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Ronald Alan George is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 2007 to 2015. He first represented the 30th district in from 2007 t…
Ron George, American businessman and politician
Lech Majewski is a Polish-American poet, filmmaker, media artist, writer, and theater director. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture A…
Lech Majewski, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter
Stephen Graham "Horace" Panter, also known professionally as Sir Horace Gentleman, is the bassist for the British 2 Tone ska band The Specials.
Horace Panter, English bass player
Robert Lee Parish, nicknamed "the Chief", is an American former professional basketball player. A 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) center, he played 21 seasons in the National Basketball Ass…
Robert Parish, American basketball player
Marcia Rachel Clark is an American prosecutor, author, television correspondent, and television producer. She was the lead prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson murder case.
Marcia Clark, American attorney and author
Miguel Ángel Guerra is a former racing driver from Argentina. He participated in four Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 15 March 1981. He qualified for only one of these, the 19…
Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentinian race car driver
György Károly was a Hungarian poet and writer.
György Károly, Hungarian poet and author (died 2018)
Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov is a former cosmonaut and commander of the International Space Station. He has flown into space three times, aboard Mir and the International Space S…
Pavel Vinogradov, Russian astronaut and engineer
Elisabeth Kværne was a Norwegian musician. She played the langeleik, a string instrument similar to the Appalachian dulcimer. She won the 1985 Spellemannprisen in the category fol…
Elisabeth Kværne, Norwegian langeleik player (died 2024)
Maurice John Colclough was an England international rugby union player. He was selected for the 1980 British Lions tour to South Africa and the 1983 British Lions tour to New Zeala…
Maurice Colclough, English rugby player (died 2006)
John Zorn is an American composer, conductor, producer, arranger and saxophonist who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde compositions and experimental improvisation…
John Zorn, American saxophonist, composer, and producer
Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a French director and screenwriter.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French director, producer, and screenwriter
George Peponis is a Greek Australian company director and former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. An Australia national and New South Wales s…
George Peponis, Greek-Australian rugby league player and physician
Ahmad Shah Massoud was an Afghan military leader and politician. Known as the "Lion of Panjshir", he was the foremost commander of the Afghan mujahideen against Soviet occupation d…
Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and politician, Afghan Minister of Defense (died 2001)
Janet Biehl is an American author, copyeditor, translator, and artist. She authored several books and articles associated with social ecology, the body of ideas developed and publi…
Janet Biehl, American philosopher and author
Michael Francis Stean is an English chess grandmaster, an author of chess books and a tax accountant.
Michael Stean, English chess player and author
Fatih Terim is a Turkish professional football manager and former player.
Fatih Terim, Turkish footballer and manager
Victor Davis Hanson is an American classicist, military historian, and conservative political commentator. He has been a commentator on modern and ancient warfare and contemporary …
Victor Davis Hanson, American historian and journalist
Murray Graham Mexted is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played 34 consecutive tests for the All Blacks from 1979 to 1985. He also played 38 non-test games including 7 a…
Murray Mexted, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
Eiki Nestor is an Estonian politician, member of the Social Democratic Party. He was the leader of the party from 1994 to 1996. Nestor has been a member of the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th,…
Eiki Nestor, Estonian engineer and politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
Paul Piché is a Canadian singer-songwriter, environmentalist and political activist
Paul Piché, Canadian singer-songwriter
Marc Alexander Hunter was a New Zealand rock and pop singer, songwriter and record producer. He was the lead vocalist of Dragon, a band formed by his older brother, Todd Hunter, in…
Marc Hunter, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (died 1998)
Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III is an American musician and singer, and a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Benmont Tench, American keyboardist and songwriter