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Peter Mark Almond is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell. He is known for his distinctive soulful voice and androgynou…
Marc Almond, English singer-songwriter
Richard Timothy Kring is an American screenwriter and television producer, best known for his creation of the drama series Strange World, Crossing Jordan, Heroes, and Touch.
Tim Kring, American screenwriter and producer
Kelly Ann McGillis is an American actress. She is known for her film roles such as Rachel Lapp in Witness (1985), for which she received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations; Charlot…
Kelly McGillis, American actress
Paul James Martin, known by the stage name Paul Merton, is an English comedian who is best known as one of the two regular panellists on the television show Have I Got News for You…
Paul Merton, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
Dermot Fergus "Derry" Grehan is a Canadian guitarist best known as a member of the rock band Honeymoon Suite. The band was co-founded by Johnnie Dee, keyboardist and vocalist Brad …
Derry Grehan, Canadian rock guitarist and songwriter
Johann MacDougall Lamont is a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2011 to 2014. She was previously a junior Scottish Exec…
Johann Lamont, Scottish educator and politician
Peter John Joseph Murphy is an English singer and songwriter. He is the vocalist for the post-punk band Bauhaus, which he co-founded with Daniel Ash in 1978. After Bauhaus disbande…
Peter Murphy, English singer-songwriter
Patsy O'Hara was an Irish republican hunger striker and member of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA). O'Hara was one of 10 Irish republicans who died in the 1981 hunger stri…
Patsy O'Hara, Irish Republican hunger striker (died 1981)
Michael Rose is a Jamaican reggae singer. He is most widely known for a successful tenure as the lead singer for Black Uhuru from 1977 to 1984, followed by a lengthy solo career. H…
Michael Rose, Jamaican singer-songwriter
Catherine Martina Ann Connolly is an Irish politician serving as the president of Ireland since 11 November 2025. She had been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency …
Catherine Connolly, Irish politician, 10th President of Ireland
Rick Douglas Husband was an American astronaut and fighter pilot. He traveled into space twice: as pilot of STS-96 and commander of STS-107. Husband and the rest of the crew of STS…
Rick Husband, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)
David John Semenko was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, scout, and colour commentator. During his National Hockey League (NHL) career, Semenko played for the Edmon…
Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2017)
Thierry Marc Alain Boutsen is a Belgian former racing driver, businessman and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1983 to 1993. Boutsen won three Formula One Gra…
Thierry Boutsen, Belgian race car driver and businessman
Cameron Bruce Crowe is an American filmmaker and journalist. He has received many accolades, including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Grammy Award, and a Tony Award nomination. Cro…
Cameron Crowe, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Cecile Richards was an American activist who served as the president of both the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its affiliated Planned Parenthood Action Fund from 200…
Cecile Richards, American activist and former Planned Parenthood president (died 2025)
Lyman Corbitt McAnally Jr., known professionally as Mac McAnally, is an American singer-songwriter, session musician, and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio…
Mac McAnally, American singer-songwriter
Faye Grant is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Julie Parrish in NBC's science fiction series V between 1983 and 1985.
Faye Grant, American actress
Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist specializing in Eurasian freshwater fishes.
Maurice Kottelat, Swiss ichthyologist specializing in Eurasian freshwater fishes
Bruce Hull Crump, Jr. was an American drummer. He is best known as a member of the rock band Molly Hatchet from 1976 to 1982 and from 1984 to 1991. He also played as a member of th…
Bruce Crump, American drummer and songwriter (died 2015)
Sir Nicholas Alexander Faldo is an English retired professional golfer and television commentator. Faldo was renowned for his dedication to the game, and was ranked number one on t…
Nick Faldo, English golfer and sportscaster
Julian Keith Levene was an English musician who was a founding member of both the Clash and Public Image Ltd (PiL). While Levene was in PiL, their debut studio album Public Image: …
Keith Levene, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2022)
Wendy Laurel Freedman is a Canadian-American astronomer, best known for her measurement of the Hubble constant, and as director of the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, Californi…
Wendy Freedman, Canadian-American cosmologist and astronomer
Kjell Stefan Löfven is a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 2014 to 2021 and as Leader of the Social Democratic Party from 2012 to 2021. He is currently…
Stefan Löfven, Swedish trade union leader and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Sweden
Jonathan Michael Lovitz is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990, f…
Jon Lovitz, American comedian, actor, and producer