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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kazachyonok was a Soviet football player and Russian coach. He was the academy director with Zenit St. Petersburg until his death in 2017.
Vladimir Kazachyonok, Russian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2017)
Steven Paul "Buddy" Miller is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist and producer. Miller is married to and has recorded with singer-songwriter Julie Miller.
Buddy Miller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Ricardo Tormo Blaya was a Spanish professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1973 to 1984, most prominently as a two-time 50cc world champ…
Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motorcycle racer (died 1998)
Will Lee is an American jazz fusion bassist known for his work on the Late Show with David Letterman as part of the CBS Orchestra and Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Ba…
Will Lee, American bass player
Geoffrey Miller, is an English former cricketer, who played in 34 Test matches and 25 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team between 1976 and 1984. Nicknamed "Dusty", …
Geoff Miller, English cricketer
Graham Neil Kenneth Mourie is a New Zealand former rugby union player and coach.
Graham Mourie, New Zealand rugby player
Angela Margaret Cartwright is an English actress. As a young performer, she played Linda Williams, the stepdaughter of Danny Williams in the long-running TV series The Danny Thomas…
Angela Cartwright, English-American actress, author, and singer
Per Jørgensen is a Norwegian multi-instrumentalist with trumpet as his main instrument, also known for his vocal contributions, in collaboration with Dag Arnesen, Knut Kristiansen,…
Per Jørgensen, Norwegian singer and trumpet player
David Allan Stewart is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for Eurythmics, his successful professional partnership with Annie Lennox. He won Best Britis…
Dave Stewart, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Medea Benjamin is an American political activist who, along with Jodie Evans and others, co-founded Code Pink. She also co-founded, along with her then husband Kevin Danaher, the f…
Medea Benjamin, American activist, founder of Code Pink
Catherine Bott is a British singer and broadcaster.
Catherine Bott, English soprano
Gerald Linford Beckley is an American singer, songwriter and musician, and a founding member of the band America.
Gerry Beckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Réjean Giroux is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Quebec Nordiques of the World Hockey Association. He is the father of NHL and KHL player …
Réjean Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player
Randolph Edward Jones is an American disco and pop singer and best known as the cowboy from Village People from 1977 to 1980, and again from 1987 until 1990.
Randy Jones, American pop and disco singer
Don Edward Fagenson, known professionally as Don Was, is an American musician, bassist, record producer, music director, film composer, documentary filmmaker and radio host. Since …
Don Was, American bass player and producer
Paula Margaret Duncan is an Australian actress, known for her television roles in Number 96 as Carol Finlayson, The Young Doctors as Lisa Brooks, Cop Shop as Danni Francis and Pris…
Paula Duncan, Australian actress
Victor Toews is a Canadian politician and jurist. Toews is a justice of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba. He represented Provencher in the House of Commons of Canada from 2000…
Vic Toews, Paraguayan-Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th Canadian Minister of Justice
Neil Ellwood Peart was a Canadian musician, songwriter and author, who was the drummer, percussionist, and primary lyricist of the progressive rock band Rush. He was nicknamed "the…
Neil Peart, Canadian drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 2020)
Richard Brodeur, is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was one of a select group of goaltenders to play in every season of the seven-year existence of the Wor…
Richard Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Professor Samuel Ratnajeevan Herbert Hoole is a Sri Lankan Tamil engineer and academic. He was a member of the Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
Ratnajeevan Hoole, Sri Lankan engineer and academic
Kelly Dean Keagy is an American drummer and vocalist, best known for his work with the hard rock band Night Ranger. Keagy sang lead vocals on several of their hits, such as "Sister…
Kelly Keagy, American singer and drummer
Sir Thomas Anthony Cunningham is a British politician who served as member of parliament (MP) for Workington from 2001 to 2015. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of the E…
Tony Cunningham, English educator and politician
Česlovas Laurinavičius is a Lithuanian historian and political scientist, In 2003, he was the recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania. Since 2001, he h…
Česlovas Laurinavičius, Lithuanian historian
Karen Muir was a South African competitive swimmer. Born and raised in Kimberley, she attended the Diamantveld High School, where she matriculated in 1970.
Karen Muir, South African swimmer and physician (died 2013)