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Humberto Benítez Treviño is a Mexican lawyer and politician. He was Attorney General of México from 1994 to 1996.
Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Mexico
Burt Ward is an American actor, animal welfare activist and businessman. He played Dick Grayson's Robin, the sidekick of Batman, in the television series Batman (1966–1968), its th…
Burt Ward, American actor
Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, Baron Kerr of Monteviot,, commonly known as Michael Ancram, was a British politician and peer who served as Deputy Leader…
Michael Ancram, English lawyer and politician (died 2024)
Adele J. Goldberg is an American computer scientist. She was a co-developer of the programming language Smalltalk-80, an early object-oriented programming language that influenced …
Adele Goldberg, American computer scientist and academic
Heloísa Eneida Paes Pinto Mendes Pinheiro, better known as Helô Pinheiro, is a Brazilian businesswoman and former model.
Helô Pinheiro, inspiration for the song "The Girl from Ipanema"
Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), she was…
Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician, 91st President of the Swiss Confederation
Dean Ray Koontz is an American author. His novels are billed as suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Ma…
Dean Koontz, American author and screenwriter
Foster MacKenzie III, known professionally as Root Boy Slim, was an American musician and songwriter.
Root Boy Slim, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)
Ronald Earle Glass was an American actor. He was known for his roles as literary Detective Ron Harris in the television sitcom Barney Miller (1975–1982), for which he received a Pr…
Ron Glass, American actor (died 2016)
Harold Abraham McRae is an American former designated hitter, outfielder, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for the Cincinnati Reds and Kansas City Royal…
Hal McRae, American baseball player and manager
John Walker Motson was an English football commentator. Beginning as a television commentator with the BBC in 1971, he commentated on over 2000 games on television and radio. From …
John Motson, English sportscaster (died 2023)
Jean-Marie Poiré, also credited as Jean-Marie Gaubert, is a French film director, and screenwriter. He is the son of the producer Alain Poiré.
Jean-Marie Poiré, French director, producer, and screenwriter
Sarah Virginia Wade is a British former professional tennis player. She won three major tennis singles championships and four major doubles championships, and is the only British w…
Virginia Wade, English tennis player and sportscaster
Butch Hancock is an American country recording artist and songwriter. He is a member of The Flatlanders along with Joe Ely and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, but he has principally performed…
Butch Hancock, American country-folk singer-songwriter and musician
Ashley Alexander Mallett was an Australian cricketer who played in 38 Tests and 9 One Day Internationals between 1968 and 1980. Until Nathan Lyon, he was Australia's most successfu…
Ashley Mallett, Australian cricketer and author (died 2021)
James Beck Gordon was an American musician, songwriter and convicted murderer. Gordon was a session drummer in the late 1960s and 1970s and played drums in the blues rock supergrou…
Jim Gordon, American rock drummer and convicted murderer (died 2023)
David Arthur Granger is a Guyanese former politician and retired military officer who served as the ninth president of Guyana from 2015 to 2020. A member of the People’s National C…
David Arthur Granger, Guyanese politician, 9th President of Guyana
Peter Charles Lewis is one of the founding members of the band Moby Grape. Three of his better known songs with Moby Grape are "Fall on You" and "Sitting by the Window" from the se…
Peter Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jürgen Wilhelm Möllemann was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as Minister of State at the Foreign Office (1982–1987), as Minister of Education and …
Jürgen Möllemann, German soldier and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (died 2003)
Alexander, Crown Prince of Serbia and Yugoslavia, is the head of the House of Karađorđević, the former royal house of the defunct Kingdom of Yugoslavia and its predecessor the King…
Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
John Haggitt Charles Patten, Baron Patten, is a British politician. He was formerly Conservative Member of Parliament for Oxford and subsequently for Oxford West and Abingdon.
John Patten, Baron Patten, English politician, Secretary of State for Education
Patrick Doherty is a retired Sinn Féin politician, who served as the abstentionist Member of Parliament (MP) for West Tyrone from 2001 to 2017. He was also a Member of the Northern…
Pat Doherty, Irish Republican politician
Paule Baillargeon is a Canadian actress and film director. She won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, and was a n…
Paule Baillargeon, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
Charles Clyde Bowden was an American non-fiction author, journalist and essayist based in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was best known for his work documenting violence on the Mexico-…
Charles Bowden, American non-fiction author, journalist and essayist (died 2014)