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walter extra is a german award-winning aerobatic pilot , chief aircraft designer and founder of extra flugzeugbau -lrb- extra aircraft construction -rrb- , a manufacturer of aerobatic aircraft . extra was trained as a mechanical engineer . he began his flight training in gliders , transitioning to powered aircraft to perform aerobatics . he built and flew a pitts special aircraft and later built his own extra ea-230 . extra began designing aircraft after competing in the 1982 world aerobatic championships . his aircraft constructions revolutionized the aerobatics flying scene and still dominate world competitions . the german pilot klaus schrodt won his world championship title flying an aircraft made by the extra firm . walter extra has designed a series of performance aircraft which include unlimited aerobatic aircraft and turboprop transports .

aaron hohlbein -lrb- born august 16 , 1985 in middleton , wisconsin -rrb- is an american soccer player who is currently without a club .

majda vrhovnik -lrb- nom de guerre lojzka -rrb- -lrb- 14 april 1922 -- 4 may 1945 -rrb- was a slovene communist and medical student . she was a member of the district committee of the communist party of slovenia for klagenfurt and was named a people 's hero of yugoslavia after her death .

linda hayden -lrb- born 19 january 1953 -rrb- is an english film and television actress and the sister of actress jane hayden . she is best known for her roles in 1970s british horror films and sex comedies .

craig starcevich -lrb- born 16 may 1967 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who played in the vfl/afl . he currently works as a fitness trainer . he was recruited from east perth whom he played 37 games for after he won the 1986 f. d. book medal for being judged their best and fairest player . on the back of this , he was recruited to collingwood in the vfl . starcevich made his vfl debut in 1987 with the collingwood football club . the key position player came off the bench in collingwood 's 1990 premiership side and was a solid contributor during the 1990 afl grand final . he played 124 games , kicking 162 goals for collingwood before moving to the brisbane bears in 1994 . he went on to play 20 games for 16 goals for the bears before retiring at the end of 1995 . following his retirement from afl football , starcevich has become one of the most prominent fitness trainers in the afl , providing his services to the brisbane lions and being part of premiership success with his conditioning work . in 2006 he was recruited as part of the st kilda football club 's head of training services in an attempt to turn around the club 's large injury list in the 2005 season . during the 2006 pre-season starcevich adopted a controversial policy whereby players were banned from wearing thongs , citing the fact that they could increase the risk of injuries to feet . he left the saints before the 2007 season citing `` family reasons '' . in march 2007 , starcevich joined a-league team queensland roar as strength and conditioning coach .

joseph dorville `` joe '' walter -lrb- 16 august 1895 -- 23 may 1995 -rrb- was a professional footballer , who played for bristol rovers , huddersfield town , taunton united and bath city . he was the last surviving player to play under herbert chapman while at huddersfield . walter 's early footballing experience came while serving in the gloucestershire regiment during the first world war , when he represented the third battalion of the `` glorious glosters '' , before joining horfield united in the horfield area of his home city of bristol . after a year playing in the bristol and suburban association football league , he joined his first professional team in 1919 when he signed for bristol rovers . later in life he worked as a groundsman , firstly for the bristol co-operative society , before taking responsibility for bristol city 's ashton gate pitch in 1955 . he was later appointed as an assistant coach at his former club , bristol rovers , in 1960 when he was aged 65 . in huddersfield 's final game at leeds road , against blackpool on 30 april 1994 , he was the guest of honour . he was also present for town 's visit to bristol rovers ' twerton park . on 5 november 1994 , he made english football history as he became the oldest living professional player at 99 years , on the death of former brighton & hove albion player zillwood march in his 102nd year .

ma leilei -lrb- ; born march 22 , 1989 in tianjin -rrb- is a chinese football player who currently plays for tianjin teda in the chinese super league .

henrik gulden -lrb- born 29 december 1995 -rrb- is a norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder . he is the oldest son of former professional footballer and current puma se ceo bjørn gulden .

tony steratore has been an american football official in the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- since the 2000 nfl season , who wears uniform number 112 . he currently works as a back judge . for the 2015 nfl season , steratore is the back judge on the officiating crew headed by referee jerome boger . he is a native of the pittsburgh suburb of washington , pennsylvania . -lsb- http://www.postgazette.com/pg/12033/1207550-66.stm] referee gene steratore jr. is his younger brother . his father , gene steratore sr. , was an official in both college football and basketball . he officiated two super bowl games , which were super bowl xxxix in jacksonville , florida , and super bowl xlvi in indianapolis . outside of his nfl officiating duties , tony steratore is the president of steratore sanitary supplies in washington , pennsylvania ; his younger brother gene is vice-president .

john peter featherston -lrb- november 28 , 1830 -- 1917 -rrb- was the mayor of ottawa , ontario , canada , from 1874 to 1875 . born in durham , england , in 1830 , he came to canada in 1858 . upon settling in ottawa , he opened a drug store . in 1867 he was elected to city council , and in 1879 was appointed clerk and registrar for the carleton county court . he served as chairman of the board for the ottawa collegiate institute , and ran unsuccessfully to represent the city of ottawa in the federal parliament in an 1877 by-election . featherston was a district deputy grand master of the freemasons . very little is known about mr. featherston , other than the fact that he was a liberal politician , and that he wired mr. richard scott -lrb- later sir richard william scott , k.c. , p.c. -rrb- in 1871 advising him to enter the liberal government . later that year mr. scott became speaker of the legislature .

larisa grigorievna matros -lrb- -rrb- is a sociologist , philosopher , writer , literary critic , and poet .

