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Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye was a French film, television and stage actress. She began her career in 1970 and has appeared in more than 80 films. A ten-time César Award nominee, her…
Nathalie Baye, French actress (died 2026)
Jean-Pierre Blackburn, is a Canadian politician and diplomat. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Jonquière—Alma from 2006 to 2011; earlier, he was …
Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Canadian academic and politician, 26th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs
Douglas Bradford Park is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. A defenceman, Park played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Boston Bruins and…
Brad Park, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
Raffi Cavoukian, known professionally by the mononym Raffi, is an Armenian-Canadian singer-lyricist and author born in Egypt best known for his children's music. In 1992, The Washi…
Raffi, Egyptian-Canadian singer-songwriter
Ruby Nell Sales is an African-American social justice activist, scholar, and public theologian. She has been described as a "legendary civil rights activist" by the PBS program Rel…
Ruby Sales, American civil-rights activist
Noer Hassan Wirajuda is an Indonesian politician who was the foreign minister of Indonesia from 2001 to 2009. He served during the presidencies of Megawati Sukarnoputri and Susilo …
Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian lawyer and politician, 15th Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Glenn Allan "Chico" Resch is a Canadian–American former professional ice hockey player and television sportscaster. He played as a goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL) fr…
Chico Resch, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Ronnie Cutrone was an American Neo-pop painter and nightclub impresario. He began his career as Pop Artist Andy Warhol's assistant before becoming known for his own paintings of ca…
Ronnie Cutrone, American painter (died 2013)
Natalya Yevgenyevna Sedykh is a Russian retired figure skater, ballet dancer, and film actor.
Natalya Sedykh, Russian figure skater, ballet dancer, actor
John Cavadus Whitehead was an American singer and songwriter. He was best known as one of the key members of the Philadelphia International record label, and was one-half of the su…
John Whitehead, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2004)
Benjamin Burtt Jr. is an American sound designer, film director, film editor, screenwriter, and voice actor. As a sound designer, his credits include the Star Wars and Indiana Jone…
Ben Burtt, American director, screenwriter, and sound designer
Walter Egan is an American rock musician, best known for his 1978 gold status hit single "Magnet and Steel" from his second album release, Not Shy, produced by Egan, Lindsey Buckin…
Walter Egan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Elias Khoury was a Lebanese novelist and advocate of the Palestinian cause. His novels and literary criticism have been translated into several languages. In 2000, he won the Prize…
Elias Khoury, Lebanese intellectual, playwright and novelist (died 2024)
Milton Teagle "Richard" Simmons was an American fitness instructor and television personality. He was a promoter of weight-loss programs, most prominently through his television sh…
Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor (died 2024)
Catherine Breillat is a French filmmaker, novelist, and professor of cinema at the European Graduate School.
Catherine Breillat, French director and screenwriter
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu was the King of the Zulu Nation from 1968 to his death in 2021.
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, Zulu king (died 2021)
Lynn Annette Ripley, better known by the stage name Twinkle, was an English singer-songwriter. She had chart success in the 1960s with her songs "Terry" and "Golden Lights".
Twinkle, English singer-songwriter (died 2015)
Dimosthenis Kourtovik is a Greek writer, literary critic and anthropologist. He studied biology in Athens and West Germany and specialized later on physical anthropology. In 1986 h…
Dimosthenis Kourtovik, Greek anthropologist and critic
Thomas Delmer "Artimus" Pyle is an American musician who played drums with the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1974 to 1977 and from 1987 to 1991. He and his bandmates were …
Artimus Pyle, American rock drummer and songwriter
Lars Edvin "Lasse" Lagerbäck is a Swedish football manager and former player.
Lars Lagerbäck, Swedish footballer and manager
Kevin Alexander McKenzie was a South African first-class cricketer whose career with Transvaal lasted from his first season in 1966/67 to the final one in 1986/87.
Kevin McKenzie, South African cricketer
Anthony Irwin Kornheiser is an American television sports talk show host, podcaster, and former sportswriter and columnist. Kornheiser is best known for his endeavors in three form…
Tony Kornheiser, American television sports talk show host and former sportswriter
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna, known professionally as Rubén Blades, is a Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician, performing musically most often in …
Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Pinchas Zukerman is an Israeli-American violinist, violist and conductor.
Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli violinist and conductor