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2006 deaths
- Joanna DennyJoanna Denny died in 2006. Her life ended before she could see her final book on Anne Boleyn reach the shelves. She was a historian and author who…
- Joan Turville-PetreJoan Elizabeth Turville-Petre entered the world on the 10th of May 1911. Her parents were Sam Blomfield and Kate Barton from Colchester in Essex.
- James BrownJames Joseph Brown was born on the 3rd of May 1933, inside a small wooden shack in Barnwell, South Carolina. His mother Susie Behling was only sixteen years…
- Christopher John DewhurstSir Christopher John Dewhurst entered the world on the 2nd of July 1920 in England. He grew up during a time when medical care for women and children was…
- Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman was born on the 31st of July 1912 in Brooklyn, New York City. His parents were Jewish working-class immigrants from Beregszász in Carpathian…
- Hilda Ellis DavidsonHilda Roderick Ellis Davidson was born in Bebington, Cheshire, England, on the 1st of October 1914. Her father Henry Roderick worked as a stationer while her…
- Caspar WeinbergerCaspar Willard Weinberger was born on the 18th of August 1917, in San Francisco. His father Herman worked as an attorney while his mother Cerise taught music.
- Lamar HuntLamar Hunt Sr. was born on the 2nd of August 1932 in El Dorado, Arkansas. He grew up as the son of H. L. Hunt, a massive oil tycoon who built an empire from…
- Billy PrestonWilliam Everett Preston entered the world on the 2nd of September 1946, in Houston. He moved to Los Angeles as a child with his mother Robbie Lee Williams.
- Elliot ForbesElliot Forbes entered the world on the 20th of August 1917, into a family that defined Boston's cultural elite. His father Edward Forbes directed Harvard's…
- Slobodan MiloševićSlobodan Milošević was born on the 20th of August 1941 in Požarevac, four months after Axis forces invaded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
- Red AuerbachArnold Jacob Auerbach arrived in the world on the 20th of September 1917. He grew up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, as one of four children born to Marie and…
- Alexander ZinovievAlexander Zinoviev was born on the 29th of October 1922 in Pakhtino, a village within the Kostroma Governorate. His family belonged to the state peasants…