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Alan Charles Jardine is an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys. He is best known as the band's rhythm guitarist, harmony vocalist, and occasiona…
Al Jardine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Raymond Loran Floyd is an American retired professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour, including four majors and four senior majo…
Raymond Floyd, American golfer
Jerry Winston Jarrett was an American businessman, professional wrestling promoter, and professional wrestler. Along with his long-term business partner Jerry Lawler, he was a key …
Jerry Jarrett, American wrestler and promoter (died 2023)
Merald Woodlow "Bubba" Knight, Jr. is an American R&B/soul singer, best known as a member of Gladys Knight & the Pips. The older brother of lead singer Gladys Knight, Bubba Knight …
Merald "Bubba" Knight, American singer
Werner Herzog is a German filmmaker, actor, opera director, author and documentarian. Regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema, his films often feature ambitious protagonists wit…
Werner Herzog, German actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Eduardo Mata was a Mexican conductor and composer.
Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (died 1995)
David Wayne Bargeron was an American trombonist and tuba player who was a member of the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Dave Bargeron, American trombonist and tuba player (died 2025)
Richard Anthony Hutton is a former English cricketer, who played in five Test matches for the England cricket team in 1971. A right-handed batsman and right-arm seam bowler, Hutton…
Richard Hutton, English cricketer
Melvin Huston McDaniel was an American country music artist. Many of his top hits were released in the 1980s, including "Louisiana Saturday Night", "Big Ole Brew", "Stand Up", "Bab…
Mel McDaniel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
William James Blaikley Best is a former professional footballer who played football for Northampton Town and Southend United as a forward/winger. During his second spell with North…
Billy Best, Scottish footballer
Alan Arthur Oakes is an English former footballer who holds Manchester City's all-time record for appearances. Oakes is a midfielder who, in total, played 776 matches in the Footba…
Alan Oakes, English footballer and manager
Andrew Zelig Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath is a non-affiliated, and former Labour, member of the House of Lords.
Andrew Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath, English businessman and politician
Jonathan H. Turner, is a professor of sociology at University of California, Riverside.
Jonathan H. Turner, American sociologist
Brian Leslie Cole was an American musician. He was the bass guitarist, bass vocalist and one of the founding members of the 1960s folk rock band the Association.
Brian Cole, American bass player (died 1972)
Judith Hann is a broadcaster and writer specialising in science, food and the environment.
Judith Hann, English journalist and author
Sal Valentino is an American rock musician, singer and songwriter, best known as lead singer of The Beau Brummels, subsequently becoming a songwriter as well. The band released a p…
Sal Valentino, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, better known by his ring name the Iron Sheik, was an Iranian-American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and actor. To date he is the only Iranian …
The Iron Sheik, Iranian-American wrestler and actor (died 2023)
Inez Foxx and her elder brother Charlie Foxx were an American rhythm and blues and soul duo from Greensboro, North Carolina. Inez sang lead vocal, while Charlie sang backing vocals…
Inez Foxx, American singer (died 2022)
Daniel Ira Kalb was an American blues guitarist and vocalist. He was an original member of the 1960s group the Blues Project.
Danny Kalb, American singer and guitarist (died 2022)
Daniel Anthony Hutton is an Irish-American singer, best known as one of the three lead vocalists in the band Three Dog Night. Hutton was a songwriter and singer for Hanna-Barbera R…
Danny Hutton, Irish-American singer
Loletha Elayne Falana or Loletha Elaine Falana, better known by her stage name Lola Falana, is an American singer, dancer, and actress. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Bes…
Lola Falana, American actress, singer, and dancer
Michel Drucker, CQ is a popular French journalist and TV host. He has been on screen for so long on various shows and different networks, both public and private, that he once said…
Michel Drucker, French journalist
Tomás Marco Aragón is a Spanish composer and writer on music.
Tomás Marco, Spanish composer
Maria Muldaur is an American folk and blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s. She recorded the 1973 hit song "Midnight at the Oasis" and ha…
Maria Muldaur, American folk and blues singer