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o James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx
Statesman (11 Mar 1916 - 24 May 1995)
o Brinsley Le Poer Trench
Ufologist and peer (?? - May 1995)
o Glyn Jones
Writer (28 Feb 1905 - 10 Apr 1995)
o William John Phillips
Actor (20 Jul 1914 - 11 May 1995)
o Hamilton Lavity Stout
Politician (7 Mar 1929 - 14 May 1995)
o Nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle
Singer (23 Apr 1923 - 17 May 1995)
o Lola Flores
Entertainer (21 Feb 1923 - 16 May 1995)
o Louis Krasner
Violinist (21 Jun 1903 - 4 May 1995)
o Les Aspin
US Politician (21 Jul 1938 - 21 May 1995)
o David Avidan
Poet and writer (Feb 1933 - 11 May 1995)
o Boris Alexander Godunov
Dancer and actor (25 Nov 1949 - 18 May 1995)
o Harry E Bergold
Diplomat (11 Nov 1931 - 16 May 1995)
o Elisha Cook Jnr.
Screen Actor (26 Dec 1906 - 18 May 1995)
o Elizabeth Montgomery
Actress (15 Apr 1933 - 18 May 1995)
o James Danial "Danny" Turner
Saxophonist (8 Mar 1920 - 14 Apr 1995)
o Raymond Arthur Lyttleton
Astronomer (7 May 1911 - 16 May 1995)
o Robert Harris
Actor (Mar 28 1900 - 18 May 1995)
o Geoffrey Goodwin
Professor of international relations (14 Jun 1916 - 26 Apr 1995)
o Chris Walmsley
Politician and broadcaster (9 Jun 1943 - 17 May 1995)
o Corliss Lamont
Activist (28 Mar 1902 - 26 Apr 1995)
o Lawrence Allan Laurie Scott
Script writer (1907 - 13 Apr 1995)
o Prem Bhatia
Journalist (11 Aug 1911 - 8 May 1995)
o Nicholas Palmer
Television writer and producer (19 Oct 1937 - 6 May 1995)
o Geoffrey Kenneth Dickens
Politician (26 Aug 1931 - 17 May 1995)
o Carl E. Jefferson
Record company owner (1920 - 29 Mar 1995)
o Lonesome Sundown
Blues singer/guitarist (12 Dec 1928 - 23 Apr 1995)
o Carroll Best
Bluegrass banjo (1931 - 7 May 1995)
o Marshall Royal
Jazz Sax/Clarinet (12 May 1912 - 9 May 1995)
o Ray McKinley
Drummer (18 Jun 1910 - 7 May 1995)
o Jimmy Raney
Jazz Guitarist (20 Aug 1927 - 10 May 1995)
o Eddie Williams
Blues/Jazz Bassist (12 Jun 1912 - 18 Feb 1995)
o Eric Richard Porter
Actor (8 Apr 1928 - 15 May 1995)
o Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun
Teacher, Rinzai and Soto lines of Zen Buddhism (1931 - 13 May 1995)
o Eugene Tanner Jr.
Singer (1936 - 29 Dec 1994)
o L.D. (Eldero) Williams
Tenor Saxophonist (1924 - 23 Nov 1994)
o Douglas Gunsekera
Banker (12 Aug 1917 - 24 Apr 1995)
o Maria Luisa Bemberg
Fil maker (14 Apr 1922 - 7 May 1995)
o Donald Keech
Entrepreneur (30 Sep 1920 - 14 Apr 1995)
o Reza Abdoh
Theatre Director (23 Feb 1963 - 12 May 1995)
o Grégoire Eugne
Haitian Politician (1925 - 1995)
o Baron Arnold Abraham Goodman
Solicitor and Adviser (21 Aug 1913 - 12 may 1995)
o Stafford Heginbotham
Toymaker and Football Club Chairman (12 Sep 1933 - 21 Apr 1995)
o Kenneth Burslam Gardner
Librarian and Orientalist (5 Jun 1924 - 19 Apr 1995)
o Sir Anthony Wagner
Genealogist (6 Sep 1908 - 5 May 1995)
o Harold Berens
