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Derek William Dick, better known by his stage name Fish, is a retired Scottish singer, songwriter and occasional actor. He was the lead singer and lyricist of the neo-prog band Mar…
Fish, Scottish singer-songwriter
Kevin Thomas Moore was an English professional footballer.
Kevin Moore, English footballer (died 2013)
Michelle Marie Pfeiffer is an American actress and producer. One of Hollywood's most bankable stars during the 1980s and 1990s, her performances have earned her various accolades, …
Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
Eve Aline Plumb is an American actress, singer and painter. She is best known for portraying the middle daughter Jan Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch.
Eve Plumb, American actress
Charles Berling is a French actor, director and screenwriter.
Charles Berling, French actor, director, and screenwriter
Yasushi Akimoto is a Japanese record producer, lyricist, and television writer, best known for creating and producing some of Japan's top idol groups, Onyanko Club and the AKB48 f…
Yasushi Akimoto, Japanese songwriter and producer
David Anthony O'Leary is a football manager and former player. The majority of his 20-year playing career was spent as a central defender at Arsenal, where his tally of 722 appeara…
David O'Leary, English-Irish footballer and manager
Boleslav William Felix Robert Sienkiewicz is an American artist known for his work in comic books—particularly for Marvel Comics' The New Mutants, Moon Knight, and Elektra: Assassi…
Bill Sienkiewicz, American author and illustrator
Sandra Birgitte Toksvig is a Danish-British broadcaster, comedian, presenter and writer on British radio, stage and television. She is also a political activist, having co-founded …
Sandi Toksvig, Danish-English comedian, writer, and broadcaster
Keith Allen Haring was an American artist and activist. His bold, graphic imagery has "become a widely recognized visual language." Emerging from New York City's downtown art and g…
Keith Haring, American painter (died 1990)
Dame Caroline Alice Spelman is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Meriden in the West Midlands from 1997 to 2019. From May 2010…
Caroline Spelman, English politician, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Berto "Robert" DiPierdomenico is a retired Australian rules footballer who represented Hawthorn in the Australian Football League (AFL) from the 1970s to the 1990s. Popularly known…
Robert DiPierdomenico, Australian footballer and sportscaster
Anne Marie Rafferty, Baroness Rafferty is a British nurse, academic and researcher. She is the professor of nursing policy and the former dean of the Florence Nightingale Faculty o…
Anne Marie Rafferty, English nurse and academic
William "Bill" Ridenour is an American politician serving as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 100th district.
William Ridenour, American politician
Roderick Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of …
Roddy Doyle, Irish novelist, playwright, and screenwriter
Brooks Phillip Victor Newmark is a former British Conservative politician, who served as a Member of Parliament and minister. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Braintr…
Brooks Newmark, American-English businessman and politician, Lord of the Treasury
Sayuri Kume, also known as Saki Kubota, is a Japanese singer-songwriter whose song Ihojin (1979) sold more than 1.4 million copies and reached number 1 in the Japanese singles char…
Sayuri Kume, Japanese singer-songwriter
Richard John Santorum is an American politician, attorney, author, and former CNN political commentator, who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1995 to 2007.…
Rick Santorum, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Pennsylvania
Christine Brennan is an American sports columnist for USA Today, a commentator on ABC News, CNN, PBS NewsHour and NPR, and an author. She was the first female sports reporter for t…
Christine Brennan, American journalist and author
Rudy Amado Pérez is a Cuban-born American musician, songwriter, composer, producer, arranger, sound engineer, musical director and singer, as well as entertainment entrepreneur, an…
Rudy Pérez, Cuban-born American composer and music producer
Jason Graae is an American musical theater actor, best known for his musical theater performances but with a varied career spanning Broadway, opera, television and film. He has won…
Jason Graae, American musical theater actor
Ruth Allyn Marcus is an American political commentator and journalist. She worked for The Washington Post from 1984 to 2025, where she wrote an op-ed column and served as the Deput…
Ruth Marcus, American journalist
Ronald Kyle Simmons is an American former professional wrestler and football player. He is best known for his tenures in WWE and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) where he was the…
Ron Simmons, American football player and wrestler
Paul Andrews, better known by his stage name Paul Di'Anno, was an English heavy metal singer. He was the lead vocalist for Iron Maiden from 1978 to 1981. In his post-Maiden career,…
Paul Di'Anno, English rock singer-songwriter (died 2024)