Sunday, May 15, 2016

May 16 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths


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Birthdays

VIP

1801 – William H. Seward  (d. 10 Oct 1872)
      American lawyer and politician
      24th U.S. Secretary of State, 1861-1869
      U.S. Senator, NY, 1849-1861
      12th Governor of New York, 1839-1842
1824 – Levi P. Morton  (d. 16 May 1920)
      American banker and politician
      22nd U.S. Vice President, 1889-1893
      31st Governor of New York, 1895-1896
      U.S. Representative, R. NY, 1879-1881


Notable

1611 – Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)
1641 – Dudley North, English economist and politician (d. 1691)
1710 – William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot  (d. 1782)
      English politician, Lord Steward of the Household
1718 – Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1799)
1763 – Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (d. 1829)
1788 – Friedrich Rückert, German poet and translator (d. 1866)
1819 – Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (d. 1890)
1821 – Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and statistician (d. 1894)
1827 – Pierre Cuypers  (d. 1921)
      Dutch architect, designed the Amsterdam Centraal railway station
            and Rijksmuseum
1831 – David Edward Hughes  (d. 1900)
      Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone
1845 – Élie Metchnikoff  (d. 1916)
      Ukrainian-French biologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1861 – H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (d. 1896)
1879 – Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic (d. 1962)
1882 – Simeon Price, American golfer (d. 1945)
1883 – Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey (d. 1986)
1886:  Douglas Southall Freeman  (d. 13 Jun 1953)
      American historian, biographer, newspaper editor, and author
1888 – Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker (d. 1971)
1891 – Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor and actor (d. 1948)
1897 – Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist and academic (d. 1994)
1898 – Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (d. 1980)
1898 – Desanka Maksimović, Serbian poet and academic (d. 1993)
1898 – Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1956)
1900 – Aage Winther-Jørgensen, Danish actor (d. 1967)
1905 – Henry Fonda, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1982)
1906 – Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator (d. 1988)
1906 – Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author (d. 2001)
1906 – Margret Rey, German author and illustrator (d. 1996)
1907 – Bob Tisdall, Sri Lankan-Irish hurdler (d. 2004)
1907 – Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (d. 1997)
1909 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress and singer (d. 1960)
1910 – Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and author (d. 1975)
1910 – Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (d. 2014)
1910 – Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator (d. 1972)
1912 – Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008)
1913 – Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player (d. 1987)
1914 – Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author (d. 2009)
1915 – Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1916 – Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (d. 2009)
1917 – George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor and singer (d. 2016)
1917 – Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (d. 2015)
1917 – James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician (d. 1999)
1917 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican author and photographer (d. 1986)
1918 – Wilf Mannion, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
1919 – Liberace, American pianist and entertainer (d. 1987)
1919 – Ramon Margalef, Spanish ecologist and biologist (d. 2004)
1920 – Martine Carol, French actress (d. 1967)