Comedian (4 Mar 1903 - 10 May 1995)
o Samson DeBrier
Actor and Personality (1908 - 1 Apr 1995)
o Dona Maria Pia de Bragança
Pretender to the Portuguese throne (13 Mar 1907 - 6 May 1995)
o John Jackson
Trade Unionist (12 Jan 1919 - 20 Apr 1995)
o Charles Montgomery Monteith
Publisher (9 Feb 1921 - 9 May 1995)
o Richard Pool
Naval Officer (8 Sep 1919 - 1 Apr 1995)
o Alexander Knox
Actor and Writer (16 Jan 1907 - 26 Apr 1995)
o Vivienne Byerley
Publicist (31 Aug 1906 - 28 Mar 1995)
o Henry C Rogers
Press Agent (1913 - 28 Apr 1995)
o Robert Selby Taylor
Bishop (1 Mar 1909 - 23 Apr 1995)
o Albert Hackett
Screenwriter (16 Feb 1900 - 16 Mar 1995)
o Raymond WIlliam Buckton
Trade Union Leader (20 Oct 1922 - 7 May 1995)
o Reinaldo de Carvalho
Carnival King (27 Jul 1960 - 30 Apr 1995)
o Esther Waterhouse
Doctor and Methodist (25 Aug 1908 - 5 May 1995)
o Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik
World Chess Champion (17 Aug 1991 - 5 May 1995)
o Lewis T Preston
Banker (15 Aug 1926 - 4 May 1995)
o Sir Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington
Engineer and Industrialist (7 Jan 1920 - 5 May 1995)
o John Cornelius Stennis
US Senator (3 Aug 1901 - 23 Apr 1995)
o T Keith Glennan
First head of NASA (8 Sep 1905 - 11 Apr 1995)
o Edward Firth Henderson
Arabist (12 Dec 1917 - 13 Apr 1995)
o Stefan Possony
Military Theorist (15 Mar 1913 - 26 Apr 1995)
o Sir Michael Horden
Actor (3 Oct 1911 - 3 May 1995)
o Robert Gibb
Zoo and theme park creator (27 Jul 1937 - 29 Apr 1995)
o Maggie Kuhn
Campaigner and activist (3 Aug 1905 - 22 Apr 1995)
o Angier Biddle Duke
Diplomat (30 Nov 1915 - 29 Apr 1995)
o Michael Scott Montague Fordham
Jungian analyst, educator (4 Aug 1905 - 14 Apr 1995)
o Cheryl Waltz
Author and film producer (14 Aug 1945 - 1 Apr 1995)
o Selena Quintilla
Tejano Musician (16 Apr 1972 - 31 Mar 1995)
o Don Pullen
Pianist and composer (25 Dec 1941 - 22 Apr 1995)
o Howard Cosell (Howard Cohen)
Broadcaster (1918 - 23 April 1995)
o Joseph Peter Grace
Businessman (25 May 1913 - 19 Apr 1995)
o Leo Kaplan
ASCAP Lawyer (1905 - 13 mar 1995)
o Francis Lopez
Songwriter (1917 - 12 Jan 1995)
o Norman Schwartz
Record Producer (1928 - 21 Mar 1995)
o Frederic Ramsey Jr.
Folklorist and author (29 Jan 1915 - 18 Mar 1995)
o William Dillard
Trumpeter and singer (20 Jul 1911 - 16 Jan 1995)
o Al Duncan
Drummer (8 Oct 1927 - 3 Jan 1995)
o Rev. Dan Smith
Harmonica/Gospel SInger (23 Jan 1911 - 16 Nov 1994)
o James Bullock
Colliery Manager (19 Mar 1903 - 9 Apr 1995)
o Nancy Mayhew Youngman
Artist and educator (28 Jun 1906 - 17 Apr 1995)
o Andrew Salkey
Author, editor and broadcaster (30 Jan 1928 - 28 Apr 1995)
o Cyril (Cy) Enfield
Film Director (Nov 1914 - 16 APr 1995)
o Igor Hajek
Translator and writer (22 Mar 1931 - 19 Apr 1995)
o Peter Maurice Wright
Spy and Writer (9 Aug 1916 - 26 Apr 1995)
o Chris Pyne
Trombonist (14 Feb 1939 - 12 Apr 1995)
o Bernie Constance Crossland
