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Gene Victor Parsons is an American drummer, banjo player, guitarist, singer-songwriter, and engineer, best known for his work with the Byrds from 1968 to 1972. Parsons has also rel…
Gene Parsons, American singer-songwriter, drummer, guitarist, and banjo player
Jennifer Salt is an American producer, screenwriter, and former actress known for playing Eunice Tate on Soap (1977–1981).
Jennifer Salt, American actress, screenwriter, and producer
Dario Bellezza was an Italian poet, author and playwright. He won the Viareggio, Gatto, and Montale prizes.
Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, author, and playwright (died 1996)
Gareth John Evans is an Australian politician, international policymaker, academic, and barrister. He represented the Labor Party in the Senate and House of Representatives from 19…
Gareth Evans, Australian lawyer and politician, 33rd Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Donna Jeanne Haraway is an American philosopher, who contributed to the intersection of information technology and feminist theory, and is a scholar in contemporary ecofeminism. He…
Donna Haraway, American author, academic, and activist
Swoosie Kurtz is an American actress. She is the recipient of an Emmy Award and two Tony Awards.
Swoosie Kurtz, American actress
Forrest Murrell Blue Jr. was an American professional football center who spent eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Francisco 49ers from 1968 to 1974 …
Forrest Blue, American football player (died 2011)
Peter John Larter is a former England international rugby union player.
Peter Larter, English rugby player
Earl Manigault was an American street basketball player who was nicknamed "the Goat" or "the Lip". He is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players never to have pla…
Earl Manigault, American basketball player and coach (died 1998)
Velibor "Bora" Milutinović is a Serbian former professional footballer and manager.
Bora Milutinović, Serbian footballer and manager
Houshang Moradi Kermani is an Iranian writer best known for children's and young adult fiction. He was a finalist in 2014 for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.
Houshang Moradi Kermani, Iranian author
Peter Franklyn Bellamy was an English folk singer. He was a founding member of The Young Tradition and also had a long solo career, recording numerous albums and touring folk clubs…
Peter Bellamy, English singer-songwriter (died 1991)
Margaret Eve Hodge, Baroness Hodge of Barking, is a British politician and life peer, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Barking from 1994 to 2024. A member of the Labour …
Margaret Hodge, English economist and politician
Bertel Geismar Haarder is a Danish writer, teacher and politician, who was a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He has served as minister several times, inclu…
Bertel Haarder, Danish lawyer and politician, Education Minister of Denmark
Terrence James Jenner was an Australian cricketer who played nine Tests and one ODI from 1970 to 1975. He was primarily a leg-spin bowler and was known for his attacking, loopy sty…
Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer and coach (died 2011)
Sir Thomas Boaz Allen is an English operatic baritone. He is widely admired in the opera world for his voice, the versatility of his repertoire, and his acting—leading many to rega…
Thomas Allen, English actor, singer, and academic
Everaldo Marques da Silva, nicknamed Everaldo, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a left back for Grêmio and the Brazil national team. He won the 1970 FIFA World Cup. The go…
Everaldo, Brazilian footballer (died 1974)
Freddy Thielemans was a Belgian socialist politician who was the mayor of the City of Brussels from 2001 to 2013, and previously also for a period in 1994.
Freddy Thielemans, Belgian educator and politician, Mayor of Brussels (died 2022)
Ronald Doyle "Lonnie" Mayne was an American professional wrestler in the 1960s and 1970s who frequently went by the name Moondog Mayne. He wrestled in various National Wrestling Al…
Lonnie Mayne, American wrestler (died 1978)
Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov is a Soviet and Russian conductor and violinist best known for his work with the Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra.
Vladimir Spivakov, Russian violinist and conductor
Barry Eugene White was an American R&B, soul and disco singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. A two-time Grammy Award winner known for his bass voice and romantic image, h…
Barry White, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
Carol Lesley Barnes was a British television newsreader and broadcaster. She worked for ITN from 1975 to 2004.
Carol Barnes, English journalist (died 2008)
Peter Paul Cetera Jr. is an American retired musician best known for being a frontman, vocalist, and bassist for the American rock band Chicago from 1967 until his departure in 198…
Peter Cetera, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
Bernard "Midget" Farrelly was the first world surfing champion.
Midget Farrelly, Australian surfer (died 2016)