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Terrance "Terry" Michael Wright was an American author best known as a writer of horror fiction, speculative fiction, and poetry.
T. M. Wright, American author, poet, and illustrator (died 2015)
Larry Gene Nelson is an American professional golfer. He has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.
Larry Nelson, American golfer
Sir David Willoughby Pountney is a British-Polish theatre and opera director and librettist internationally known for his productions of rarely performed operas and new productions…
David Pountney, English director and manager
John William Agrue was an American murderer who was posthumously identified as a serial killer. He was convicted in 1966 of murdering his 15-year-old sister-in-law in Joliet, Illin…
John Agrue, American serial killer (died 2009)
Sir David Grant FLSW is a British academic who was the vice-chancellor of Cardiff University in Wales from 2001 to 2012. Following his appointment, Grant oversaw the merger between…
David Grant, English engineer and academic
Sir James Gerald Douglas Howarth is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldershot from 1997 until 2017, having been the MP for Cannock…
Gerald Howarth, English soldier, pilot, and politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
Christopher Neame is an English actor who resides in the United States.
Christopher Neame, English actor
Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill was a New Zealand actor. Known as a leading man in film and television, he received nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Glo…
Sam Neill, New Zealand actor (died 2026)
Russel Luke Honoré is a retired lieutenant general of the United States Army. He served as the 33rd commanding general of the U.S. First Army at Fort Gillem, Georgia, from 2004 unt…
Russel L. Honoré, American general
Viggo Biehl Jensen is a Danish former football player and manager. He was most recently the manager of Danish Superliga side Silkeborg IF.
Viggo Jensen, Danish footballer and manager
Diane Elizabeth Levin is an American author, educator, and advocate known for her work in media literacy and media effects on children.
Diane E. Levin, American educator and author
Theodore Robert Rufus Long is an American retired professional wrestling referee, manager and authority figure. He is best known for his tenures in WWE, WCW and NWA.
Theodore Long, American wrestling referee and manager
Dusty Hughes is an English playwright, director and television screenwriter. In the early 1970s he was Theatre Editor of Time Out and helped to establish that magazine's theatre c…
Dusty Hughes, English director and playwright
Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell, Baroness Jowell, was a British Labour Party politician and life peer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dulwich, from 1992 to 1997, fo…
Tessa Jowell, English social worker and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office (died 2018)
Enrique Krauze Kleinbort is a Mexican historian, essayist, editor, and entrepreneur. He has written more than twenty books, some of which are: Mexico: Biography of Power, Redeemers…
Enrique Krauze, Mexican historian, critic, and publisher
Gail Carson Levine is an American author of young adult books. Her first novel, Ella Enchanted, received a Newbery Honor in 1998.
Gail Carson Levine, American author
Jeffrey Kenneth MacNelly was an American editorial cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Shoe. After Shoe had been established in papers, MacNelly created the single-panel …
Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (died 2000)
Catharine Drew Gilpin Faust is an American historian and author who served as the 28th president of Harvard University from 2007 to 2018. She was Harvard's first female president, …
Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and academic
Giancarlo Minardi is an Italian businessman who was the founder and managing director of the now-defunct Minardi Formula One team.
Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team
Alfred Henry Bromell was an American novelist, screenwriter, and director.
Henry Bromell, American novelist and screenwriter (died 2013)
Tanith Lee was a British science fiction and fantasy writer. She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and was the winner of multiple World Fantasy Awards, the World Fan…
Tanith Lee, English author (died 2015)
Domenica Rita Adriana "Mimì" Bertè, known professionally as Mia Martini, was an Italian singer, songwriter and musician. She is considered, by many experts, one of the most importa…
Mia Martini, Italian singer (died 1995)
Donald William Felder is an American musician who was the lead guitarist of the rock band Eagles from 1974 to 2001. He is known for co-writing several of the band's songs, most not…
Don Felder, American musician and songwriter
Keith Shenton Harris was an English ventriloquist, best known for his television show The Keith Harris Show (1982–86), audio recordings, and club appearances with his puppets Orvil…
Keith Harris, English ventriloquist and singer (died 2015)