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Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff is an American short story writer, memoirist, novelist, and teacher of creative writing. He is known for his memoirs, particularly This Boy's Life (198…
Tobias Wolff, American short story writer, memoirist, and novelist
Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore is an Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was one of the founding members of the bands Planxty and Moving Hearts and has had signific…
Christy Moore, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is a German retired professional footballer and manager. For the majority of his playing career he was as a striker for Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden…
Jupp Heynckes, German footballer and manager
Jerry Quarry, nicknamed "Irish" or "the Bellflower Bomber" or the "Great White Hope", was an American professional boxer and multiple heavyweight boxing title contender. During the…
Jerry Quarry, American boxer (died 1999)
Steven John Norris is a British former politician and businessman. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford East from 1983 to 1987.…
Steven Norris, English engineer and politician
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker, dramatist and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of th…
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1982)
Peter Bardens was an English keyboardist and a founding member of the progressive rock group Camel. He played keyboards, sang, and wrote songs with Andrew Latimer. During his caree…
Peter Bardens, British keyboardist (died 2002)
Morna Anne Murray is a Canadian retired country, pop and adult contemporary music singer who has sold over 55 million album copies worldwide during her over 40-year career. Murray …
Anne Murray, Canadian singer and guitarist
Robert Berriedale Keith Dewar was an American computer scientist and educator. He helped to develop programming languages and compilers and was an outspoken advocate of freely lice…
Robert Dewar, English-American computer scientist and academic (died 2015)
Adam Zagajewski was a Polish poet, novelist, translator, and essayist.
Adam Zagajewski, Polish author and poet (died 2021)
Rainer Brüderle is a German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). He served as Minister of Economics and Transport of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1987–1998. On 2…
Rainer Brüderle, German economist and politician, German Minister of Economics and Technology
Koudou Laurent Gbagbo is an Ivorian politician who was the president of Côte d'Ivoire from 2000 until his arrest in April 2011. He was the first president in the history of the cou…
Laurent Gbagbo, Ivorian academic and politician, 4th President of Côte d'Ivoire
Bernard Richard Goldberg is an American author, journalist, and political pundit. Goldberg has won fourteen Emmy Awards and was a producer, reporter and correspondent for CBS News …
Bernard Goldberg, American journalist and author
Linda Scott is an American pop singer and actress who was active from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Her biggest hit was the 1961 million-selling single "I've Told Every Little…
Linda Scott, American singer
Jane Ellen "Bonnie" Newman from North Hampton, New Hampshire is an American administrator and business executive. A Republican, she worked for Judd Gregg, Ronald Reagan, and George…
Bonnie Newman, American businesswoman and politician
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He was one of the world's leading golfers from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. He is one of the few players in history to win thre…
Hale Irwin, American golfer and architect
Anthony Braxton is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones, particularly the alt…
Anthony Braxton, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
Kjell Albin Abrahamson was a Swedish journalist and author. He served as Swedish National Radio's senior correspondent to Warsaw, Poland, a position he previously held in Moscow, …
Kjell Albin Abrahamson, Swedish journalist and author (died 2016)
John Garang De Mabior was a Sudanese politician and revolutionary leader. From 1983 to 2005, he led the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement as a commander in chief during the S…
John Garang, Sudanese colonel and politician, President of Southern Sudan (died 2005)
Wayne Cashman is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach. He played 17 seasons for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL) and helped them win the …
Wayne Cashman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Betty Flippina Stöve is a Dutch former professional tennis player. She is best known for reaching the ladies' singles final, the ladies' doubles final and the mixed doubles final d…
Betty Stöve, Dutch tennis player
John Wesley Carlos is an American former track and field athlete and professional football player. He was the bronze-medal winner in the 200 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics, whe…
John Carlos, American runner and football player
André Joseph Lacroix is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League and the World Hockey Association. As a youth, Lacroix excelled as a centre fo…
André Lacroix, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
Wolfgang Schüssel is a retired Austrian politician. He was Chancellor of Austria for two consecutive terms from February 2000 to January 2007. While being recognised as a rare exam…
Wolfgang Schüssel, Austrian lawyer and politician, 26th Chancellor of Austria