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David Frank Paich is an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist, and secondary vocalist of the rock band Toto …
David Paich, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on …
Sonia Sotomayor, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Luis Miguel Arconada Etxarri is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Luis Arconada, Spanish footballer
Vice Admiral Sir Richard Jeffrey Ibbotson, is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet.
Richard Ibbotson, English admiral
Adrian Anthony Gill was a Scottish writer, best known for writing about food and travel, and for his work in television. Publications he contributed to included The Sunday Times, h…
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Alice Maud Krige is a South African actress. Her big break came in 1981, when she starred as the Gilbert and Sullivan singer Sybil Gordon in the British historical film Chariots of…
Alice Krige, South African actress
Frederick Wayne Honeycutt, nicknamed "Honey", is an American former professional baseball coach and pitcher. Honeycutt pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for six different team…
Rick Honeycutt, American baseball player and coach
Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior, also known as Maestro Júnior, Léo Júnior or simply Júnior, is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as a left back or midfie…
Léo Júnior, Brazilian footballer, coach, and manager
Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley is a British actress, presenter, author, television producer, activist and former model. She has won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in th…
Stephen Barlow, English organist, composer, and conductor
Pierre Charles was a Dominican politician who served as Prime Minister of Dominica from 2000 to his death in 2004. At the time of his death, he was also serving as Member of Parlia…
Pierre Charles, Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (died 2004)
Serzh Azati Sargsyan is an Armenian politician who served as the third President of Armenia from 2008 to 2018, and twice as the Prime Minister of Armenia from 2007 to 2008 and agai…
Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia
Wayne Maxwell Swan is an Australian politician serving as the 25th and current National President of the Labor Party since 2018, previously serving as the 14th deputy prime ministe…
Wayne Swan, Australian academic and politician, 14th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
Jackie Keith Whitley was an American country music and bluegrass singer and songwriter. During his career, he released only two albums, but charted 12 singles on the Billboard coun…
Keith Whitley, American singer and guitarist (died 1989)
Hossein Nuri is an Iranian painter, playwright and film director. One of Nuri's pre-eminent characteristics is that despite his physical limitations he has gained professional accl…
Hossein Nuri, Iranian artist and director
Christopher Murray Paul Huhne is a British energy and climate change consultant, and former journalist, business economist and politician who was the Liberal Democrat Member of Par…
Chris Huhne, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Wendy Schaal is an American actress known for her work in Joe Dante films, such as Innerspace, The 'Burbs, and Small Soldiers. Her other film credits include starring in Where the …
Wendy Schaal, American actress
Les Cusworth is a former English rugby union footballer, coach of the winning 1993 England rugby 7s team, former assistant coach of England national rugby team and former Director …
Les Cusworth, English rugby player
Morganna Roberts is an American entertainer who became known as Morganna or Morganna, the Kissing Bandit in baseball and other sports from 1969 through 1999. She was also billed as…
Morganna, American model, actress, and dancer
James Louis Beattie is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners from 1978 to 1986. He also served as the Montreal E…
Jim Beattie, American baseball player, coach, and manager
Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM is the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands since 2017 and the Vice Chairman of Islands Development Agency…
Devendra Kumar Joshi, 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy
Jimmy Crespo is an American guitarist. He was the lead guitarist for Aerosmith from 1979 until 1984. He co-wrote "Rock in a Hard Place" with Steven Tyler, and has performed or reco…
Jimmy Crespo, American guitarist and songwriter
John Geoffrey Wright is a former international cricketer who represented – and captained – New Zealand. He made his international debut in 1978 against England.
John Wright, New Zealand cricketer and coach
Allyce Beasley is an American actress. She is best known for her role as rhyming, love-struck receptionist Agnes DiPesto in the television series Moonlighting. From 2001 to 2007, s…
Allyce Beasley, American actress
William Larry Randolph is an American former professional baseball second baseman, coach, and manager. During an 18-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB), he played from 1975 …
Willie Randolph, American baseball player and manager