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Phyllis Linda Hyman was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Hyman's music career spanned the late 1970s through the early 1990s, and she was best known for her expansive c…
Phyllis Hyman, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1995)
Michael Shrieve is an American drummer, percussionist, and composer. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band Santana, playing on the band's first seven albums from 1969 to…
Michael Shrieve, American composer, drummer, and percussionist
Wolfgang Johannes Puck is an Austrian-born American chef and restaurateur.
Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-American chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur
Shelley Alexis Duvall was an American actress and producer known for her distinctive screen presence, portrayals of eccentric characters, and later productions in children's progra…
Shelley Duvall, American actress, writer, and producer (died 2024)
Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy, popularly known as YSR, was an Indian politician. He served as the 14th chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2004 to 2009. Reddy was elected f…
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (died 2009)
Joseph Raoul Cédras is a Haitian former military officer who was the de facto ruler of Haiti from 1991 to 1994. Cedras was the last military ruler of Haiti.
Raoul Cédras, Haitian military officer and politician
Anna Czerwińska was a Polish climber. She is known for being the then-oldest woman to summit Mount Everest, doing so at the age of 50. She also published several books about mounta…
Anna Czerwińska, Polish mountaineer and author (died 2023)
Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer. He captained the Indian national cricket team while representing India and Mumbai from 1971 to 1987.…
Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
Gregory Stanley Kihn was an American rock musician, radio personality, and novelist. He founded and led the Greg Kihn Band and he wrote several popular horror novels. He is best kn…
Greg Kihn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
Roy J. Bittan is an American musician who is a long-time member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Professor", Bittan joined the E Street Band in 1974. He plays t…
Roy Bittan, American rock piano and accordion player (E Street Band)
Simon Andrew David Fox was an English rock drummer, who played in different rock bands during the 1970s and the 1980s, most notably the progressive rock group Be-Bop Deluxe.
Simon Fox, English drummer (died 2024)
Joseph Riddick "Rick" Hendrick III is an American businessman. He is best known as the owner of the NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports. He is also a co-owner of JR Motorsports and fo…
Rick Hendrick, American businessman, founded Hendrick Motorsports
Bryan Murray is an Irish actor. He is known for his extensive television work which includes Fitz in Strumpet City, Flurry Knox in The Irish R.M., Shifty in Bread, Harry Cassidy in…
Bryan Murray, Irish actor
Thomas Daniel Mottola is an American businessman, record executive and television producer. Mottola is the chairman of Mottola Media Group and co-founder of Ntertain Studios. He se…
Tommy Mottola, American businessman and music publisher
Nils Daniel Carl Bildt is a Swedish politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994 and as leader of the Moderate Party (M) from 1986 to 1999. He s…
Carl Bildt, Swedish politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Sweden
Trevor Charles Horn is a British record producer and musician. His influence on pop and electronic music in the 1980s was such that he has been called "the man who invented the eig…
Trevor Horn, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
Harvey C. Krautschun was an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1985 to 1996, serving as Speaker of the House be…
Harvey C. Krautschun, American politician (died 2026)
Richard Russo is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher. In 2002, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel Empire Falls. Several of his…
Richard Russo, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter
Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler is an English musician, best known as the bassist and primary lyricist of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He has also recorded…
Geezer Butler, English bass player and songwriter
Charles Harris Steiner is an American sportscaster and broadcast journalist. He is currently the radio play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, paired with Rick Monday.
Charley Steiner, American journalist and sportscaster
Dennis Keith Lillee, is a retired Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation". Lillee formed a new ball partnership with Jeff Thomson, which is re…
Dennis Lillee, Australian cricketer and coach
Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe is a South African politician who served as the president of South Africa from 25 September 2008 to 9 May 2009, following the resignation of Thabo Mbeki. T…
Kgalema Motlanthe, South African politician, 3rd President of South Africa
Christina Hart is an American film producer, film director, playwright and retired actress. She teaches acting at the Hollywood Court Theater.
Christina Hart, American playwright and actress
Hirini (Sid) Melbourne was a Māori composer, singer, university lecturer, poet and author who was notable for his contribution to the development of Māori music and the revival o…
Hirini Melbourne, New Zealand singer-songwriter and poet (died 2003)