Harrison Smith

When he spotted a pistol in the hands of Squeaky Fromme, he wrestled her to the ground and took control of the gun. He later protected U.S. Olympic athletes.

Playing with a formidable serve-and-volley style, he won 19 Grand Slam titles, including singles championships in France in 1965 and the United States in 1966.

A German Jewish refugee, he became a decorated CIA officer, facing off with the Soviets in Berlin, before resigning to lead his family’s wine business.

He won the National Book Award for his novel, which one reviewer called “possibly the best American novel about going fishing since ‘The Old Man and the Sea.’”

After serving for 10 years as a Lutheran pastor, he became a National Book Award-winning historian and a widely cited expert on religion in the United States.

He helped shape 1970s hits including “For the Love of You” and “Fight the Power.” Later he sang lead on “Caravan of Love,” which reached No. 1 on the R&B chart.

While leading the Marshall Space Flight Center, he was criticized for ignoring engineers’ warnings. All seven of the space shuttle’s crew members were killed.

After serving as an ambassador to four countries, he advised companies on global affairs. The Obama administration enlisted his help during the Arab Spring.

Mr. Turski, a Polish journalist who survived Auschwitz as a teenager, urged the world not to be indifferent to the persecution of minorities.

The Mexican singing star was known for hits including “Rata de Dos Patas,” in which she likened her former lover to a two-legged rat, a snake and a cockroach.