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Jackie Ray Slater, nicknamed "Big Bad Jackie", is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for 20 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). …
Jackie Slater, American football player and coach
João Carlos de Oliveira, also known as "João do Pulo" was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump and the long jump.
João Carlos de Oliveira, Brazilian jumper (died 1999)
Youri Aleksandrovich Egorov was a Soviet and Dutch classical pianist.
Youri Egorov, Russian pianist and composer (died 1988)
Sir Charles Robert Saumarez Smith is a British cultural historian specialising in the history of art, design and architecture. He was the secretary and chief executive of the Royal…
Charles Saumarez Smith, English historian and academic
Péter Szilágyi was a Hungarian music conductor and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Berettyóújfalu between 1994 and 2002. He was a member of the Committee on Ed…
Péter Szilágyi, Hungarian conductor and politician (died 2013)
John Howard Tory is a Canadian lawyer, broadcaster, businessman, and former politician who served as the 65th mayor of Toronto from 2014 to 2023. He led the Progressive Conservativ…
John Tory, Canadian lawyer and politician, 65th Mayor of Toronto
Robert Beaser is an American composer.
Robert Beaser, American composer and educator
Gerald Wesley Moran is an American lawyer and politician who is the senior United States senator from Kansas, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he wa…
Jerry Moran, American lawyer and politician
Thomas Mavros is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Thomas Mavros, Greek footballer
Vicki Sue Robinson was an American singer closely associated with the disco era of late 1970s pop music; she is most famous for her 1976 hit, "Turn the Beat Around".
Vicki Sue Robinson, American actress and singer (died 2000)
Jill Margaret Black, Lady Black of Derwent, is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Jill Black, Lady Black of Derwent, English lawyer and judge
Dennis Dexter Haysbert is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for his roles as President David Palmer on the first five seasons of 24, baseball player Pedro Cerrano in t…
Dennis Haysbert, American actor and producer
Daniel Grafton Hill IV is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. He had two major international hits with his songs "Sometimes When We Touch" and "Can't We Try", a duet with Vonda S…
Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter
Raphael Ravenscroft was a British musician, composer and author. He is best known for playing the saxophone riff on Gerry Rafferty's 1978 song "Baker Street".
Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer (died 2014)
Kazuhiro Yamaji is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with the Seinenza Theater Company. He has been married to Romi Park since 2020.
Kazuhiro Yamaji, Japanese actor and voice actor
Alberto Malesani is an Italian football manager and former player. As a manager, he is mostly remembered for his successful spell with Parma during the late 1990s, with whom they w…
Alberto Malesani, Italian footballer and manager
Phillip Anthony Neale is an English former first-class cricketer who played for Worcestershire County Cricket Club, captaining the team to success in the County Championship in 198…
Phil Neale, English cricketer, coach, and manager
Nancy Stafford is an American actress, speaker and author, known for her roles on television. She came to prominence in the 1980s as Michelle Thomas, law partner, on five seasons o…
Nancy Stafford, American model and actress
Władysław Żmuda can refer to:Władysław Jan Żmuda, Polish footballer Władysław Antoni Żmuda, Polish footballer
Wladyslaw Zmuda, Polish footballer and manager; 91 caps for Poland and voted Best Young Player at the 1974 FIFA World Cu
Karen Louise Erdrich is an American author of novels, short stories, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. She is an enrolled citizen of t…
Louise Erdrich, American novelist and poet
Metropolitan Kiril ; June 8, 1954 – July 9, 2013), was the Bulgarian Orthodox metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, Bulgaria.
Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (died 2013)
Sergei Anatolievich Storchak is a Ukrainian-born Russian politician who had former served as the a Deputy Finance Minister of Russia. Storchak was born in Olevsk, Zhytomyr Oblast, …
Sergei Storchak, Ukrainian-Russian politician
Peter James Byrne is an English singer best known for being a member of the pop and new wave band Naked Eyes.
Pete Byrne, English singer-songwriter
Paul William Chapman was a Welsh rock guitarist best known for his work in bands such as UFO and Lone Star. He was well known by his nickname "Tonka", allegedly acquired because of…
Paul Chapman, Welsh guitarist and songwriter (died 2020)