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Jimmy Layne Webb is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He achieved success at an early age, winning the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the age of 21.
Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Masoud Barzani is a Kurdish politician who has been leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, and was President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq from 2005 to 2017.
Masoud Barzani, Iranian-Kurdish politician, President of Iraqi Kurdistan
Janet Louise Yellen is an American economist who served as the 78th United States secretary of the treasury from 2021 to 2025 and as chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018.…
Janet Yellen, American economist, 78th United States secretary of the treasury
Larry Graham Jr. is an American bassist and baritone singer, with the psychedelic soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone and as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station.…
Larry Graham, American soul/funk bass player and singer-songwriter
Lesley Ann Warren is an American actress and singer.
Lesley Ann Warren, American actress
Hugh John Baiocchi is a South African professional golfer who has won more than 20 professional tournaments around the world.
Hugh Baiocchi, South African golfer
Martha Coolidge is an American film director and former President of the Directors Guild of America. She has directed such films as Valley Girl, Real Genius and Rambling Rose.
Martha Coolidge, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago twice from 1991 to 1995, and again from 2001 to 2010. A …
Patrick Manning, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2016)
Charles Frank Bolden Jr. is a former administrator of NASA, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General, and a former astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
Charles Bolden, American general and astronaut
William Jefferson Clinton is an American former politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he …
Bill Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas, 42nd President of the United States
Dawn Leslie Steel was an American film studio executive and producer. She was one of the first women to run a major Hollywood film studio, rising through the ranks of merchandising…
Dawn Steel, American film producer (died 1997)
Mufaddal Saifuddin is the 53rd al-Dai al-Mutlaq and leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community, a Tayyibi, Musta'li, Ismaili, Shia Muslim denomination. He succeeded his father, Syedna M…
Mufaddal Saifuddin, 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of Fatimid Caliphate
Henryk Marcin Broder, self-designation Henryk Modest Broder, is a Polish-born German journalist, author, and television personality. He was born into a Jewish family in Katowice, P…
Henryk Broder, Polish-German journalist and author
Constance Yu-Hwa Chung Povich is an American journalist who has been a news anchor and reporter for the U.S. television news networks ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and MSNBC. Some of her mor…
Connie Chung, American journalist
Laurent Pierre Emmanuel Fabius is a French politician who has served in a number of capacities, most recently as president of the Constitutional Council from 2016 to 2025. A member…
Laurent Fabius, French politician, 158th Prime Minister of France
Ralf Hütter is a German musician and composer best known as the lead singer and keyboardist of Kraftwerk, which he founded with Florian Schneider in 1970, and became the only consi…
Ralf Hütter, German singer and keyboard player
Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy is an Indian billionaire businessman. He is the founder of Infosys, and was the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president and chief mentor…
N. R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
Keith John Moon was an English musician who was the drummer for the rock band the Who. Regarded as one of the greatest drummers in the history of rock music, he was noted for his u…
Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 1978)
Roland Glen Fingers is an American former right handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three teams between 1968 and 1985. His effectiveness helped to redefin…
Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
Charles Ghigna (/'gɪnˈjə/), known also as Father Goose, is an American poet and author of children's and adults' books. He has written more than 5,000 poems and 100 books.
Charles Ghigna, American poet and author
Charles Alvin Sanders was an American professional football player who was a tight end for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1968 to 1977. Sanders was ch…
Charlie Sanders, American football player and sportscaster (died 2015)
Zhou Ji is a Chinese mechanical engineer and politician. He served as China's Minister of Education from 2003 to 2009 and President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering from 2010 …
Zhou Ji, Chinese engineer and politician, 14th Chinese Minister of Education
Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting, production and recording duo composed of Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson.
Valerie Simpson, American singer-songwriter
Mark Snow was an American composer for film and television. He was perhaps best known for composing the theme for The X-Files, and would compose for the show's initial nine-season …
Mark Snow, American composer for film and television (died 2025)