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Patricia Ann Davis is an American actress and author. She is the daughter of U.S. president Ronald Reagan and his second wife, Nancy Reagan.
Patti Davis, American actress and author
Allen Hoey was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic who received numerous honors during his lifetime, including a Pulitzer Prize nomination for his 2008 collection of po…
Allen Hoey, American poet and author (died 2010)
Brent Mydland was an American keyboardist, songwriter and singer. He was a member of the rock band the Grateful Dead from 1979 until his death in 1990, a longer tenure than any oth…
Brent Mydland, German-American keyboard player (died 1990)
Julie Ethel Dash is an American filmmaker, music video and commercial director, author, and website producer. Dash received her MFA in 1985 at the UCLA Film School and is one of th…
Julie Dash, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum is an American actor and musician. He has starred in some of the highest-grossing films of all time, such as Jurassic Park (1993) and Independence Day (1996),…
Jeff Goldblum, American actor and producer
Pierre Moerlen was a French drummer and percussionist, best known for his work with Gong and Mike Oldfield and as Pierre Moerlen's Gong.
Pierre Moerlen, French drummer (died 2005)
Ken Tipton is an American entrepreneur and Internet hoaxster who has worked as a film actor since 1978. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), and he has also worked as d…
Ken Tipton, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Keith Leslie Bain is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Victoria-The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006 to 2013 as a member of the Pr…
Keith Bain, Canadian educator and politician
Francesco Camaldo is an Italian priest of the Catholic Church.
Francesco Camaldo, Italian priest
Ángel Rafael Torres Ruiz was a Dominican Major League Baseball pitcher who played in 1977 with the Cincinnati Reds. He batted and threw left-handed. Torres had a 0–0 record, with a…
Ángel Torres, Dominican baseball player
Samir Farid Geagea is a Lebanese politician and former militia commander who has been the leader of the Lebanese Forces political party and former militia since 1986.
Samir Geagea, Lebanese commander and politician
Dame Wendy Hall is a British computer scientist. She is Regius Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton.
Wendy Hall, English computer scientist, mathematician, and academic
Giannis Kyrastas was a Greek footballer and a later manager.
Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (died 2004)
Tove Nilsen is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer and literary critic.
Tove Nilsen, Norwegian author
Robert Bandiera is an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter from New Jersey. Bandiera played rhythm guitar for Bon Jovi in live performances from 2005 until 2015 and for …
Bobby Bandiera, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Sir Andrew Motion is an English poet, novelist, and biographer, who was Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009. During the period of his laureateship, Motion founded the Poetry Archive, a…
Andrew Motion, English poet and author
David Jay Weiss, known as David Was, is an American musician, music producer and journalist. With his life-long friend and stage-brother Don Was, he was the founder of the 1980s po…
David Was, American singer-songwriter and producer
Atsuyoshi Furuta is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Atsuyoshi Furuta, Japanese footballer
Pekka Erkki Juhani Tammilehto, better known by his stage name Topi Sorsakoski, was a Finnish singer. His father was Finnish tango singer Yrjö Johannes "Tapio" Tammilehto.
Topi Sorsakoski, Finnish singer-songwriter (died 2011)
Anne Hampton Potts is an American actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Corvette Summer (1978) and won a Genie Award for Heartaches (1981), before appearing in Gh…
Annie Potts, American actress
Edward Henry Garnier, Baron Garnier, is a British barrister and former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. A former lawyer for The Guardian newspaper, Lord Garnier…
Edward Garnier, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales
Roberto Remigio Benigni is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film director. He gained international recognition for writing, directing, and starring in the Holocaust co…
Roberto Benigni, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter
Francis Yoshihiro Fukuyama is an American political scientist, political economist, and international relations scholar. He is best known for his book The End of History and the La…
Francis Fukuyama, American political scientist, economist, and author
Marcia Louise Fudge is an American attorney and retired politician who served as the 18th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2021 to 2024. A member of th…
Marcia Fudge, American lawyer and politician