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Michael Curtis Skinner is an American former stock car racing driver. He has competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, an…
Mike Skinner, American race car driver
James Gerard Spanarkel is an American television analyst for College Basketball on CBS and Fox College Hoops. He is a former professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76e…
Jim Spanarkel, American basketball player and sportscaster
Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow is a Turkmen politician and former dentist who is currently the chairman of the People's Council of Turkmenistan. He previously served as t…
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen dentist and politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan
María Concepción Alonso Bustillo, known professionally as María Conchita Alonso, is a Cuban-born Venezuelan-American actress and singer whose career spans film, television, music, …
María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress
Robert Derwent Garth Forster is an Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and music critic. In December 1977 he co-founded an indie rock group, the Go-Betweens, with fellow musici…
Robert Forster, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Michael Anthony Nutter is an American politician who served as the 98th Mayor of Philadelphia from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Democratic Party, he is also a former member of the…
Michael Nutter, American politician, 98th Mayor of Philadelphia
Terence Richard Wyatt is a Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester, UK.
Terry Wyatt, English physicist and academic
Sterling Burton Marlin is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, w…
Sterling Marlin, American race car driver
Harry Ralston "Bud" Black is an American professional baseball manager and pitcher who most recently served as manager for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He p…
Bud Black, American baseball player and manager
Lisa Suzanne Blount was an American actress and film producer. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year for her performance in An Officer and a Gentlem…
Lisa Blount, American actress and producer (died 2010)
Hannu Juhani Kamppuri is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. Kamppuri, who was born in Helsinki, was an accomplished SM-liiga goaltender, who played from 1975 to 1990, and…
Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey player
Sean Michael O'Driscoll is a former professional footballer and manager. He has previously managed AFC Bournemouth, Doncaster Rovers, Crawley Town, Nottingham Forest, Bristol City …
Sean O'Driscoll, English footballer and manager
Bret Sergeant Hart is a Canadian-American retired professional wrestler. A member of the Hart wrestling family and a second-generation wrestler, he has an amateur wrestling backgro…
Bret Hart, Canadian wrestler
Jüri Raidla is an Estonian lawyer, founder and senior partner of law firm Ellex Raidla. He served as the first Estonian Minister of Justice from 1990 to 1992.
Jüri Raidla, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
Purvis Short is an American former professional basketball player who played with the Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets and New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Associat…
Purvis Short, American basketball player
Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, known by the stage name Poly Styrene, was an English musician, singer-songwriter, and frontwoman for the punk rock band X-Ray Spex. She is considered a …
Poly Styrene, British musician (died 2011)
Rein Lang is an Estonian politician, a member of the Estonian Reform Party since 1995, and a diplomat. He was the Minister of Culture in Andrus Ansip's third cabinet until his resi…
Rein Lang, Estonian politician and diplomat, 25th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Douglas Frederick Wilson is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman, who later served as general manager of the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League, and is c…
Doug Wilson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
Phil Mallow is an American politician serving as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates.
Phil Mallow, American politician
Berry Sakharof is an Israeli rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer. He is often referred to as the prince of Israeli rock.
Berry Sakharof, Turkish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
Carlos Cavazo is an American musician best known as the guitarist for heavy metal band Quiet Riot during their commercial peak. He has also played with Snow, 3 Legged Dogg, Hollywo…
Carlos Cavazo, Mexican-American guitarist and songwriter
Carlo Thränhardt is a retired German high jumper. He excelled at indoor competitions, setting the world indoor record on three occasions between 1984 and 1988. His best mark of 2.4…
Carlo Thränhardt, German high jumper
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris are two American directors and producers for films and music videos. They started their career directing videos for such artists as Red Hot Chili …
Jonathan Dayton, American director and producer
Aleksandr Gurnov, full name Aleksandr Borisovich Gurnov, is a Russian TV persona.
Aleksandr Gurnov, Russian journalist and author