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Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician who is the paramount leader of China. He has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Party Centr…
Xi Jinping, Chinese engineer and politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China
Raphael Wallfisch is an English cellist.
Raphael Wallfisch, English cellist and educator
Valerie Mahaffey was a Canadian-American actress. She began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors (1979–81), for which in 1980 she was nominated for the Day…
Valerie Mahaffey, American actress (died 2025)
Ian F. Mosley is an English drummer. He is best known for his long-time membership of the neo-prog band Marillion, which he joined for their second album, Fugazi, released in 1984.…
Ian Mosley, English drummer
Vernon Rodney Coaker, Baron Coaker is a British politician and life peer who has served as Minister of State for Defence since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he was the Member…
Vernon Coaker, English educator and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Juan Muñoz was a Spanish sculptor, working primarily in paper maché, resin and bronze. He was also interested in the auditory arts and created compositions for the radio. He was a …
Juan Muñoz, Spanish sculptor and storyteller (died 2001)
Peter Donohoe CBE is an English classical pianist.
Peter Donohoe, English pianist and educator
Robert Crais is an American author of detective fiction and former screenwriter. Crais began his career writing scripts for television shows such as Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lac…
Robert Crais, American author and screenwriter
Raúl Ramírez is a Mexican former professional tennis player. Ramírez was the first player to finish No. 1 in both singles and doubles Grand Prix point standings, accomplishing the …
Raúl Ramírez, Mexican tennis player
Willy Rampf is a German car engineer who is currently a technical consultant for Williams Racing and was the former technical director of the Sauber Formula One team.
Willy Rampf, German engineer
Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani stateswoman and politician who served as the prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990, and again from 1993 to 1996. She was the first woman elect…
Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (died 2007)
Horace Michael Swaby, also known as Augustus Pablo, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub composer, performer, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He was active from the 1970…
Augustus Pablo, Jamaican producer and musician (died 1999)
Willem Jacobus "Wim" Eijk is a Dutch prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal since 2012. He has been the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht since 2007. He was Bishop of Groninge…
Wim Eijk, Dutch cardinal
Mauro Francaviglia was an Italian mathematician.
Mauro Francaviglia, Italian mathematician and academic (died 2013)
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Lauper is known for her distinctive image, which features eccentric clothing and a variety of hair color…
Cyndi Lauper, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Bruce William McAvaney is an Australian sports broadcaster with the Seven Network. McAvaney has presented high-profile events including the AFL Grand Final, Melbourne Cup, Australi…
Bruce McAvaney, Australian journalist and sportscaster
Armen Vardani Sarkissian is an Armenian politician, physicist, investor, businessman, and computer scientist who was the 4th president of Armenia from 2018 to 2022. He also was Pri…
Armen Sarkissian, Armenian physicist, politician and President of Armenia
William Esco Moerner, also known as W. E. Moerner, is an American physical chemist and chemical physicist with current work in the biophysics and imaging of single molecules. He is…
William E
Michael Tuck is a seven-time premiership-winning player, Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) / Australian Football Le…
Michael Tuck, Australian footballer and coach
Olivier Ameisen was a French-American cardiologist who wrote a best-selling book about curing alcoholism using the drug baclofen.
Olivier Ameisen, French-American cardiologist and educator (died 2013)
Ian Charles Davis is an Australian former cricketer (batsman) who played in 15 Test matches and three One Day Internationals between 1973 and 1977. Davis retired from first-class c…
Ian Davis, Australian cricketer
Igor Gräzin (birth name: Russian: Игорь Николаевич Грязин, romanized: Igor Nikolayevich Gryazin is an Estonian academic and politician currently serving as a member of the Tallinn …
Igor Gräzin, Estonian academic and politician
Alice McDermott is an American writer and university professor. She is the author of nine novels and a collection of essays. For her 1998 novel Charming Billy she won an American B…
Alice McDermott, American novelist
Donald Maynard Dokken is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and founder of glam metal band Dokken. He is known for his vibrato-laden, melodic vocal style which has…
Don Dokken, American singer-songwriter and guitarist