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Ann Margaret Veneman is an American attorney who served as the fifth executive director of UNICEF from 2005 to 2010. She previously served as the 27th United States secretary of ag…
Ann Veneman, American lawyer and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Agriculture
Néjia Ben Mabrouk is a Tunisian screenwriter and director, known for her work on the award-winning film Sama and on the documentary The Gulf War... What Next?.
Néjia Ben Mabrouk, Tunisian-Belgian director and screenwriter
John Peter Farnham is an Australian singer. Farnham was a teen pop idol from 1967 until the mid-1970s, billed as Johnny Farnham. He has since forged a career as an adult contempora…
John Farnham, English-Australian singer-songwriter
H. David Hogan was an American composer and musical director of CIGAP, a choir composed of openly gay men.
David Hogan, American composer and educator (died 1996)
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu is an Indian politician who served as the vice president of India from 2017 to 2022. He has also served as the minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alle…
Venkaiah Naidu, Indian lawyer and politician
Gregory Dane Brown is an American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Iowa.
Greg Brown, American musician
Robert Paquette is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter.
Robert Paquette, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Susan Penhaligon is a British actress and writer known for her role in the drama series Bouquet of Barbed Wire (1976), and for playing Helen Barker in the sitcom A Fine Romance (19…
Susan Penhaligon, English actress
John Verity is an English guitarist and singer. He is best known as a member of Argent, a band formed by Zombies keyboardist Rod Argent. He joined the band alongside John Grimaldi,…
John Verity, English guitarist
Johnnie James Wilder Jr. was an American musician, co-founder and vocalist of the R&B/funk group Heatwave. The group were popular during the late 1970s with hits such as "Boogie Ni…
Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (died 2006)
Bo Xilai is a Chinese former politician who was convicted on bribery and embezzlement charges. He came to prominence through his tenures as Mayor of Dalian and then Governor of Lia…
Bo Xilai, Chinese politician, Chinese Minister of Commerce
Ludwig Georg Strauss was a German nuclear medicine physician and professor of radiology at the University of Heidelberg.
Ludwig G. Strauss, German physician and academic (died 2013)
Jill Frances Murphy was a British author and illustrator of children's books. First published by Allison & Busby in 1974, she was best known for the Worst Witch novels and Large Fa…
Jill Murphy, British children's author (died 2021)
Manuel "Noli" Leuterio de Castro Jr. is a Filipino broadcaster, journalist, and former politician who served as the 12th vice president of the Philippines from 2004 until 2010 unde…
Noli de Castro, Filipino journalist and politician, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
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
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)
Wolfgang Johannes Puck is an Austrian-born American chef and restaurateur.
Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-American chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur
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)