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John Anthony George Craven is a British economist, a former vice-chancellor of the University of Portsmouth. In 2006, he founded the University Alliance, and served as its first ch…
John Craven, English economist and academic
Howard Russell Smith was an American singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of the groups The Amazing Rhythm Aces and Run C&W. As a solo artist, he released four studio albu…
Russell Smith, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)
Chris Van Allsburg is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar E…
Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator
Jarosław Aleksander Kaczyński is a Polish politician. He co-founded the Law and Justice (PiS) party in 2001 with his twin brother, Lech Kaczyński, and has served as its leader sinc…
Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Poland
Lech Aleksander Kaczyński was a Polish politician who served as the 4th president of Poland from 2005 to 2010, when he died in the Smolensk air disaster. Earlier, he served as the …
Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland (died 2010)
Lieutenant colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan former politician and retired military officer who served as the eighth president of Sri Lanka from 18 November 2019…
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, 8th president of Sri Lanka
Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead si…
Lionel Richie, American singer, songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
John Agard FRSL is a Guyanese-born British playwright, poet and children's writer. In 2012, he was selected for the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. He was awarded BookTrust's Lifeti…
John Agard, Guyanese-English author, poet, and playwright
Derek Robert Alexander Emslie, Lord Kingarth is a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session. He i…
Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth, Scottish lawyer and judge
Lawrence Edward Junstrom was an American bassist who was a member of the rock band .38 Special from 1977 until 2014. He was also one of the founding members of the southern rock ba…
Larry Junstrom, American bass player (died 2019)
Sir Brian Henry Leveson is an English retired senior judge who is the current Investigatory Powers Commissioner, having previously served as the President of the Queen's Bench Divi…
Brian Leveson, English lawyer and judge
Alan Ralph Osmond was an American singer and musician. He was best known for being a member of the family musical group The Osmonds. Prior to that, Alan and his brothers were perfo…
Alan Osmond, American singer and producer
Luís Filipe Ferreira Vieira is a Portuguese real estate businessman who was the 33rd president of sports club Benfica, from 31 October 2003 to 15 July 2021.
Luís Filipe Vieira, Portuguese businessman
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress. Recognized as one of the most versatile performers of her era, Streep is noted for her technical precision, command of dialects, …
Meryl Streep, American actress
Lindsay Jean Wagner is an American actress. Wagner is popular for her leading role in the American science fiction television series The Bionic Woman (1976–1978), in which she port…
Lindsay Wagner, American actress
Elizabeth Ann Warren is an American politician and former law professor serving as the senior United States senator from Massachusetts, a seat she has held since 2013. A member of …
Elizabeth Warren, American academic and politician
Gordon Timothy Bray is an Australian sports commentator and sports journalist. He is colloquially known as "The Voice of Rugby".
Gordon Bray, Australian journalist and sportscaster
Sheila Valerie Noakes, Baroness Noakes, is a British Conservative politician and former corporate executive.
Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes, English accountant and politician
John Edward Illsley is an English musician, best known as bassist of the rock band Dire Straits. He has received multiple BRIT and Grammy Awards, and a Heritage Award.
John Illsley, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
Betty Jackson, RDI is an English fashion designer based in London, England. She was born in Lancashire. In 2007, her success in British fashion was recognised with first an MBE in …
Betty Jackson, English fashion designer
Richard Lionel Clarke is a retired Irish Anglican bishop and author. From 2012 to 2020, he served as the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland: as such, he was the senior…
Richard Clarke, Irish archbishop
Patrick Daniel Tambay was a French racing driver, broadcaster and politician, who competed in Formula One from 1977 to 1986. Tambay won two Formula One Grands Prix across nine seas…
Patrick Tambay, French racing driver (died 2022)
Yoon Joo-sang is a South Korean actor. In 2009, he won the Best Supporting Actor award during the 2009 KBS Drama Awards for his role in Iris.
Yoon Joo-sang, South Korean actor
Fredric Sheldon Brandt was an American physician, researcher, lecturer, author, and radio host specializing in cosmetic dermatology. Among the first to use botulinum toxin ("botox"…
Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (died 2015)