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Delia Ann Smith is an English cook and television presenter, known for teaching basic cookery skills in a direct style. One of the best-known celebrity chefs in British popular cul…
Delia Smith, English chef and author
Václav Klaus is a Czech economist and politician who served as the second president of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013. From July 1992 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia …
Václav Klaus, Czech economist and politician, 2nd President of the Czech Republic
Ulf Dietrich Merbold is a German physicist and astronaut who flew to space three times, becoming the first West German citizen in space and the first non-American to fly on a NASA …
Ulf Merbold, German physicist and astronaut
Albert Alekseyevich Shesternyov was a football player for CSKA Moscow and the Soviet Union. He is generally regarded as the best football defender in Soviet football history.
Albert Shesternyov, Soviet footballer, captain of the Soviet Union national team and CSKA Moscow (died 1994)
Aloysius Paul D'Souza is the former Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore. He was consecrated on 8 November 1996, succeeding his predecessor Basil Salvadore D'Souza.
Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Indian Catholic bishop
Joseph Flaherty was an American actor, writer, and comedian. In television, Flaherty starred on the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV from 1976 to 1984 and as Harold Weir on Freaks and G…
Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)
Sir Stephen Arthur Frears is a British director and producer of film and television, often depicting real-life stories as well as projects that explore social class through sharply…
Stephen Frears, English actor, director, and producer
Lyman Ward is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in Creature (1984), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), and Milk and Honey (1988).
Lyman Ward, Canadian actor
Edward Rudolph Bradley Jr. was an American broadcast journalist and news anchor who is best known for reporting with 60 Minutes and CBS News.
Ed Bradley, American journalist (died 2006)
Terttu Savola is a Finnish politician. She is the chairperson of the For the Poor party, a member of the council of the city of Espoo, the ambassador for human rights and children'…
Terttu Savola, Finnish journalist and politician
Robert C. Christie Hunter was an American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator and poet, best known for his work with the Grateful Dead. Born near San Luis Obispo, California, H…
Robert Hunter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)
Hugh Roger McDonald is an Australian author of several novels and a number of non-fiction works. He is also an accomplished poet and TV scriptwriter.
Roger McDonald, Australian author and screenwriter
Keith Robert Newton was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back in The Football League in the 1960s and 1970s. He made 27 appearances for the England national …
Keith Newton, English footballer (died 1998)
Mustafa Erkin Koray was a Turkish singer and guitarist who mainly played Anatolian rock.
Erkin Koray, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
Julia Kristeva is a Bulgarian-French philosopher, literary critic, semiotician, psychoanalyst, feminist, and novelist who has lived in France since the mid-1960s. She has taught at…
Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and author
Georges-Henri Denys Arcand is a Canadian filmmaker. During his four decades career, he became one of the most internationally-recognized directors from Quebec, earning widespread a…
Denys Arcand, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
John Albert Raven FRS FRSE was a British botanist who was emeritus professor at University of Dundee and the University of Technology Sydney. His primary research interests were in…
John Albert Raven, Scottish academic and ecologist
Yves Beauchemin is a Québécois novelist.
Yves Beauchemin, Canadian author and academic
William Joseph Baxley II, is an American Democratic politician and attorney from Dothan, Alabama.
Bill Baxley, American lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
James Patrick Hogan was a British science fiction author. His major works include the Giants series of five novels published between 1977 and 2005.
James P
Krzysztof Kieślowski was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He is known internationally for Dekalog (1989), The Double Life of Veronique (1991), and the Three Colours trilogy…
Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director and screenwriter (died 1996)
Graham Douglas McKenzie – commonly known as "Garth", after the comic strip hero – is an Australian cricketer who played for Western Australia (1960–74), Leicestershire (1969–75), T…
Graham McKenzie, Australian cricketer
Alphonso Erwin Downing is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, and L…
Al Downing, American baseball player and sportscaster
Joseph Amadee Goguen was an American computer scientist. He was professor of Computer Science at the University of California and University of Oxford, and held research positions …
Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist and academic, developed the OBJ language (died 2006)