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Danny Joe Brown was an American singer. He was the lead singer of the Southern rock group Molly Hatchet and was co-writer of the band's biggest hits from the late 1970s.
Danny Joe Brown, American southern rock singer-songwriter and musician (died 2005)
Mark Jeffery Anthony Hudson is an American musician, record producer, actor and songwriter based in both Los Angeles and New York City. After first rising to prominence as a perfor…
Mark Hudson, American record producer and musician
Jimmy Wayne Jamison was an American singer. Best known as Jimi Jamison, he earned recognition as the frontman for the rock bands Target, Cobra, and Survivor from 1984 to 1988, perf…
Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2014)
Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years,…
Orson Scott Card, American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist, and columnist
Oscar Jerome Hijuelos was an American novelist of Cuban descent. During a year-long convalescence from a childhood illness spent in a Connecticut hospital, he lost his knowledge of…
Oscar Hijuelos, American author and academic (died 2013)
Robert John Arthur Halford is an English heavy metal singer. He is the lead vocalist of Judas Priest, which he joined in 1973, and has received accolades such as the 2010 Grammy Aw…
Rob Halford, English heavy metal singer-songwriter
William Wolf Handel is a Brazilian-born American radio host and attorney.
Bill Handel, Brazilian-American lawyer and radio host
Gerd Bonk was an East German weightlifter who was active from 1969 to 1980 who won silver at the 1976 Summer Olympics, bronze at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and set three world recor…
Gerd Bonk, German weightlifter (died 2014)
Bill Whitaker is an American television journalist and a correspondent for the CBS News program 60 Minutes.
Bill Whitaker, American journalist
David Gus "Buddy" Bell is an American former third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) currently serving as vice president and senior advisor to the general manager …
Buddy Bell, American baseball player and manager
William Mack Brown is an American former college football coach. Brown most recently coached at the University of North Carolina, where he had two stints, first from 1988 until 19…
Mack Brown, American football player and coach
Randall C. Garrison is a Canadian politician. Elected to the House of Commons in the 2011 federal election, he represented the electoral district of Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke until 2…
Randall Garrison, American-Canadian criminologist and politician
Colin McAdam was a Scottish professional football player, best known for his time with Rangers. He played as both a centre back and a striker during his career.
Colin McAdam, Scottish footballer (died 2013)
Edward Witten is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions to string theory, topological quantum field theory, and various areas of mathematics. He is a profess…
Edward Witten, American physicist and academic
Melvin Wayne Osmond was an American musician. He was the second-oldest of the original Osmond Brothers singers and the fourth oldest of the nine Osmond siblings.
Wayne Osmond, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2025)
Keiichi Suzuki is a Japanese musician, singer, and record producer who co-founded the Moonriders, a group that became one of Japan's most innovative rock bands. He is known to aud…
Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter
Geoffrey Charles Whitehorn is a guitarist and singer-songwriter, who has played as a member of If, Crawler and Procol Harum.
Geoff Whitehorn, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Timothy James Bottoms is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for playing the lead in Johnny Got His Gun (1971); Sonny Crawford in The Last Picture Show (1971), wh…
Timothy Bottoms, American actor
Gediminas Kirkilas was a Lithuanian politician who was Prime Minister of Lithuania from 2006 to 2008.
Gediminas Kirkilas, Lithuanian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Lithuania (died 2024)
Jaime Ramon Misa Paredes, better known simply as Jim Paredes, is a Filipino singer, songwriter, television host, writer, actor and activist. He is known as one of the members of po…
Jim Paredes, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
Grant Bernard Batty was a New Zealand rugby union footballer. A diminutive but effective wing for the All Blacks, Batty played domestically for Wellington and Bay of Plenty. A crow…
Grant Batty, New Zealand rugby player
James Warren DeMint is an American businessman, author, and retired politician who served as a United States senator from South Carolina and as president of The Heritage Foundation…
Jim DeMint, American politician
Thomas Mark Harmon is an American actor, writer, producer, television director and former football player. He is best known for playing the lead role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs on NCIS.
Mark Harmon, American actor and producer
Michael Kaminski is an English musician. He played violin in the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) between 1973 and 1980 and toured with the band from 1981 to 1986. He was a…
Mik Kaminski, English musician, rock violinist