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Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa Al-Ayyat was an Egyptian politician, engineer, and professor who served as the 5th president of Egypt from 2012 to 2013, when General Abdel Fattah el-Si…
Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian engineer, academic, and politician, 5th President of Egypt (died 2019)
Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of acclaimed anime films, includ…
Mamoru Oshii, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
Steven Eugene Swisher is an American former professional baseball player and minor league manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis C…
Steve Swisher, American baseball player and manager
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.
Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian businessman and politician, 59th President of Colombia
Klaus Toppmöller is a German football manager and former professional player.
Klaus Toppmöller, German football manager and former player
Daniel Grayling Fogelberg was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist widely known for his 1970s and 1980s soft rock hits, including "Longer" (1979), "Same Old La…
Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007)
Robert Bruce "Slim" Dunlap was an American rock musician. He was a Minnesota-based guitarist and singer-songwriter who was best known as a member of the Replacements from 1987 to 1…
Slim Dunlap, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
Carl Winston Lumbly is an American actor. He is best known for M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994–1997) and has also had television roles on Cagney & Lacey (1982–1988) and Alias (2001–2006).
Carl Lumbly, American actor
Ann Biderman is an American film and television writer. She is the creator and executive producer of the NBC/TNT series Southland (2009–2013), and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding…
Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer
Robert Hunter Caldwell was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He released several albums spanning R&B, soul, jazz, and adult contemporary, and was known for his soulful …
Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter (died 2023)
John Henry Childs is a former cricketer who played in two Test matches for England in 1988. At the age of 36 years 320 days, Childs became the oldest player since Dick Howorth in 1…
John Childs, English cricketer
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2007 until his death in May 2010. He won the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 A…
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian businessman and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (died 2010)
Richard Hunt was an American actor and puppeteer, best known as a Muppet performer on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and other projects for The Jim Henson Company. H…
Richard Hunt, American Muppet performer (died 1992)
Robert Joy is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as medical examiner Sid Hammerback on the police procedural series CSI: NY, and his appearances in the films Atlantic …
Robert Joy, Canadian actor
John Richard Deacon is an English retired musician who was the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen. He wrote several songs for the group, including Top 10 hits "You're My Best F…
John Deacon, English bass player and songwriter
Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla is an Argentine composer, record producer and musician. He is the recipient of numerous accolades for his works, including two Academy Awards for Best O…
Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Gregory Dale Bear was an American science fiction writer. His work covered themes of conflict, consciousness, and accelerated evolution. The Forge of God and Anvil of Stars establi…
Greg Bear, American author (died 2022)
The Reverend DeForest Blake "Buster" Soaries, Jr. is a Baptist minister, author and public advocate, from Montclair, New Jersey. A member of the Republican Party, He is the former …
DeForest Soaries, American minister and politician, 30th Secretary of State of New Jersey
Eric Antonio Goles Chacc is a Chilean mathematician and computer scientist of Croatian descent. He studied mathematical engineering at the University of Chile before earning two do…
Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
Glenn Hughes is an English musician, best known as the bassist and singer in the hard rock band Trapeze and as a member of Deep Purple in the lineups known to fans Mk. III and IV, …
Glenn Hughes, English musician
Yana Bland or Yana Bland Mintoff is a Maltese Labour politician, economist and educator. Mintoff was born on 21 August 1951, the daughter of the former Prime Minister of Malta, Dom…
Yana Mintoff, Maltese politician, economist and educator
Chesley V. Morton Jr. is an American stockbroker, securities arbitrator, and former member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
Chesley V. Morton, American businessman and politician
Akhmat-Khadzhi Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov was a Russian politician and revolutionary who served as Chief Mufti of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the 1990s during and after the F…
Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (died 2004)
Noor Al Hussein is an American-born Jordanian philanthropist and activist who was the fourth wife and widow of King Hussein of Jordan. She was Queen of Jordan from their marriage o…
Queen Noor of Jordan