amritsar govindsingh kripal singh -lrb- 6 august 1933 , madras -- 22 july 1987 , madras -rrb- was an indian test cricketer . kripal singh came from a famous cricketing family . his father a.g. ram singh was unlucky not to play for india , brother milkha singh was a test cricketer , another brother , two sons and nephew all played first class cricket . he was an attacking batsman and a useful off spin bowler . he played a leading role in tamil nadu winning the ranji trophy in 1954/55 scoring 636 runs and taking 13 wickets . in the semifinal against bengal he hit 98 and 97 - the second innings runs came out of a total of 139 allout in which no one else reached double figures -lsb- http://cricketarchive.com/archive/scorecards/21/21450.html] - and took 4 for 18 in the second innings . kripal had university exams at the time of the final and was granted a postponement by the university . in the final against holkar he scored 75 and 91 and seven wickets in a narrow victory . earlier in the season he scored his career best score of 208 against travancore-cochin . picked for the series against new zealand in the following season , he scored 100 * on his debut . that was to remain his only test hundred . he scored two other fifties , one a defiant 53 against west indies in 1958/59 . kripal toured england in 1959 . he hit 178 against lancashire and played in one test where he scored 41 . a finger injury severely limited his appearances . though he remained within the sight of the selectors , his test appearances became thereafter . in the sixties , he played three tests in 1961/62 and two in 1963/64 , all against england . it was in the third test of the former series that he took his first wicket in test cricket . he had bowled 588 balls in nine innings and ten tests prior to this , and no bowler has taken as many balls for his first wicket . in the same test , he was involved in a scandal that ended the career of subhash gupte . in one of the test matches in 1963/64 when too many english players went down with injury and illness , kripal fielded for them almost as a permanent substitute . towards the end of his career kripal became more of a bowler . he captained tamil nadu , and south zone in the first ever duleep trophy match . between his test appearances in the fifties and the sixties , kripal fell in love with a christian girl and converted to marry her and shaved off his beard and had hair cut . but yet he practiced both religions . that makes him probably the first test cricketer who has represented two religions . kripal died from a cardiac arrest at the age of 53 . he was a national selector at the time of his death .

jon tester -lrb- born august 21 , 1956 -rrb- is the senior united states senator from montana , serving since 2007 . he is a member of the democratic party . tester was first elected to the senate in 2006 , beating republican incumbent conrad burns in one of the closest senate races of that year . he won re-election in 2012 against rep. denny rehberg in another close race . tester previously served as the president of the montana senate and worked as a music teacher and farmer .

john `` jack '' mccall -lrb- ; 1852 or 1853 -- march 3 , 1877 -rrb- , also known as `` crooked nose jack '' or `` broken nose jack '' , was the murderer of old west legend wild bill hickok , shooting him from behind while he played poker at nuttal & mann 's saloon in deadwood , dakota territory on august 2 , 1876 .

holger wehlage -lrb- born july 3 , 1976 in meppen -rrb- is a former german football player who last played for bsv Ölper 2000 .

christian tshimanga kabeya -lrb- born 16 june 1987 -rrb- is a belgian footballer , who currently plays for heath hayes f.c. .

hussain dawood -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- born 1943 -rrb- is a pakistani industrialist , educationist and philanthropist , with origins from bantva , gujarat in western india . he is the chairman of dawood hercules corporation limited . he is also the chairman of engro corporation limited , hub power company limited , pakistan poverty alleviation fund and the dawood foundation . his social activities include chairmanship of the international advisory council of the cradle to cradle institute in san francisco , karachi education initiative 's karachi school for business & leadership . he also serves as a member of the government of pakistan education task force , director of the pakistan business council , pakistan centre for philanthropy , beaconhouse national university and is a global charter member of the indus entrepreneurs -lrb- tie -rrb- . he is the honorary consul of italy in lahore and was conferred the award `` ufficiale ordine al merito della repubblica italiana -lrb- order of merit of the italian republic -rrb- '' by the italian government . mr. dawood is an mba from the kellogg school of management , northwestern university , usa , and a graduate in metallurgy from sheffield university , uk .

italo mus -lrb- 4 april 1892 -- 15 may 1967 -rrb- was an italian painter .

mausami gurung , -lrb- -rrb- is a singer , song-writer of nepal .

james alfred ` jimmy ' moody -lrb- 27 february 1941 , looe , cornwall - 1 june 1993 , hackney , london -rrb- was an english gangster and hitman whose career spanned more than four decades and included run-ins with jack spot , billy hill , `` mad '' frankie fraser , the krays , the richardsons and the provisional ira . he was born to a mother who was a wartime evacuee from camberwell , south east london . his father was killed during ww2 after his ship was torpedoed by a u-boat . moody was the number one enforcer for the richardsons , did freelance `` work '' for the krays , and became one of the most feared criminals to emerge from the london underworld all before he reached the age of 30 . he was considered by many of his peers to be `` the hardest man in london '' . in the 1970s , moody joined a team of criminals to form the chainsaw gang who went on to become that decade 's most successful armed robbers . at this time he could be very blase about the nature of his work , for instance according to his biographer wensley clarkson , although he was a kind and devoted family man he often cleaned his shotguns on the kitchen table in front of his family and once even asked his wife to lend him her tights as a mask for a disguise . moody was convicted of manslaughter in 1967 for the killing of a young merchant navy steward . he was released in 1972 , however he was sent in 1979 on remand to brixton prison to await trial for armed robbery . his cellmate was provisional ira member gerard tuite . in 1980 the two men escaped and went on the run . soon , his murderous skills were being put to use as he became a paid hitman for the provos against their own . moody did not care for politics , just a paid job and was never a member of the ira or a republican sympathiser . by the late 1980s , moody realised he was in danger of overstaying his welcome in ireland and , inevitably , the lure of london persuaded him to return home . he believed his reputation as a hired killer would keep him one step ahead of trouble - and the law . but the london he returned to was a very different place . huge drug deals - mainly involving ecstasy and cocaine - rather than armed robbery were financing many criminals ' lavish lifestyles . the stakes were higher and so were the profits . by the early 1990s , moody 's list of enemies read like a who 's who of criminals from both sides of the water . then there were the police , the royal ulster constabulary and the british security services . moody was shot dead in june 1993 in the royal hotel -lrb- now royal inn on the park -rrb- in hackney , east london by an unknown assassin .

craig harold paquette -lrb- ; born march 28 , 1969 -rrb- , is a former professional baseball player who played third base in the major leagues from 1993-2003 . he last played in for the camden riversharks . he attended rancho alamitos high school and then went on to play college baseball for golden west college .

