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World War II

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Leon Askin	Actor	18-Sep-1907	3-Jun-2005	General Burkhalter on Hogan's Heroes
Joseph Beuys	Artist	12-May-1921	23-Jan-1986	German conceptual artist
Anton Diffring	Actor	20-Oct-1918	20-May-1989	Where Eagles Dare
Klaus Fuchs	Spy	29-Dec-1911	28-Jan-1988	Manhattan Project scientist, spy for USSR
Erich Gimpel	Spy	25-Mar-1910	3-Sep-2010	Agent 146
Mike Honda	Politician	27-Jun-1941		Congressman, California 15th
Arthur Koestler	Author	3-Sep-1905	3-Mar-1983	Darkness at Noon
Tommy Kono	Sports Figure	27-Jun-1930		Weightlifter
Robert Matsui	Politician	17-Sep-1941	1-Jan-2005	Congressman from California, 1993-2005
Norm Mineta	Politician	12-Nov-1931		Congressman from California, 1975-95
Pat Morita	Actor	28-Jun-1932	24-Nov-2005	Miyagi on Karate Kid
Tura Satana	Actor	10-Jul-1935	4-Feb-2011	Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Kurt Schwitters	Artist	20-Jun-1887	8-Jan-1948	Collagist, Merz
Jack Soo	Actor	28-Oct-1916	11-Jan-1979	Det. Yemana on Barney Miller
David Suzuki	Naturalist	24-Mar-1936		Television nature host
George Takei	Actor	20-Apr-1937		Lt. Sulu on Star Trek
A. Wallace Tashima	Judge	24-Jun-1934		9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1996-2004

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