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Françoise Barré-Sinoussi is a French virologist and Director of the Regulation of Retroviral Infections Division and Professor at the Institut Pasteur in Paris. Born in Paris, Barr…
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, French virologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
Herman's Hermits are an English pop rock group formed in 1963 in Manchester and fronted by singer Peter Noone. Known for their jaunty beat sound and Noone's often tongue-in-cheek v…
Karl Green, English bass player and songwriter
Mumtaz Askari Madhvani, known mononymously as Mumtaz is an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. Initially starting out as a child actor and later appearing in B-grade films, s…
Mumtaz, Indian actress
Hubert Yves Pierre Védrine is a French retired senior civil servant and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1997 to 2002. A member of the Socialist Party (PS)…
Hubert Védrine, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ian Archibald Beck is an English children's illustrator and author. In addition to his numerous children's books, he is also known for his cover illustration on Elton John's Goodby…
Ian Beck, English children's illustrator and author
Lorna Gaye Goodison is a Jamaican poet, essayist and memoirist, a West Indian writer, whose career spans four decades. She is now professor emerita, English Language and Literatur…
Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet and author
Chantal Montellier, born on August 1, 1947, in Bouthéon near Saint-Étienne in the Loire Department, is a French comics creator and artist, editorial cartoonist, novelist, and paint…
Chantal Montellier, French comics creator and artist
Ruth Bakke is a Norwegian organist and composer. She was born in Bergen, Norway, and studied at the Bergen Music Conservatory and the University of Oslo. She continued her studies …
Ruth Bakke, Norwegian organist and composer
Lawrence Wright is an American writer and journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of…
Lawrence Wright, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
Ralph Wright was an English professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. Active in England and the United States, Wright made over 200 appearances in an 8-year …
Ralph Wright, English footballer (died 2020)
Klaus Schulze was a German electronic music pioneer, composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried and was a member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra…
Klaus Schulze, German keyboard player and songwriter (died 2022)
Bernardo Carbo is an American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He began his career with the Cinci…
Bernie Carbo, American baseball player
Gary Stephen "Angry" Anderson is an Australian rock singer, songwriter, television personality and actor, best known as the lead vocalist and the longest-tenured remaining member o…
Angry Anderson, Australian singer and actor
France Anne-Dominic Córdova is an American astrophysicist. She served as the 11th president of Purdue University from 2007 to 2012 and as the 14th director of the National Science …
France A. Córdova, American astrophysicist and academic
Richard Dean Zehringer, known professionally as Rick Derringer, was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He gained success in the 1960s with his band, the McCoys. Their d…
Rick Derringer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2025)
Gregory Leskiw is a Canadian guitarist and vocalist best known for playing rhythm guitar and singing background vocals on recordings and in concert with the Guess Who from 1970 to …
Greg Leskiw, Canadian guitarist and songwriter
Radhia Cousot, née Rezig was a French computer scientist known for inventing abstract interpretation. Her 1985 doctoral thesis advanced the semantics, proof, and static analysis me…
Radhia Cousot, French computer scientist and academic (died 2014)
Franciscus Henricus Antheunis, professionally known as Franciscus Henri, is a musician and children's entertainer. He has dual Dutch and Australian nationality. In 1970 he gained n…
Franciscus Henri, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter
Sofiia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru, known simply as Sofia Rotaru, is a Ukrainian singer.
Sofia Rotaru, Ukrainian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Kenneth Wayne Dryden was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, politician, lawyer, businessman and author. He played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey Leag…
Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player, lawyer, and politician (died 2025)
Larry Wilcox is an American actor best known for his role as California Highway Patrol officer Jon Baker in the television series CHiPs, which ran from 1977 to 1983 on NBC.
Larry Wilcox, American actor, director, and producer
Roy Hodgson is an English former football manager and player.
Roy Hodgson, English footballer and manager
Barbara Mason is an American soul singer with several R&B and pop hits in the 1960s and 1970s, best known for her self-written 1965 hit song "Yes, I'm Ready". She has released 12 a…
Barbara Mason, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
John Herbert Varley was an American science fiction writer who won Hugo and Nebula awards for his novellas "The Persistence of Vision", "PRESS ENTER ■", and "The Pusher".
John Varley, American author