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Ian Woodward Falconer was an American author, illustrator, set designer, and costume designer. Falconer was a muse to pop artist David Hockney, with whom he collaborated on designi…
Ian Falconer, American author and illustrator (died 2023)
Steven A. Levy is an American politician and lawyer who served as the seventh County Executive of Suffolk County, New York, elected on November 4, 2003. Originally a fiscally conse…
Steve Levy, American lawyer and politician
Bernardo Rocha de Rezende, known as Bernardo Rezende and nicknamed Bernardinho, is a Brazilian volleyball coach and former player. He is the current coach of the female volleyball …
Bernardo Rezende, Brazilian volleyball coach and player
Lane Smith is an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He is the Kate Greenaway medalist (2017) known for his eclectic visuals and subject matter, both humorous and …
Lane Smith, American author and illustrator
Ruth Ann Swenson is an American soprano who is renowned for her coloratura roles.
Ruth Ann Swenson, American soprano and actress
Oliver Newton Colvile was a British politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport.
Oliver Colvile, English lawyer and politician
Stanley Alan Van Gundy is an American former basketball coach who is a television commentator for College Basketball on CBS for CBS Sports and NBA on Prime for Sports on Amazon Pri…
Stan Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
Teresa Presmanes Corona, known professionally as Daniela Romo, is a Mexican singer, actress and TV hostess. During her career, she has sold 15 million records, making her one of th…
Daniela Romo, Mexican singer, actress and TV hostess
Gerhard Berger is an Austrian former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1984 to 1997. Berger won ten Formula One Grands Prix across 14 seasons…
Gerhard Berger, Austrian race car driver
Juan Fernando Cobo Agudelo was a Colombian painter, illustrator, sculptor and cultural promoter, one of the most notable artists of his native region, Valle del Cauca.
Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian painter and sculptor
Denice Dee Denton was an American professor of electrical engineering and academic administrator. She was the ninth chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Denice Denton, American engineer and academic (died 2006)
Frode Fjellheim is a Southern Saami yoiker and musician from Norway. He is best known for his band Transjoik and as the composer of the 2002 song "Eatnemen Vuelie", which was later…
Frode Fjellheim, Norwegian pianist and composer
András Petőcz is a Hungarian writer and poet.
András Petőcz, Hungarian author and poet
Jeanette Winterson is an English author. Her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was a semi-autobiographical novel about a lesbian growing up in an English Pentecostal comm…
Jeanette Winterson, English journalist and novelist
Brian Earl Thompson is an American actor. His career began with a small role in the 1984 film The Terminator. He played the villainous "Night Slasher" in the 1986 film Cobra. His f…
Brian Thompson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Rebecca De Mornay is an American actress who has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows. Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she starred in Risky Business. D…
Rebecca De Mornay, American actress
Ramón Ángel Díaz is an Argentine football manager and former player. He is the most successful Argentine coach in history with 17 titles, the second most successful manager in Rive…
Ramón Díaz, Argentine footballer and manager
Raymond Elgaard is a former Canadian Football League (CFL) slotback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1983 through 1996, including winning the 77th Grey Cup in 1989. A big man,…
Ray Elgaard, Canadian football player
Chris Austin Hadfield is a retired Royal Canadian Air Force colonel, test pilot, and CSA astronaut. As the first Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in outer space, he has …
Chris Hadfield, Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
Sadenia "Eddi" Reader MBE is a Scottish singer-songwriter, known for her work as the lead vocalist of the folk and soft rock band Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solo car…
Eddi Reader, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Timothy Perry Shriver is an American disability rights activist, film producer, and former educator who has been Chairman of Special Olympics since 1996 and is the founder of UNITE…
Timothy Shriver, American businessman and activist
Stephen Wolfram is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He works in computer algebra and theoretical physics. In 2012, he was named a fellow of the Am…
Stephen Wolfram, English-American physicist and mathematician
Akkineni Nagarjuna is an Indian actor best known for his works primarily in Telugu cinema, as well as in a few Hindi and Tamil films. He has appeared in over 90 films and is a reci…
Nagarjuna, Indian film actor, Producer and Businessman
Mark Alexander Jackson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Demons, St Kilda Saints and Geelong Cats in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and for…
Mark "Jacko" Jackson, Australian footballer, actor, and singer