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Aagje ("Ada") Kok is a Dutch former swimmer who ranked among the world's best in the butterfly stroke category during the 1960s.
Ada Kok, Dutch butterfly stroke swimmer; winner of three Olympic medals including gold in 1968
Thomas Evans was an English musician who was born in Liverpool, England, grew up in a working-class family, and was part of The Calderstones before joining the Iveys/Badfinger. He …
Tom Evans, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1983)
David Blunkett, Baron Blunkett, is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education and Employment from 1997 to 2001, Home Secretary from 2001 to 2004 and Secret…
David Blunkett, British Labour politician; Home Secretary 2001–2004
Keith Daniel Williams was an American triple murderer who was executed by the state of California for the October 1978 murders of three people in Merced, California. He was convict…
Keith Daniel Williams, American convicted rapist and triple murderer (died 1996)
Thurman Lee Munson was an American professional baseball catcher who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees, from 1969 until his death in 1979. …
Thurman Munson, American baseball player (died 1979)
Annie Haslam is an English vocalist, songwriter and painter. She is best known as the lead singer of progressive rock band Renaissance since 1971, and for her long and diverse solo…
Annie Haslam, English singer-songwriter and painter
Sara Paretsky is an American author of detective fiction, best known for her novels focused on the protagonist V. I. Warshawski.
Sara Paretsky, American author
Eric Francis Wieschaus is an American evolutionary developmental biologist and 1995 Nobel Prize-winner.
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Robert Indermaur is a Swiss painter and sculptor. Originally trained as a schoolteacher, Indermaur became a freelance artist in 1969, producing contemporary paintings and sculpture…
Robert Indermaur, Swiss painter
Robbie Vincent is an English radio broadcaster and DJ. As a champion of jazz, funk and soul music in the UK during the late 1970s he made an important contribution both live in clu…
Robbie Vincent, UK disc jockey and radio presenter
J. E. Michel Bastarache is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and retired puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada.
Michel Bastarache, Canadian businessman, lawyer, and jurist
Kenneth Wayne Singleton is an American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder and designat…
Ken Singleton, American baseball player and sportscaster
Air Marshal Sir Robert Alfred Wright, is a former senior Royal Air Force officer.
Robert Wright, English air marshal
Roger John Liddle, Baron Liddle is a British political adviser and consultant who is principally known for being Special Adviser on European matters to the former Prime Minister To…
Roger Liddle, Baron Liddle, English politician
Barry "The Fish" Melton is an American guitarist and songwriter who is the co-founder and original lead guitarist of rock bands Country Joe and the Fish and Dinosaurs. He appears o…
Barry Melton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Paul Fraser Rudolph is a Canadian guitarist, bassist, singer, and cyclist. He made his mark in the UK underground music scene, and then as a session musician, before returning to C…
Paul Rudolph, Canadian singer, guitarist, and cyclist
John Hoagland was an American photojournalist and war correspondent for Newsweek from San Diego, California, who was covering the Salvadoran Civil War in El Salvador at the time he…
John Hoagland, American photographer and journalist (died 1984)
Allen Cedric Cowlings is an American former professional football player and actor. He played college football for the USC Trojans before being selected fifth overall in the first …
Al Cowlings, American football player and actor
Tom "Bones" Malone is an American jazz musician, arranger, and producer. As his nickname implies, he specializes on the trombone but he also plays saxophone, trumpet, tuba, flute, …
Tom Malone, American trombonist, composer, and producer
Dale Hey was a Canadian-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Buddy "Jack" Roberts. Primarily a tag team wrestler, Roberts is known for his appearances as …
Buddy Roberts, American wrestler (died 2012)
Christopher Allport was an American actor.
Christopher Allport, American actor (died 2008)
Timothy Wright, generally credited as Rev. Timothy Wright or Reverend Timothy Wright on recordings, was an American gospel singer and pastor.
Timothy Wright, American gospel singer, pastor (died 2009)
Linda Lou Chavez is an American author, commentator, and radio talk show host. She is also a Fox News analyst, Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity, has a syndicated column…
Linda Chavez, American journalist and author
George Stanley Clinton Jr. is an American composer, songwriter, arranger, and session musician.
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