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Douglas Bernard Kirby was senior research scientist for ETR Associates in Scotts Valley, California, and one of the world’s leading experts on the effectiveness of school and commu…
Douglas Kirby, American psychologist and author (died 2012)
Michael Bartley Peters is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm.
Mike Peters, American cartoonist
Fredrick Barthelme is an American novelist and short story writer of minimalist fiction. He is the director of the Center For Writers at The University of Southern Mississippi and …
Frederick Barthelme, American novelist and short story writer
Keith David Boyce was a cricketer who played 21 Tests and 8 One Day Internationals for the West Indies between 1971 and 1976. He was a member of the squad that won the 1975 Cricket…
Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (died 1996)
Professor Michael Harloe was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salford between 1997 and 2009, and is a social scientist who has worked for many years on issues of urban and …
Michael Harloe, English sociologist and academic
John Vivian Drummond Nettles is an English actor, author, and historian. He is best known for his starring roles as detectives in the crime drama television series Bergerac (1981–1…
John Nettles, English actor and writer
Ilmar Reepalu is a Swedish Social Democratic politician of Estonian origin who was the 17th chairman of the municipal board in Malmö from 1994 to 2013.
Ilmar Reepalu, Swedish lawyer and politician
Gary Gene Watson is an American country music singer. He is most famous for his 1975 hit "Love in the Hot Afternoon", his 1981 number-one hit "Fourteen Carat Mind", and his signatu…
Gene Watson, American singer-songwriter and producer
Kostas Tsakonas was a Greek actor.
Kostas Tsakonas, Greek actor (died 2015)
Lin Shaye is an American actress. In a career spanning over 50 years, Shaye has appeared in more than a hundred feature films. She is regarded as a scream queen due to her roles in…
Lin Shaye, American actress
Peter Paul Sauber is a retired Swiss motorsport executive. He was the team principal and owner of various motorsports teams, most visibly the eponymous Sauber Formula One team.
Peter Sauber, Swiss businessman, founded the Sauber F1 Team
Mohammad Khatami is an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from…
Mohammad Khatami, Iranian scholar and politician, 5th President of Iran
Carole Penny Marshall was an American actress, film director, and producer. She starred as Laverne DeFazio on the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley from 1976 to 1983, and receive…
Penny Marshall, American actress, director, and producer (died 2018)
Stanley Fischer was an American and Israeli economist who served as the 20th vice chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2017. Fischer previously served as the 8th governor of t…
Stanley Fischer, American and Israeli economist (died 2025)
Charles Frederick Turner is a Canadian rock bassist, vocalist and songwriter known as a founder and only constant member of the 1970s rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive, though he …
Fred Turner, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player
Ignacio Rupérez Rubio was a Spanish diplomat, journalist, and writer. Rupérez was appointed Ambassador to Iraq on 3 June 2005, becoming the first Ambassador to Iraq since 1991, whe…
Ignacio Rupérez, Spanish diplomat and journalist (died 2015)
Christine Charbonneau was a French Canadian singer and songwriter.
Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2014)
Birthe Johanne Sparrevohn Rønn Hornbech is a Danish politician, member of the Folketing for Venstre, the liberal party, elected in the constituency of Køge, and former Minister for…
Birthe Rønn Hornbech, Danish police officer and politician, Danish Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs
Robin Greville Holloway is an English composer, academic and writer.
Robin Holloway, English composer and academic
Panagiotis "Takis" Ikonomopoulos was a Greek professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, spending most of his career with Panathinaikos. He made 25 appearances for the Gree…
Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek footballer and coach (died 2025)
Leland Exton Modesitt Jr. is an American science fiction and fantasy author who has written over 80 novels. He is best known for the fantasy series The Saga of Recluce. By 2015, th…
L. E. Modesitt, Jr., American author and poet
Dunja Vejzović is a Croatian operatic mezzo-soprano and soprano.
Dunja Vejzović, Croatian soprano and actress
Tariq Ali is a Pakistani-British political activist, writer, journalist, filmmaker, and public intellectual. He is a member of the editorial committee of the New Left Review and Si…
Tariq Ali, Pakistani historian and author
Catherine Elizabeth Coulson was an American stage and screen actress and camera assistant who worked behind the scenes on various studio features, magazine shows and independent fi…
Catherine E. Coulson, American actress (died 2015)