Julian Koenig

Master copywriter; he coined the phrase "Earth Day," and came up with ad campaigns such as "Think small" for Volkswagen and "Takes a licking and keeps on ticking" for Timex watches -- via the New York Times.

Josefa Wonenburger Planells

Mathematician -- via La Voz de A Coruna.

Alberto Cañas Escalante

Writer, politician, and journalist -- via La Nacion.

Andrei Kharlov

Chess grandmaster -- via chessdom.com.

Fathiya Assal

Writer and feminist activist -- via Ahram Online.

Arthur Oldham

Composer and choirmaster -- via the Guardian. The first of the "great flying choirmasters," he founded the Edinburgh Festival Chorus . . . then the Chorus of the Orchestre de Paris . . . then the Concertgebouw Orchestra Chous; and worked with many other choirs as well.

Nick Nostro aka Nick Howard

Director and screenwriter -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. Directed such entries as "Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators" and "Superargo versus Diabolikus."

Acie L. Byrd Jr.

Veteran and veterans activist -- via the Washington Post.

Joe "Shoes" Pittman

Former MLB player -- via Wikipedia.

Alhaj Zahirul Haque

Photojournalist -- via em.thereport24.com.

Mabon 'Teenie' Hodges

Guitarist, singer, prodcuer, and songwriter; composer of the great "Take Me to the River" and "Love and Happiness," among others -- via the Memphis Commercial Appeal. As a member in Hi Records' in-house Hi Rhythm band, played on recordings with Otis Clay, Al Green, Syl Johnson, and Ann Peebles! A soul and R & B master.

Steve Rossi aka Joseph Charles Tafarella

Singer and straight man; half of the comedy team of Allen and Rossi -- via the Las Vegas Sun.

David MacLennan

Actor, writer, and producer -- via the Guardian.

Tadahiko Hirano

Baritone -- via Herotaku. Famous as the singer of the opening theme of the hit anime series "Kimba the White Lion."

Telangana Shakuntala aka Swamakka

Actress -- via the Hans India.

Edward Munatsireyi Pswarayi

Doctor and liberation fighter -- via allafrica.com.

Gerd Zacher

Composer and organist -- via Neue Zurcher Zeitung.

Majed Sultan

Artist -- via the Bahrain News Agency.

Keshav Malik

Poet and critic -- via The Asian Age.

Robert Peters

Poet, critic, memoirist, teacher, and performance artist -- via the Orange County Weekly.

Patsy Byrne

Actress; loved for her work in "Blackadder" -- via the Telegraph.

Gerry Conlon

Wrongfully convicted man who worked for his eventual exoneration; his story was told in the film "In the Name of the Father" -- via the BBC.

Ryuzo Hayashi

Actor -- via Kyodo News.

Elio Carmichael Jiménez

Artist best known for this murals -- via El Sol de Leon.

Jurij Gustinčič

Journalist -- via slovenia.si.

JayAre aka Cahron Childs

Rapper -- via Rolling Stone. Best known as part of Cali Swag District and "Tech Me to Dougie" --

Tom Rounds

Creator of the rock festival, music-video pioneer, and co-creator of "American Top 40" -- via Rolling Stone. The KRFC Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival took place on Mount Tamalpais on June 10-11, 1967 -- beating Monterey Pop by one week to be the first rock festival ever, and the birthplace of the Summer of Love and hippie culture.

Pier Niccolò “Bambi” Fossati

Guitarist, singer, and composer for Italian prog-rock band Garybaldi -- via Progressive Rock Central.

Billy McCool

Former MLB pitcher -- via legacy.com.

Gene Slott

Impresario and idea man -- via the Tampa Bay Times.

Maciej Lukaszczyk

Pianist -- via the Echo Online.

Sam Kelly

Actor -- via the BBC.

Jim Keays

Singer, songwriter, guitarist,a and harmonica player, best known for his work with the Master's Apprentices -- via Billboard.

Kefee aka Kefee Obareki Don-Momoh aka The Branama Queen

Singer -- via the BBC.

Mark Ballinger

Former MLB pitcher -- via Buxton Bass Okeechobee Funeral Home.

Roger Mayne

Photographer -- via the Guardian. Best kn own for his work documenting the life of the now-vanished Southam Street, made famous by "Absolute Beginners."

Carla Laemmle

Actress -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Hollywood veteran who appeared in both the silent "Phantom of the Opera" and the Lugosi "Dracula."

John Hartley Williams

Poet -- via the Guardian.

Kim Heung-sou

Artist -- via koogle.tv.

Gilles Segal

Actor and playwright -- via Le Figaro. Best remembered as Giulio the Human Fly in "Topkapi."

Veronica Lazar

Actress -- via blitzquotidiano.it. Worked with Bertolucci, Antonioni, Fulci, and Argento, among others.

Gerry Goffin

Hall of Fame lyricist -- via the Rolling Stone. With composer Carole King, wrote classic songs, including "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," "One Fine Day," "Take Good Care of My Baby," "Chains," "The Loco-Motion," "Don't Say Nothin' Bad," "Pleasant Valley Sunday," and "A Natural Woman": with others, wrote the words for such songs as "Who Put the Bomp," "Do You Know Where You're Going To," and "Saving All My Love for You."

Kevin Elyot

Playwright, screenwriter, and actor -- via the Guardian. Best known for his work "My Night with Meg."

Ivo Vinco

Bass -- via gramilano.com.

Lee Hyla

Composer -- via the New York Times.