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John Glen Williams was an English motorcycle short-circuit road racer who also entered selected Grands Prix on the near-continent. He mostly raced as a "privateer" having a persona…
John Williams, English motorcycle racer (died 1978)
Bruce John Alexander is a British actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Superintendent Norman Mullett in the ITV television series A Touch of Frost, in which he plays the su…
Bruce Alexander, English actor
Michael Ronson was an English musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer. He achieved critical and commercial success working with David Bowie as the guitarist of the Spiders fro…
Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 1993)
Alfred Henry "Skip" Jutze is an American former professional baseball player. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily as a catcher.
Skip Jutze, American baseball player
Dame Janet Paraskeva is a British government official.
Janet Paraskeva, Welsh politician
K. Satchidanandan is an Indian poet and critic, writing in Malayalam and English. A pioneer of modern poetry in Malayalam, a bilingual literary critic, playwright, editor, columnis…
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Sir William Hartley Hume Shawcross is a British journalist, writer, and broadcaster. He is the incumbent Commissioner for Public Appointments. From 2012 to 2018 he chaired the Char…
William Shawcross, English journalist and author
Fernando Buesa Blanco was a Spanish politician in the Basque Christian Democracy and in the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE-EE) branch of the social …
Fernando Buesa, Spanish politician (died 2000)
Allan Chapman was a British historian of science.
Allan Chapman, English historian and author
Dragan Džajić is a Serbian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Football Association of Serbia from 14 March 2023.
Dragan Džajić, Serbian and Yugoslav footballer
Millard Robert E. Theodore Baehr is an American media critic and chairman of the Christian Film and Television Commission, a division of Good News Communications, Inc. He is publis…
Ted Baehr, American publisher and critic
Stephen Anthony Bucknor, OJ is a Jamaican former international cricket umpire.
Steve Bucknor, Jamaican cricketer and umpire
Krista Kilvet was an Estonian radio journalist, politician and diplomat.
Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat (died 2009)
Debbie Moore OBE is an English retired model and businesswoman who founded the Pineapple Dance Studios and its associated clothing brand. She was the first woman to float a company…
Debbie Moore, English model and businesswoman
Brian Denis Cox is a Scottish actor. A classically trained Shakespearean actor, he is known for his work on stage and screen. His numerous accolades include two Laurence Olivier Aw…
Brian Cox, Scottish actor
Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström is a Swedish film director. He first became known for directing almost all music videos by the pop group ABBA, and came to international attention with …
Lasse Hallström, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter
Michael Clarke was an American musician, best known as the drummer for rock group the Byrds from 1964 to 1968. Clarke was later an original for country rock group The Flying Burrit…
Michael Clarke, American drummer (died 1993)
Peter William Sutcliffe, also known as Peter Coonan, was an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 a…
Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (died 2020)
Dame Penelope Alice Wilton is an English actress.
Penelope Wilton, English actress
Arthur Chevrolet was an American racing driver and automobile manufacturer.
Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American racing driver and engineer (born 1884)
Juan Bautista Sacasa was the President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1933 to 9 June 1936. He was the eldest son of Roberto Sacasa and Ángela Sacasa Cuadra, the former's cousin twice …
Juan Bautista Sacasa, Nicaraguan medical doctor, politician and 20th President of Nicaragua (born 1874)
Mae Busch was an Australian-born actress who worked in both silent and sound films in early Hollywood. In the latter part of her career she appeared in many Laurel and Hardy comedi…
Mae Busch, Australian actress (born 1891)
John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, was an English economist whose writings are the basis for the school of thought known as Keynesian economics, as well as its various offshoot…
John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (born 1883)
James Larkin White was a cowboy, guano miner, cave explorer, and park ranger for the National Park Service. He is best remembered as the discoverer, early promoter and explorer of …
James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (born 1882)