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Charles Robert Taylor was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for 13 seasons with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). After …
Charley Taylor, American football player (died 2022)
Oscar H. Ibarra is a Filipino-American theoretical computer scientist, prominent for work in automata theory, formal languages, design and analysis of algorithms and computational …
Oscar H. Ibarra, Filipino-American theoretical computer scientist
Jon Brower Minnoch was an American man who is reported as the heaviest recorded human in history, weighing approximately 1,400 lb at his peak. Obese since childhood, Minnoch normal…
Jon Brower Minnoch, famous for being the world's heaviest person recorded (died 1983)
Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber is a German politician who served as the 16th minister-president of the state of Bavaria between 1993 and 2007 and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CS…
Edmund Stoiber, German lawyer and politician, Minister President of Bavaria
Robert J. Lieber is an American academic and Professor of Government and International Affairs at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Lieber is the author or editor of eighte…
Robert Lieber, American writer and academic
Samuel F. "Sam" Pickering Jr. is a writer and professor emeritus of English at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. His unconventional teaching style was an inspiration for the…
Samuel F. Pickering Jr., American author and educator
Kamalesh Sharma, GCVO is a retired Indian diplomat who served as the fifth secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2008 to 2016. Previously, he was the High Commissio…
Kamalesh Sharma, Indian academic and diplomat, 5th Commonwealth Secretary General
Reine Tore Leif Wisell was a Swedish racing driver. He participated in 23 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 4 October 1970. He achieved one podium, and scored…
Reine Wisell, Swedish race car driver (died 2022)
Diana Lois Hendry is an English poet, children's author and short story writer. She won a Whitbread Award in 1991 and was again shortlisted for the prize in 2012.
Diana Hendry, English poet and author
Ron Meagher is an American musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band The Beau Brummels.
Ron Meagher, American rock bass player
Chubby Checker is an American rock and roll singer and dancer. He is known for popularizing many dance styles, including the Twist, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Mi…
Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter
John Dorman Elliott was an Australian businessman and state and federal president of the Liberal Party. He had also been president of the Carlton Football Club. He frequently provo…
John Elliott, Australian businessman (died 2021)
Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca was a Romanian historian and philologist. An ethnic Aromanian, he specialized in the study of classical philology, Byzantine and Ottoman studies and culture…
Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca, Romanian historian and philologist (died 2017)
Roy Alton Blount Jr. is an American writer, speaker, reporter, and humorist.
Roy Blount Jr., American humorist and journalist
Karen Cushman is an American writer of historical fiction.
Karen Cushman, American author
Karl Oppitzhauser is a former racing driver from Austria. He is chiefly known for his optimistic attempt to enter the 1976 Formula One Austrian Grand Prix.
Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian race car driver
Andrea Lodovico de Adamich was an Italian racing driver. He participated in 34 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, making his championship debut at the 1968 South African G…
Andrea de Adamich, Italian racing driver and sportscaster (died 2025)
Anne Rice was an American author of Gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Bible fiction. She is best known for writing The Vampire Chronicles. She later adapted the first volume i…
Anne Rice, American author (died 2021)
Frank Stagg was an Irish militant and Republican activist. He was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) hunger striker from County Mayo, Ireland who died in 1976 in Wakefield P…
Frank Stagg (Irish republican), died on hunger strike (died 1976)
Robert Wilson was an American director and playwright of experimental theater. He also worked as a choreographer, performer, painter, sculptor, video artist, and sound and lighting…
Robert Wilson, American director and playwright (died 2025)
Patricia Stephanie Cole was an English stage, television, radio and film actress, known for high-profile roles in shows such as Tenko (1981–1985), Open All Hours (1982–1985), A Bit…
Stephanie Cole, English actress (died 2026)
Eduardo Alberto Duhalde is a former politician from Argentina. A member of the Peronist party, Duhalde served as the President of Argentina from January 2002 to May 2003. In the 19…
Eduardo Duhalde, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina
Frank Stagg was an Irish militant and Republican activist. He was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) hunger striker from County Mayo, Ireland who died in 1976 in Wakefield P…
Frank Stagg, Irish republican died on hunger strike (died 1976)
The Tornados were an English instrumental rock group of the 1960s that acted as backing group for many of record producer Joe Meek's productions and also for singer Billy Fury. The…
George Bellamy, English singer, guitarist, and producer