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David Gus "Buddy" Bell is an American former third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) currently serving as vice president and senior advisor to the general manager …
Buddy Bell, American baseball player and manager
William Mack Brown is an American former college football coach. Brown most recently coached at the University of North Carolina, where he had two stints, first from 1988 until 19…
Mack Brown, American football player and coach
Randall C. Garrison is a Canadian politician. Elected to the House of Commons in the 2011 federal election, he represented the electoral district of Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke until 2…
Randall Garrison, American-Canadian criminologist and politician
Colin McAdam was a Scottish professional football player, best known for his time with Rangers. He played as both a centre back and a striker during his career.
Colin McAdam, Scottish footballer (died 2013)
Edward Witten is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions to string theory, topological quantum field theory, and various areas of mathematics. He is a profess…
Edward Witten, American physicist and academic
Melvin Wayne Osmond was an American musician. He was the second-oldest of the original Osmond Brothers singers and the fourth oldest of the nine Osmond siblings.
Wayne Osmond, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2025)
Keiichi Suzuki is a Japanese musician, singer, and record producer who co-founded the Moonriders, a group that became one of Japan's most innovative rock bands. He is known to aud…
Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter
Geoffrey Charles Whitehorn is a guitarist and singer-songwriter, who has played as a member of If, Crawler and Procol Harum.
Geoff Whitehorn, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Timothy James Bottoms is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for playing the lead in Johnny Got His Gun (1971); Sonny Crawford in The Last Picture Show (1971), wh…
Timothy Bottoms, American actor
Gediminas Kirkilas was a Lithuanian politician who was Prime Minister of Lithuania from 2006 to 2008.
Gediminas Kirkilas, Lithuanian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Lithuania (died 2024)
Jaime Ramon Misa Paredes, better known simply as Jim Paredes, is a Filipino singer, songwriter, television host, writer, actor and activist. He is known as one of the members of po…
Jim Paredes, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
Grant Bernard Batty was a New Zealand rugby union footballer. A diminutive but effective wing for the All Blacks, Batty played domestically for Wellington and Bay of Plenty. A crow…
Grant Batty, New Zealand rugby player
James Warren DeMint is an American businessman, author, and retired politician who served as a United States senator from South Carolina and as president of The Heritage Foundation…
Jim DeMint, American politician
Thomas Mark Harmon is an American actor, writer, producer, television director and former football player. He is best known for playing the lead role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs on NCIS.
Mark Harmon, American actor and producer
Michael Kaminski is an English musician. He played violin in the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) between 1973 and 1980 and toured with the band from 1981 to 1986. He was a…
Mik Kaminski, English musician, rock violinist
Denys Laurence Hobson was a South African first-class cricketer. Hobson played as a right-handed batsman and legbreak bowler for Eastern Province and Western Province. His career l…
Denys Hobson, South African cricketer
D. Rolland "Buck" Jennings is an American politician serving as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates.
D. Rolland Jennings, American politician
Martin Dale Chambers is an English musician, best known as a founding member and drummer of the rock band the Pretenders. In addition to playing the drums with the group, Chambers …
Martin Chambers, English drummer and singer
Judith Lee Ivey is an American actress and theatre director. She has twice won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Steaming (1981) and Hurlyburly (1984). She als…
Judith Ivey, American actress
Marita Elisabet Ulvskog is a Swedish politician who served as Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2019. She is a member of the Social Democrats, part of the Progressi…
Marita Ulvskog, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
Paul Breitner is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and left-back. Considered one of the best full-backs and midfielders of all time, and one of the…
Paul Breitner, German footballer
Michael John Douglas, known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominat…
Michael Keaton, American actor and producer
James Oldaker was an American rock music, blues rock and country music drummer and percussionist.
Jamie Oldaker, American drummer and percussionist (died 2020)
Melih Kibar was a Turkish composer.
Melih Kibar, Turkish composer (died 2005)