roger staub -lrb- 1 july 1936 -- 30 june 1974 -rrb- was an alpine ski racer and olympic gold medalist from switzerland . born in arosa , graubünden , staub won the giant slalom at the 1960 winter olympics in squaw valley and also won multiple medals at the 1958 world championships . he finished fourth in the olympic downhill in 1956 at age 19 . he also won a number of swiss national titles . after a brief career as a professional racer in the early 1960s , staub became ski school director at the fledgling vail resort in colorado . he also had a ski school in arosa and sporting goods interests in switzerland . during a summer visit to switzerland in 1974 with his wife and young child , staub was killed in a ski gliding accident near verbier on the eve of his 38th birthday .

herbert `` herbie '' kronowitz , originally theodore `` ted '' kronowitz -lrb- september , 1923 -- november 9 , 2012 -rrb- , was an american middleweight boxer who fought in the ring from 1941 to 1950 . after his boxing career ended , kronowitz was a highly regarded referee for nearly thirty years . he resided in bensonhurst , in his native brooklyn borough of new york city . kronowitz adopted his brother 's name , `` herbie '' , when he began to box as an amateur at the age of fifteen . he said that since elementary school he had wanted to be a professional fighter . as a youth , kronowitz met ben jeby , the 1933 middleweight champion , when the kronowitz family moved around the corner from jeby , who became kronowitz 's role model in boxing . in 1947 , kronowitz was ranked tenth in the world among middleweights . in march of that year , he faced artie levine at madison square garden in new york city . the crowd of 12,000 was said to have been enthralled during the 10-round battle between the two jewish fighters . levine won the decision , although kronowitz claimed that while levine `` won the decision . there was no question that i won the fight . '' kronowitz fought the top contenders in the middleweight division . he lost to rocky castellani and vinnie cidone in decisions . among boxers that he defeated were harold green , billy walker , jerry fiorello , and pete mead , a native of trumann , arkansas , who died in 2007 . on his retirement at the age of twenty-seven , kronowitz had won fifty-four -lrb- nine by knockout -rrb- of eighty-three career decisions . there were also five draws . reflecting on his decade in the ring , kronowitz said : `` the thing about boxing is that it gave every one of us everything we have . i do n't mean just money . it taught us how to live , how to act , how to eat , how to be physically fit . it opened doors to places that we never could have gotten into . some made more money than others , but every boxer looks at his career as the most important experience in his life . '' kronowitz worked as a referee from 1955 to 1984 . he was a member of the `` ring 8 '' board of directors . kronowitz served in the united states coast guard during world war ii . two of his brothers served overseas , and his younger brother was killed in the battle of the bulge in belgium . kronowitz was featured in 2007 in a jewish exhibit at the museum of the city of new york at the intersection of fifth avenue and 103rd street in manhattan . kronowitz died november 9 , 2012 in brooklyn at the age of eighty-nine .

arthur arnould -lrb- 17 april 1833 , dieuze - 26 november 1895 -rrb- was a french writer , and journalist . he wrote under the pen name `` arthur matthey '' . he was a member of the hermetic brotherhood of luxor and the theosophical society . he married the widowed painter delphine de cool in 1890 . he is listed in the french dictionary of anarchists .

emanuelis zingeris -lrb- born july 16 , 1957 in kaunas , lithuania -rrb- is a lithuanian philologist , museum director , politician , signatory of the 1990 act of the re-establishment of the state of lithuania , currently serving as a member of the seimas -lrb- 1990 -- 2000 and since 2004 -rrb- , chairman of its foreign affairs committee -lrb- since 2010 -rrb- , vice president of the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe -lrb- since 2009 -rrb- and president of the parliamentary forum of the community of democracies -lrb- since 2010 -rrb- . a lithuanian jew , he has been director of the vilna gaon jewish state museum , honorary chairman of lithuania 's jewish community , and is chairman of the international commission for the evaluation of the crimes of the nazi and soviet occupation regimes in lithuania . he is a founding signatory of the prague declaration on european conscience and communism , that proposed the establishment of the european day of remembrance for victims of stalinism and nazism .

piet van zyl -lrb- born 14 may 1979 -rrb- is a namibian rugby union player who captained the boland cavaliers in south africa at provincial level , and played for the at international level . van zyl was in the namibian squad for the 2007 world cup , and scored a try in his nation 's first match in the competition , in a game against . van zyl plays as a centre . van zyl made his debut in august 2007 in a friendly match against .

dinara mubinovna safina -lrb- ; , born april 27 , 1986 in moscow -rrb- is a former world no. 1 tatar born-russian professional tennis player . safina was runner-up in singles at the 2008 french open , 2009 australian open , and the 2009 french open , falling to ana ivanovic , serena williams , and svetlana kuznetsova , respectively . she has had success at grand slam events in women 's doubles by winning the 2007 us open with nathalie dechy . she also won the olympic silver medal in women 's singles at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing . safina retired in 2014 after a lengthy absence from the tour since 2011 due to an ongoing back injury . she is the younger sister of former world no. 1 men 's player marat safin . the brother -- sister pair are the first to both achieve no. 1 rankings .

ward m. williams -lrb- june 26 , 1923 -- december 17 , 2005 -rrb- was an american professional basketball player . ward was selected in the first round -lrb- 8th overall -rrb- in the 1948 baa draft by the fort wayne pistons . he played for the pistons in 1948 -- 49 and appeared in 53 games .

robert carrier -lrb- born june 3 , 1941 in montreal , quebec -rrb- is a canadian politician , a bloc québécois member of the canadian house of commons . he was first elected in the canadian federal election , 2004 in the riding of alfred-pellan in laval , quebec . however , he was defeated in the 2011 election by ndp 's rosane doré lefebvre . he is an engineer , political adviser , and a project coordinator . he is a candidate for the parti québécois in mille-Îles electoral district in the 2012 quebec election .

eddio victorino inostroza ibacache -lrb- born 3 september 1946 -rrb- is a chilean former footballer and manager . he worked as colo-colo assistant coach between 1986 and 1991 being present in the charge during 1991 copa libertadores title obtention with mirko jozić in the bench . then in 1994 he served as caretaker coach after vicente cantatore demission , having a prior experience at deportes la serena two years ago .

