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Javeed Alam was an activist and thinker who served as Chairman of the Indian Council for Social Science Research from 2008 to 2011.
Javeed Alam, Indian academician (died 2016)
Frederick Gordon Hill is an American former professional football player in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans.
Fred Hill, American football player
Ertha Pascal-Trouillot is a Haitian politician who served as the provisional President of Haiti for 11 months in 1990 and 1991. She was the first woman in Haitian history to hold t…
Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, President of Haiti
Michael Willetts, GC was one of the first British soldiers to be killed during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and the recipient of a posthumous George Cross for his heroism in s…
Michael Willetts, English sergeant; George Cross recipient (died 1971)
Ronald Campbell was a British Labour politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Blyth Valley from 1987 until 2019.
Ronnie Campbell, English miner and politician (died 2024)
Ben Hirsh Sidran is an American jazz and rock keyboardist, producer, label owner, and music writer. Early in his career he was a member of the Steve Miller Band and is the father o…
Ben Sidran, American jazz and rock keyboardist
Eileen Bell CBE is a retired Alliance Party politician from Dromara, Northern Ireland. She was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Down from 1998 to 2007, and…
Eileen Bell, Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Woodrow Peoples Jr. was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). Undrafted after playing college football for th…
Woody Peoples, American football player (died 2010)
Edward Cowie is an Australian composer, author, natural scientist, and painter.
Edward Cowie, English composer, painter, and author
Desmond John Humphrys is a Welsh broadcaster. From 1981 to 1987 he was the main presenter of the Nine O'Clock News, the flagship BBC News television programme, and from 1987 until …
John Humphrys, Welsh journalist and author
Dave "Snaker" Ray was an American blues singer and guitarist from St. Paul, Minnesota, and was associated with Spider John Koerner and Tony "Little Sun" Glover in the early Sixties…
Dave "Snaker" Ray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
Giovanni "Gianni" Rivera is an Italian politician and former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Gianni Rivera, Italian footballer and politician
Colin David Tooley, better known as Carl Wayne, was an English singer and actor. He is best remembered as the lead singer of The Move, a group that he co-founded in 1965. He sings …
Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (died 2004)
Robert Anthony De Niro is an American actor and producer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors of his generation, he has received various accolades, i…
Robert De Niro, American actor, entrepreneur, director, and producer
Martin Eugene Mull was an American actor, musician, and painter. He became known on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, then its spin-off Fernwood 2 Night, and America 2 Night. His other n…
Martin Mull, American actor and comedian (died 2024)
Donald Arthur Fardon is an English pop singer.
Don Fardon, English pop singer
Sidney Milton Going was a New Zealand rugby union footballer. Dubbed Super Sid by his fans, he played 86 matches, including 29 tests, for the All Blacks between 1967 and 1977. He r…
Sid Going, New Zealand rugby player (died 2024)
William Howard Ashton, known professionally as Billy J. Kramer, is an English pop singer. With the Dakotas, Kramer was managed by Brian Epstein during the 1960s and scored hits wit…
Billy J. Kramer, English pop singer
Sir Roger James Gale is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Herne Bay and Sandwich, previously North Thanet, since 1983. He had …
Roger Gale, English journalist and politician
Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith, known professionally as Sylvester McCoy, is a Scottish actor. Gaining prominence as a physical comedian, he portrayed the seventh incarnation of the…
Sylvester McCoy, Scottish actor
Patrick Demarchelier was a French fashion photographer.
Patrick Demarchelier, French photographer (died 2022)
Jonathan Edward Schell was an American reporter and writer whose work primarily dealt with American foreign policy from the Vietnam War to the war on terror, as well as the threat …
Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (died 2014)
Lucius Shepard was an American writer. Classified as a science fiction and fantasy writer, he often leaned into other genres, such as magical realism.
Lucius Shepard, American author and critic (died 2014)
Hugh Hamilton Wilson Jr. was an American film director, writer and television showrunner. He was the creator of the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati and Frank's Place, and was the dire…
Hugh Wilson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)