Last Suffragette (24 Jan 1907 - 21 Mar 1995)
o Stewart Myles MacPherson
Broadcaster (29 Oct 1908 - 16 Apr 1995)
o James Eric Storrar
Fighter Pilot (24 Jun 1920 - 29 Mar 1995)
o Ginger Rogers
Film Star (16 Jun 1911 - 25 Apr 1995)
o Dennis Hobden
Politician (21 Jan 1920 - 20 Apr 1995)
o Ed Roberts
Activist (23 Jan 1939 - 14 Mar 1995)
o Art Kane
Photographer (1925 - 23 Feb 1995)
o Tesie O'Shea
Entertainer (13 Mar 1914 - 20 Apr 1995)
o Bernard Dix
Trade Union Leader (30 Mar 1925 - 20 Apr 1995)
o Milovan Djilas
Politician (12 Jun 1911 - 20 Apr 1995)
o Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt
Cricketer (2 May 1901 - 21 Apr 1995)
o Liala (Liana Negretti Cambiasi
Novelist (1898 - 15 Apr 1995)
o Lea Pearson
Educational Psychologist (2 Mar 1942 - 4 Apr 1995)
o René Allio
Film Director (1924 - 27 Mar 1995)
o Brian Coffey
Poet (8 Jun 1905 - 14 Apr 1995)
o Bernard ISaacs
Geriatrician (20 Jul 1924 - 23 Mar 1995)
o Aruto Frondizi
Statesman (27 Oct 1908 - 18 Apr 1995)
o Priscilla Lane
Film Actress (12 Jun 1917 - 4 Apr 1995)
o Arthur English
Comedian (9 May 1919 - 16 Apr 1995)
o Anthony Standerwick HEal
Businessman (23 Feb 1907 - 24 Mar 1995)
o Menez (Marie Inêumflex;s Ribiero de Fonsaca
Artist (6 Sep 1926 - 11 Apr 1995)
o Peter Brinson
Dance Educationalist (16 Oct 1927 - 4 Apr 1995)
o Frank Fidler
Artist (6 Sep 1910 - 11 Mar 1995)
o James Gardner
Designer (29 Dec 1907 - 25 Mar 1995)
o Burl Ives (Burl Icle Ivanhoe)
Actor and SInger (14 Jun 1909 - 14 Apr 1995)
o G&udieresis;nter Guillaume
Spy (1 Feb 1927 - 9 Apr 1995)
o Harold Robinson
Rocket Scientist (1925 - 1995)
o Vladimir Emel Yanovich Maksimov (Lev Alekseevich Samsonov)
Writer (27 Nov 1930 - 26 Mar 1995)
o Francisco Moncion
Dancer (6 Jul 1922 - 1 Apr 1995)
o Trevor Oswald Ling
Religious Studies Professor (17 Feb 1920 - 24 Mar 1995)
o Elizabeth Ferrars (Morna MacTaggart)
Crime writer (6 Sep 1907 - 30 Mar 1995)
o Christian Paul Françla;ois Pineau
Resistance Fighter, Politician and Writer (14 Oct 1904 - 5 Apr 1995)
o Charles Barnett
AIDS Researcher (1 Apr 1943 - 7 Apr 1995)
o Harvey Pennick
Golfer and teacher (1905 - 3 Apr 1995)
o Joey Long
Blues/cajun guitarist (1932 - 24 Mar 1995)
o Julius Arthur Hemphill
Saxophonist (24 Jan 1938 - 2 Apr 1995)
o Hannes Olof Gosta Alfvén
Physicist (30 May 1908 - 2 Apr 1995)
o Irving Shulman
Author and screenwriter (21 Jun 1913 - 23 Mar 1995)
o John Heaver Fremlin
Physicist (4 Mar 1913 - 10 Mar 1995)
o Johnny Nicholss
Footballer (3 Apr 1931 - 1 Apr 1995)
o David Alexander Reginald Herbert
Writer (10 Oct 1908 - 3 Apr 1995)
o John Eastburn Boswell
Medievalist (20 Mar 1947 - 24 Dec 1994)
o Maurice Cole (Kenny Everett)
Disc Jockey (25 Dec 1944 - 4 Apr 1995)
o Margaret Kahn
Art patron (1902 - Mar 1995)
o John Elliott Terry
Film financier (11 Jun 1913 - 29 Mar 1995)
o Richard Nicholson
Musician (8 Nov 1905 - 24 Feb 1995)
o Peter Herbert Penwarden