jean-marie le pen -lrb- ; born 20 june 1928 -rrb- is a french politician who led the national front party from its foundation in 1972 until 2011 . his progression in the late 1980s is known as the `` lepénisation des esprits '' or lepénisation of spirits due to its noticeable effect on mainstream political opinion . le pen focuses on issues related to immigration to france , the european union , traditional culture and values , law and order and france 's high rate of unemployment . he advocates immigration restrictions , the death penalty , raising incentives for homemakers , and euroscepticism . his controversial speeches and his integration into public life have made him a figure who polarizes opinion , considered as the `` devil of the republic '' among his opponents or as the last samurai in politics among his supporters . his progress to the second round in the 21 april 2002 presidential election left its mark on french public life , and the `` 21st of april '' is now a frequently used expression in france . his longevity in politics and his five attempts to become president of france have made him a major figure in french political life .

carlene m. walker is an american politician and businesswoman from utah . a republican , she is a member of the utah state senate , representing the state 's 8th senate district in salt lake county including cottonwood heights . walker received her bachelors degree from brigham young university in 1969 .

miyagino nishikinosuke -lrb- 宮城野 錦之助 , 1744 - july 18 , 1798 -rrb- was a japanese sumo wrestler . his highest rank was `` sekiwake '' . he was an active top `` makuuchi '' division wrestler at the age of 52 , which is the all-time recognized record .

ernest erbstein , `` hungarian : erbstein ernő '' , -lrb- 13 may 1898 - 4 may 1949 -rrb- commonly known as ernest egri-erbstein was a jewish-hungarian football player and later manager from nagyvárad ; now known as oradea in romania . he carried out his footballing activities in several countries , he was most noted for his association with italian football .

presley thornton -lrb- 1721 - december 8 , 1769 -rrb- was a planter and public official in colonial virginia . thornton served as member of the house of burgesses for northumberland county from 1748 -- 49 and 1752-61 . thornton was the great-grandson of william thornton who arrived in virginia from england as late as 1646 settling in gloucester county , virginia . he was through his paternal line a cousin of fellow burgesses , francis thornton of spotsylvania , george thornton of spotsylvania , william thornton of king george and william thornton of richmond county , virginia and william thornton of brunswick county . in addition to his fellow burgesses he was a distant cousin of the future presidents james madison and zachary taylor .

james donald walsh -lrb- born 1946 -rrb- is an american diplomat and foreign service officer . walsh served as the united states ambassador to argentina from his appointment on june 14 , 2000 , until he left the post on may 21 , 2003 . walsh was born and raised in scranton , pa. . he graduated from scranton preparatory school , received his bachelor 's degree from the university of scranton , and a master 's degree from the maxwell school of citizenship and public affairs at syracuse university .

george `` tod '' collins -lrb- 30 january 1876 -- 24 august 1942 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with essendon in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- . although his given name was george he was known as tod collins . collins played mostly as a half back flanker and was a strong marker of the ball . he captained essendon in 1901 and 1902 , the former a premiership team . collins had previously been a member of the inaugural vfl premiership side with essendon in 1897 . during his career he was chosen to represent the victoria interstate team , appearing in games against south australia in 1900 , 1901 and 1902 . in 1906 he became captain-coach of victorian football association club preston but retired five games into the season .

roman neustädter -lrb- born 18 february 1988 -rrb- is an ukrainian-born german professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for fc schalke 04 .

llewellyn heycock , baron heycock cbe -lrb- 12 august 1905 -- 13 march 1990 -rrb- was a welsh local politician , who became a life peer in 1967 . heycock was born in margam and began his career as an engine driver with the great western railway . he subsequently rose to a powerful position in south wales local politics through his trade union connections and membership of the labour party , a `` personality of transcendent authority '' . despite having himself received little formal education , he became chairman of the glamorganshire education committee . he became a commander of the order of the british empire -lrb- cbe -rrb- in 1959 , a commander of the order of the hospital of st. john of jerusalem -lrb- cstj -rrb- in april 1967 , and a life peer on 10 july 1967 as baron heycock , of taibach in the borough of port talbot .

kia mcneill -lrb- born may 15 , 1986 -rrb- was an american professional soccer defender who played for the boston breakers in the nwsl . she previously played for the saint louis athletica , philadelphia independence , and the atlanta beat in the wps and was a member of the united states u-23 women 's national soccer team .

james ruse -lrb- 9 august 1759/17605 september 1837 -rrb- was a cornish farmer who , at the age of 23 , was convicted of breaking and entering and was sentenced to seven years ' transportation to australia . he arrived at sydney cove on the first fleet with 18 months of his sentence remaining . ruse applied to governor arthur phillip -lrb- of the colony -rrb- for a land grant , stating that he had been bred to farming . governor phillip , desperate to make the colony self-sufficient , allocated ruse an allotment at rose hill -lrb- parramatta -rrb- , where he proved himself industrious and showed that it was possible for a family to survive through farming . having done this , ruse received a grant of , enabling him eventually to sell 600 bushels of corn . this was the very first grant of land in new south wales . ruse later exchanged the grant for more fertile land on the hawkesbury river . in later life , having been almost bankrupted from his farm by flooding , ruse found work as a seaman and later as a landowner 's overseer .

james blanding sloan -lrb- september 19 , 1886 -- october 5 , 1975 -rrb- , also known as blanding sloan , was an american illustrator , engraver , set designer and painter .

timmy fleming -lrb- born 1969 in killorglin , county kerry -rrb- is an irish former sportsman . he played gaelic football with his local club laune rangers and was a member of the kerry senior inter-county team between 1989 and 1994 .

orestes lópez valdés -lrb- august 29 , 1908 -- january 26 , 1991 -rrb- , nicknamed macho , was a cuban multi-instrumentalist , composer and bandleader , founder of the orquesta sinfónica nacional de cuba . he is considered the co-creator of mambo , together with his brother israel `` cachao '' lópez , and one of the most prolific danzón composers of the 20th century .

john green -lrb- 1881 -- 1968 -rrb- was a rugby union international who represented england from 1905 to 1907 . he also captained his country .

