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Peter Goodwill Hamilton was an American professional stock car racing driver. He competed in NASCAR for six years, where he won four times in his career, three times driving for Pe…
Pete Hamilton, American race car driver (died 2017)
Mitchell Jack "Mickey" Stanley is an American former professional baseball player.
Mickey Stanley, American baseball player
Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge is an Indian politician and lawyer from the Indian state of Karnataka serving as the President of the Indian National Congress since 2022 and Leader of t…
Mallikarjun Kharge, Indian politician, 98th President of the Indian National Congress
James Michael Hegan was an American professional baseball player, who later worked as a sports commentator. In Major League Baseball (MLB) he was a first baseman and outfielder, an…
Mike Hegan, American baseball player and commentator (died 2013)
Michael Edward Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, was a British-Australian farmer, who is most noted because of the 2004 documentary Britain's Real Monarch, which alleged he was…
Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician (died 2012)
Peter Habeler is an Austrian mountaineer. He was born in Mayrhofen, Austria. He developed an interest in mountain climbing at age six.
Peter Habeler, Austrian mountaineer and skier
Leslie Howard Johns is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Les Johns, Australian rugby league player and coach
Sallyanne Atkinson AO is an Australian former politician who served as Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1985 to 1991 in Queensland, Australia. She is the only woman to have held the pos…
Sallyanne Atkinson, Australian journalist and politician, Lord Mayor of Brisbane
Madeline Bell is an American soul singer, who became famous as a performer in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s with pop group Blue Mink, having arrived from the United States in t…
Madeline Bell, American singer-songwriter
Richard E. "Dick" Dauch was an American businessman, and co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of American Axle and Manufacturing, now Dauch Corporation. Previously, Dauch…
Richard E. Dauch, American businessman, co-founded American Axle (died 2013)
Dimitris Liantinis was a Greek philosopher. He was associate professor at the Department of Pedagogy of the Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology of the University of Athe…
Dimitris Liantinis, Greek philosopher and author (died 1998)
Heinz Burt was a German-born British rock and roll bassist and singer of the 1960s, who performed under the stage name Heinz. He was also known as a member of the instrumental grou…
Heinz, German-English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2000)
Chris Sarandon is an American actor. He is well known for playing Jerry Dandrige in Fright Night (1985), Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride (1987), Detective Mike Norris in C…
Chris Sarandon, American actor
Bruce William Woodley is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. He was a founding member of the successful folk-pop group the Seekers, and co-composer of the songs "I Am Aus…
Bruce Woodley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Vladimír Mečiar is a Slovak former politician who served as the prime minister of Slovakia from June 1990 to May 1991, June 1992 to March 1994, and again from December 1994 to Octo…
Vladimír Mečiar, Slovak politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovakia
Theodore "Teddy" Pilette is a former racing driver from Belgium. He participated in four Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, the first on 12 May 1974 with Bernie Ecclestone…
Teddy Pilette, Belgian race car driver
David Miner, sometimes credited as David Minor, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter, perhaps best known as a member of The Great Society in the 1960s. He co-founded The…
David Miner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Édith Butler is an Acadian-Canadian singer-songwriter and folklorist from New Brunswick’s Acadian Peninsula.
Édith Butler, Canadian singer-songwriter
Bobbie Gentry is an American retired singer-songwriter. She was one of the first female artists in the United States to compose and produce her own material.
Bobbie Gentry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
John Pleshette is an American actor and screenwriter, best known for his role as Richard Avery on the television drama Knots Landing, and for portraying Lee Harvey Oswald in the TV…
John Pleshette, American actor, director, and screenwriter
Richard Dennis Ralston was an American professional tennis player whose active career spanned the 1960s and 1970s.
Dennis Ralston, American tennis player (died 2020)
Tonia Marketaki was a Greek film director and screenwriter. She was born in Pireas and spent many of her childhood years in the Zografou district of Athens. Her maternal origins ar…
Tonia Marketaki, Greek director and screenwriter (died 1994)
John William Sattler was an Australian professional rugby league footballer played as a prop in the 1960s and 1970s. He captained South Sydney to four premiership victories from 19…
John Sattler, Australian rugby league player (died 2023)
Douglas Wesley Ashdown is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter from Adelaide. He had a top 40 hit on the Australian singles chart with "Winter in America" or "Leave Love Enou…
Doug Ashdown, Australian singer-songwriter