1921 – Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1922 – Eddie Bert, American trombonist (d. 2012)
1923 – Victoria Fromkin, American linguist and academic (d. 2000)
1923 – Merton Miller, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
1923 – Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (d. 2014)
1924:  Frank Mankiewicz  (d. 23 Oct 2014)
      American journalist, political adviser, and public relations executive
1925 – Nancy Roman, American astronomer
1925 – Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2010)
1925 – Ola Vincent, Nigerian banker and economist (d. 2012)
1925 – Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
1926:  Robert Jay Lifton, American psychiatrist and author
1928 – Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
1929 – Betty Carter, American singer-songwriter (d. 1998)
1929John Conyers, American lawyer and politician
      U.S. Representative, D. MI, 1965-present
1929 – Claude Morin, Canadian academic and politician
1929 – Adrienne Rich, American poet and author (d. 2012)
1930 – Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 2000)
1931 – Hana Brady, Czech-Polish holocaust victim (d. 1944)
1931 – Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
1931 – Jack Dodson, American actor (d. 1994)
1931 – Denise Filiatrault, Canadian actress and director
1931 – K. Natwar Singh
      Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs
1931 – Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
      American soldier and politician, 85th Governor of Connecticut
1934:  Robert Dallek, American historian
1934 – Kenneth O. Morgan, Welsh historian and author
1934 – Antony Walker, English general
1935 – Floyd Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1936 – Roy Hudd, English actor
1936 – Karl Lehmann, German cardinal
1937 – Yvonne Craig, American actress and dancer (d. 2015)
1937:  Jim Hunt, American politician
      71st Governor of North Carolina, 1993-2001
      69th Governor of North Carolina, 1977-1985
1938 – Stuart Bell, English lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
1940 – Ole Ernst, Danish actor  (d. 2013)
1941 – Denis Hart, Australian archbishop
1942 – David Penry-Davey, English lawyer and judge
1943 – Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews, English politician
1943 – Dan Coats
      American politician and diplomat, 29th United States Ambassador to Germany
1943 – Marko Kravos, Italian-Slovenian poet and translator
1944 – Billy Cobham
      Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader
      (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jazz Is Dead, and Bobby and the Midnites)
1944 – Antal Nagy, Hungarian footballer
1944 – Danny Trejo, American actor and producer
1945 – Nicky Chinn, English songwriter and producer
1945:  Jim Moran, American politician
      U.S. Representative, D. VA, 1991-2015
1945 – Massimo Moratti, Italian businessman
1945 – Marta Beatriz Roque, Cuban economist and activist
1946 – Roger Earl, English drummer and songwriter (Savoy Brown and Foghat)
1946 – Robert Fripp
      English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (King Crimson,
      The League of Gentlemen, Giles, Giles and Fripp, and Fripp & Eno)
1946 – John Law, English sociologist and academic
1947:  Bob Edwards, American journalist
1947 – Barbara Lee, American singer (The Chiffons) (d. 1992)
1947 – Bill Smitrovich, American actor
1947 – Darrell Sweet, English-Scottish drummer (Nazareth) (d. 1999)
1947 – Roch Thériault, Canadian religious leader (d. 2011)
1948 – Jesper Christensen, Danish actor, director, and producer
1948 – Katia Dandoulaki, Greek model and actress
1948 – Judy Finnigan, English talk show host and author
1948 – Enrico Fumia, Italian automobile and product designer
1948 – Emma Georgina Rothschild, English historian and academic
1948 – Staf Van Roosbroeck, Belgian cyclist
1949 – Rick Reuschel, American baseball player
1950 – Georg Bednorz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1950 – Ray Condo, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2004)
1950 – Bruce Coville, American author