heddy honigmann -lrb- 1951 -rrb- is a peruvian-born dutch director of fictional and documentary films . heddy honigmann was born on 1 october 1951 in lima , peru to polish jewish immigrants . she has spent most of her adult life in the netherlands , having become a dutch citizen . most of her films have been dutch productions , but have been made in a variety of languages . in 2003 the museum of modern art in new york held a retrospective showing of a number of her films . honigmann won the outstanding achievement award at the 2007 hot docs canadian international documentary festival . in november 2011 , the centre pompidou in paris held a retrospective showing all of her films .

vester pegg -lrb- may 23 , 1889 -- february 19 , 1951 -rrb- was an american actor of the silent film era . he appeared in 140 films between 1912 and 1941 . he was born in appleton city , missouri and died in los angeles , california .

daniel guérard -lrb- born april 9 , 1974 -rrb- is a canadian retired professional ice hockey player . guerard was born in montreal , quebec , but grew up in lasalle , quebec .

jordon mcgrotty -lrb- born 10 february 1994 -rrb- is a professional footballer who is currently a free agent . he previously played for partick thistle in scottish first division .

giuseppe francica-nava de bontifè -lrb- 23 july 1846 -- 7 december 1928 -rrb- was an italian cardinal of the catholic church who served as archbishop of catania from 1895 until his death , and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1899 .

luo xi ; -lrb- born december 1960 -rrb- is the vice president of the industrial and commercial bank of china -lrb- icbc -rrb- , one of the world 's largest banks by assets and market value .

bundit ungrangsee -lrb- ; , born december 7 , 1970 -rrb- is an international symphonic conductor . thai-born and of chinese descent , bundit ungrangsee was named one of two co-winners and laureates of the inaugural maazel-vilar international conductors ' competition held at carnegie hall in new york city , usa in september 2002 . since then , ungrangsee has built a career as an international guest conductor , regularly leading orchestras in primarily europe and asia . his work includes principal guest conductor of the seoul philharmonic orchestra and regularly conducting orchestras in italy , including orchestra internazionale d'italia . over the course of his career , he has held posts as music director of the young musician 's foundation debut orchestra in los angeles , associate conductor of the utah symphony , cover conductor for the new york philharmonic , associate conductor of the charleston symphony orchestra and principal guest conductor of the charleston symphony orchestra . bundit was among the honorees for the thai ministry of culture 's office of contemporary art and culture 's silpathorn award in 2005 . he was also named a `` cultural ambassador '' . among the artists with whom he has worked are maxim vengerov , julia migenes , joseph alessi , the labeque sisters , paula robison , christopher parkening , christine brewer and elmer bernstein . in 2005 , ungrangsee was one of three international conductors invited to actively take part in the historic development of the seoul philharmonic orchestra into a world-class musical institution . he was also given the post of principal guest conductor of that orchestra and conducted numerous concerts with the orchestra . in june 2007 , he invited the orchestra to give a concert tour in his home country , thailand . in september 2002 ungrangsee was named laureate and co-winner in the inaugural maazel-vilar international conductors ' competition held at carnegie hall in new york city . the prize , awarded by a distinguished panel of judges including lorin maazel , kyung-wha chung , glenn dicterow and krzysztof penderecki , recognizes him as first among the 362 competitors from 40 countries in the competition . at the conclusion of the competition , maazel told the audience , `` you are seeing the future of classical music . '' a thai conductor of chinese descent , mr. ungrangsee is the first thai to have won awards in many prestigious international conducting competitions . other competition prizes include winner of the international competition for young conductors in lisbon , portugal -lrb- 1999 -rrb- . in 2002 , he placed fourth among 37 conductors from over 20 nations in the hungarian tv-radio international conducting competition in budapest . he also was a semi-finalist in the prestigious besançon competition in france in 1998 . among the teachers he recognizes as his main influences are world-renowned conducting teacher jorma panula and maestro lorin maazel , music director of new york philharmonic orchestra . maestro maazel said of bundit that `` he is on his way to becoming a major force in the world of conducting , '' and privately trained him over a period of three years . bundit received his master 's degree in conducting from the university of michigan .

walter raymond drake -lrb- 1913 -- 1989 -rrb- was a british disciple of charles fort and writer . he published nine books on the ancient astronaut theme , the first four years earlier than erich von däniken 's bestseller `` chariots of the gods '' . drake proposed in his books that ancient civilizations were colonies of extraterrestrials who eventually lost their technological secrets and became indistinguishable from humans , and/or that many other ancient civilizations were the result of human contact with aliens . his claims are considered to be pseudohistory . drake spent many years digging through huge archives of material , looking in his case for supposed anomalies that could support his scenarios of space aliens impacting human history . as drake himself said , `` i aspired to collect as many facts as possible from ancient literature to chronicle for the past what charles fort has so brilliantly done for the present century . '' a slightly earlier british author somewhat comparable to drake was harold t. wilkins . paperback editions of the first few of drake 's books were available in the us during the 1970s and became modest best-sellers in that format , often being displayed on news-stands next to the works of von däniken .

john michael `` red '' corriden -lrb- september 4 , 1887 -- september 28 , 1959 -rrb- was a player , coach , manager and scout in american major league baseball . a shortstop and third baseman in his playing days , corriden appeared in 223 big league games with the st. louis browns -lrb- 1910 -rrb- , detroit tigers -lrb- 1912 -rrb- and chicago cubs -lrb- 1913 -- 15 -rrb- , batting .205 . he was born in logansport , indiana .

robert michael iler -lrb- born march 2 , 1985 -rrb- is an american actor , known for his portrayal of a.j. soprano on `` the sopranos '' which aired on hbo from 1999 to 2007 .

juan carlos Álvarez vega -lrb- born 2 may 1954 in el entrego , asturias -rrb- is a spanish retired football midfielder and manager .

ma lik , gbs , jp -lrb- b. 23 february 1952 , guangzhou , guangdong , china -- d. 8 august 2007 -rrb- , was a legislative councillor , and was the chairman of the democratic alliance for betterment of hong kong -lrb- dab -rrb- , a pro-beijing political party in hong kong .

françois le métel de boisrobert -lrb- 1 august 1592 -- 30 march 1662 -rrb- was a french poet , playwright , and courtier .

