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Pierre Berbizier is a French former rugby union footballer and a current coach. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played 56 times for France.
Pierre Berbizier, French rugby player and coach
Eric Reed Boucher, known professionally as Jello Biafra, is an American singer, spoken word artist and political activist. He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the San F…
Jello Biafra, American singer-songwriter and producer
Robert Thomas Farrelly is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is one of the Farrelly brothers, alongside his brother Peter, who together are known for directin…
Bobby Farrelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Sam Hamad is a Canadian politician. He is the former member of National Assembly (MNA) for the riding of Louis-Hebert in the Quebec City region. A member of the Quebec Liberal Part…
Sam Hamad, Syrian-Canadian academic and politician
Jon Leibowitz is an American attorney who served as the 53rd chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a commiss…
Jon Leibowitz, American lawyer and politician
Daniel McVicar is an American actor, director and writer known for his work in European films and American television.
Daniel McVicar, American actor
Gary Martin is a British actor. He is best known for voicing Sugar Puffs' mascot Honey Monster, Gnasher in the animated Dennis the Menace and Gnasher projects and Beast Man in the …
Gary Martin, British voice actor and actor
Sergei Mikhailovich Makarov is a Russian former professional ice hockey right wing. In the Soviet Union, Makarov played 11 championship seasons with CSKA Moscow, winning the Soviet…
Sergei Makarov, Russian-American ice hockey player and coach
Bernadette Jean "Kelly" Johnson was an English guitarist and singer, widely known in the UK in the early 1980s as the lead guitarist of the all-female rock band Girlschool.
Kelly Johnson, English hard rock guitarist and songwriter (died 2007)
Víctor Montoya is a Bolivian writer, cultural journalist, and pedagogue. Imprisoned by the dictatorship in his native Bolivia, he became an exile following a campaign by Amnesty In…
Víctor Montoya, Bolivian journalist and author
Peter Altmaier is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Acting Minister of Finance from 2017 to 2018 and as Federal Minister for Economic Affair…
Peter Altmaier, German jurist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany
Gennady Ivanovich Padalka is a Russian Air Force officer and Roscosmos cosmonaut. Padalka is the only person to have served as commander of the International Space Station (ISS) fo…
Gennady Padalka, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
Rocío Banquells is a Mexican pop singer, politician, and actress, best known for her work on television, the stage and cinema of Mexico and Latin America. Her mezzo voice is one of…
Rocío Banquells, Mexican pop singer and actress
Jennifer Finney Boylan is an American author, transgender activist, professor at Barnard College, and a former contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. In December 2023,…
Jennifer Finney Boylan, American author
Bruce Lorne Campbell is an American actor and filmmaker. He starred as Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead horror series. He has also featured in many low-budget cult movies, suc…
Bruce Campbell, American actor, director, producer and writer
Sir John Henry Hayes is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for South Holland and The Deepings since 1997. He has held five ministerial p…
John Hayes, English politician, Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change
John James "Jean" Charest is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 29th premier of Quebec from 2003 to 2012. Prior to that, he was a member of Parliament (MP) b…
Jean Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
Silvio Mondinelli is an Italian climber. In 2007, he became the 13th person to climb the 14 eight-thousanders. He is the 6th person to achieve that feat without using supplemental …
Silvio Mondinelli, Italian mountaineer
Reed B. Oliver is the current governor of Pohnpei State, Micronesia since 13 January 2020.
Reed Oliver, governor of Pohnpei State, Micronesia
William James Basinski is an American avant-garde composer based in Los Angeles, California. He is also a clarinetist, saxophonist, sound artist, and video artist.
William Basinski, American musician and composer
Lisa Ruth Germano is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Indiana.
Lisa Germano, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jeffrey Lee Pierce was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and author. He was one of the founding members of the post-punk band the Gun Club, and released material as a solo…
Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1996)
Donna Fern Edwards is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 4th congressional district from 2008 to 2017. The district included most of Prince…
Donna Edwards, American lawyer and politician
John Tortorella is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player who most recently served as the head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League …
John Tortorella, American ice hockey player and coach