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Michael Groo Massee was an American actor. Active on screen for three decades, he frequently portrayed villainous characters. His film roles include Funboy in the dark fantasy The …
Michael Massee, American actor (died 2016)
James Scott Connors is an American former professional tennis player as well as an author, a tennis commentator, and a coach. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by t…
Jimmy Connors, American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
Mihhail Lotman is an Estonian literature researcher and politician, son of Juri Lotman and Zara Mints.
Mihhail Lotman, Estonian linguist, scholar, and politician
Shakti Kapoor is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Bollywood films. Known for his villainous and comic roles in Hindi films, he has featured in over 700 films. In the 198…
Shakti Kapoor, Indian actor
Stephen Easley was an American businessman and politician.
Stephen Easley, American businessman and politician (died 2013)
David Glen Eisley is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor.
David Glen Eisley, American rock singer-songwriter and actor
Sir Simon Hugh McGuigan Burns is a British politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford since being elected at the 1987 general election until the 2017 gener…
Simon Burns, English politician, Minister of State for Transport
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kazachyonok was a Soviet football player and Russian coach. He was the academy director with Zenit St. Petersburg until his death in 2017.
Vladimir Kazachyonok, Russian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2017)
Steven Paul "Buddy" Miller is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist and producer. Miller is married to and has recorded with singer-songwriter Julie Miller.
Buddy Miller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Ricardo Tormo Blaya was a Spanish professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1973 to 1984, most prominently as a two-time 50cc world champ…
Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motorcycle racer (died 1998)
Will Lee is an American jazz fusion bassist known for his work on the Late Show with David Letterman as part of the CBS Orchestra and Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Ba…
Will Lee, American bass player
Geoffrey Miller, is an English former cricketer, who played in 34 Test matches and 25 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team between 1976 and 1984. Nicknamed "Dusty", …
Geoff Miller, English cricketer
Graham Neil Kenneth Mourie is a New Zealand former rugby union player and coach.
Graham Mourie, New Zealand rugby player
Angela Margaret Cartwright is an English actress. As a young performer, she played Linda Williams, the stepdaughter of Danny Williams in the long-running TV series The Danny Thomas…
Angela Cartwright, English-American actress, author, and singer
Per Jørgensen is a Norwegian multi-instrumentalist with trumpet as his main instrument, also known for his vocal contributions, in collaboration with Dag Arnesen, Knut Kristiansen,…
Per Jørgensen, Norwegian singer and trumpet player
David Allan Stewart is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for Eurythmics, his successful professional partnership with Annie Lennox. He won Best Britis…
Dave Stewart, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Medea Benjamin is an American political activist who, along with Jodie Evans and others, co-founded Code Pink. She also co-founded, along with her then husband Kevin Danaher, the f…
Medea Benjamin, American activist, founder of Code Pink
Victor Toews is a Canadian politician and jurist. Toews is a justice of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba. He represented Provencher in the House of Commons of Canada from 2000…
Vic Toews, Paraguayan-Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th Canadian Minister of Justice
Catherine Bott is a British singer and broadcaster.
Catherine Bott, English soprano
Gerald Linford Beckley is an American singer, songwriter and musician, and a founding member of the band America.
Gerry Beckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Neil Ellwood Peart was a Canadian musician, songwriter and author, who was the drummer, percussionist, and primary lyricist of the progressive rock band Rush. He was nicknamed "the…
Neil Peart, Canadian drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 2020)
Réjean Giroux is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Quebec Nordiques of the World Hockey Association. He is the father of NHL and KHL player …
Réjean Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player
Randolph Edward Jones is an American disco and pop singer and best known as the cowboy from Village People from 1977 to 1980, and again from 1987 until 1990.
Randy Jones, American pop and disco singer
Don Edward Fagenson, known professionally as Don Was, is an American musician, bassist, record producer, music director, film composer, documentary filmmaker and radio host. Since …
Don Was, American bass player and producer