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Vicente Fox Quesada is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. After campaigning as a right-wing populist, Fox was electe…
Vicente Fox, Mexican businessman and politician, 35th President of Mexico
Kevin Stephen Johnson is an Australian singer-songwriter. Popular in the 1970s, his biggest hit is "Rock and Roll ", which peaked at No. 4 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singl…
Kevin Johnson, Australian singer-songwriter
Harold Clifton Lanier is an American former infielder, coach and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). Known as a brainy, defense-first player, he won National League Manager of …
Hal Lanier, American baseball player, coach, and manager
Peter Rowan is an American bluegrass musician and composer. He plays guitar, fiddle, dobro, banjo, bass, piano and mandolin. He has a wide vocal range and yodels. He was inducted i…
Peter Rowan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Matthias Bamert is a Swiss conductor and composer.
Matthias Bamert, Swiss composer and conductor
Johannes Löhr was a German professional football player and manager.
Hannes Löhr, German footballer, coach, and manager (died 2016)
Ian Craig Leslie OAM is an Indonesian-born Australian television journalist and corporate communicator.
Ian Leslie, Indonesian-Australian journalist and television host
Carmen Joan Duncan was an Australian actress and activist, with a career locally and internationally that spanned over 50 years. She was nominated for an AFI/AACTA Award for Best A…
Carmen Duncan, Australian actress (died 2019)
Floyd Douglas Little was an American professional football player who was a halfback for the Denver Broncos, initially in the American Football League (AFL) and later the National …
Floyd Little, American football player and coach (died 2021)
William Philip Gramm is an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both chambers of Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democrat, Gramm switched …
Phil Gramm, American economist and politician
David William George Chidgey, Baron Chidgey was a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastleigh from 1994 to 2005, and latterly sat in t…
David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey, English engineer and politician (died 2022)
Richard Arnold Roundtree was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of private detective John Shaft in the 1971 film Shaft and four of its sequels, Shaft's Big Scor…
Richard Roundtree, American actor (died 2023)
Ronald James Padavona, known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal singer. He fronted numerous bands throughout his career, including Elf, Rainbow, Black …
Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2010)
Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk is a former Soviet cosmonaut and the first Belarusian to travel in space. Klimuk made three flights into space. From 1991 to 2003, he headed the Yuri Gagarin Co…
Pyotr Klimuk, Belarusian general, pilot, and astronaut
Sixto Diaz Rodríguez, mononymously known as Rodríguez, was an American musician from Detroit, Michigan.
Sixto Rodriguez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
Lopo Fortunato Ferreira do Nascimento is an Angolan retired politician. He served as the first Prime Minister of Angola from 11 November 1975 to 9 December 1978 and was Secretary-G…
Lopo do Nascimento, Angolan politician; 1st Prime Minister of Angola
Lonnie Smith, styled as Dr. Lonnie Smith, was an American jazz Hammond B3 organist who was a member of the George Benson quartet in the 1960s. He recorded albums with saxophonist L…
Dr. Lonnie Smith, American jazz Hammond B-3 organist (died 2021)
Darrell Eastlake was an Australian radio and television presenter, commentator and sports journalist, best known for his long association with the Nine Network. Prior to his media …
Darrell Eastlake, Australian sportscaster (died 2018)
Jerry Williams Jr., generally credited under the pseudonym Swamp Dogg after 1970, is an American country soul and R&B singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. Williams has…
Swamp Dogg, American R&B singer-songwriter and musician
Roy Palmer is a former cricketer who had a relatively short first-class career as a player with Somerset from 1965 to 1970 and a much longer career as a first-class umpire. He also…
Roy Palmer, English cricketer and umpire
William John Smith is an Australian former rugby league footballer. He was the leading halfback in Australian rugby league during the late 1960s, and a keystone of the latter part …
Billy Smith, Australian rugby league footballer and coach
Steve Young was an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist, known for his song "Seven Bridges Road". He was a pioneer of the country rock, Americana, and alternativ…
Steve Young, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
Harrison Ford is an American actor. Regarded as a cinematic cultural icon, Ford's accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, an Emmy Award, f…
Harrison Ford, American actor and producer
James Roger McGuinn is an American musician, best known for being the frontman and leader of the Byrds. As a solo artist, he has released 10 albums and collaborated with many other…
Roger McGuinn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist