps one of the most prolific writers of the Soviet BSSR, writing in a socialist realist style.....
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J James Exon

J James Exon


John James Jim Exon was an American Democratic politician. He served as the 33rd Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979, and as a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1979 to 1997. Exon was a Nebraska Democrat who never lost an election, and the only Democrat to hold Nebraskas Class 2 U.S. Senate seat. He was elected and reelected governor in 1970 and 1974, elected to the Senate in 1978, and reelected in 1984 and 1990. He is the only Nebraskan besides George Norris, the architect of Nebraskas unicam....
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B la Biszku

B la Biszku


Bla Biszku was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as Minister of the Interior from 1957 to 1961. He was charged of suspicion of committing war crimes during the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, becoming the first and to date only former topofficial in Hungary who has been prosecuted because of political role in the communist era.....
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Early life and career of Suharto

Early life and career of Suharto


Suharto was the second President of Indonesia, having held the office for 31 years from 1967 following Sukarnos removal until his resignation in 1998.....
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G nther Josten

G nther Josten


Gnther Josten was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a fighter ace credited with 178 enemy aircraft shot down in 420 combat missions, all of which claimed over the Eastern Front. Following World War II, he served in the newly established West German Luftwaffe in the Bundeswehr.....
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Cab Kaye

Cab Kaye


Niilante Augustus Kwamlah Quaye, better known as Cab Kaye , was an English jazz singer, pianist, band leader, entertainer, drummer, guitarist and songwriter of Ghanaian and Dutch descent. He was influenced by Billie Holiday and often accompanied himself on piano with a graceful rhythmic style. He combined blues, bebop, stride and scat with the music of his African and Ghanaian musical heritage.....
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Eddy Martadinata

Eddy Martadinata


Admiral Raden Eddy Martadinata was an Indonesian Navy admiral and diplomat. He was conferred the title of National Hero of Indonesia posthumously in 1966. He is recognised as one of the founders of the Indonesian Navy.....
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Calhoun Allen

Calhoun Allen


L. Calhoun Allen, III Frances Olivia Allen Two stepchildren John K. Schober....
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Farley Mowat

Farley Mowat


Farley McGill Mowat, OC was a Canadian writer and environmentalist. His works were translated into 52 languages, and he sold more than 17 million books. He achieved fame with the publication of his books on the Canadian north, such as People of the Deer and Never Cry Wolf . The latter, an account of his experiences with wolves in the Arctic, was made into a film of the same name released in 1983. For his body of work as a writer he won the annual Vicky Metcalf Award for Childrens Literature i....
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Fatyh Zaripovich Sharipov

Fatyh Zaripovich Sharipov


Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin Order of the Patriotic War Order of the Red Star Medal For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 19411945....
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Fawzia Fuad of Egypt

Fawzia Fuad of Egypt


Fawzia Fuad of Egypt was an Egyptian princess who became Queen of Iran as the first wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.....
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Hans Georg Schierholz

Hans Georg Schierholz


HansGeorg Schierholz was a radioradar operator and Oberfeldwebel in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and a 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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Gavriil Ilizarov

Gavriil Ilizarov


Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov was a Soviet physician, known for inventing the Ilizarov apparatus for lengthening limb bones and for the method of surgery named after him, the Ilizarov surgery.....
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Harald Nugiseks

Harald Nugiseks


Harald Nugiseks was an SSOberscharfhrer in World War II, who served voluntarily in the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS of the Waffen SS. Nugiseks is also one of the four Estonian soldiers who received the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross.....
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Harald Quandt

Harald Quandt


Harald Quandt was a German industrialist and son of industrialist Gnther Quandt and Magda Behrend Rietschel. His parents divorced and his mother was later married to Joseph Goebbels. After World War II, Quandt and his older halfbrother Herbert Quandt ran the industrial empire that was left to them by their father and that continues today, the family owning about 46 of Germanys luxury car manufacturer BMW.....
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Harold Agnew

Harold Agnew


Harold Melvin Agnew was an American physicist, best known for having flown as a scientific observer on the Hiroshima bombing mission and, later, as the third director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.....
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Harold Camping

Harold Camping


Harold Egbert Camping was an American Christian radio broadcaster, author and evangelist. Beginning in 1958, he served as president of Family Radio, a Californiabased radio station group that broadcasts to more than 150 markets in the United States. In October 2011, he retired from active broadcasting following a stroke, but still maintained a role at Family Radio until his death. Camping is notable for issuing multiple failed predictions of dates for the End Times, which temporarily gained him....
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David C Jones

David C Jones


David Charles Jones was a U.S. Air Force general and 9th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.....
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Gene Roddenberry

Gene Roddenberry


Eugene Wesley Gene Roddenberry was an American television screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for creating the original Star Trek television series. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father worked as a police officer. Roddenberry flew eightynine combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World War II, and worked as a commercial pilot after the war. Later he followed in his fathers footsteps and joined the Los Angeles Police Department where he....
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