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Dugan Basham is an American former professional stock car racing driver who has competed in the ARCA Re/Max Series. He is the younger brother of longtime ARCA competitor Darrell Ba…
Dugan Basham, American stock racing driver
Laura Ann Kruteck was an American singer. Her signature song, the platinum-certified 1982 cover of Umberto Tozzi's single "Gloria", stayed on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 36 week…
Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter (died 2004)
Lu Colombo, best known as Lou Colombo, pseudonym of Maria Luisa Colombo, is an Italian singer-songwriter, producer and publisher, widely known for the song Maracaibo.
Lu Colombo, Italian singer
Andrew McIan Fraser was an English musician and songwriter, best known as the bassist and co-composer for the rock band Free, which he helped found in 1968 when he was 15. He is kn…
Andy Fraser, English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2015)
Carla Olson is an American, Los Angeles-based songwriter, performer and record producer.
Carla Olson, American singer-songwriter and music producer
Wasim Hasan Raja was a Pakistani schoolteacher, match referee, cricket coach and cricketer who played in 57 Test matches and 54 One Day Internationals for the Pakistan national cri…
Wasim Raja, Pakistani cricketer (died 2006)
Amit Kumar is an Indian playback singer, music composer and actor. Kumar launched his own music production company, named Kumar Brothers Music. He has predominantly worked in Bolly…
Amit Kumar, Indian film playback singer, actor, director, music director and musician
Álvaro Uribe Vélez is a Colombian politician who served as the 32nd President of Colombia from 7 August 2002 to 7 August 2010. He is a member and leader of the right-wing political…
Álvaro Uribe, Colombian lawyer and politician, 39th President of Colombia
Carol MacReady is an English actress. She has been working in the profession since 1961. She is known for the role of Mrs Dribelle in the series Bodger and Badger.
Carol MacReady, English actress
John Charles Waite is an English rock musician. As a solo artist, he has released ten studio albums and is best known for the 1984 hit single "Missing You", which reached No. 1 on …
John Waite, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Paul Rogat Loeb is an American writer whose work has focused on activism, civic engagement, and social change.
Paul Rogat Loeb, American author and activist
Dame Hilary Mary Mantel was a British writer whose work includes historical fiction, personal memoirs and short stories. Her first published novel, Every Day Is Mother's Day, was r…
Hilary Mantel, English author and critic (died 2022)
Larry Garner is a Louisiana blues musician best known for his 1994 album Too Blues.
Larry Garner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
John Harold Lambert is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for his entire 11-year career for Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (N…
Jack Lambert, American football player and sportscaster
John Frank Tesh Jr. is an American musician and radio and television presenter. He wrote the NBA on NBC basketball theme "Roundball Rock" and hosts the Intelligence for Your Life r…
John Tesh, American pianist, composer, and radio and television host
Joseph Kim Mitchell is a Canadian rock musician. He was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Max Webster before going on to a solo career. His 1984 single, "Go for Soda", was…
Kim Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Marianne Deborah Williamson is an American self-help author, speaker, and political activist. She began her professional career as a spiritual leader of the Church of Today, a Unit…
Marianne Williamson, American author and activist
Erik Peter van Heemst is a Dutch politician. From 1991 to 2006 he was a member of the House of Representatives for the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA). Since the municipal elections of 2…
Peter van Heemst, Dutch politician
Adi Shamir is an Israeli cryptographer and inventor. He is a co-inventor of the Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) algorithm, a co-inventor of the Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme,…
Adi Shamir, Israeli cryptographer and co-inventor of RSA cryptography
Anna Marie Quindlen is an American author, journalist, and opinion columnist.
Anna Quindlen, American columnist (1992 Pulitzer Prize)
William Charles Barber is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played as a left winger for 12 seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League (NH…
Bill Barber, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Stephen Lang is an American stage and screen actor. He gained fame for his role as Colonel Miles Quaritch in James Cameron's Avatar (2009), for which he won the Saturn Award for Be…
Stephen Lang, American actor and playwright
Vojislav "Voja" Antonić is a Serbian inventor, journalist, and writer. He is known for creating a build-it-yourself home computer Galaksija and originating a related "Build your ow…
Voja Antonić, Serbian computer scientist and journalist, designed the Galaksija computer
Philip Taylor Kramer was an American bass guitar player for the rock group Iron Butterfly and associated groups between 1974 and 1980. He later became a computer engineering execut…
Philip Taylor Kramer, American bass player (died 1995)