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Craig MacTavish is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player, formerly an assistant coach with the St. Louis Blues. He played center for 17 seasons in the Nati…
Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Simple Kapadia was a Hindi film actress and costume designer, who was active in her professional career from 1987 until her death in 2009. She won the National Film Award for Best …
Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (died 2009)
Viktor Anatolyevich Shenderovich is a Russian satirist, writer, scriptwriter and radio host.
Victor Shenderovich, Russian journalist and radio host
Rondell Jerome Sheridan is an American actor, comedian and television director, best known for his role of Victor Baxter in the Disney Channel sitcom That's So Raven, as well as it…
Rondell Sheridan, American actor and comedian
Madonna Louise Ciccone is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Dubbed the "Queen of Pop", she is known for her continual reinvention and versatility in mus…
Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director
Angela Evelyn Bassett is an American actress. Known for her work in film and television since the 1980s, she has received various accolades, including an Emmy Award and two Golden …
Angela Bassett, American actress
Anne Geneviève L'Huillier is a French physicist. She is a professor of atomic physics at Lund University in Sweden.
Anne L'Huillier, French physicist
José Luis Clerc, also known by the nickname Batata, is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world …
José Luis Clerc, Argentinian tennis player and coach
Belinda Jo Carlisle is an American singer and songwriter. She gained fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, and she went on to have a prolific career as a solo artist.
Belinda Carlisle, American singer-songwriter
Frederick Anderson Goodwin FRSE FCIBS is a Scottish chartered accountant and former banker who was chief executive officer (CEO) of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) between 2…
Fred Goodwin, Scottish banker and accountant
Maurizio Sandro Sala is a Brazilian former racing driver. He drove in multiple classes of racing in a career lasting from 1978 to 2004.
Maurizio Sandro Sala, Brazilian race car driver
Didier Auriol is a French former rally driver. Born in Montpellier and initially an ambulance driver, he competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s. He became Wo…
Didier Auriol, French race car driver
Madeleine Stowe is an American actress. She appeared mostly on television before her role in the 1987 crime-comedy film Stakeout. She went on to star in the films Revenge (1990), U…
Madeleine Stowe, American actress
Gary Joseph Gaetti is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins (1981–1990), California Angels (1991–…
Gary Gaetti, American baseball player, coach, and manager
Michael Anthony Muñoz Sr. is an American former professional football player who played his entire career of 13 seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League …
Anthony Muñoz, American football player and sportscaster
Brendan John Nelson is an Australian business leader, physician and former politician. He served as the federal Leader of the Opposition from 2007 to 2008, going on to serve as Aus…
Brendan Nelson, Australian physician and politician, 47th Minister for Defence for Australia
Richard Dale Snyder is an American business executive, venture capitalist, attorney, accountant, and politician who served as the 48th governor of Michigan from 2011 to 2019. Snyde…
Rick Snyder, American politician and businessman, 48th Governor of Michigan
Darryl John Sutter is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player. He most recently served as head coach of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is one of s…
Darryl Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Nigel Alexander Dodds, Baron Dodds of Duncairn,, is a Northern Irish unionist politician serving as Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in the House of Lords since 2021. …
Nigel Dodds, Northern Irish lawyer and politician
Patricia Rozema is a Canadian film director, writer and producer. She was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in the 1980s from Toronto, Canada, known as the…
Patricia Rozema, Canadian director and screenwriter
David Owen Russell is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He has earned numerous accolades including two British Academy Film Awards, and a Golden Globe Award as …
David O. Russell, American director and screenwriter
John Stehr is a former American television journalist. He is currently Mayor of Zionsville, Indiana. Stehr won the Republican party nomination in the primary election on May 2, 202…
John Stehr, American journalist
Stephen McConnell Case is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist best known as the former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online (AOL). Case joined A…
Steve Case, American businessman, co-founder of America Online (AOL)
Mark Melville Williams is a former Australian rules football player and coach. As a player, Williams represented West Adelaide and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Fo…
Mark Williams, Australian footballer and coach