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Hugh Hefner
founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine
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Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American magazine publisher. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, a publication with revealing photographs and articles ...
Date of birth: 9 April 1926
Date of death: 27 September 2017
Nationality: American
Occupation: Business
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)
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Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, vaudevillian and comedian who has been called "the greatest entertainer ever to grace a stage in these United ...
Date of birth: 8 December 1925
Date of death: 16 May 1990
Nationality: American
Occupation: Actor
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)
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Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American actor, director, author, poet, composer, and singer. He rose to prominence for starring roles in several classic films noir ...
Date of birth: 6 August 1917
Date of death: 1 July 1997
Nationality: American
Occupation: Actor
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)
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Desi Arnaz
American musician, actor and television studio head (1917–1986)
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Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986), better known as Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, bandleader, comedian and film and television producer, revo ...
Date of birth: 2 March 1917
Date of death: 2 December 1986
Nationality: Cuban
Occupation: Actor
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)
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B.B. King
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1925–2015)
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Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based ...
Date of birth: 16 September 1925
Date of death: 14 May 2015
Nationality: American
Occupation: Musician
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)
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Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. He received many accolades, including 20 Grammy Awards ...
Date of birth: 3 August 1926
Date of death: 21 July 2023
Nationality: American
Occupation: Singer
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)
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Aristotelis Savalas (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Σαβάλας; January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994), known professionally as Telly Savalas, was an American actor and singer whose career spanned four decades. Noted for ...
Date of birth: 21 January 1922
Date of death: 22 January 1994
Nationality: American
Occupation: Actor
Gender: Male
Height: 6' (183 cm)
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Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (17 September 1928 – 3 October 1998) was an English-born American actor, film director and photographer. He is best known for portraying Cornelius and Caesar in the ...
Date of birth: 17 September 1928
Date of death: 3 October 1998
Nationality: American
Occupation: Actor
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)
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John Joseph Patrick Ryan (December 30, 1920 – January 21, 1998), best known by his stage name, Jack Lord, was an American television, film and Broadway actor, director and producer. He starred as Steve ...
Date of birth: 30 December 1920
Date of death: 21 January 1998
Nationality: American
Occupation: Actor
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)
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Kevin Joseph Aloysius "Chuck" Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of ...
Date of birth: 10 April 1921
Date of death: 10 November 1992
Nationality: American
Occupation: Actor
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 5" (196 cm)
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Sidney Poitier
Bahamian and American actor, filmmaker, diplomat (1927–2022)
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Sidney Poitier KBE ( PWAH-tyay; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1963, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy ...
Date of birth: 20 February 1927
Date of death: 6 January 2022
Nationality: Bahamanian
Occupation: Actor
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)
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Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor, vaudevillian, comedian, producer and radio personality. In a career spanning nine decades and continuing ...
Date of birth: 23 September 1920
Date of death: 6 April 2014
Nationality: American
Occupation: Actor
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)
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James Arness (born James King Aurness, May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the CBS television series Gunsmoke. Arness has the ...
Date of birth: 26 May 1923
Date of death: 3 June 2011
Nationality: American
Occupation: Actor
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 7" (201 cm)
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Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, comedian, writer, singer, and dancer, whose award-winning career has spanned seven decades in film, television and the theatre.
Date of birth: 13 December 1925
Nationality: American
Occupation: Actor
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)
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Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was an American soldier, actor and songwriter. He was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II. He received every military combat ...
Date of birth: 20 June 1924
Date of death: 28 May 1971
Nationality: American
Occupation: Military
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)
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John Derek
American actor and filmmaker (1926–1998)
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John Derek (born Derek Delevan Harris; August 12, 1926 – May 22, 1998) was an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer and photographer. He appeared in such films as Knock on Any Door, All the ...
Date of birth: 12 August 1926
Date of death: 22 May 1998
Nationality: American
Occupation: Actor
Gender: Male
Height: 6' (183 cm)
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Henry Alfred Kissinger ( KISS-ən-jər; born Heinz Alfred Kissinger; May 27, 1923 – November 29, 2023) was an American diplomat, political scientist, geopolitical consultant, and politician who served ...
Date of birth: 27 May 1923
Date of death: 29 November 2023
Nationality: American
Occupation: Government
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)
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Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor and producer. Initially known for playing tough guys with a tender heart, he went on to achieve success with more complex ...
Date of birth: 2 November 1913
Date of death: 20 October 1994
Nationality: American
Occupation: Actor
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)
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Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist.
Date of birth: 4 October 1923
Date of death: 5 April 2008
Nationality: American
Occupation: Actor
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)
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Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr. (May 8, 1919 – May 11, 1973) was an American actor best known for playing Tarzan of the Apes and leading characters from Karl May's novels.
Date of birth: 8 May 1919
Date of death: 11 May 1973
Nationality: American
Occupation: Actor
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)
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