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John "Ian" Bairnson was a Scottish musician and member of Pilot and the Alan Parsons Project. He was a multi-instrumentalist, who played saxophone and keyboards, but mainly perform…
Ian Bairnson, Scottish guitarist, songwriter and saxophonist (died 2023)
Marlene Dumas is a South African artist and painter based in the Netherlands.
Marlene Dumas, South African painter
Hiroyuki Usui is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. His son Kempei Usui is also a footballer.
Hiroyuki Usui, Japanese footballer and manager
Richard Keith Mahler was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds (1989–1990) and Montreal Expos (1991). His brother…
Rick Mahler, American baseball player and coach (died 2005)
Anne Fadiman is an American writer. She specializes in the genres literary journalism, essays, memoir, biography, and autobiography. She has received the National Book Critics Circ…
Anne Fadiman, American journalist and author
Nigel Ernest James Mansell is a British former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1980 to 1995. Mansell won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1992 with Wil…
Nigel Mansell, English racing driver
Don Most is an American actor. He is known for his role as Ralph Malph on the television series Happy Days.
Don Most, American actor and singer
Kay Arne Stenshjemmet is a former speed skater from Norway.
Kay Stenshjemmet, Norwegian speed skater
Jean Marcel Pierre Tirole is a French economist who is currently a professor of economics at Toulouse 1 Capitole University. He focuses on industrial organization and game theory. …
Jean Tirole, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Terry Gene Bollea, better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, was an American professional wrestler and media personality. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most recognized…
Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler (died 2025)
Wijda Mazereeuw is a retired swimmer from the Netherlands. Individually she competed in the 200 m and 400 m medley event at the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 100 m and 200 m brea…
Wijda Mazereeuw, Dutch swimmer
Tom Dana Cohen is an American media and cultural theorist, currently a professor at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He has published books on film studies, …
Tom Cohen, American philosopher, theorist, and academic
Ron Hilditch is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he play…
Ron Hilditch, Australian rugby league player and coach
Thomas Winfried Menko Pogge is a German philosopher and is the Director of the Global Justice Program and Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale Universi…
Thomas Pogge, German philosopher and academic
Peter Wright is a British newspaper editor.
Peter Wright, English historian and author
James Roy Horner was an American film composer and conductor. He is known for the integration of choral and electronic elements alongside traditional orchestrations, and for his us…
James Horner, American composer and conductor (died 2015)
Carol Jane Thatcher is an English journalist, author and media personality. She is the daughter of Margaret Thatcher, the British prime minister from 1979 to 1990, and businessman …
Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
Sir Mark Thatcher, 2nd Baronet is an English businessman. He is the son of Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, and Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Ba…
Mark Thatcher, English businessman
Wolfgang Hohlbein is a German writer of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. His wife, Heike Hohlbein, is also a writer and they frequently collaborate. With more than 200 …
Wolfgang Hohlbein, German author
Kathryn Lee Gifford is an American television presenter, singer, songwriter, actress, and author. From 1985 to 2000, she and Regis Philbin hosted the talk show Live! with Regis and…
Kathie Lee Gifford, American talk show host, singer, and actress
James "JT" Warren Taylor is an American singer who achieved fame as the lead singer of Kool & the Gang between 1979 and 1988.
James "J.T." Taylor, American R&B singer-songwriter
Michael Raymond Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and coach, who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (…
Mick Malthouse, Australian footballer and coach
Herta Müller is a Romanian-German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was born in Nițchidorf, Timiș County in Romania; her native lang…
Herta Müller, Romanian-German poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate
Korrie Layun Rampan was an Indonesian novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic, journalist, and politician.
Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic (died 2015)