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Ronald Levin Carter is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy Awar…
Ron Carter, American bassist and educator
Richard Anthony Monsour, known professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock guitarist. He was a pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scales and experimenting…
Dick Dale, American surf-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter (died 2019)
Beryl Burton OBE was an English racing cyclist who dominated the women's sport, winning more than 90 domestic championships and seven world titles, and setting numerous national re…
Beryl Burton, English racing cyclist (died 1996)
Delia Ann Derbyshire was an English musician and composer of electronic music. She worked with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop during the 1960s, including an electronic arrangement of…
Delia Derbyshire, English musician, arranger and composer (died 2001)
Gerald David "Lorenzo" Music was an American actor, composer, musician, performer, writer and producer. Music began his career in the 1960s with his wife, Henrietta, forming the co…
Lorenzo Music, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was a black American middleweight boxer who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for murder, until released following a petition of habeas corpus after …
Rubin Carter, American-Canadian boxer (died 2014)
Miguel Ángel Cuellar Santana was a Cuban professional baseball player. He played for 15 seasons in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher in 1959 and from 1964 through 1977…
Mike Cuellar, Cuban-American baseball player (died 2010)
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. is an American novelist. He is known for his dense, complex works of postmodern fiction, which are distinguished by their paranoid tone, absurd humor, an…
Thomas Pynchon, American novelist
David Prater Jr. was an American Southern soul and rhythm & blues singer and musician, who was the deeper baritone/tenor vocalist of the soul vocal duo Sam & Dave from 1961 until h…
Dave Prater, American singer (died 1988)
Ildikó Rejtő is a retired Hungarian two-time Olympic and five-time World Champion foil fencer.
Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Hungarian Olympic and world champion foil fencer
Beryl Burton OBE was an English racing cyclist who dominated the women's sport, winning more than 90 domestic championships and seven world titles, and setting numerous national re…
Beryl Burton, English cyclist (died 1996)
George Denis Patrick Carlin was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor and author. He was known for his dark comedy and reflections on politics, English, psychology, r…
George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author (died 2008)
Zohra Lampert is a retired American actress, who has had roles on stage, film and television. She performed under her then-married name of Zohra Alton early in her career. Lampert …
Zohra Lampert, American actress
Roger Joseph Zelazny was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels focusing on mythology and various religions, best known for The Chron…
Roger Zelazny, American author and poet (died 1995)
Victor Harold Flick was an English studio guitarist, prominent in the 1960s and known for playing the guitar riff in the "James Bond Theme".
Vic Flick, English guitarist (died 2024)
Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 64th United States secretary of state under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 20…
Madeleine Albright, Czech-American politician and diplomat, 64th United States Secretary of State (died 2022)
Karin Krog is a Norwegian jazz singer.
Karin Krog, Norwegian singer
Trinidad López III, known as Trini Lopez, was an American singer and guitarist. His first album included a cover version of Pete Seeger's "If I Had a Hammer", which earned a gold d…
Trini Lopez, American singer, guitarist, and actor (died 2020)
Hazel Reid O'Leary is an American lawyer, politician, and university administrator who served as the 7th United States secretary of energy from 1993 to 1997. A member of the Democr…
Hazel R
Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr. was an American professional baseball player who played his entire 23-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a third baseman for the Baltimore Or…
Brooks Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)
Jacques Louis Santer is a Luxembourgish politician who served as president of the European Commission from 1995 to 1999 before resigning amidst allegations of corruption. He served…
Jacques Santer, Luxembourger jurist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Yvonne Joyce Craig was an American actress best known for her role as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl in the 1960s television series Batman. Other notable roles in her career include Doroth…
Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (died 2015)
James Baxter Hunt Jr. was an American politician and attorney who was the 69th and 71st governor of North Carolina. He was the longest-serving governor in the state's history.
Jim Hunt, American politician, 69th and 71st Governor of North Carolina (died 2025)
Francis Patrick Roach was an English professional wrestler, martial artist and actor. During an acting career between the 1970s and the 1990s, he appeared in multiple films, usuall…
Pat Roach, English wrestler (died 2004)