- Dame Myra. 1890–1965, English pianist
- (Walther Richard) Rudolf ( ˈruːdɔlf ). 1894–1987, German Nazi leader. He made a secret flight to Scotland (1941) to negotiate peace with Britain but was held as a prisoner of war; later sentenced to life imprisonment at the Nuremberg trials (1946); committed suicide
- Victor Francis. 1883–1964, US physicist, born in Austria: pioneered the investigation of cosmic rays: shared the Nobel prize for physics (1936)
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Hess
(hes),USA pronunciation n. (Wal•ther Rich•ard) Ru•dolf
(väl′tər riкн′ärt ro̅o̅′dôlf ),USA pronunciation born 1894, German official in the Nazi party.
- Biographical Dame Myra, 1890–1965, English pianist.
- Biographical Victor Francis, 1883–1964, U.S. physicist, born in Austria: Nobel prize 1936.
- Biographical Walter Rudolf, 1881–1973, Swiss physiologist: Nobel prize for medicine 1949.
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Hess /hɛs/ n
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