mark baguley -lrb- born 21 may 1987 -rrb- is a professional australian rules footballer , currently playing for the essendon football club in the australian football league -lrb- afl -rrb- . baguley played local footy with langwarrin before joining frankston in 2009 as a 21-year-old . he played there for three seasons , coming second in their best and fairest in 2011 . he was recruited as a mature-age rookie by essendon with pick 47 in the 2012 rookie draft . in july 2012 he was elevated to the senior list . he debuted in round 16 , 2012 , against at football park .

jole fierro -lrb- 22 november 1926 - 27 march 1988 -rrb- was an italian actress . born in salerno , fierro made her debut in the early 1950s in the neapolitan dialect theater , and shortly later she made her first appearances in films . in june 1954 , she acted in the surreal comedy play written and directed by dario fo `` i sani da legare '' , then , in the autumn of the same year , she entered the prestigious stage company of eduardo de filippo , with whom she achieved some large success . she was also critically apprecciated for her performances in `` miseria e nobiltà '' by mario scarpetta and in `` palummella zompa e vola '' by antonio petito . fierro had a significant career in italian television , where she starred in dozens of television films and series , while her film career was mainly limited to character roles . she had a long relationship with actor arnoldo foà , and the couple had a daughter , annalisa .

houssem chemali -lrb- born 26 june 1991 in bordj bou arréridj -rrb- is an algerian footballer who plays for monza in the lega pro prima divisione .

samu wara -lrb- born 24 january 1986 in sydney -rrb- is an australian professional rugby union footballer . his regular playing position is on the wing .

manuel antônio Álvares de azevedo -lrb- september 12 , 1831 -- april 25 , 1852 -rrb- , affectionately called `` maneco '' by his close friends , relatives and admirers , was a brazilian romantic poet , short story writer , playwright and essayist , considered to be one of the major exponents of ultra-romanticism and gothic literature in brazil . his works tend to play heavily with opposite notions , such as love and death , platonism and sarcasm , sentimentalism and bleakness , among others , and have a strong influence of musset , chateaubriand , goethe and -- above all -- byron . all of his works were published posthumously due to his premature death with only 20 years old after a horse-riding accident . they acquired a strong cult following as years went by , particularly among youths of the goth subculture . he is the patron of the second chair of the brazilian academy of letters , and of the ninth chair of the paulista academy of letters .

thambiah `` terry '' pathmanathan -lrb- born 9 february 1956 -rrb- is a former singapore international footballer who played as a defender . he played for singapore and pahang in the malaysia cup . towards the end of his career , he played for tampines rovers in the inaugural s.league season in 1996 , retiring from playing professionally in the same year . he played generally in the role of sweeper , as the last man in defence . he was renowned for his poise on the ball and impecabble reading of the game . he was nicknamed `` captain marvel '' , for his leadership qualities , and one of his trademark moves was the long throw-in . he was the head coach for young lions from 2009 to 2010 , and tanjong pagar united from 2011 to 2012 . he is currently a senior manager with the singapore sports council .

cliff marshall -lrb- born 4 november 1955 -rrb- is a former professional association footballer who is best known for being the first black player to play for everton fc . primarily a forward , marshall began his career at everton but found first-team opportunities limited . he joined the miami toros of the north american soccer league in 1976 , but returned to england to sign for southport fc later that year .

liu dianzuo -lrb- chinese : 刘殿座 ; pinyin : `` liú diànzuò '' ; born 26 june 1990 in dalian -rrb- is a chinese footballer who currently plays for guangzhou r&f in the chinese super league .

the warratahs are a band from wellington , new zealand .

harold herman raether -lrb- born october 10 , 1932 , at lake mills , wisconsin -rrb- , nicknamed `` bud '' , is an american former major league baseball pitcher . raether originally signed as a free agent in 1954 . he was a member of the philadelphia athletics at the major league level that year , and again in 1957 following the franchise 's move to kansas city , missouri -lrb- in 1955 -rrb- . he played at the collegiate level at the university of wisconsin-madison .

william murray happer -lrb- born october 4 , 1972 -rrb- is an american professional wrestler and trainer , best known by his ring name otto schwanz . he is one of the top independent wrestlers in the southern united states , competing primarily in the carolinas since the mid-2000s , and has wrestled for many of the region 's leading promotions including cwf mid-atlantic , cueball carmichael 's independent pro wrestling alliance , omega , and southern championship wrestling . from 1998 to 2003 , happer was also a member of the dupps , along with kayfabe `` cousins '' jack and puck dupp , wrestling as bo dupp in extreme championship wrestling , total nonstop action wrestling , and world wrestling entertainment . while under a developmental contract with wwe , happer also competed under his real name until being released in 2001 . outside of pro wrestling , happer is an educator and instructor in high school athletics . he was a co-captain of the georgetown hoyas football team while attending georgetown university and , in 2003 , became head coach of south johnston high school 's trojans wrestling team in addition to teaching civics and history .

sheila mae townsend -lrb- born october 2 , 1980 -rrb- is a canadian female professional basketball player .

tanya lacey -lrb- born 2 march 1986 -rrb- is a british recording artist , songwriter and composer . she signed to the record label sony music . she is best known for writing and featuring on loick essien 's single `` how we roll '' which peaked to number 2 on the uk singles chart . she also co-wrote will.i.am 's single `` t.h.e -lrb- the hardest ever -rrb- '' featuring jennifer lopez and mick jagger . she also supported bruno mars on his uk arena tour as his sole support .

al-sultana raadhafathi sri suvama abaarana mahaa rehendhi -lrb- dhivehi : އައްސުލްޠާނާ ރާދަފަތި ސިރީ ސުވަމަ އަބާރަނަ މަހާރެހެންދި -rrb- was the sultana -lrb- queen -rrb- of the maldives in 1380 . she was the third daughter of sultan omar i of the maldives and ascended the throne of the maldives after the death of her sister , rehendhi khadijah . after reigning for a short time , she gave the throne to her husband , mohamed of maakurath .

ryan lindley -lrb- born june 22 , 1989 -rrb- is an american football quarterback for the new england patriots of the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- . he was drafted by the arizona cardinals in the sixth round of the 2012 nfl draft . he played college football at san diego state .

