Phil Spector: 8

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Legendary music producer Phil Spector was convicted Monday of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of actress Lana Clarkson in his Alhambra mansion six years ago. The verdict means Spector, famed for his work with Tina Turner, The Beatles, The Righteous Brothers,The Ramones and others

Dick Fosbury: 7

As a young high jumper in the early 1960s, Dick Fosbury had trouble mastering the standard technique, called the straddle. Instead he began doing the high jump by approaching the bar with his back to it, doing a modified scissor-kick and going over the bar backwards and horizontal to the ground. As goofy as it looked, it worked. Dubbed the "Fosbury Flop" by a Medford, Oregon reporter, Fosbury caused a sensation when he won the gold medal in the 1968 Olympics, jumping a height of 2.24 meters. The Fosbury Flop has since become a standard technique for high jumpers.

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Richard Douglas Fosbury (born March 6, 1947) is a retired high jumper, who is considered one of the most influential athletes in the history of track and field.

Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is the current men's record holder with a jump of 2.45 m (8 ft 01⁄4 in) set in 1993 – the longest standing record in the history of the men's high jump. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) has held the women's world record at 2.09 m (6 ft 101⁄4 in) since 1987, also the longest-held record in the event.

Manfred Mann: 6

Manfred Mann (born Manfred Sepse Lubowitz,[1] 21 October 1940, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa) is a professional keyboard player, best known as the founding member of Manfred Mann and Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

Helen Joseph: 5

For forty years Helen Joseph dedicated herself single-mindedly to opposing apartheid. Her commitment earned her the ANC's highest award, the Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe Medal. It also led to a relentless government campaign to silence her, a campaign which ultimately failed - for generations of South Africans, Helen was an inspiration and a symbol of defiance, integrity and courage.

Helen Beatrice May Fennell was born in Sussex, England, in 1905. She graduated from King's College, University of London, in 1927, taught for three years in India, then came to South Africa in 1931, where she met and married Billie Joseph. Her service as an information and welfare officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War, and her subsequent decision to become a social worker, exposed her to some of the realities of South African life.

for more see the ANC website

Harvey Ball: 4

Harvey Ball, the inventor of the smiley face.

Rob Armitage: 3

Eastern Province and South African cricketer Robbie Armitage.

Died of cancer(45), December 2000

Peter Fechter: 2

Peter Fechter (January 14, 1944 – August 17, 1962) was a German bricklayer from East Berlin, who, at the age of eighteen, became one of the first victims of the Berlin Wall's border guards.