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Notable Figures

Scientists Birthdays Centenarians Ethel Caterham Astronauts Belarusian Personalities Death Anniversaries Gunter Dunkel Business Leaders Buffy Sainte-Marie

Anglesey Church Records Credit 16th-Century Man With Fathering 43 Children

New pieces spotlight the St Caian's inscription that records his 1581 death with the 43-child claim.

Isidor Straus’s Titanic Pocket Watch Fetches Record £1.78 Million at UK Auction

Spain's Oldest Woman, Angelina Torres Vallbona, Dies at 112

Hong Kong Screen Veteran Benz Hui Dies at 76 of Cancer-Related Organ Failure

Jane Goodall, Pioneering Primatologist and Conservationist, Dies at 91

Diandra Douglas Reportedly Marries Earl of Dartmouth in Quiet Gibraltar Ceremony

Marilyn Hagerty, Grand Forks Columnist Whose Olive Garden Review Went Viral, Dies at 99

Ethel Caterham Marks 116th Birthday Quietly in Surrey Care Home

Ernesto Pellegrini, Inter Milan President During 1989 Serie A Title Win, Dies at 84

Padma Shri Honoree Baba Sivanand Passes Away in Varanasi at 128

Ethel Caterham Becomes World’s Oldest Living Person at 115

Buffy Sainte-Marie Returns Order of Canada Following Heritage Dispute

Friedrich von Metzler, Influential Banker and Philanthropist, Passes Away at 81

Japanese Woman Tomiko Itooka Becomes World's Oldest Person at 116

Alma Powell, Esteemed Civic Leader and Wife of Colin Powell, Dies at 86