1951 – Unshō Ishizuka, Japanese voice actor
1951 – Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer
1951 – Jonathan Richman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Modern Lovers)
1951 – Janet Soskice, Canadian philosopher and theologian
1952 – James Herndon, American psychologist and academic
1953 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor and producer
1953 – David Maclean, Scottish politician
1953 – Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna (d. 2015)
1953 – Stephen Woolman, Lord Woolman, Scottish judge and academic
1954 – Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut
1955:  Edgar Bronfman, Jr., American businessman
1955 – Olga Korbut, Belarusian gymnast
1955 – Jack Morris, American baseball player and sportscaster
1955 – Hazel O'Connor, English-Irish singer-songwriter and actress
1955 – Páidí Ó Sé, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1955:  Jon Porter, American politician
      U.S. Representative, R. NV, 2003-2009
1955 – Debra Winger, American actress and producer
1957 – Joan Benoit, American runner
1957 – Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft, English politician
1957 – Yuri Shevchuk, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (DDT)
1957 – Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso
      English lawyer and businessman
1957 – Bob Suter, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
1957 – Nigel Twiston-Davies, English horse trainer
1958 – Gitane Demone, American singer-songwriter
      (Christian Death and Pompeii 99)
1958 – Glenn Gregory, English singer-songwriter
      (Heaven 17, Honeyroot, and ABC)
1958:  Andy Stanley, American clergyman
1959 – Mitch Webster, American baseball player
1959 – Mare Winningham, American actress and singer-songwriter
1960:  Chester Brown, Canadian cartoonist
1960 – Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician, Nauruan Speaker of Parliament
1960 – S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan commander and politician (d. 1998)
1961:  Jean Hanff Korelitz, American novelist
1961 – Kevin McDonald, Canadian actor and screenwriter
1961 – Charles Wright, American wrestler
1962 – Jimmy Hood, Scottish engineer and politician
1962 – Helga Radtke, German long jumper
1962 – Lisa Yuskavage, American painter
1963 – Jon Coffelt, American painter and sculptor
1963:  Wendy Davis, American politician
1963 – Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician
1963 – Rachel Griffith, Anglo-American economist
1963 – Serge Teyssot-Gay, French guitarist (Noir Désir)
1963 – David Wilkinson, English theologian and academic
1964 – John Salley, American basketball player and actor
1964 – Boyd Tinsley, American singer-songwriter and violinist (Dave Matthews Band)
1964 – Edit Bérces, Hungarian runner
1964 – Mary Anne Hobbs, English DJ and journalist
1964 – Milton Jones, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1965 – Krist Novoselic, American bass player and songwriter
      (Nirvana, Flipper, Sweet 75, The No WTO Combo, and Eyes Adrift)
1965 – Tanel Tammet, Estonian computer scientist, engineer, and academic
1966 – Sommore, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress
1966 – Scott Reeves, American singer-songwriter and actor (Blue County)
1966 – Thurman Thomas, American football player
1967 – Doug Brocail, American baseball player and coach
1967:  Brian F. O'Byrne, Irish actor
1968 – Ralph Tresvant, American singer, actor, and producer
      (New Edition and Heads of State)
1968 – Chingmy Yau Suk-zing, Hong Kong actress
1969 – David Boreanaz, American actor
1969 – Tucker Carlson, American journalist, co-founded The Daily Caller
1969 – Tracey Gold, American actress
1969 – Steve Lewis, American sprinter
1970:  Jeremy Denk, American classical pianist
1970 – Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian tennis player
1970 – Danielle Spencer, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1971 – Phil Clarke, English rugby player and sportscaster
1971 – Rachel Goswell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Slowdive and Mojave 3)