Priest (10 Apr 1921 - 25 Mar 1995)
o Lucie Rie
Potter (16 Mar 1902 - 1 Apr 1995)
o Paul-Emile Victor
Explorer and anthropologist (28 Jun 1907 - 7 Mar 1995)
o Jack Regan
Broadcaster (10 Jan 1942 - 28 Mar 1995)
o Terence Weil
Cellist and teacher (8 Dec 1921 - 25 Feb 1995)
o Charles Graham Irving
Politician (4 May 1923 - 30 Mar 1995)
o William Goodenough Hayter
Diplomat (1 Aug 1906 - 28 Mar 1995)
o Graham Anthony Richard Lock
Cricketer (5 Jul 1929 - 30 Mar 1995)
o Gilbert Gadoffre
French Scholar (16 Jan 1911 - 3 Mar 1995)
o Terajima Suizo (Onoe Baiko VII)
Kabuki actor (31 Apr 1915 - 24 Mar 1995)
o Alastair Macdonald
Intelligence officer, UN relief worker (27 Aug 1907 - 4 Feb 1995)
o Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless
Priest, folk musician (1 Aug 1911 - 19 Mar 1995)
o Ahmad Khomeini
Politician (15 Mar 1946 - 17 Mar 1995)
o Peter Guy Wykeham-Barnes
Fighter Pilot (13 Sep 1915 - 23 Feb 1995)
o Robert Urquhart
Actor (16 Oct 1922 - 21 Mar 1995)
o Tony Monopoly (Antonio Monopoli)
Singer (1944 - 1995)
o Eric Wright (Eazy-E)
Rapper (7 Sep 1963 - 26 Mar 1995)
o Russell Reading Braddon
Author (25 Jan 1921 - 23 Mar 1995)
o Joseph Needham
Scientist (9 Dec 1900 - 24 Mar 1995)
o Parmeso Emekrasha
Buddhist Monk (6 Aug 1976 - 3 Jun 1994)
o Kurt Neimand
Bass player (1970 - Mar 1995)
o Paul Kipkoech
196? - Mar 1995 (Steeplechase champion)
o Dennis Wolfberg
Comedian and actor (1946 - 3 Oct 1994)
o Sidney Kingsley (Sidney Kirshner)
Playwright (18 Oct 1906 - 20 Mar 1905)
o Sunnyland Slim (Albert Luandrew)
Blues pianist (5 Sep 1907 - 17 Mar 1995)
o Albert Maurice Hackett
Playwright and screenwriter (16 Feb 1900 - 16 Mar 1995)
o Vincent Broderick
NY Police Commisioner (?? - Mar 1995)
o Kenton Kilmer
Poet & Translator (3 Mar 1909 - 10 Feb 1995)
o Howard William Hunter
Mormon Church Leader (14 Nov 1907 - 3 Mar 1995)
o Ed Flanders
Actor (?? - 5 Mar 1995)
o Timothy Scannel
Adolescent psychiatrist (2 Oct 1951 - 22 Feb 1995)
o Leslie Augustus Speed
Airship draughtsman (31 Jan 1906 - 16 Mar 1995)
o Karoli Ruth Needles
16 Feb 1940 - 1 Oct 1994 (Painter)
o John Everett Allen
American Businessman (25 Sep 1903 - 16 Feb 1995)
o Wes Hicks
Canadian MP (1956 - 23 Feb 1995)
o Mark "Red" Mitchell
Actor (1 Aug 1961 - 11 Aug 1994)
o Alberto Burri
Abstract Artist (12 Mar 1915 - 13 Feb 1995)
o Davie Cooper
Footballer (25 Feb 1956 - 23 Mar 1995)
o Edward Bernays
PR expert (22 Nov 1891 - 8 Mar 1995)
o Don Cook
Foreign Correspondent (8 Aug 1920 - 7 Mar 1995)
o Peter Woods
Newsreader (7 Nov 1930 - 22 Mar 1995)
o James Kilfedder
Politician (16 Jul 1928 - 20 Mar 1995)
o John Arthur Neill Lambert
Composer, teacher, organist (15 Jul 1926 - 7 Mar 1995)
o Edmund Boyd Fisher
Publisher (23 Feb 1939 - 1 Mar 1995)
o William Alfred Fowler
Astrophysicist (9 Aug 1911 - 14 Mar 1995)
o Peter Humphrey Greenwood
Ichthyologist (21 Apr 1927 - 3 Mar 1995)

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