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Theresa Magdalena "Tisa" Farrow was an American actress and model.
Tisa Farrow, American actress and model (died 2024)
Donald Earl "Slick" Watts was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Playing with the Seattle SuperSonics in 1976, he became the f…
Slick Watts, American basketball player (died 2025)
Lynda Jean Carter is an American actress, singer, and beauty pageant contestant, best known for her portrayal of Wonder Woman in the television series Wonder Woman (1975–1979). Bef…
Lynda Carter, American actress
Christopher Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Labour P…
Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, English politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
John Bruce Thompson is an American activist and disbarred attorney. As an attorney, Thompson focused his legal efforts against what he perceives as obscenity in modern culture. He …
Jack Thompson, American lawyer and activist
Verdine Adams White is an American musician, best known as a founding member and bassist for the band Earth, Wind & Fire. White was placed at No. 19 on Rolling Stone's list of "The…
Verdine White, American bass player and producer
Richard Lionel Martin was a Canadian professional ice hockey winger who played in the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres and Los Angeles Kings for 11 seasons between 1971 and 1982. He fea…
Rick Martin, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2011)
Roseanna Cunningham is a retired Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform from 2016 to 2021. She was…
Roseanna Cunningham, Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs
Robert Edward Diamond Jr. is an American banker and former chief executive officer of Barclays plc. In 2010, he became its president and deputy group chief executive; and in Januar…
Bob Diamond, American-English banker and businessman
Rolf Thung is a retired Dutch tennis player. With Louk Sanders, he won the doubles title of the 1978 British Hard Court Championships.
Rolf Thung, Dutch tennis player
Gregg Giuffria is an American rock musician and businessman. He was the keyboardist for album-oriented rock bands Angel, House of Lords, and Giuffria.
Gregg Giuffria, American rock musician and businessman
Raymond Kennedy was an English footballer who won every domestic honour in the game with Arsenal and Liverpool in the 1970s and early 1980s. Kennedy played as a forward for Arsenal…
Ray Kennedy, English footballer (died 2021)
Susan Jane Blackmore is a British writer, lecturer, sceptic, broadcaster, and a visiting professor at the University of Plymouth. Her fields of research include memetics, parapsych…
Susan Blackmore, English psychologist and theorist
Daniel Driessen is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1973 to 1987, most notably as a member of the Cincinn…
Dan Driessen, American baseball player and coach
Santiago Calatrava Valls is a Spanish-Swiss architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter, particularly known for his bridges supported by single leaning pylons, and his rai…
Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect and engineer, designed the Athens Olympic Sports Complex
Paul Douglas Collins is an American basketball executive, former player, coach and television analyst in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA from 1973 t…
Doug Collins, American basketball player and coach
Dean Pitchford is an American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and novelist. His work has earned him an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for three a…
Dean Pitchford, American actor, director, screenwriter, and composer
Alan John Kourie is a former South African first class cricketer, who played for Transvaal, from 1970–71 to 1988–89. Educated at Jeppe Boys High, he played for Transvaal in the N…
Alan Kourie, South African cricketer
Gerald David Judah FRSS is a British artist and designer who has created settings for theatre, film, television, museums and public spaces.
Gerry Judah, Indian-English painter and sculptor
Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley is an Australian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and wa…
Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Australian tennis player
Timothy Gregg Bachman was a Canadian guitarist and vocalist best known for his work with rock bands Brave Belt and Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO). Bachman was one of the four found…
Tim Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
Thomas Richard Bolin was an American rock and jazz-rock fusion guitarist and songwriter who played with Zephyr, the James Gang and Deep Purple, in addition to maintaining a career …
Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)
Peter Mackanin, Jr., is an American former professional baseball utility player, coach, scout, and manager, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Montrea…
Pete Mackanin, American baseball player, coach, and manager
Stephen Simpson Hillage is an English musician, best known as a guitarist. He is associated with the Canterbury scene and has worked in experimental domains since the late 1960s. B…
Steve Hillage, English singer-songwriter and guitarist