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Emerson Boozer is an American former professional football player who spent his entire career as a running back for the New York Jets in the American Football League (AFL) and Nati…
Emerson Boozer, American football player and sportscaster
Adam John Hart-Davis is an English scientist, author, photographer, historian and broadcaster. He presented the BBC television series Local Heroes and What the Romans Did for Us, t…
Adam Hart-Davis, English historian, author, and photographer
Geraldo Michael Rivera is an American talk show host and political commentator who worked at the Fox News Channel from 2001 to 2023. He hosted the tabloid talk show Geraldo from 19…
Geraldo Rivera, American lawyer, journalist, and author
Fred Wesley is an American trombonist who worked with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s, and Parliament-Funkadelic in the second half of the 1970s.
Fred Wesley, American jazz and funk trombonist
Curtis Leroy "Clank" Blefary was an American professional baseball left fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1965–1968), Houston Astros (196…
Curt Blefary, American baseball player and coach (died 2001)
Mark Cox is a former tennis player from England, who played professional and amateur tennis in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He was ranked as high as world No. 12 on the ATP rankings…
Mark Cox, English tennis player, coach and sportscaster
Alan Christie Wilson, nicknamed "Blind Owl", was an American musician, best known as the co-founder, leader, co-lead singer, and primary composer of the blues rock band Canned Heat…
Alan Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1970)
Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson was a Canadian musician, composer, and producer. Robertson was the onetime lead guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band. He was also the guitarist and…
Robbie Robertson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (died 2023)
Tamara Ilyinichna Sinyavskaya is a Soviet and Russian mezzo-soprano from the Bolshoi Theatre.
Tamara Sinyavskaya, Russian soprano
Joel Steven Siegel was an American film critic for the ABC morning news show Good Morning America for over 25 years. The winner of multiple Emmy Awards, Siegel also worked as a rad…
Joel Siegel, American journalist and critic (died 2007)
John Howard Casper is a former American astronaut and retired United States Air Force pilot.
John Casper, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. was an American professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles in singles and two in doubles. Ashe was the first Black player selected to the Uni…
Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and journalist (died 1993)
Princess Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika is a Zambian politician who has served as Ambassador of the Republic of Zambia to the United States of America. She presented her credentials to …
Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Zambian politician
Jerry Miller was an American songwriter, guitarist and vocalist. He performed as a solo artist and as a member of the Jerry Miller Band. He was also a founding member of the 1960s …
Jerry Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
Richard George Carleton was a multiple Logie Award–winning Australian television journalist.
Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (died 2006)
Howard Earl Gardner is an American developmental psychologist and the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard University. He was a f…
Howard Gardner, American psychologist and academic
Peter Frederick Jensen is a retired Australian Anglican bishop, theologian and academic. From 1985 to 2001, he was principal of Moore Theological College. From 2001 to 2013, he was…
Peter Jensen, Australian metropolitan
Robert Malval is the former prime minister of Haiti. He served from 30 August 1993 to 8 November 1994. He was preceded by Marc Bazin and was succeeded by Smarck Michel.
Robert Malval, Haitian businessman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Haiti
Rolf Johann Stommelen was a German racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1969 to 1978. In endurance racing, Stommelen was a four-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona wi…
Rolf Stommelen, German racing driver (died 1983)
Thomas Lee Holland is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and former actor. He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, penning the screenplay for Psycho II (1983), th…
Tom Holland, American actor, director, and screenwriter
Christine Anne McVie was an English musician. She was the keyboardist and one of the vocalists and songwriters of the rock band Fleetwood Mac.
Christine McVie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2022)
Paul Theron Silas was an American professional basketball player and head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a player, he was a two-time NBA All-Star and earned…
Paul Silas, American basketball player and coach (died 2022)
Christopher Richard Serle was a British television presenter, reporter, and actor, best known for being a presenter on That's Life!
Chris Serle, English journalist and actor (died 2024)
Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a Northern Irish physicist who, while conducting research for her doctorate, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. This discovery later ear…
Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Northern Irish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic