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Raymond Neal Clemence was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he is one of the few players to ha…
Ray Clemence, English footballer and manager (died 2020)
William David Hungate is an American retired bassist noted as a member of the Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1976 to 1982 and again from 2014 to 2015, and the son of judge Wil…
David Hungate, American bass guitarist, producer, and arranger
Barbara Joy Flynn is an English actress. She first came to prominence playing Freda Ashton in the ITV drama series A Family at War (1970–1972). She went on to play the milk woman i…
Barbara Flynn, English actress
Shin Takamatsu is a Japanese architect. After obtaining his PhD from the Graduate School of Engineering at Kyoto University in 1980, he held various academic positions: lecturer at…
Shin Takamatsu, Japanese architect and academic
Martin E. Appel is an American public relations and sports management executive, television executive producer, baseball historian and author.
Marty Appel, American businessman and author
Gregory Stephen Chappell is a former cricketer who represented Australia at international level in both Tests and One-Day Internationals (ODI). The second of three brothers to play…
Greg Chappell, Australian cricketer and coach
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space. On her 1984 Soyuz T-12 missi…
Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian engineer and astronaut
Margaret Urban Walker is an American philosopher and the Donald J. Schuenke Chair Emerita in Philosophy at Marquette University. Before her appointment at Marquette, she was the Li…
Margaret Urban Walker, American philosopher
Wincey Willis was a British television and radio broadcaster who achieved national fame in the 1980s. She was perhaps best known for being part of the line up at TV-am, the UK's fi…
Wincey Willis, British broadcaster (died 2024)
William Richard Campbell was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1973 to 1987. He played for the American League (AL) Minnesota…
Bill Campbell, American baseball player and coach (died 2023)
Donald William Robertson Boyd is a Scottish film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist. He was a Governor of the London Film School until 2016 and in 2017 was made an Honor…
Don Boyd, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
Graham John Zellick is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of London, serving from 1997 to 2003. He was previously Principal of Queen Mary and Westfield College, London fro…
Graham J. Zellick, English academic and jurist
Patricia Gallant is a Canadian pop singer and musical theatre actress. Of Acadian ancestry, she has recorded and performed in both English and French.
Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
Charles Thomas Johnston is an American musician. He is a guitarist and vocalist, known principally as a founder, guitarist, lead vocalist and songwriter for the rock group the Doob…
Tom Johnston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Siddaramaiah, also referred to by his nickname Siddu, is an Indian politician, lawyer, former lecturer and statesman who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 2013 to…
Siddaramaiah, Indian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka
Kathleen Deanna Battle is an American operatic soprano known for her distinctive vocal range and tone. Born in Portsmouth, Ohio, Battle initially became known for her work within t…
Kathleen Battle, American operatic soprano
Earl Francis Blumenauer is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 3rd congressional district from 1996 to 2025. The district …
Earl Blumenauer, American politician, U.S. Representative from Oregon
Barry Andrew Hay is a Dutch musician; he was the lead vocalist and frontman of Dutch rock band Golden Earring from 1967 until their disbandment in 2021. He has also released three …
Barry Hay, Indian-born Dutch rock musician
Michael Jorgensen is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who currently works in the St. Louis Cardinals' front office. The New York Mets drafted h…
Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player and manager
Pierre Reid was a Canadian politician and educator in the province of Quebec. He served in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2003 to 2018, representing Orford as a member of the…
Pierre Reid, Canadian educator and politician (died 2021)
Joseph Nicholas Spampinato is a multi-instrumentalist and was a founding member and bass player of NRBQ. He was also one of the band's lead singers and chief songwriters. Before NR…
Joey Spampinato, American singer-songwriter and bass player
Alexander Vasilievich Ivashkin, was a Russian cellist, writer, academic and conductor. He was a professor of music and the Chair of Performance Studies at Goldsmiths, University of…
Alexander Ivashkin, Russian-English cellist and conductor (died 2014)
James Stuart Jones is a retired Church of England bishop. He was the Bishop of Liverpool between 1998 and 2013.
James Jones, English bishop