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Rodney James Alcala, also known as John Berger and John Burger, was an American serial killer and convicted sex offender who was sentenced to death in California for five murders c…
Rodney Alcala, American serial killer, rapist, and kidnapper (died 2021)
John Cipollina was a guitarist best known for his role as a founder and the lead guitarist of the prominent San Francisco rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. After leaving Qui…
John Cipollina, American rock guitarist (died 1989)
Peter David Stemkowski is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Playing as a centre, he spent 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), and played for the Toronto…
Pete Stemkowski, Canadian ice hockey player
Dorival "Dori" Tostes Caymmi is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, guitarist, arranger, and producer.
Dori Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Chuck Girard was an American musician, considered a pioneer of Contemporary Christian music. He moved to Santa Rosa, California in his early teens, becoming a band member of the Ca…
Chuck Girard, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Joseph Robert Kerrey is an American politician who served as the 35th governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and as a United States senator from Nebraska from 1989 to 2001.
Bob Kerrey, American lieutenant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient, 35th Governor of Nebraska
Tuesday Weld is an American retired actress. She began acting as a child and progressed to mature roles in the late 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Female Ne…
Tuesday Weld, American model and actress
Jihad Al-Atrash is a Lebanese actor and voice actor.
Jihad Al-Atrash, Lebanese actor and voice actor
Surayud Chulanont is a Thai former politician and military officer who was the 24th prime minister of Thailand and head of Thailand's interim government between 2006 and 2008. He i…
Surayud Chulanont, Thai general and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Thailand
Robert Greenwald is an American filmmaker, and the founder of Brave New Films, a nonprofit film and advocacy organization whose work is distributed for free in concert with nonprof…
Robert Greenwald, American director and producer
Shuja Khanzada was a Pakistani politician and retired army colonel, who was serving as the Home Minister of Punjab from 2014 until his assassination on 16 August 2015.
Shuja Khanzada, Pakistani colonel and politician (died 2015)
Mohamed Amin was a Kenyan photojournalist.
Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist (died 1996)
Richard Bernard Halligan was an American musician and composer, best known as a founding member of the jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Dick Halligan, American pianist and composer (died 2022)
Arthur Bruce McDonald P.Eng is a Canadian astrophysicist. McDonald is the director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration and held the Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in …
Arthur B. McDonald, Canadian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Talbot "Tal" Brody, nicknamed Mr. Basketball, is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player and current goodwill ambassador of Israel. Brody was drafted #12 in the 1…
Tal Brody, American-Israeli basketball player and coach
Robert Dennis Crumb, known professionally as R. Crumb, is an American comic book artist. His work displays a nostalgia for American folk culture of the late 19th and early 20th cen…
Robert Crumb, American illustrator
Colin Dann is an English author. He is best known for his The Animals of Farthing Wood series of books, which was subsequently made into an animated series.
Colin Dann, English author
Nigel Hall is an English sculptor and a draughtsman.
Nigel Hall, English sculptor and academic
Jean-Claude Killy is a French former World Cup alpine ski racer. He dominated the sport in the late 1960s, and was a triple Olympic champion, winning the three alpine events at the…
Jean-Claude Killy, French skier
David Maslanka was an American composer of Polish descent who wrote for a variety of genres, including works for choir, wind ensemble, chamber music, and symphony orchestra.
David Maslanka, American composer and academic (died 2017)
Leonid Grigoryevich Ivashov is a Russian military and public official. He is a former President of the Academy for Geopolitical Problems and a retired colonel general.
Leonid Ivashov, Russian general
Donald Lee Stroud is an American actor, musician, and surfer. Stroud has appeared in over 100 films and 200 television shows.
Don Stroud, American actor
Rosalind "Roz" Ashford-Holmes is an American soprano R&B and soul singer, known for her work as an original member of the Motown singing group Martha and the Vandellas.
Rosalind Ashford, American singer
Glen Cameron Sather is a Canadian former ice hockey player, coach, and current executive. He is the current senior advisor and alternate governor of the New York Rangers of the Nat…
Glen Sather, Canadian ice hockey player and manager