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Claude Hudson "Butch" Trucks was an American drummer. He was best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of F…
Butch Trucks, American drummer (died 2017)
Michael Grant Ignatieff is a Canadian author, academic and former politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party and leader of the Opposition from 2008 until 2011. Known for …
Michael Ignatieff, Canadian journalist and politician
Ana Beatriz Martínez Solórzano, known professionally as Ana Martín, is a Mexican actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the Miss Mexico 1963. which took her to comp…
Ana Martín, Mexican actress, singer, producer and former model (Miss Mexico 1963)
Graeham George Goble, is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, best known as a founding member of Australian rock group Little River Band and Birtles Shorr…
Graeham Goble, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
Stephen George Platten, is a retired Anglican prelate, the last to serve as diocesan Bishop of Wakefield in the Church of England.
Stephen Platten, English bishop
John Gerard Bruton was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1994 to 1997 and Leader of Fine Gael from 1990 to 2001. He held cabinet positions between 1981 an…
John Bruton, Irish politician, 10th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2024)
Cheryl Lynn Clarke is an American lesbian poet, essayist, educator, and Black feminist community activist. Her scholarship focuses on African-American women's literature, black les…
Cheryl Clarke, American writer
Nazareth are a Scottish hard rock band formed in Dunfermline in 1968 that had many hit singles and albums in Canada, the United Kingdom, and a number of other European countries be…
Darrell Sweet, Scottish drummer (died 1999)
Paul Joseph Brady is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician from Strabane, Northern Ireland. His work straddles folk and pop. He was interested in a wide variety of music …
Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Sir Christopher Robert Chope is a British politician and former barrister who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Christchurch in Dorset since 1997. A member of the Con…
Christopher Chope, English lawyer and politician
David Helfgott is an Australian concert pianist whose life inspired the Academy Award-winning film Shine, in which he was portrayed by actors Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor and Alex Ra…
David Helfgott, Australian pianist
Gregory Dyke is a British media executive, football administrator, journalist and broadcaster. Since the 1960s, Dyke has had a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast jou…
Greg Dyke, English journalist and academic
Roch Thériault was a Canadian cult leader and convicted murderer. Thériault, a self-proclaimed prophet under the name Moïse, founded the Ant Hill Kids in 1977. They were a doomsday…
Roch Thériault, Canadian religious leader (died 2011)
T. Rex, originally Tyrannosaurus Rex, were an English rock band formed in London in 1967 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan, who was their leader, frontman and only cons…
Steve Currie, English bass player (died 1981)
William Bradford Champlin is an American singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter. He formed the band Sons of Champlin in 1965, which still performs today, and was a member of…
Bill Champlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Linda Jane Laubenstein was an American physician and early HIV/AIDS researcher. She was among the first doctors in the United States to recognize the AIDS epidemic of the early 198…
Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (died 1992)
İlber Ortaylı was a Turkish historian and professor of history of Crimean Tatar origin at the Galatasaray University in Istanbul and at Ankara University and Bilkent University in …
İlber Ortaylı, Turkish historian and academic (died 2026)
Jane Kenyon was an American poet and translator. Her work is often characterized as simple, spare, and emotionally resonant. Kenyon was the second wife of poet, editor, and critic …
Jane Kenyon, American poet and translator (died 1995)
Albert Bouchard is an American musician. He is a founding member and one of the first and most prominent drummers of the hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult and current drummer of The …
Albert Bouchard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
Michael Barry Reid is an American country music artist, composer, and former professional football player. He played as a defensive tackle for five seasons with the Cincinnati Beng…
Mike Reid, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and American football player
Martin Winterkorn is a German former business executive who served as chairman of the board of management of Volkswagen AG, the parent company of the Volkswagen Group, as well as c…
Martin Winterkorn, German businessman
Karen Valentine is an American actress. She is best known for her role as young idealistic schoolteacher Alice Johnson in the ABC comedy drama series Room 222 from 1969 to 1974, fo…
Karen Valentine, American actress
Catherine Gody Wolf was an American psychologist and expert in human-computer interaction. She was the author of more than 100 research articles and held six patents in the areas o…
Catherine G
Miguel "Mike" Pamintuan de Leon was a Filipino film director. He is regarded as one of the most significant filmmakers in the history of Philippine cinema. His films, which include…
Mike De Leon, Filipino director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer