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Antoine Redin was a French football player and manager. He played for FC Nancy, Toulouse and AS Nancy. He coached AS Nancy and Bastia.
Antoine Redin, French footballer and manager (died 2012)
Eduard Anatolyevich Khil, often anglicized as Edward Hill, was a Russian baritone singer.
Eduard Khil, Russian baritone singer (died 2012)
Paul Josef Cordes was a German cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum (1995–2010) and was elevated to the rank of cardinal…
Paul Josef Cordes, German cardinal (died 2024)
Sir Clive William John Granger was a British econometrician known for his contributions to nonlinear time series analysis. He taught in Britain, at the University of Nottingham and…
Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
Jan Švankmajer is a Czech retired filmmaker, animator, writer, playwright and artist. He draws and makes free graphics, collage, ceramics, tactile objects and assemblages. In the e…
Jan Švankmajer, Czech filmmaker and artist
Dennis Letts was an American college professor, and later, in a second career, an actor. As the latter, he originated the critically successful role of Beverly Weston in the Steppe…
Dennis Letts, American actor and educator (died 2008)
Joseph Kevin McNamara was a British Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for almost 40 years.
Kevin McNamara, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2017)
Mary Hildegard Ruth Bauermeister was a German artist who worked in sculpture, drawing, installation, performance, and music. Influenced by Fluxus artists and Nouveau Réalisme, her …
Mary Bauermeister, German painter and illustrator (died 2023)
Osvaldo Nicolás Ferraro Gutiérrez, better known as Waldo de los Ríos, was an Argentine composer, conductor and arranger.
Waldo de los Ríos, Argentine composer and conductor (died 1977)
Sunil Gangopadhyay was an Indian poet, novelist, short story writer, and critic. He played a key role in modernizing Bengali poetry and co-founded the 1953 avant-garde poetry magaz…
Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (died 2012)
Omar Abdul Hamid Karami was the 39th prime minister of Lebanon for two non-consecutive terms. He was Prime Minister for the first time from 24 December 1990, when Selim al-Hoss gav…
Omar Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon (died 2015)
James Milton Campbell Jr., better known as Little Milton, was an American blues singer and guitarist, best known for his number-one R&B single "We're Gonna Make It". His other hits…
Little Milton, American singer and guitarist (died 2005)
Hilpas Sulin was a Finnish ice-hockey player and coach. He played 87 matches and scored 50 points for HPK between the years 1952–1960. He also coached HPK from 1968 to 1975, and ag…
Hilpas Sulin, Finnish ice hockey player and coach (died 2025)
Rodrigue Biron was a Canadian politician in Quebec. He was leader of the Union Nationale political party from 1976 to 1980, when he joined the Parti Québécois (PQ). He served as Mi…
Rodrigue Biron, Canadian politician (died 2025)
Ross Handley Brown was a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He played 16 test matches, most frequently in the first-five back position, for New Zealand's national rugby team, the …
Ross Brown, New Zealand rugby player (died 2014)
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies was an English composer and conductor, who in 2004 was made Master of the Queen's Music.
Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor (died 2016)
Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue is a British politician, academic, businessman and author. He is a member of the Labour Party.
Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue, English academic and politician
Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool was a politician and jurist from Dominica who served as the sixth President of Dominica from 2 October 2003 to 17 September 2012.
Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican lawyer and politician, 6th President of Dominica (died 2015)
Sonia Sanchez is an American poet, writer, and professor. She was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement and has written more than a dozen books of poetry, as well as short …
Sonia Sanchez, American poet, playwright, and activist
Charles Bishop Kuralt was an American television, newspaper and radio journalist and author. He is most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segme…
Charles Kuralt, American journalist (died 1997)[citation needed]
Roger Eugene Maris was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He is best known for setting a new MLB single-season ho…
Roger Maris, American baseball player and coach (died 1985)[citation needed]
James Louis Oberstar was an American politician and congressman who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2011. Hailing from Minnesota and a member of t…
Jim Oberstar, American educator and politician (died 2014)
Lazar "Larry" Sitsky is an Australian composer, pianist, and music educator and scholar.
Larry Sitsky, Australian pianist, composer, and educator
John Francis Walker, better known by the ring name Mr. Wrestling II, was an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Championship Wrestling from Fl…
Mr. Wrestling II, American wrestler (died 2020)