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Régis Labeaume is a Canadian businessman, writer and politician. He served as mayor of Quebec City from 2007 to 2021. He was first elected on December 2, 2007, after the death of f…
Régis Labeaume, Canadian businessman and politician, 41st Mayor of Quebec City
Kenneth Ray Oberkfell is an American former third baseman. He played from 1977 to 1992 for six different teams. Oberkfell primarily played third base but he also played over 400 ca…
Ken Oberkfell, American baseball player and coach
The World Bank Group (WBG) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries. The group is the largest development bank in the world…
Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the…
In the United States Congress, a joint resolution is a legislative measure that requires passage by the Senate and the House of Representatives and is presented to the President …
A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as…
James Dixon Barnes is an Australian rock singer. His career, both as a solo performer and as the lead vocalist with the rock band Cold Chisel, has made him one of the most popular …
Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Steve Scott is an American former track athlete who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics. Track & Field News ranked Scott #1 in the U.S. on ten occasio…
Steve Scott, American runner and coach
Jan Pieter Balkenende Jr., commonly known as Jan Peter Balkenende, is a Dutch jurist and politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who served as Prime Minister of the Net…
Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch jurist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Anne Jennifer Dudley is an English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician. She was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in t…
Anne Dudley, English pianist and composer
Sir Nicholas Robert Hytner is an English theatre and film director, and film producer. He was previously the Artistic Director of London's National Theatre. His major successes as …
Nicholas Hytner, English director and producer
Jean-Charles Lapierre was a Canadian politician and television and radio broadcaster. After retiring from the government in 2007, he served as a political analyst in a variety of v…
Jean Lapierre, Canadian talk show host and politician (died 2016)
Jeffrey Wincott is a Canadian actor and martial artist best known for his lead role in the television series Night Heat.
Jeff Wincott, Canadian actor and martial artist
Wendy Jane Crewson is a Canadian actress and producer. She began her career on Canadian television, before her breakthrough role in the 1991 dramatic film The Doctor.
Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress and producer
Mickey Mae Faerch, also known as Mickey Mae and Yung Mae, is a Danish-Canadian burlesque dancer, actress, and rapper who appeared in the films Sincerely Saul (2024), Josie (2018), …
Mickey Faerch, Danish-Canadian burlesque dancer and actress
Vladislav Nikolayevich Listyev was a Soviet, later Russian journalist and head of the ORT TV Channel.
Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist (died 1995)
Richard Holt Madeley is an English television presenter and writer. Alongside his wife Judy Finnigan, he presented ITV's This Morning and Channel 4 chat show Richard & Judy (2001–2…
Richard Madeley, English journalist and author
Hazel Anne Blears is a British former Labour Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) successively for the constituencies of Salford and Salford and Eccles bet…
Hazel Blears, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Steve Hogarth, also known as "h", is an English musician. Since 1989, he has been the lead singer of the rock band Marillion, for which he also performs additional keyboards and gu…
Steve Hogarth, English singer-songwriter and keyboardist
Andreas Loverdos is a Greek politician who was Minister for Education and Religious Affairs from 2014 to 2015.
Andreas Loverdos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Labour
Daniel Patrick Pugh is an American sportscaster, radio personality, and actor. He hosts The Dan Patrick Show broadcast on radio on Premiere Networks and streaming on Peacock. He co…
Dan Patrick, American television anchor and sportscaster
Kevin Charles Greenaugh was an American nuclear engineer who was a senior manager at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in Washington, DC, United States.
Kevin Greenaugh, American nuclear engineer (died 2023)
Ray Charles Leonard, better known as Sugar Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer. Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, he competed professional…
Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
Annise Danette Parker is an American politician from the state of Texas. A Democrat, Parker served as the 61st Mayor of Houston, Texas, from 2010 until 2016. She also served as an …
Annise Parker, American politician
Dave Sim is a Canadian cartoonist and publisher, known for his comic book Cerebus, his artistic experimentation, his advocacy of self-publishing and creators' rights, and his contr…
Dave Sim, Canadian cartoonist and author
Catherine Corsini is a French film director, screenwriter, and actress. Her film Replay was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2012 film Three Worlds competed in the U…
Catherine Corsini, French director and screenwriter