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Reinaldo Arenas was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright who is known as a vocal critic of Fidel Castro, the Cuban Revolution, and the Cuban government. His memoir of the Cuban d…
Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban-American author, poet, and playwright (died 1990)
Sir Vernon Bernard Bogdanor is a British political scientist, historian and research professor at the Institute for Contemporary British History at King's College London. He is als…
Vernon Bogdanor, English political scientist and academic
James William Johnson is an American former football coach and sports analyst. Johnson served as a head football coach at the college level for 10 seasons and in the National Footb…
Jimmy Johnson, American football player and coach
LaVyrle Spencer is an American best-selling author of contemporary and historical romance novels. She has successfully published a number of books, with several of them made into m…
LaVyrle Spencer, American author and educator
Joseph John-Michael Ellis III is an American historian whose work focuses on the lives and times of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His book American Sphinx: The Charact…
Joseph J. Ellis, American historian and author
Donald William Awrey is a Canadian former professional hockey defenceman. He played 979 career National Hockey League (NHL) games with the Boston Bruins, St. Louis Blues, Montreal …
Don Awrey, Canadian ice hockey player
Han Sai Por is a Singaporean sculptor and artist. A graduate of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), East Ham College of Art, Wolverhampton College of Art, and Lincoln Universi…
Han Sai Por, Singaporean sculptor and academic
Carla Mazzuca Poggiolini is a professional journalist and Italian politician who served in both chambers of the Italian Parliament. She is the wife of Danilo Poggiolini.
Carla Mazzuca Poggiolini, Italian journalist and politician
Christopher Arthur Amon was a New Zealand racing driver and motorsport executive who competed in Formula One from 1963 to 1976. Widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers to ne…
Chris Amon, New Zealand race car driver (died 2016)
John Charles Lodge was an English musician who was the bass guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and a songwriter for the longstanding progressive rock band the Moody Blues. Joining the gr…
John Lodge, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2025)
Robert McNab is an English former footballer who played as a defender. McNab featured for clubs Huddersfield Town, Arsenal, Wolverhampton Wanderers, San Antonio Thunder, Barnet, Va…
Bob McNab, English footballer
Adrian Păunescu was a Romanian writer, publisher, cultural promoter, translator, and politician. A profoundly charismatic personality, a controversial and complex figure, the artis…
Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (died 2010)
Wendy Richard was an English actress, best known for her television roles as Miss Shirley Brahms on the BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? from 1972 to 1985, and Pauline Fowler on th…
Wendy Richard, English actress (died 2009)
Friedrich "Fritz" Glatz was an Austrian racing driver from Vienna. He raced under the pseudonyms Pierre Chauvet and Frederico Careca as well as a number of others.
Fritz Glatz, Austrian race car driver (died 2002)
Edward Kirk Herrmann was an American actor, director, and writer. He was best known for his portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the miniseries Eleanor and Franklin (1976) a…
Edward Herrmann, American actor (died 2014)
Henry Campbell Liken McCullough was a musician and singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland. He was best known for his work as a member of Spooky Tooth, the Grease Band and Paul McC…
Henry McCullough, Northern Irish guitarist, singer and songwriter (died 2016)
William Mayer Flett was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs and A…
Bill Flett, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1999)
Masaru Emoto was a Japanese businessman, author and pseudoscientist who claimed that human consciousness could affect the molecular structure of water. His 2004 book The Hidden Me…
Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (died 2014)
Kay Bailey Hutchison is an American attorney, television correspondent, politician, and diplomat who served as the 22nd U.S. permanent representative to NATO from 2017 until 2021. …
Kay Bailey Hutchison, American lawyer and politician
Robert Cabot Sherman Jr. was an American singer and actor who was a teen idol in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He had a series of successful singles, notably the million-seller "…
Bobby Sherman, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2025)
Robert M. Shrum is the director of the Center for the Political Future and the Carmen H. and Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics at the University of Southern California, wh…
Robert Shrum, American author and political advisor
Dr. Randall Caroline Forsberg led a lifetime of research and advocacy on ways to reduce the risk of war, minimize the burden of military spending, and promote democratic institutio…
Randall Forsberg, American scientist (died 2007)
Tony Joe White, nicknamed the Swamp Fox, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he …
Tony Joe White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)
James Stanley McCarty is an English drummer, best known as a member of the Yardbirds and Renaissance. McCarty has performed and recorded as a drummer and occasional singer with the…
Jim McCarty, English singer and drummer