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Jean Elizabeth Smart is an American actress. Her work includes both comedy and drama, and her accolades include seven Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and th…
Jean Smart, American actress
Volodymyr Melnykov is a Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter, author of lyrics and music for songs, inventor, mathematician, composer and public figure, Merited Figure of Arts of Ukr…
Volodymyr Melnykov, Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter and composer
Joseph McDonnell was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died during the 1981 Irish hunger strike.
Joe McDonnell, Provisional Irish Republican Army, died on hunger strike (died 1981)
Johannes Jacobus Neeskens was a Dutch football manager and player. A midfielder, he was an important member of the Netherlands national team that finished as runners-up in the 1974…
Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2024)
Fred Seibert is an American television executive. Seibert began his professional career as a jazz and blues record producer and audio engineer in the 1970s. He co-founded the recor…
Fred Seibert, American television producer, co-founder of MTV
Vince Bell is a Texas singer-songwriter who has appeared on the PBS television program Austin City Limits along with NPR broadcasts such as Mountain Stage, World Cafe and Morning E…
Vince Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Andrew Robertson Irvine is a former president of the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU), and a former Scottish international rugby player. He earned fifty one Scotland caps, captaining the…
Andy Irvine, Scottish rugby player and coach
Cornelius Sim DD was a Bruneian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Vicar Apostolic of Brunei from 2004 until his death. He had previously served as the apostolic prefect …
Cornelius Sim, Bruneian cardinal (died 2021)
Russell Leslie Brown is a Scottish Labour Party politician. He is a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Dumfriesshire (1997–2005) and Dumfries and Galloway (2005–2015). He lost hi…
Russell Brown, Scottish politician
Cassandra Gay Peterson is an American actress best known for her portrayal of the horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Peterson gained fame on Los Angeles televis…
Cassandra Peterson, American actress, television host, and producer
Kermit Alan Washington is an American former professional basketball player. Washington is best remembered for punching opposing player Rudy Tomjanovich during an on-court fight in…
Kermit Washington, American basketball player
Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. is an American retired neurosurgeon, academic, author, and government official serving as the National Nutrition Advisor at the Department of Agricultur…
Ben Carson, American neurosurgeon, author, and politician
Douglas Glenn Colvin, better known by his stage name Dee Dee Ramone, was an American musician. He was the bassist, occasional lead vocalist and a founding member of the punk rock b…
Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2002)
Marc Surer is a Swiss former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1979 to 1986.
Marc Surer, Swiss racing driver and sportscaster
Daniel Roland Lanois is a Canadian record producer and musician.
Daniel Lanois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Guy Damien Lafleur, nicknamed "the Flower" and "Le Démon Blond", was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was the first player in National Hockey League (NHL) history to s…
Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2022)
Deborah Ann "Debbi" Morgan is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Angie Baxter-Hubbard on the ABC soap opera All My Children, for which …
Debbi Morgan, American actress
Jonathan Anthony Wisniski is an American retired professional wrestler, better known as Greg "the Hammer" Valentine. He is the son of wrestler Johnny Valentine.
Greg Valentine, American wrestler
Bruce Arena is an American soccer coach who currently serves as the head coach and sporting director of the San Jose Earthquakes.
Bruce Arena, American soccer player and manager
Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov was a Soviet and Chechen politician and military commander who also served as the third president of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.
Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen general and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (died 2005)
Javier Marías Franco was a Spanish author, translator, and columnist. Marías published fifteen novels, including A Heart So White, Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me and the Your F…
Javier Marías, Spanish journalist, author, and academic (died 2022)
David Coverdale is a retired English singer and songwriter best known as the founder and lead singer of the hard rock band Whitesnake.
David Coverdale, English singer-songwriter
Edward Michael Gossett, better known as Mike Graham, was an American professional wrestler who was the son of Eddie Graham.
Mike Graham, American wrestler and promoter (died 2012)
Douglas Duane Somerson was an American professional wrestler known by his ring name "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers. He worked in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the mid-1980s…
Doug Somers, American wrestler (died 2017)