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Bruce Reitherman is an American filmmaker and former child actor. He voiced Christopher Robin in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree and Mowgli in The Jungle Book.
Bruce Reitherman, American voice actor, singer, cinematographer, and producer
Renzo Rosso is an Italian entrepreneur and a businessman. He is the founder of Diesel and the president of OTB Group, the parent company of Maison Margiela, Marni, Viktor & Rolf, J…
Renzo Rosso, Italian fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Diesel Clothing
Ronald Charles Brewer is an American former professional basketball player. A 6-foot-4-inch (1.93 m) guard from the University of Arkansas, he was selected by the Portland Trail Bl…
Ron Brewer, American basketball player
Robin R. Yount, nicknamed "the Kid" and "Rockin' Robin", is an American former professional baseball player. He spent his entire 20-year career in Major League Baseball as a shorts…
Robin Yount, American baseball player and coach
Scott William Simpson is an American professional golfer.
Scott Simpson, American golfer
Charles Andre Martinet is an American actor. From 1991 to 2023, Martinet was the voice of Mario in the Mario franchise. He also voiced other characters in the series such as Luigi,…
Charles Martinet, American actor
Michael Lynn Parson is an American politician and former law enforcement officer who served as the 57th governor of Missouri, from 2018 to 2025. A member of the Republican Party, P…
Mike Parson, American politician, 57th Governor of Missouri
Keith Brian Morris is an American singer and songwriter known for his role as frontman of the hardcore punk bands Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and Off!. Born and raised in Hermosa Bea…
Keith Morris, American singer-songwriter
Richard Steven Burmer was an American composer, engineer, sound designer, musician and ethnomusicologist. His work with electronic music combined with musical styles and instrument…
Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer (died 2006)
Betsy Brantley is an American actress. She has appeared in numerous films, plays, and television shows since the early 1980s. Her breakout role was in the 1982 film Five Days One S…
Betsy Brantley, American actress
John Lowing is a British retired professional wrestler best known under the ring name Johnny Kidd. Kidd was best known for his work during what was known as the Golden Era of Briti…
Johnny Kidd, English wrestler
Haim Moshe, born 20 September 1955 is an Israeli singer whose musical style has crossed over from Yemenite and Mediterranean "ethnic" music to include mainstream Israeli and weste…
Haim Moshe, Israeli singer
José Rivero is a Spanish professional golfer.
José Rivero, Spanish golfer
Richard James Hieb is a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. He was a mission specialist on STS-39 and STS-49, and was a payload commander on STS-65…
Richard Hieb, American engineer and astronaut
Mika Juhani Kaurismäki is a Finnish film director.
Mika Kaurismäki, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter
Jeffrey N. Leonard is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1977 to 1990 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Hous…
Jeffrey Leonard, American baseball player and coach
Riccardo Illy is an Italian businessman and former politician.
Riccardo Illy, Italian businessman and politician, President of Friuli Venezia Giulia
Israel Katz is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Likud currently serving as Minister of Defense and a member of the Security Cabinet of Israel. Katz has been reco…
Israel Katz, Israeli politician
Ludo Coeck was a Belgian footballer who played as left winger or central midfielder. His clubs included Berchem Sport, Anderlecht, Inter Milan and Ascoli Calcio.
Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (died 1985)
Adelmo Fornaciari, known professionally as Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero, is an Italian singer, musician and songwriter. His stage name is the Italian word for "sugar", as…
Zucchero Fornaciari, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Amyr Klink is a Brazilian explorer, sailor and writer. One of his projects, "Antarctica 360", was circumnavigating the Antarctic continent on his own, in 88 days between 1998 and 1…
Amyr Klink, Brazilian sailor and explorer
Luanne Rice is an American novelist. Her 36 novels have been translated into 26 languages. She often writes about nature and the sea, and many of her novels deal with love and fami…
Luanne Rice, American author and activist
Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge is a German football executive and former professional footballer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest German footballers of all time, he also serv…
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer and manager
Steven John Bailey, known as Steven Severin, is an English songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He was the bassist of the rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees w…
Steven Severin, English bass player, songwriter, and producer