Born on July 5, 1853, in Hertfordshire, who later founded the De Beers mining company?

Born in Liverpool on October 9, 1940, which musician was killed in New York City on December 8, 1980? Born in Wales in 1916 to Norwegian parents, which children's author was named after a famous Norwegian polar explorer? Born on a farm in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1863, who repaired steam engines before building cars? Born on a train in Russia on March 17, 1938, which dancer defected to the West in 1961? Born on March 18, 1869, in Birmingham, which British prime minister signed the 1938 Munich Agreement? Born on October 31, 1887, in Zhejiang province, which leader moved his government to Taiwan in 1949? Whose memoir "Born on the Fourth of July" became a 1989 Oliver Stone film? Born in Paris in 1859, which physicist discovered piezoelectricity with his brother in 1880 and married Marie in 1895?