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John David Newcombe AO OBE is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in both men's singles and men's doubles. Newcombe won a combined 26 …
John Newcombe, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
Dominique Lavanant is a French film and theatrical actress. She is known for her comedy skills especially with posh and distinguished characters like Rosalind Russell's; characters…
Dominique Lavanant, French actress
Digby C. Anderson is the founder and former director of the Social Affairs Unit, a public policy organisation/economic think-tank created in 1980. In addition to this role, Anders…
Digby Anderson, English journalist and philosopher
Pierre Bachelet was a French singer-songwriter and film score composer.
Pierre Bachelet, French singer-songwriter (died 2005)
Patricia Louise Holte, known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer and actress. She has been referred to as the "Godmother of Soul". LaBelle began her career i…
Patti LaBelle, American singer-songwriter and actress
Charlie Harper is a British singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the punk rock band U.K. Subs.
Charlie Harper, English singer-songwriter and producer
Robert Duncan MacPherson is an American mathematician at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Robert MacPherson, American mathematician and academic
Frank Richard Oznowicz, known professionally as Frank Oz, is an American puppeteer, filmmaker, and actor. He is best known for his involvement with Jim Henson and George Lucas thro…
Frank Oz, English-born American puppeteer, filmmaker, and actor
Christopher Wayne Ralston is a former England international rugby union player. He represented the British and Irish Lions on their 1974 tour to South Africa and at the time play…
Chris Ralston, English rugby player
Louis-Phillip Edmonston was a Canadian consumer advocate, writer, journalist, and politician. Along with Andrew Scheer, he was one of the few politicians with dual American and Can…
Phil Edmonston, American-Canadian journalist and politician (died 2022)
Jan Runar Kinder was a Norwegian ice hockey player. He was born in Oslo, Norway and represented the club Hasle/Løren IL. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team, and p…
Jan Kinder, Norwegian ice hockey player (died 2013)
Samuel Felton Posey is an American former racing driver and sports broadcast journalist.
Sam Posey, American race car driver and journalist
Christopher John Dodd is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest…
Christopher Dodd, American lawyer and politician
Karen Fladset is a Norwegian former team handball player and coach. She played for the club IL Vestar and the Norway women's national handball team. With Vestar she became Norwegia…
Karen Fladset, Norwegian handball player
Dame Ingrid Mary Roscoe, was a writer on English art and Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire from 2004 to 2018.
Ingrid Roscoe, English historian and politician, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire (died 2020)
Alain Souchon is a French singer-songwriter and actor. He has released 15 albums and has played roles in seven films.
Alain Souchon, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Faith Brown is an English actress, singer, comedian and impressionist. She was a star of the ITV impressions show Who Do You Do?, and was The Voice in the TV show Trapped!.
Faith Brown, English actress and singer
Rudolph William Louis Giuliani is an American politician and disbarred lawyer who served as the 108th mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001. He previously served as the U.S. Ass…
Rudy Giuliani, American lawyer and politician, 107th mayor of New York City
Gladys Maria Knight is an American singer and actress. Knight recorded hits through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her family group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which included her b…
Gladys Knight, American singer-songwriter and actress
Sandra Louise Anderson, professionally known as Sondra Locke, was an American actress and director.
Sondra Locke, American actress and director (died 2018)
Rita MacNeil was a Canadian singer and songwriter from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 …
Rita MacNeil, Canadian singer and actress (died 2013)
Patricia Quinn, Lady Stephens is a Northern Irish actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Magenta in the 1975 musical comedy horror film The Rocky Horror Picture Show…
Patricia Quinn, British actress and singer
Gary Ronnie Stewart was an American musician and songwriter, known for his distinctive vibrato voice. At the height of his popularity in the mid-1970s, Time magazine described him …
Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
Billy Vera is an American singer, songwriter, actor, author, and music historian. He has been a singer and songwriter since the 1960s, his most successful record being "At This Mom…
Billy Vera, American singer-songwriter and actor