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Paulo Coelho de Souza is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He has been a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His 1988 novel The Alchemist is an international be…
Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author and songwriter
Roger De Vlaeminck is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He was described by Rik Van Looy as "The most talented and the only real classics rider of his generation". Nick…
Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist and coach
Michael William Kaluta, sometimes credited as Mike Kaluta or Michael Wm. Kaluta, is an American comics artist and writer best known for his acclaimed 1970s adaptation of the pulp m…
Michael Kaluta, American author and illustrator
Joseph Anthony Manchin III is an American politician and businessman from West Virginia. Manchin served from 2001 to 2005 as the 27th secretary of state of West Virginia, from 2005…
Joe Manchin, American politician, 34th Governor of West Virginia
Admiral of the Fleet Vladimir Vasilyevich Masorin is a retired Russian naval officer who was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy from 2005 to 2007. He was previously the Chief o…
Vladimir Masorin, Russian admiral
Keith Graham Tippetts, known professionally as Keith Tippett, was a British jazz pianist and composer. According to AllMusic, Tippett's career "...spanned jazz-rock, progressive ro…
Keith Tippett, British jazz pianist and composer (died 2020)
Nicolae Dobrin was a Romanian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a manager.
Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (died 2007)
Barbara Bach, Lady Starkey is an American retired actress and model. She played the Bond girl Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me. She is married to former Beatles drummer Ringo S…
Barbara Bach, American actress and model
Halil Berktay is a Turkish historian at Ibn Haldun University. He has worked as a columnist for the daily newspaper Taraf and is one of the first Turkish historians to acknowledge …
Halil Berktay, Turkish historian and academic
Kirk H. Francis was an American sound engineer. He won the 2008 Academy Award for The Bourne Ultimatum, and for LA Confidential he also received an Academy Award nomination in 1998…
Kirk Francis, American engineer and producer
Peter Krieg, born as Wilhelm Walter Gladitz was a German documentary filmmaker, producer and writer. He initially enrolled in business and economics courses at Hamburg University b…
Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2009)
John Francis Maclean Morrison is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 17 Test matches and 18 One Day Internationals for New Zealand. From 1998 to 2013, he was a Wellington Cit…
John Morrison, New Zealand cricketer and politician
Gavin Pattison Pfuhl was a South African first-class cricketer who played for Western Province. He was a wicketkeeper who took more than 300 dismissals in his 95-game career.
Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer and sportscaster (died 2002)
Emlyn Walter Hughes was an English footballer. He started his career at Blackpool in 1964 before moving to Liverpool in 1967. He made 665 appearances for Liverpool and captained th…
Emlyn Hughes, English footballer (died 2004)
Elizabeth "Liza" Wang Ming-chun GBS SBS, is a Hong Kong diva, actress and MC. She is a personality in Chinese-speaking communities. She has been nicknamed "The Big Sister" in the H…
Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress and singer
Mary Temple Grandin is an American academic, inventor, and ethologist. She is a prominent proponent of the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter and the author of more than 6…
Temple Grandin, American ethologist, academic, and author
James Simon Wallis Hunt was a British racing driver and broadcaster who competed in Formula One from 1973 to 1979. Nicknamed "the Shunt", Hunt won the Formula One World Drivers' Ch…
James Hunt, English race car driver and sportscaster (died 1993)
Allan Michael Rock is a Canadian lawyer, former politician, diplomat and university administrator. He was Canada's ambassador to the United Nations (2003-2006) and had previously s…
Allan Rock, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo is an Italian businessman and motorsport executive who is best known as the former chairman of Ferrari, Fiat S.p.A., Confindustria and Alitalia.
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Italian businessman
Yumiko Ōshima is a Japanese manga artist and is associated with the Year 24 group that heavily influenced the development of shōjo manga in the 1970s.
Yumiko Ōshima, Japanese author and illustrator
Somchai Wongsawat is a Thai politician who served as the 26th prime minister of Thailand in 2008. He is a former executive member of the People's Power Party (PPP) whose political …
Somchai Wongsawat, Thai lawyer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand
Alexander N. Green is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 9th congressional district since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, Gree…
Al Green, American lawyer and politician
Purno Agitok Sangma was an Indian politician who served as the 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 1998 and the 4th Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990. He served …
P. A. Sangma, Indian lawyer and politician, 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (died 2016)
Louis Michel is a Belgian politician. He served in the government of Belgium as minister of foreign affairs from 1999 to 2004 and was European Commissioner for Development and Huma…
Louis Michel, Belgian educator and politician, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs