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Britt Ekland is a Swedish actress. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in The Double Man (1967), The Night They Raided Mins…
Britt Ekland, Swedish actress and singer
Frederick Albert Travalena III was an American entertainer, specializing in comedy and impressions.
Fred Travalena, American comedian and actor (died 2009)
Stanley Kevin Bates is a British actor and screen writer best known for the role of Bungle, and as a scriptwriter, in the children's television programme, Rainbow between 1973 and …
Stanley Bates, English actor and screenwriter
Janice Sue Klinger, professionally known as Janis Hansen, was an American recording artist and author.
Janis Hansen, American singer and author (died 2017)
Josephine Victoria "Joy" Behar is an American comedian, television host, actress, and playwright. She co-hosts the ABC talk show The View, on which she has appeared since the begin…
Joy Behar, American talk show host, comedian and television personality
Radu Vasile was a Romanian politician, historian, academic, writer and poet who served as Prime Minister of Romania from 17 April 1998 to 13 December 1999. A leading member of the …
Radu Vasile, Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (died 2013)
Richard Thomas James Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton, is a member of the British House of Lords and former Cabinet Secretary.
Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton, Welsh academic and politician
Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian actor, playback singer, and producer who primarily works in Hindi cinema. Widely considered one of the greatest, most accomplished and commercially su…
Amitabh Bachchan, Indian film actor, producer, television host, and former politician
David Melvin English, better known by the stage name Melvin Franklin or his nickname "Blue", was an American bass singer. Franklin was best known for his role as a founding member …
Melvin Franklin, American soul bass singer (died 1995)
Rutanya Alda is a Latvian-American actress. She began her career in the late 1960s, and went on to have supporting parts in The Deer Hunter (1978), Rocky II (1979), and Mommie Dear…
Rutanya Alda, Latvian-American actress
Robert Sherwood Bailey was an American professional baseball player. He played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1962 and 1978 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angel…
Bob Bailey, American baseball player and manager (died 2018)
Jerral Wayne Jones Sr. is an American billionaire businessman who is the owner, president, and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He bough…
Jerry Jones, American businessman
Walter McGowan, MBE, was a Scottish boxer born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire. Is a former champion of the world, gaining universal recognition winning lineal + Ring flyweight worl…
Walter McGowan, Scottish boxer (died 2016)
Robert Hiller is a former England international rugby union player. He was educated at Bec Grammar School before taking a place at St Edmund Hall, Oxford where he played both rugby…
Bob Hiller, English rugby player
Evelio Bellaflor Javier was a Filipino lawyer and politician. He served as governor of the province of Antique and was an opponent of the dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos…
Evelio Javier, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 1986)
Péter Nádas was a Hungarian writer, playwright and essayist. He was widely acclaimed for surrealist and challenging novels and autobiographical accounts. He was considered among th…
Péter Nádas, Hungarian author and playwright
Suzzanna Martha Frederika van Osch was an Indonesian actress. Known as the "Queen of Indonesian horror", she is well-known in particular in Indonesia for portraying spirits, witche…
Suzzanna, Indonesian actress (died 2008)
Hilo Chen is a Taiwanese-born American painter. He is best known for his photorealistic paintings of the female figure.
Hilo Chen, Taiwanese-American painter
Harold Webster Gehman Jr. is a retired United States Navy four-star admiral who served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), Commander-in-Chief of the United Stat…
Harold W. Gehman, Jr., American admiral
Don Stevenson is the American drummer and a singer and songwriter for Moby Grape, a band which was formed in San Francisco in 1966 and continues to perform occasionally today.
Don Stevenson, American singer-songwriter and drummer
Stephen Howard "Snapper" Jones Sr. was an American basketball player in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA), and later a television …
Steve Jones, American basketball player and sportscaster (died 2017)
Gary Dale Puckett is an American singer widely known as the lead vocalist for Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, who had six consecutive gold records in 1968, including "Woman Woman", "…
Gary Puckett, American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist
Gianfranco Ravasi is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and a biblical scholar. A cardinal since 2010, he was President of the Pontifical Council for Culture from 2007 to 20…
Gianfranco Ravasi, Italian cardinal and scholar
Andrew Henry Vachss was an American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths.
Andrew Vachss, American lawyer and author (died 2021)