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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
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
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
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
Aleksandr Gurnov, full name Aleksandr Borisovich Gurnov, is a Russian TV persona.
Aleksandr Gurnov, Russian journalist and author
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
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
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)