Phil Bloom (1945)

American aviation pioneer and author. She was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932. She disappeared in 1937 during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe.

Steven Tahurata Pokere is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre, Pokere represented Southland, Auckland and Wellington at a provincial level, and was a member of…

Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei, commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei, was an Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. He was born in the city of…

Kerkor “Kirk” Kerkorian was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was the president and CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California.

Claude Marcelle Jorré, better known as Claude Jade, was a French actress. She starred as Christine in François Truffaut’s three films Stolen Kisses (1968), Bed and Board (1970) and Love on the Run…

Yon Hyong-muk, also spelt Yong Hyong-muk, was a long-serving politician in North Korea and at the height of his career the most powerful person in that country outside the Kim family. He was Prime…