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Jane Josephine Meirowsky, known professionally as Jane Merrow, is an English actress who has been active from the 1960s in both Britain and the United States.
Jane Merrow, English actress, producer, and screenwriter
Barbet Schroeder is an Iranian-born Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working with directors of the French New Wave such as Jea…
Barbet Schroeder, French-Swiss director and producer
Cesária Évora GCIH was a Cape Verdean singer known for singing morna, a genre of music from Cape Verde, in her native Cape Verdean Creole. Her songs were often devoted to themes of…
Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (died 2011)
János Konrád was a Hungarian water polo player and backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was…
János Konrád, Hungarian water polo player and swimmer (died 2014)
Harrison Page is an American television and film actor who has appeared in many popular series, including Sledge Hammer!, Cold Case, JAG, ER, Ally McBeal, Ultraman: The Ultimate He…
Harrison Page, American actor
Sir Michael Craig-Martin is an Irish-born contemporary conceptual artist and painter. He is known for fostering and adopting the Young British Artists, many of whom he taught, and …
Michael Craig-Martin, Irish painter and illustrator
Toomas Leius was an Estonian tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union.
Toomas Leius, Estonian tennis player and coach
John Stanley Marshall was an English drummer and founding member of the jazz rock band Nucleus. He is most well known as the drummer for Soft Machine and its asscociated acts from …
John Stanley Marshall, English drummer (died 2023)
Paul Plishka was an American operatic bass based at the Metropolitan Opera (Met) in New York City where he appeared first in 1967 and last in 2018, in 88 roles and 1672 performance…
Paul Plishka, American opera singer
Ignazio Francesco Giunti was an Italian racing driver. He competed in Formula One as well as in saloon and Sports Car Racing.
Ignazio Giunti, Italian race car driver (died 1971)
Susan Katriona MacGregor is a British broadcaster. She is best known as a former presenter of BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and later the Today programme.
Sue MacGregor, English journalist and radio host
John McNally is an English guitarist. He was a member of The Searchers, a band he formed in 1959, who were a big part of the Mersey sound in the early 1960s. He was the longest-ser…
John McNally, English singer and guitarist
Emmanuel Nunes was a Portuguese composer who lived and worked in Paris from 1964.
Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator (died 2012)
Robin Douglas Leach was a British-American entertainment reporter and writer from London. After beginning his career as a print journalist, first in Britain and then in the United …
Robin Leach, English journalist and television host (died 2018)
Benjamin Lewis Jones was an American actor, writer, politician, and businessman best known for his role as Cooter Davenport in The Dukes of Hazzard. Jones also served for four year…
Ben Jones, American actor and politician (died 2026)
William Orville DeWitt Jr. is an American businessman who is currently the principal owner, managing partner and chairman of the St. Louis Cardinals, a professional baseball franch…
William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman
Jyrki Ilari Otila was a Finnish quiz show judge and a member of the European Parliament.
Jyrki Otila, Finnish economist and politician (died 2003)
Sadhana Shivdasani, known mononymously as Sadhana, was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. Regarded as one of the finest actresses in the history of Hindi cinema, Sadhana …
Sadhana Shivdasani, Indian actress (died 2015)
John Robert Thompson Jr. was an American professional basketball player and college basketball coach for the Georgetown Hoyas men's team. He became the first African-American head …
John Thompson, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2020)
Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov was a Soviet journalist and writer. Internationally, he is one of the most popular Russian writers of the late 20th century.
Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author (died 1990)
Marilena de Souza Chaui is a Brazilian philosopher and Professor of Modern Philosophy in the University of São Paulo. She is a scholar of Baruch Spinoza and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. …
Marilena de Souza Chaui, Brazilian philosopher and academic
Kenneth Smith Harrelson, nicknamed "the Hawk" due to his distinctive profile, is an American former professional baseball player and television announcer. He played in Major League…
Ken Harrelson, American baseball player and sportscaster
Ramesh Kumar Sethi is a former Kenyan cricketer who represented East Africa in one first-class match and three One-Day Internationals in the 1975 World Cup.
Ramesh Sethi, Kenyan cricketer and coach
Roger Law is a British caricaturist, ceramicist and one half of Luck and Flaw, creators of the popular satirical TV puppet show Spitting Image.
Roger Law, English illustrator