1971:  Bill Rancic, American entrepreneur
1972 – Christian Califano, French rugby player
1972 – Khary Payton, American actor
1972 – Hideki Naganuma, Japanese music composer
1973 – Jason Acuña, American actor and stuntman
1973 – Edward Archer (bka Special Ed)
      American rapper and actor (Crooklyn Dodgers)
1973 – Tori Spelling, American actress, reality television personality, and author
1974 – Laura Pausini, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
1974 – Adam Richman, American actor and television host
1974 – Sonny Sandoval, American singer-songwriter (P.O.D.)
1975 – B.Slade, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1975 – Tony Kakko, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sonata Arctica and Northern Kings)
1976 – Dirk Nannes, Australian-Dutch cricketer
1977 – Dolcenera, Italian singer-songwriter and actress
1977 – Claudia Albertario, Argentinian model and actress
1977:  Lynn Collins, American actress
1977 – Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Asami Imai, Japanese voice actress and singer
1977 – Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress
1977 – Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer-songwriter (GusGus)
1978 – Scott Nicholls, English motorcycle racer
1978 – Lionel Scaloni, Argentinian footballer
1978 – Jim Sturgess, English singer-songwriter and actor
1979 – McKenzie Lee, English porn actress
1979 – Barbara Nedeljáková, Slovak actress
1980 – Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spanish tennis player
1981 – Ricardo Costa, Portuguese footballer
1981 – Joseph Morgan, English actor and producer
1981 – Taavi Rähn, Estonian footballer
1982 – Billy Crawford, Filipino-American singer-songwriter and actor
1982 – Ju Ji-hoon, South Korean actor
1982 – Łukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player
1982 – Hanna Mariën, Belgian sprinter
1983 – Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer
1983 – Daniel Kerr, Australian footballer
1983 – Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Darío Cvitanich, Argentinian footballer
1984 – Tomáš Fleischmann, Czech ice hockey player
1984 – Mickie Knuckles, American wrestler
1984 – Jensen Lewis, American baseball player
1984 – Pania Rose, Australian model
1984 – Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
1985 – Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor
1985 – Anja Mittag, German footballer
1985 – Tadayoshi Okura, Japanese singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Kanjani Eight)
1985 – Rodrigo Peters Marques, Brazilian footballer
1985 – Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Emanuel Saldaño, Argentinian cyclist (d. 2014)
1985 – Kazuhito Tanaka, Japanese gymnast
1985:  Julia Voth, Canadian American actress
1986:  Charlie Fink, British musician
1986 – Megan Fox, American actress
1986 – Andy Keogh, Irish footballer
1986:  Drew Roy, American actor
1986 – Shamcey Supsup, Filipino model and architect
1987 – Can Bonomo, Turkish singer
1987 – Tom Onslow-Cole, English race car driver
1988 – Jesús Castillo, Mexican footballer
1988 – Martynas Gecevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
1988 – Jaak Põldma, Estonian tennis player
1989 – Behati Prinsloo, Namibian model
1990 – Amanda Carreras, Gibraltarian tennis player
1990 – Charlotte Crosby, English television personality
1990 – Thomas Brodie-Sangster, English actor
1990 – Darko Šarović, Serbian sprinter
1990 – Omar Strong, American basketball player
1991 – Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player
1991 – Ashley Wagner, American figure skater
1992 – Davika Hoorne Thai-Belgian model and actress
1992 – Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player
1993 – IU, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
1993 – Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norwegian biathlete
1993 – Karol Mets, Estonian footballer
1994 – Miles Heizer, American actor
1994 – Aaron Moores, English swimmer
1994 – Kathinka von Deichmann, Liechtensteinerin tennis player
1995 – Elizabeth Ralston, Australian footballer
1996 – Louisa Chirico, American tennis player