roberto la rocca -lrb- born 9 july 1991 -rrb- is a venezuelan racing driver .

thomas boberg -lrb- born 5 may 1960 in roskilde -rrb- is a danish poet and travel writer . since his debut in 1984 with `` hvæsende på mit øjekast '' -lrb- `` the hissing on my glance '' -rrb- , boberg has written numerous books and collections of poems . in 2000 he received the otto gelsted prize . boberg lived in peru for several years . many of his works stem from his travels in south and central america , often focusing on the exploited and poor . boberg has been nominated twice for the nordic council 's literature prize , in 1999 for `` americas '' , and in 2006 for `` livsstil '' -lrb- `` life style '' -rrb- . thomas boberg is the son of the surrealist artist jørgen boberg -lrb- 1940 -- 2009 -rrb- .

marguerite clark -lrb- february 22 , 1883 -- september 25 , 1940 -rrb- was an american stage and silent film actress .

tamsin cook -lrb- born 1998 -rrb- is an australian competitive swimmer who won the gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle at the 2015 fina world junior swimming championships in singapore in a new championships record . she also broke the championships record in the 200 meter freestyle with her lead-off leg in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay final . in that race she and her teammates broke the junior world record . cook also won a silver medal in the 200 meter butterfly .

ryan fisher -lrb- born 7 september 1983 in riverside , california -rrb- is an american international motorcycle speedway rider .

fannie lou hamer -lrb- ; born fannie lou townsend ; october 6 , 1917 -- march 14 , 1977 -rrb- was an american voting rights activist , civil rights leader , and philanthropist . she was instrumental in organizing mississippi 's freedom summer for the student nonviolent coordinating committee -lrb- sncc -rrb- , and later became the vice-chair of the mississippi freedom democratic party , which she represented at the 1964 democratic national convention in atlantic city , new jersey .

brian james `` b. j. '' symons -lrb- born november 19 , 1980 -rrb- is a former american football quarterback . symons played professionally for the houston texans and the chicago bears of the nfl , the frankfurt galaxy and berlin thunder in nfl europe , and the tampa bay storm of the arena football league . he was originally drafted by the texans in the seventh round of the 2004 nfl draft -lrb- 248th overall -rrb- . he played college football for texas tech where he was a record setting passer .

eduard pavlovich muzychuk -lrb- ; born february 14 , 1990 -rrb- is a russian professional football player . in 2009 , he played in the russian second division for fc znamya truda orekhovo-zuyevo .

gordon joseph reid -lrb- february 19 , 1910 -- november 12 , 1994 -rrb- was a professional ice hockey defenceman who played in one national hockey league game for the new york americans during the 1936 -- 37 nhl season . he died at a hospital in bracebridge , ontario in 1994 and was buried alongside his wife , audrey at the bracebridge municipal cemetery .

anthony dean `` tony '' geary -lrb- born may 29 , 1947 -rrb- is an american actor . he is best known for playing the role of luke spencer on the abc daytime drama `` general hospital '' . geary originated the role of luke in 1978 and has since received a record eight daytime emmy awards for outstanding lead actor in a drama series .

michael scott kirkman -lrb- born september 18 , 1986 -rrb- is an american professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent . he has played in major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- for the texas rangers .

rob harvey is a visual effects artist who has done visuals on period adventure films such as `` gladiator '' , `` troy '' and `` clash of the titans '' . he won an academy award at the 73rd academy awards in the category of best visual effects for his work on `` gladiator '' . his oscar was shared with john nelson , neil corbould and tim burke .

arvid mörne -lrb- born 6 may 1876 in kuopio , dead 15 june 1946 in kauniainen -rrb- was a finnish author and poet . he obtained a masters degree in literature and history at the university of helsinki in 1897 , and a phd in 1910 . he worked as a superintendent at the nyland 's folk high school `` finns '' between 1899 -- 1909 , and as a teacher at the same school between 1909-11 . he was forced to leave this position after his involvement in the general strike of 1905 . he became a docent of domestic literature at the university of helsinki in 1913 , a position he held until 1943 . he worked at the newspapers `` nyländska posten '' -lrb- 1900 -- 1902 -rrb- and `` veckans nyheter '' -lrb- 1902 -- 1904 -rrb- and also at `` arbetaren '' and `` helsingforsposten '' . he was also a literature critic for the newspapers `` dagens press '' and `` svenska pressen '' . his socialistic viewpoints would be reflected in his poetry , but he also felt strong for the weakest and for the finnish archipelago nature . he also wrote the lyrics for the popular swedish song `` båklandets vackra maja '' -lrb- with music composed by hanna hagbom -rrb- . he was married to the actress signe hagelstam and had three children . his works would eventually become more popular after his death in 1946 and today he is considered one of the prime finnish poets of the 20th century . the arvid mörne competition in literature is named after him and given every year by svenska folkskolans vänner .

david sánchez badillo -lrb- born september 25 , 1977 -rrb- , better known as tempo , is a puerto rican rapper and songwriter .

judson `` jud '' gilbert ii -lrb- born january 22 , 1952 -rrb- was a member of the michigan legislature . immediately prior to this term -lrb- 2010-2012 -rrb- he was a member of the michigan state senate , where he has served since 2002 . prior to that he was a member of the michigan house of representatives from 1998 to 2002 . gilbert is a roman catholic . in 2010 gilbert was elected to a third term in the michigan state house . gilbert 's house district covered most of st. clair county . his former senate district covered all of st. clair county and lapeer county he is a native of algonac . he graduated from algonac high school and st. clair county community college . he later went to wayne state university , where he studied mortuary science . he then spent several years as a funeral home director . gilbert is term limited and thus not running for re-election in 2010 . however since the term limit in the state house is 3 terms and he only served two , gilbert is running for the state house district 81 . while in the state senate gilbert was an early fighter for replacing the single business tax and was endorsed by the state chamber of commerce for these actions . gilbert is the chair of the senate transportation committee and as such has been involved in negotiations to build the detroit river international crossing . he has stalled this project to some extent with his inquiries about particulars of the project , such as who will pay the owners of the land condemned to build the bridge crossings and what will happen if toll revenue is below projections .

