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Robert Graysmith is an American true crime author and former cartoonist, known for authoring the 1986 book Zodiac, based on his work on the Zodiac Killer case.
Robert Graysmith, American author and illustrator
Desmond Michael Lynam is an Irish-born British television and radio presenter. In a broadcasting career spanning more than forty years, he has hosted television coverage of many of…
Des Lynam, Irish-English journalist and author
Guadalupe Ontiveros was an American actress best known for portraying Rosalita in The Goonies, and Yolanda Saldívar in the film Selena. She acted in numerous films and television s…
Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (died 2012)
Şenes Erzik is a retired football administrator. During his career he served as first vice-president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). He was also a member of …
Şenes Erzik, Turkish businessman
Rose Francine Rogombé was a Gabonese politician who was acting president of Gabon from June to October 2009, following the death of long-time President Omar Bongo. She constitution…
Rose Francine Rogombé, Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (died 2015)
Samuel Edward Thomas McDowell is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a starting pitcher from 1961 to 1975, most notably for the C…
Sam McDowell, American baseball player
Alan Robert Rogowski, better known by the ring name Ole Anderson, was an American professional wrestler, booker, and promoter.
Ole Anderson, American wrestler (died 2024)
Candida Rose Lycett Green was a British author who wrote sixteen books including English Cottages, Goodbye London, The Perfect English House, Over the Hills and Far Away and The Da…
Candida Lycett Green, Anglo-Irish journalist and author (died 2014)
Jesús Rubén Darío Salazar Gómez is a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá from 2010 to 2020. He was made a cardinal in 2012. He was Me…
Rubén Salazar Gómez, Colombian cardinal
David Joel Stern was an American lawyer and business executive who was the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1984 to 2014. He oversaw NBA basketball's …
David Stern, American lawyer and businessman, 4th Commissioner of the NBA (died 2020)
Sila María Calderón Serra is a Puerto Rican politician, businesswoman, and philanthropist who served as the eighth democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005.…
Sila María Calderón, Puerto Rican-American businesswoman and politician, 12th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
Colin Mackenzie Low, Baron Low of Dalston, is a British politician, law scholar and former member of the House of Lords.
Colin Low, Baron Low of Dalston, Scottish scholar and politician
David Alexander Renneberg was an Australian cricketer who played in eight Test matches from 1966 to 1968.
David Renneberg, Australian cricketer
Gerard Marsden MBE was an English singer-songwriter, musician and television personality, best known for being leader of the Merseybeat band Gerry and the Pacemakers. He was the yo…
Gerry Marsden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)
Oscar Natalio "Ringo" Bonavena was an Argentine heavyweight professional boxer with a career record of 58 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw. A rugged, wild-swinging puncher, he was nicknam…
Oscar Bonavena, Argentinian boxer (died 1976)
Robert Miano is an American actor.
Robert Miano, American actor and producer
Henri Jacques William Pescarolo is a French former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1968 to 1976. In endurance racing, Pescarolo is a four-t…
Henri Pescarolo, French race car driver
John Taylor was a British jazz pianist, born in Manchester, England, who occasionally performed on the organ and the synthesizer. In his obituary, The Guardian described him as "on…
John Taylor, English pianist and educator (died 2015)
Delia Juanita Warrick, known professionally as Dee Dee Warwick, was an American soul singer. Born in East Orange, New Jersey, she was the sister of singer Dionne Warwick, the niece…
Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (died 2008)
Kent Franklin McWhirter, known by his stage name Kent McCord, is an American retired actor, best known for his roles as Officer Jim Reed on the television series Adam-12, Captain "…
Kent McCord, American actor
Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa was an American philosopher and scholar of Chicana feminism, cultural theory, and queer theory. She loosely based her best-known book, Borderlands/La Fro…
Gloria E. Anzaldúa, American scholar of Chicana cultural theory (died 2004)
Dith Pran was a Cambodian-American photojournalist. He was a refugee and survivor of the Cambodian genocide and one of the subjects of the Academy Award–winning film The Killing Fi…
Dith Pran, Cambodian photographer and journalist (died 2008)
Bernard William Jewry, known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English rock singer and stage actor. Performing first as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, …
Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (died 2014)
Pierre André Clémenti was a French actor.
Pierre Clémenti, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999)