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Blair Montgomery Thornton is a Canadian guitarist and songwriter most widely known for his work with the rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO). He also played in the band Crosst…
Blair Thornton, Canadian guitarist and songwriter
Jadranka Stojaković was a Bosnian singer-songwriter popular in the former Yugoslavia, known for her unique voice. Her best known hits are "Sve smo mogli mi", "Što te nema", and "Bi…
Jadranka Stojaković, Yugoslav singer-songwriter (died 2016)
Mark Clarke is an English bassist and singer, best known for his work with Colosseum and Mountain, as well as brief stints with Uriah Heep and Rainbow.
Mark Clarke, English singer-songwriter and bass player
Alan Turner is a former Australian cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played for New South Wales from 1968 until retirement in 1978. He scored over 5,700 runs as a stocky …
Alan Turner, Australian cricketer
Manoel Rezende de Mattos Cabral, known as Nelinho, is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as right back. He played for several clubs in his home country and abroad…
Nelinho, Brazilian footballer and manager
Nicholas Benbow Evans was a British journalist, screenwriter, television and film producer and novelist. He was best known for his 1995 debut novel, The Horse Whisperer. It has sol…
Nicholas Evans, English journalist, screenwriter, and producer (died 2022)
Susan Melody George is an English film and television actress. She is best known for appearing in films such as Straw Dogs (1971) with Dustin Hoffman, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974…
Susan George, English actress and producer
Dame Anne Judith Rafferty FRS is an English jurist, who served as a Lady Justice of Appeal of England and Wales from 2011 to 2020. She was elected to an Honorary Fellowship of the …
Anne Rafferty, English lawyer and judge
Richard Frank Vogler was an American champion sprint car and midget car driver. He was nicknamed "Rapid Rich". He competed in the Indianapolis 500 five times, and his best finish w…
Rich Vogler, American race car driver (died 1990)
Simon Jones is an English actor. He is best known for originating the role of Arthur Dent, protagonist of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He also played the ro…
Simon Jones, English actor
Shahyar Ghanbari, also spelled incorrectly as Shahryar Ghanbari is an Iranian poet, writer, lyricist, songwriter, and singer of Persian pop music. He is also a film director and ra…
Shahyar Ghanbari, Iranian singer-songwriter
Sir Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton was the fourth governor-general of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 2015 to 2023.
Tapley Seaton, Kittitian politician, 4th Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (died 2023)
Jenny Holzer is an American neo-conceptual artist based in Hoosick, New York. Her work focuses on the delivery of words and ideas in public spaces and includes large-scale installa…
Jenny Holzer, American painter, author, and dancer
Richard Berry is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1972. He starred in The Violin Player, which was entered into the 1994…
Richard Berry, French actor, director, and screenwriter
Roy Allen Williams is an American retired college basketball coach who served as the men's head coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels for 18 seasons and the Kansas Jayhawks for 15…
Roy Williams, American basketball player and coach
Carl Valdemar Jussi Henry Adler-Olsen is a Danish crime fiction writer, a publisher, editor, and entrepreneur, best known for his Department Q series. He made his debut as a nonfic…
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Danish author and publisher
David Alan "Ted" Turner is an English guitarist and vocalist, best known for his work with the rock band Wishbone Ash, in which he was famed for his twin lead guitar instrumental a…
Ted Turner, British guitarist
Linda S. Howington is an American best-selling romance and suspense author who publishes under the pseudonym Linda Howard.
Linda Howard, American author
Harriet Ruth Harman, Baroness Harman is a British politician and solicitor who served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Chair of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2015 and Leade…
Harriet Harman, English lawyer and politician
Francesco Stallone Jr. is an American actor and musician. He is the younger brother of actor and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone and has written music for Sylvester's movies. His song…
Frank Stallone, American singer-songwriter and actor
John Landis is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for directing comedy films such as The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), The Blu…
John Landis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Jo Marie Payton is an American actress. She portrayed Harriette Baines Winslow on the ABC/CBS sitcom Family Matters (1989–1997), a role she originated on its forerunner series Perf…
Jo Marie Payton, American actress and singer
Ernesto Samper Pizano is a Colombian politician who served as the President of Colombia from 1994 to 1998. From 2014 to 2017 he served as the Secretary General of the Union of Sout…
Ernesto Samper, Colombian economist and politician, 29th President of Colombia
Caldwell "Pops" Jones Jr. was an American professional basketball player.
Caldwell Jones, American basketball player and coach (died 2014)