arshak sarkissian -lrb- -rrb- , is an armenian painter artist , born on december 26 , 1981 in the city of gyumri .

jan müller-wieland -lrb- born 30 march 1966 in hamburg -rrb- is a german composer and conductor of classical music and an academic teacher . he is known for his operas .

benjamin caine hollioake -lrb- 11 november 1977 -- 23 march 2002 -rrb- was a cricketer who played for surrey county cricket club and the england cricket team . born in australia , hollioake moved to england as a child where he made his first-class cricketing debut for surrey in 1996 . a right-handed batsman and right-arm seam bowler , hollioake 's performances as an all-rounder saw him join his brother adam in the 1997 england odi team . later that year , adam and ben hollioake made their england test debut in the same game , becoming only the third set of brothers to do so . ben hollioake made two test appearances and earned 20 odi caps before he was killed in a car crash in australia at the age of 24 .

tamar the great -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 1160 -- 18 january 1213 -rrb- reigned as queen regnant of georgia from 1184 to 1213 , presiding over the apex of the georgian golden age . a member of the bagrationi dynasty , her position as the first woman to rule georgia in her own right was emphasized by the title `` mep ` e '' -lrb- `` king '' -rrb- , commonly afforded to tamar in the medieval georgian sources . tamar was proclaimed heir and co-ruler by her reigning father george iii in 1178 , but she faced significant opposition from the aristocracy upon her ascension to full ruling powers after george 's death . tamar was successful in neutralizing this opposition and embarked on an energetic foreign policy aided by the decline of the hostile seljuq turks . relying on a powerful military élite , tamar was able to build on the successes of her predecessors to consolidate an empire which dominated the caucasus until its collapse under the mongol attacks within two decades after tamar 's death . tamar was married twice , her first union being , from 1185 to 1187 , to the rus ' prince yuri , whom she divorced and expelled from the country , defeating his subsequent attempts at coup . for her second consort tamar chose , in 1191 , the alan prince david soslan , by whom she had two children , george and rusudan , the two successive monarchs on the throne of georgia . tamar 's association with the period of political and military successes and cultural achievements , combined with her role as a female ruler , has led to her idealization and romanticization in georgian arts and historical memory . she remains an important symbol in georgian popular culture and has been canonized by the georgian orthodox church as the holy righteous king tamar -lrb- -rrb- , with her feast day commemorated on 14 may -lrb- o.s. 1 may -rrb- .

vice admiral sir peter maxwell compston kcb -lrb- 12 september 1915 -- 20 august 2000 -rrb- was a royal navy officer who became deputy supreme allied commander atlantic .

philip j. reed is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games .

pierre-luc létourneau-leblond -lrb- born june 4 , 1985 -rrb- is a canadian professional ice hockey left winger who is currently with the wilkes-barre/scranton penguins of the american hockey league . he plays a physical game and is known as an agitator and a fighter . he is an extremely tough player , who very rarely falls when fighting . he is known as having some of the longest fights .

nigel worden -lrb- born 27 march 1955 -rrb- is professor of history and head of the historical studies department at the university of cape town , south africa . he was previously research fellow at clare hall , university of cambridge and lecturer in commonwealth history at the university of edinburgh . he holds ma and ph.d degrees in history from the university of cambridge and ba degrees in art history and linguistics from the university of south africa , and is fluent in dutch and french .

samuel babson `` sam '' fuld -lrb- born november 20 , 1981 -rrb- is an american professional baseball outfielder for the oakland athletics of major league baseball . despite being diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 10 , fuld began his baseball career by twice batting .600 in high school , during which time `` baseball america '' ranked him 19th in the country . he played college baseball at stanford . there , he was a two-time all american , set the school record for career runs scored , and established the college world series record for career hits . fuld was drafted by the chicago cubs in 2004 . he was an all star two years later in the florida state league . a year after that , he was voted the most valuable player in the arizona fall league . in the minors , as a result of his fearless defense , he was referred to as `` a crash test dummy with a death wish '' , a `` human wrecking ball act '' , a `` wall magnet '' , and a `` manager 's dream and a trainer 's worst nightmare . '' fuld made his major league debut with the cubs in 2007 . he became a fan favorite for his acrobatic defense , and his tendency to run into outfield walls while making sparkling catches . despite his batting .299 in his longest stint with the cubs , the team never gave him a consistent chance , and limited his play to only late-season call-ups over three years . after the 2010 season , he was traded to the tampa bay rays . fuld made the rays ' 2011 opening day roster , and won the jobs of starting left fielder and leadoff hitter by mid-april . due to early-season heroics , including a `` superman-esque '' catch , he was dubbed `` superman '' , `` super sam '' , and `` the legendary sam fuld '' . he became an internet legend as his catch was put to superman-theme music in a youtube video , and tweets about him went viral . in late april , he led the american league in both batting average and steals . he played with the rays through 2013 , and in 2014 he played for the oakland athletics -lrb- for two stints -rrb- and minnesota twins .

william baker kinne -lrb- march 22 , 1874 -- october 1 , 1929 -rrb- was a republican politician from idaho . he served as the 17th lieutenant governor of idaho for eight months in 1929 during the administration of governor h. c. baldridge . he was a native of new brunswick . he was kidnapped in june 1929 along with another occupant , however he managed to escape and inform the public about the incident , creating a manhunt for the suspects involved , who were eventually arrested , tried and imprisoned . and was succeeded by o. e. hailey .

kevin tillman -lrb- born january 24 , 1978 in san jose , california -rrb- is an american anti -- iraq war activist , a former u.s. army soldier and former minor league baseball second baseman . in 2002 , tillman left the cleveland indians organization after the september 11 attacks to enlist in the united states army . with his older brother , former national football league star pat tillman , he completed the ranger indoctrination program in 2002 , and they were both assigned to 2nd battalion -- 75th ranger regiment . kevin and pat tillman were deployed to the middle east together as part of operation iraqi freedom . in 2004 , pat was killed in combat while in spera , afghanistan by friendly fire .

nancy elizabeth prophet -lrb- march 19 , 1890 -- 1960 -rrb- was an american sculptor . she became noted for her work in paris in the 1920s and 1930s . a perfectionist who did all her own carving , her surviving output is small .