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Donald George Brewer is an American drummer and singer who is a founding member and longtime original drummer of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad.
Don Brewer, American drummer and singer-songwriter
Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina is an astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.
Lyudmila Karachkina, Ukrainian astronomer
Fotis-Fanourios Kouvelis is a Greek lawyer and leftist politician.
Fotis Kouvelis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
Levy Patrick Mwanawasa was a Zambian politician who served as the third president of Zambia. He served as president from January 2002 until his death in August 2008. Mwanawasa is c…
Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (died 2008)
Benita Ferrero-Waldner is an Austrian diplomat and politician, and a member of the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). Ferrero-Waldner served as Foreign Minister of Austria…
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria
Claydes "Charles" Smith was an American musician best known as co-founder and lead guitarist of the group Kool & the Gang.
Claydes Charles Smith, American guitarist (died 2006)
Susan Blakely is an American actress. She is best known for her leading role in the 1976 ABC miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Act…
Susan Blakely, American actress
Akihisa Mera , better known as The Great Kabuki , is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. He is famous as the first to blow Asian mist in his opponents' faces.
Great Kabuki, Japanese wrestler
Jean-Pierre "Jempi" Monseré was a Belgian road racing cyclist who died while champion of the world.
Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (died 1971)
Zhang Chengzhi is a contemporary Hui Chinese author. Often named as the most influential Muslim writer in China, his historical narrative History of the Soul, about the rise of the…
Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese historian and author
Sir Brian Harold Donohoe is a former British Labour Party politician and former trade union official, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Ayrshire from 2005 until los…
Brian Donohoe, Scottish politician
Robert Jerry Lanier Jr. was an American professional basketball player. He played center for the Detroit Pistons and the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA…
Bob Lanier, American basketball player and coach (died 2022)
Charlie Tutan Waters is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 12-year career as a safety for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL)…
Charlie Waters, American football player, coach, and radio host
Iain David McGeachy, known professionally as John Martyn, was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a 40-year career, he released 23 studio albums and received frequent c…
John Martyn, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)
Stephen Johnson Turre is an American jazz trombonist and a pioneer of using seashells as instruments, as well as a composer, arranger, and educator at the collegiate-conservatory l…
Steve Turre, American trombonist and educator
Judith Amanda Geeson is an English film, stage, and television actress. She began her career primarily working on British television series, with a leading role on The Newcomers fr…
Judy Geeson, English actress
Margaret Joan Trudeau is a Canadian activist and the mother of Justin Trudeau, the 23rd prime minister of Canada. She married Pierre Trudeau, the 15th prime minister of Canada, in …
Margaret Trudeau, Canadian actress and talk show host, 12th Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada
Maxwell Henry Norman Walker was an Australian sportsman who played both cricket and Australian rules football at high levels. After six years of balancing first-class cricket in su…
Max Walker, Australian footballer, cricketer, sportscaster, and architect (died 2016)
Nell Carter was an American actress and singer.
Nell Carter, American actress and singer (died 2003)
Dimitri V. Nanopoulos is a Greek physicist residing in New York. He is one of the most regularly cited researchers in the world, cited more than 57,000 times across a number of sep…
Dimitri Nanopoulos, Greek physicist and academic
Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka is a Fijian politician, sportsman, and former soldier who has been serving as Prime Minister of Fiji since 24 December 2022. He was the instigator of two…
Sitiveni Rabuka, Fijian general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Fiji
Marc Reisner was an American environmentalist and writer best known for his book Cadillac Desert, a history of water management in the American West.
Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (died 2000)
Ronald Edward Blair is an American musician notable for being the bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He was originally the band's bassist from 1976 to 1981. In 2002, he r…
Ron Blair, American bass player
Rosemary Casals is an American former professional tennis player. During a tennis career that spanned more than two decades, she won more than 90 titles and was crucial to many of …
Rosemary Casals, American tennis player and sportscaster