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Jean-Claude Turcotte was a Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal who served as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal from 1990 to 2012.
Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (died 2015)
Nancy Willard was an American writer: novelist, poet, author and occasional illustrator of children's books. She won the 1982 Newbery Medal for A Visit to William Blake's Inn.
Nancy Willard, American author and poet (died 2017)
Lucille Clifton was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Clifton was a finalist twice for the Pulitze…
Lucille Clifton, American author and poet (died 2010)
Shirley Anne Field was an English actress who performed on stage, film and television from 1955 until her death. She was prominent during the British New Wave.
Shirley Anne Field, English actress (died 2023)
Charles Louis Howley is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Dallas Cowboys…
Chuck Howley, American football player
Harmon Clayton Killebrew Jr., nicknamed "the Killer" and "Hammerin' Harmon", was an American professional baseball player as a first baseman, third baseman, and left fielder. He sp…
Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player (died 2011)
Edward Koiki Mabo was a Torres Strait Islander man, known for his role in campaigning for Indigenous land rights in Australia, in particular the landmark decision of the High Court…
Eddie Mabo, Australian land rights activist (died 1992)
Fatima-Zohra Imalayen, known by her pen name Assia Djebar, was an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with obstacles faced by women, and she is note…
Assia Djebar, Algerian-French author and translator (died 2015)
Nancy Dussault is an American actress and singer.
Nancy Dussault, American actress and singer
Anthony Peter Musante Jr. was an American actor, best known for the TV series Toma as Detective David Toma, Nino Schibetta in Oz (1997), and Joe D'Angelo in As the World Turns (200…
Tony Musante, American actor and screenwriter (died 2013)
David Kenneth Ritz Van Ronk was an American folk singer. An important figure in the American folk music revival and New York City's Greenwich Village scene in the 1960s, he was nic…
Dave Van Ronk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
Wallace Amos Jr. was an American writer and businessman. He was the founder of the Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie, the Cookie Kahuna, and Aunt Della's Cookies gourmet cookie bra…
Wally Amos, American entrepreneur, founder of Famous Amos (died 2024)
Baard Arne Owe, sometimes credited Bård Owe, was a Norwegian-born Danish actor who appeared in many Scandinavian films and television series.
Baard Owe, Norwegian-Danish actor (died 2017)
Omar Mahmoud Suleiman was an Egyptian army general, politician, diplomat, and intelligence officer. A leading figure in Egypt's intelligence system beginning in 1986, Suleiman was …
Omar Suleiman, Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt (died 2012)
Anthony Paul Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill, QC was a British barrister and member of the House of Lords. He was at different times a member of the Labour Party, Social Democra…
Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill, English lawyer and politician (died 2020)
Zdzisława Donat-Pajda is a Polish coloratura soprano. She studied in Warsaw and Siena, where she was a pupil of Gino Bechi.
Zdzisława Donat, Polish soprano and actress
Shirley Enola Knight Hopkins was an American actress, active in theatre, film, and television from the 1960s through the 2010s. She was a two-time Oscar nominee, a three-time Prime…
Shirley Knight, American actress (died 2020)
Sir James Alexander Mirrlees was a British economist and winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was knighted in the 1997 Birthday Honours.
James Mirrlees, Scottish economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
David Tynan O'Mahony, known professionally as Dave Allen, was an Irish comedian, satirist, and actor. He was best known for his observational comedy. Allen regularly provoked indig…
Dave Allen, Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2005)
Egbert Valentin Brieskorn was a German mathematician who introduced Brieskorn spheres and the Brieskorn–Grothendieck resolution.
Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic (died 2013)
Joseph "Jo" Siffert was a Swiss racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1962 to 1971. Siffert won two Formula One Grands Prix across 10 seasons.
Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver (died 1971)
Nikos Xylouris, also known as Psaronikos (Ψαρονίκος), was a Greek singer, Cretan lyra player, and songwriter who performed both Cretan rural traditional and urban orchestral music …
Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer-songwriter (died 1980)
June Millicent Jordan was an American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist. In her writing she explored issues of gender, race, immigration, and representation.
June Jordan, American poet and educator (died 2002)
David Zinman is an American conductor.
David Zinman, American violinist and conductor