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Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez, known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. His work spans more than six decades of television and film, and his accolades include thr…
Martin Sheen, American actor and producer
James Tyler was a 20th-century American lutenist, banjoist, guitarist, composer, musicologist and author, who helped pioneer an early music revival with more than 60 recordings.
James Tyler, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2010)
Coriún Aharonián was an Uruguayan composer and musicologist of Armenian ethnicity.
Coriún Aharonián, Uruguayan composer and musicologist (died 2017)
Robin Charles Moreton Harper, is a Scottish politician, who was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothians region (1999–2011).
Robin Harper, Scottish academic and politician
Lawrence William Knechtel was an American keyboard player and bassist who was a member of the Wrecking Crew, a collection of Los Angeles–based session musicians who worked with suc…
Larry Knechtel, American bass player and pianist (died 2009)
Frances Julia Stewart is professor emeritus of development economics and director of the Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE), University of Oxfo…
Frances Stewart, English economist and academic
Rosemary Victoria Yuro, known professionally as Timi Yuro, was an American singer. Sometimes called "the little girl with the big voice", she is considered to be one of the first b…
Timi Yuro, American singer-songwriter (died 2004)
Robert Valentine Braddock is an American country songwriter and record producer. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Braddock has…
Bobby Braddock, American country music songwriter, musician, and producer
Roman Ildonzo Gabriel Jr. was an American professional football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack, earning fir…
Roman Gabriel, American football player, coach, and actor (died 2024)
The Dave Clark Five, also known as the DC5, were an English rock and roll band formed in 1958 in Tottenham, London. Drummer Dave Clark was the group's leader, producer and co-songw…
Rick Huxley, English bass player (died 2013)
Mukhu Gimbatovich Aliyev is a Russian politician who served as the 2nd Head of the Republic of Dagestan, a federal subject of Russia. He was born in the village of Tanusi, Khunzakh…
Mukhu Aliyev, Russian philologist and politician, 2nd President of Dagestan
Egil Kapstad was a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer and arranger. He wrote the music for more than 50 theatre productions, and composed for film and television drama. Kapstad compo…
Egil Kapstad, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 2017)
Louise Jacqueline Sorel is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Vivian Alamain in Days of Our Lives from 1992–2000, 2009–2011, 2017–2018, 2020, 2023 and 2…
Louise Sorel, American actress
Jean Luc Joseph Marie "Jean-Luc" Dehaene was a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1992 until 1999. During his political career, he was nicknamed "T…
Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian lawyer and politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2014)
Uwe Nettelbeck was a German record producer, journalist and film critic. He was best known as the creator and producer of the German krautrock band Faust and changed the face of Ge…
Uwe Nettelbeck, German record producer, journalist and film critic (died 2007)
Dilip Narayan Sardesai was an Indian international cricketer. He played Tests for the Indian national team as a batsman, the first Goa-born cricketer to play for India, and was oft…
Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (died 2007)
Dennis Anthony Tito is an American engineer and entrepreneur. During mid-2001, he became the first space tourist to fund his own visit to space, when he spent nearly eight days in …
Dennis Tito, American engineer and businessman, founded Wilshire Associates
Linda Jo Goldway Keen is an American mathematician and a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. Since 1965, she has been a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Comp…
Linda Keen, American mathematician and academic
Robert Lee Hatfield was an American singer. He and Bill Medley performed together as the Righteous Brothers. He sang the tenor part for the duo and sang solo on the group's 1965 re…
Bobby Hatfield, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
Sidney Waddell was an English sports commentator and television personality. He was nicknamed the Voice of Darts due to his fame as a darts commentator, and worked for Granada, Yor…
Sid Waddell, English sportscaster (died 2012)
Glenys Lynne Page was a New Zealand cricketer who played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She appeared in two One Day Internationals for New Zealand, both at the 1973 World Cup.…
Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer (died 2012)
Edgar John Barlow was a South African cricketer. Barlow was born in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, and played first-class cricket for Transvaal and Eastern Province from 1959–6…
Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (died 2005)
John Waller was an English pioneer of the historical European martial arts (HEMA) revival, a fight director for stage, screen and spectacle, and a teacher of martial arts.
John Waller, English historical European martial arts (HEMA) revival pioneer and fight director (died 2018)
William Clifford Musselman was an American basketball coach in the NCAA, the ABA, the WBA, the CBA, and the NBA.
Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (died 2000)