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David Michael Patrick Mingos is a British chemist and academic. He was Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford from 1999 to 2009, and Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University…
Michael Mingos, English chemist and academic
John Martin Wharton, is a British Anglican bishop, a retired Bishop of Newcastle.
Martin Wharton, English bishop
John Glover is an American actor who has played a range of quirky and villainous roles in films and television, such as Lionel Luthor in Smallville, Dr. Jason Woodrue in Batman & R…
John Glover, American actor
Robert Swan Mueller III was an American lawyer who served as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2001 to 2013.
Robert Mueller, American soldier and lawyer, 6th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (died 2026)
John Curtis Holmes, better known as John C. Holmes or Johnny Wadd, was an American pornographic film actor. Holmes ranks among the most famous and prolific adult film performers, w…
John C. Holmes, American film actor (died 1988)
John Renbourn was an English guitarist and songwriter. He was best known for his collaboration with guitarist Bert Jansch as well as his work with the folk group Pentangle, althoug…
John Renbourn, English-Scottish guitarist and songwriter (died 2015)
Simon Taylor is a motor sports journalist who writes for several publications. Taylor is a writer, historian, radio and TV commentator and a keen loyal supporter of historic racing…
Simon Taylor, English journalist and author
George "Geordie" Armstrong was an English football player and coach, who was mostly associated with Arsenal. A winger, Armstrong made his Arsenal debut in 1962 at the age of 17 and…
George Armstrong, English footballer (died 2000)
Michael Jay Johnson was an American pop, country, and folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best remembered for his 1978 hit song "Bluer Than Blue". He charted four hits on t…
Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2017)
Patrick André Eugène Joseph Depailler was a French racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1980. Depailler won two Formula One Grands Prix across eight seasons.
Patrick Depailler, French racing driver (died 1980)
Samuel Pack Elliott is an American actor. With a career spanning nearly six decades of film and television, he is recognized for his deep sonorous voice. Elliott has received vario…
Sam Elliott, American actor and producer
Patricia C. McKissack was a prolific African-American children's writer. She was the author of more than 100 books, including Dear America books A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of …
Patricia McKissack, American soldier, engineer, and author (died 2017)
James Ezekiel Chambers, known professionally as Jimmy Cliff, was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician. He was considered to be one of Jamaica's most celebrated musi…
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer (died 2025)
John Martin Linton is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Battersea from 1997 to 2010.
Martin Linton, Swedish-English journalist and politician
Frederick Wallace Smith was an American business magnate and investor. He was the founder and chairman of FedEx Corporation, the world's largest express transportation company. Smi…
Frederick W. Smith, American businessman, founded FedEx (died 2025)
Ian McDiarmid is a Scottish actor and director of stage and screen. Making his stage debut in Hamlet in 1972, McDiarmid joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1974, and has since …
Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor
Kevin Tighe is an American actor who has worked in television, film, and theater since the late 1960s. He is best known for portraying firefighter-paramedic Roy DeSoto, on the 1972…
Kevin Tighe, American actor
Sayyid Ahad Hosseini is an Iranian Azerbaijani sculptor and painter. He is sometimes regarded as a patriotic figure and national symbol of Iran.
Ahad Hosseini, Iranian Azerbaijani artist
Dimitris Sioufas was a Greek lawyer and New Democracy politician.
Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health (died 2019)
Lawrence Joseph Ellison is an American businessman. He co-founded the software company Oracle Corporation, and was its CEO from 1977 to 2014. He now serves as its CTO and executive…
Larry Ellison, American businessman, co-founded the Oracle Corporation
Kevin Ayers was an English singer-songwriter who was active in the English psychedelic music movement. Ayers was a founding member of the psychedelic band Soft Machine in the mid-1…
Kevin Ayers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
Jean-Bernard Pommier was a French pianist, conductor and academic teacher who made an international career. He was known for playing music by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninof…
Jean-Bernard Pommier, French pianist and conductor (died 2026)
Paula Danziger was an American children's author who wrote more than 30 books, including her 1974 debut The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, for children's and young adult audiences. At the tim…
Paula Danziger, American author (died 2004)
Robert Charles Hitchcock is an Australian sculptor. He commenced his career in 1970 and works in a wide variety of subjects and materials. Hitchcock is one of the leading portrait …
Robert Hitchcock, Australian sculptor and illustrator