Eugène Louis Bastien (26 October 1881 in Paris– 13 August 1963) was a French racing cyclist and fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the gold medal in the men's 25 kilometre race. He also competed in the individual épée event at the same games.
Margaret Gwenver (also known by her married name, Margaret G. Sedwick) was an American stage and television actress.
Born as Margaret Guenveur on October 10, 1926, in Wilmington, Delaware, she was best known for her role as Dr. Sedgwick on the long-running daytime soap opera, Guiding Light. Gwenver appeared in the supporting role, as a recurring character, on the long-running show from 1979 until 2009. In between appearances, she also played the role of Yancy Ralston's widow Blanche on One Life to Live on and off from 1981 to 1983.
She began her career at the Margaret Webster Shakespeare Company in New York City in the 1940s. She and her husband, John Sedwick, founded the Tanglewood Theater.
Luz María Puente (20 November 1923 – 23 February 2021) was an American born Mexican pianist.Her son Jorge Federico Osorio is also a pianist. Puente died on 23 February 2021, aged 97.In 2008 the Mexico City Chamber Orchestra paid tribute to her during a concert for her career as a soloist and teacher of several generations of pianists. On 26 January 2015, the National Council for Culture and the Arts and the Academia Medalla Mozart A.C. awarded Puente the Medal in the Merit Category, along with Gallya Dubrova, Natia Stankivitch and Virgilio Valle. In September 2017 she received the Bellas Artes medal.
Anne St. Marie (June 16, 1926 – 1986) was an American fashion model, also known as Anne Sainte-Marie, and one of the leading models of the 1950s.
Mike Yurosek (September 28, 1922 – June 12, 2005) was a California farmer known as the "father of the baby carrot."
Henry Farmer Dobyns, Jr. (July 3, 1925 – June 21, 2009) was an anthropologist, author and researcher specializing in the ethnohistory and demography of native peoples in the American hemisphere. He is most well known for his groundbreaking demographic research on the size of indigenous American populations before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492.
Ricardo "Ricky" Tosso Febres (February 21, 1960 – September 11, 2016) was a Peruvian actor born in Arequipa.He started acting when he was 4 years old and appeared on many Peruvian TV shows during his career. He is the son of Ricardo Tosso, a well-known Peruvian actor and Angélica Febres.His TV program Teatro desde el Teatro has become a classic of Peruvian television. In 2010 he appeared in the play El Enfermo Imaginario. On 11 September 2016, he died at the age of 56 from cancer.
James Douglas (May 20, 1929 – March 5, 2016) was an American actor probably best known for his role as Grant Colman on As the World Turns (1974–81, with return appearances in 1986 and 1989).
Born in Los Angeles, Douglas was the son of Stan Johnson, himself an actor. Johnson later became art director on Peyton Place, in which Douglas starred.His first major role came in 1964 when he joined the cast of the prime time soap opera Peyton Place, playing the role of Steven Cord. He stayed with the series until it left the air in 1969.
Douglas then turned mainly to daytime roles, appearing as Elliott Carrington on Another World from 1972 to 1974. He then moved to As the World Turns, playing the role of Grant Colman #2. He also appeared on The Doctors, The Edge of Night in 1984 and on One Life to Live as Dr. Marcus Polk (1985–1987).
Käte Fenchel née Käte Sperling (21 December 1905 – 19 December 1983) was a German-born Jewish mathematician, best known for her work on non-abelian groups.
Elizabeth Maxine Chambers (August 25, 1920 − May 11, 1961) was one of the first female pilots in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program in which women took on non-combat flying duties so more male pilots were available for combat. She was in WASP Class of 44-W-3 as part of the
318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment. She became a pilot shortly after her husband lost his life while flying, despite the fact that she had a new baby, and was the only recent widow and mother to have served as a WASP.