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William Laws Calley Jr. was a United States Army officer and war criminal, convicted by court-martial of the murder of 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre …
William Calley, American military officer
Sigríður Jóhannesdóttir is an Icelandic politician and former member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, she represented the Reykjanes constituency from Jul…
Sigríður Jóhannesdóttir, Icelandic politician
Joe William Haldeman is an American science fiction author and former college professor. He is best known for his novel The Forever War (1974), which was inspired by his experience…
Joe Haldeman, American sci-fi author
Raymond Warren is an Australian retired sports commentator, known for his coverage of televised professional rugby league matches on the Nine Network. He is known as the "Voice of …
Ray Warren, Australian sportscaster
Harry Collins, FLSW, is a British sociologist of science at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Wales. In 2012 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. In 201…
Harry Collins, English sociologist, author and academic
Malcolm McDowell is an English actor. He first became known for portraying Mick Travis in Lindsay Anderson's If.... (1968), a role he later reprised in O Lucky Man! (1973) and Brit…
Malcolm McDowell, English actor and producer
James Guy Tucker Jr. was an American politician, businessman and attorney who served as the 43rd governor of Arkansas from 1992 until his resignation in 1996 after his conviction f…
Jim Guy Tucker, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Arkansas (died 2025)
William Harold Wheeler Jr., is an American orchestrator, composer, conductor, arranger, record producer, and music director. He has received numerous Tony Award and Drama Desk Awar…
Harold Wheeler, American composer, conductor, and producer
Jean-Philippe Léo Smet, better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll and pop singer and actor, credited with having brought rock and roll to France.
Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor (died 2017)
Poul Oluf Nyrup Rasmussen is a retired Danish politician, who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 25 January 1993 to 27 November 2001 and President of the Party of European So…
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Danish politician, 38th Prime Minister of Denmark
Joan Martha Van Ark is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Valene Ewing on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing. A life member of The Actors Studio, she made h…
Joan Van Ark, American actress
Newton Leroy Gingrich is an American politician who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he…
Newt Gingrich, American historian and politician, 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Barry Manilow is an American singer and songwriter with a career spanning over sixty years. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", "Looks Like We Made It", "Mandy", "I Wri…
Barry Manilow, American singer-songwriter and producer
Chantal Mouffe is a Belgian political theorist, teaching at University of Westminster. She is best known for her and Ernesto Laclau's contribution to the development of the so-call…
Chantal Mouffe, Belgian theorist and author
Barry Joseph Evans was an English actor. He was best known for his appearances in British sitcoms such as Doctor in the House and Mind Your Language.
Barry Evans, English actor (died 1997)
Éva Marton is a Hungarian dramatic soprano, particularly known for her operatic portrayals of Puccini's Turandot and Tosca, and Wagnerian roles.
Éva Marton, Hungarian soprano and actress
Diane Marleau, was a Canadian politician. She represented the riding of Sudbury in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2008, and was a cabinet minister in the government of…
Diane Marleau, Canadian accountant and politician, Canadian Minister of Health (died 2013)
Brian Sternberg was a world record holder in the men's pole vault who was paralyzed from the neck down after a trampoline accident in 1963.
Brian Sternberg, American pole vaulter (died 2013)
Klaus Maria Brandauer is an Austrian actor and director. He is also a professor at the Max Reinhardt Seminar.
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor and director
Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan is an American retired aerospace engineer and entrepreneur noted for his originality in designing light, strong, unusual-looking, and energy-efficient a…
Burt Rutan, American engineer and pilot
Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni, known professionally as Raffaella Carrà and sometimes mononymously as Raffaella, was an Italian singer, dancer, actress, television presenter and m…
Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer, dancer, and actress (died 2021)
Alexander Britton Hume, known professionally as Brit Hume, is an American journalist and political commentator. He had a 23-year career with ABC News, where he contributed to World…
Brit Hume, American journalist and author
John Michael Kosterlitz is a British-American physicist. He is a professor of physics at Brown University and the son of biochemist Hans Kosterlitz. He was awarded the 2016 Nobel P…
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Patrick Bokanowski is a French filmmaker who makes experimental and animated films.
Patrick Bokanowski, French filmmaker