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Tan Dun is a Chinese-born American composer and conductor. A leading figure of contemporary classical music, he draws from a variety of Western and Chinese influences, a pairing wh…
Tan Dun, Chinese composer
Denis Colin Leary is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He first came to prominence as a stand-up comedian, especially through appearances on MTV and through the stand-up spe…
Denis Leary, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
Martin Donovan is an American actor. He has had a long collaboration with director Hal Hartley, appearing in many of his films, including Trust (1990), Surviving Desire (1991), Sim…
Martin Donovan, American actor and director
Maria-Christine Soetewey is a retired Belgian high jumper.
Christine Soetewey, Belgian high jumper
Gerritje "Gerda" Verburg is a Dutch politician, diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and trade union leader.
Gerda Verburg, Dutch trade union leader and politician, Dutch Minister of Agriculture
Finlay Calder OBE is a Scotland international former rugby union player.
Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
James Hamilton Calder is a former Scotland international rugby union player.
Jim Calder, Scottish rugby player
Sir Simon Kirwan Donaldson is an English mathematician known for his work on the topology of smooth (differentiable) four-dimensional manifolds, Donaldson–Thomas theory, and his co…
Simon Donaldson, English mathematician and academic
Sorin Antohi is a Romanian historian, essayist, and journalist.
Sorin Antohi, Romanian journalist and historian
Frank Enrico Pastore was an American Major League Baseball player and radio host. He pitched for the Cincinnati Reds from 1979 until 1985 and for the Minnesota Twins in 1986, and w…
Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host (died 2012)
Tasos Mitropoulos is a Greek politician and former international footballer who played as a attacking midfielder. He was given the nickname "Rambo" by the fans of Olympiacos.
Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician
Jeffrey Glen Daniel is an American dancer, singer, songwriter, and choreographer, and a founding member of the R&B vocal group Shalamar. In Nigeria, he is best known as a judge on …
Jeffrey Daniel, American singer-songwriter and dancer
Sikander Bakht is a Pakistani former international cricketer who played in 26 Test matches and 27 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Pakistan from 1976 to 1989. He was included in t…
Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
Frank Serratore is an American ice hockey coach, currently with the Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey team. He formerly coached professional hockey in the International Hockey Lea…
Frank Serratore, American ice hockey player and coach
Paul Clayton Johnson is an American former college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Georgia Southern University from 1997 to 2001, the United States Naval Ac…
Paul Johnson, American football coach
Steve Davis is an English retired professional snooker player who is currently a commentator, DJ, electronic musician and author. He first turned professional in 1978 and dominated…
Steve Davis, English snooker player, sportscaster, and author
Holly Suzette Dunn was an American country music singer and songwriter. Dunn recorded for MTM Records between 1985 and 1988, Warner Bros. Records between 1988 and 1993, and River N…
Holly Dunn, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2016)
Sir Stephen John Fry is an English actor, comedian, writer, and broadcaster. He began his career on the sketch comedy series Alfresco (1983–1984) and the sitcom Blackadder (1986–19…
Stephen Fry, English actor, journalist, producer, and screenwriter
Simon Montagu McBurney is an English actor, playwright, and theatre and opera director. He is the founder and artistic director of the Théâtre de Complicité, London. He has had rol…
Simon McBurney, English actor and director
Nikky Finney is an American poet. She was the Guy Davenport Endowed Professor of English at the University of Kentucky for twenty years. In 2013, she accepted a position at the Uni…
Nikky Finney, American poet and academic
Ogbuagu Alban Uzoma Nwapa, better known by his stage name Dr. Alban, is a Nigerian-Swedish musician and producer with his own record label, Dr. Records. His music can best be descr…
Dr. Alban, Swedish musician
Jeff Grubb is an American author of novels, short stories, and comics, as well as a computer and role-playing game designer in the fantasy genre. Grubb worked on the Dragonlance ca…
Jeff Grubb, American game designer and author
Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986, he became the…
Bernhard Langer, German golfer
Ivo Josipović is a Croatian academic, jurist, composer, and politician who served as the president of Croatia from 2010 to 2015.
Ivo Josipović, Croatian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 3rd President of Croatia