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Ronald Franklin Asheton was an American musician, best known as the guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter for the rock band the Stooges. He formed the band along with Iggy Pop and …
Ron Asheton, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2009)
Luc Bondy was a Swiss theatre and film director.
Luc Bondy, Swiss director and producer (died 2015)
Carlos Edwin Colón González Sr. is a Puerto Rican wrestling promoter and retired professional wrestler, better known as Carlitos Colón or simply Carlos Colón. He is, along with Vic…
Carlos Colón Sr., Puerto Rican-American wrestler and promoter
Jeanne Córdova was an American writer and supporter of the lesbian and gay rights movement, founder of The Lesbian Tide, and a founder of the West Coast LGBT movement. A former Cat…
Jeanne Córdova, American journalist and activist (died 2016)
Hartmut Michel is a German biochemist, who received the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determination of the first crystal structure of an integral membrane protein, a membrane-b…
Hartmut Michel, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Keith Richard Godchaux was an American pianist best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979. Following their departure from the Dead, he and his …
Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player and songwriter (died 1980)
Muse Watson Gravel, commonly known as Muse Watson, is an American actor. He is notable for his recurring roles of Mike Franks on NCIS and Charles Westmoreland / D.B. Cooper in Pris…
Muse Watson, American actor and producer
Sir Francis Billy Hilly was a Solomon Islands politician who was the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands from 18 June 1993 to 7 November 1994. He represented the Ranogga/Simbo Consti…
Francis Billy Hilly, Solomon Islands politician (died 2025)
Arthur Hindle is a Canadian actor and television director. He won the Gemini Award for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for his portrayal of news director Mike Fenn…
Art Hindle, Canadian actor and director
Yusuf Islam, commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens or Yusuf/Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and musician. He has sold more than 100 million records and has more…
Cat Stevens, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Garretson Beekman Trudeau is an American cartoonist best known for creating the Doonesbury political satirical comic strip.
Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist
Robert Neil Hardwick is a British-born Finnish theatre and TV director and writer. He was raised in Teversal, near Nottingham. His father was a teacher, and Neil Hardwick has descr…
Neil Hardwick, British–Finnish theatre and television director
Susan Eloise Hinton is an American writer best known for her young-adult novels (YA) set in Oklahoma, especially The Outsiders (1967), which she wrote during high school. Hinton is…
S. E. Hinton, American author
Sir Ross Frederick Cranston KC is a professor of Law at London School of Economics and a retired High Court judge. He is also a former British Labour Party politician, and served a…
Ross Cranston, Australian-English lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales
John Walls Cushnahan is a former Northern Irish politician who served as leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland from 1984 to 1987, as well as a member of Belfast City Cou…
John Cushnahan, Northern Irish educator and politician
John Joseph Hall is an American musician, songwriter, politician, environmentalist, and community activist. He was elected to the legislature of Ulster County, New York, in 1989 an…
John Hall, American politician
General Stanisław Targosz was a Polish general who was the commanding officer of the Polish Air Force.
Stanisław Targosz, Polish general (died 2013)
Marc Racicot is an American attorney, lobbyist, and former Republican politician who served as the 21st governor of Montana from 1993 until 2001. After leaving office, Racicot work…
Marc Racicot, American politician, 21st Governor of Montana
Luboš Andršt was a Czech jazz fusion, rock, and blues guitarist, composer, producer, and guitar teacher. Known primarily for his electric rock-influenced guitar playing, he frequen…
Luboš Andršt, Czech guitarist and songwriter (died 2021)
Herbert Wiesinger is a German former pair skater who competed for West Germany.
Herbert Wiesinger, German figure skater
Peggy Gale Fleming is a retired American figure skater. She is the 1968 Winter Olympic Champion in the ladies' singles, being the only American gold medalist at these Games, and a …
Peggy Fleming, American figure skater and sportscaster
Steven Benjamin Goodman was an American folk and country singer-songwriter from Chicago. He wrote the song "City of New Orleans", which was recorded by artists including Arlo Guthr…
Steve Goodman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1984)
Sir James Lawrence Munby was an English judge who was President of the Family Division of the High Court of England and Wales. He was replaced by Sir Andrew McFarlane on reaching t…
James Munby, English lawyer and judge
Henny Vrienten was a Dutch musician best known as the singer and bassist of the popular 1980s ska pop band Doe Maar. He also composed music for television and film.
Henny Vrienten, Dutch singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2022)