Family



Coulee City

1927:  John Joplin
Jeff Correia
Paul Charlton
Paul Ewell
Shannon Rock
Phyllis Seely
Amy Kullmann
Doris Megrue


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Anniversaries

Coulee City

Brian & Corinne Isaak



Deaths

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Notable

1182 – John Komnenos Vatatzes, Byzantine general (b. 1132)
1265 – Simon Stock, English-French saint (b. 1165)
1569 – Dirk Willems, Dutch anabaptist and martyr
1620 – William Adams, English sailor and navigator (b. 1564)
1657 – Andrew Bobola, Polish missionary and martyr (b. 1591)
1667 – Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton  (b. 1607)
      English politician, Lord High Treasurer
1669 – Pietro da Cortona  (b. 1596)
      Italian painter and architect, designed the Santi Luca e Martina
1691 – Jacob Leisler  (b. 1640)
      German-American politician, 8th Colonial Governor of New York
1703 – Charles Perrault, French author and academic (b. 1628)
1778 – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness  (b. 1718)
      English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department
1790 – Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke  (b. 1720)
      English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire
1818 – Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (b. 1775)
1830 – Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768)
1862 – Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796)
1882 – Reuben Chapman  (b. 1799)
      American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama
1890 – Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
1891 – Ion C. Brătianu  (b. 1821)
      Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania
1913 – Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
1920 – Levi P. Morton  (b. 1824)
      American politician, 22nd United States Vice President
1926 – Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
1936 – Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
1940 – Jacques Goudstikker, Dutch art dealer (b. 1897)
1943 – Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
1944 – George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
1946 – Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890)
1946 – Karl Weinbacher, German manager (b. 1898)
1947 – Frederick Gowland Hopkins  (b. 1861)
      English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1947 – Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (b. 1903)
1953 – Django Reinhardt  (b. 1910)
      Belgian guitarist and composer (Quintette du Hot Club de France)
1954 – Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (b. 1893)
1955 – James Agee, American novelist and critic (b. 1909)
1955 – Manny Ayulo, American racing driver (b. 1921)
1956 – H. B. Reese  (b. 1876)
      American candy-maker and businessman, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
1957 – Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903)
1959 – Elisha Scott, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1894)
1961 – George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1881)
1968 – Karol Kot, Polish serial killer (b. 1946)
1970 – Uno Henning, Swedish actor (b. 1895)
1973 – Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-American sculptor (b. 1891)
1977 – Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (b. 1915)
1979 – A. Philip Randolph, American union leader and activist (b. 1889)
1981 – Ernie Freeman, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1922)
1981 – Willy Hartner, German physician and academic (b. 1905)
1984 – Andy Kaufman, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1949)
1984 – Irwin Shaw  (b. 1913)
      American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short story writer
1985 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902)
1989 – Leila Kasra, Iranian poet and songwriter (b. 1939)
1990 – Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, and actor (b. 1925)
1990 – Jim Henson  (b. 1936)
      American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, created The Muppets
1992 – Chalino Sánchez, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1960)
1993 – Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1938)
1994 – Alain Cuny, French actor (b. 1908)
1996 – Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (b. 1939)
1997 – Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (b. 1903)
2000 – Bodacious, American bull (b. 1988)
2002 – Alec Campbell, Australian soldier (b. 1899)
2003 – Mark McCormack, American lawyer and sports agent, founded IMG (b. 1930)
2005 – Andrew Goodpaster, American general (b. 1915)
2008 – Robert Mondavi, American winemaker, co-founded the Opus One Winery (b. 1913)
2010 – Ronnie James Dio  (b. 1942)
      American singer-songwriter and producer
      (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven & Hell, and Elf)
2010 – Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1918)
2011 – Ralph Barker, English author (b. 1917)
2011 – Bob Davis, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1928)
2011 – Edward Hardwicke, English actor (b. 1932)
2011 – Kiyoshi Kodama, Japanese actor (b. 1934)
2012 – Patricia Aakhus, American author and academic (b. 1952)
2012 – James Abdnor  (b. 1923)
      American soldier and politician, 30th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
2012 – Maria Bieșu, Moldovan opera singer (b. 1935)
2012 – Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1936)
2012 – Ernie Chan, Filipino-American illustrator (b. 1940)
2012 – Kurt Felix, Swiss television host (b. 1941)
2012 – Kevin Hickey, American baseball player (b. 1956)
2013 – Angelo Errichetti, American politician (b. 1928)
2013 – Bryan Illerbrun, Canadian football player (b. 1957)
2013 – Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1948)
2013 – Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1933)
2013 – Paul Shane, English actor and singer (b. 1940)
2013 – Dick Trickle, American race car driver (b. 1941)
2013 – Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (b. 1921)
2014 – Chris Duckworth, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (b. 1933)
2014 – Vito Favero, Italian cyclist (b. 1932)
2014 – Nicola Ghiuselev, Bulgarian actor and singer (b. 1936)
2014 – Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1943)
2014 – Russi Mody, Indian businessman (b. 1918)
2014 – Clyde Snow, American anthropologist and author (b. 1928)
2015 – Prashant Bhargava, American director and producer (b. 1973)
2015 – Charlotte Klamroth, German super-centenarian (b. 1903)
2015 – Moshe Levinger, Israeli rabbi and author (b. 1935)
2015 – Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (b. 1928)
2015 – Dean Potter, American rock climber and BASE jumper (b. 1972)


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