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Simon Anderson is an Australian competitive surfer, surfboard shaper, and writer. He is credited with the 1980 invention of a three-fin surfboard design, called the "thruster".
Simon Anderson, Australian surfer
Théophile Abega Mbida, nicknamed Doctor, was a Cameroonian football player and politician. Playing as a midfielder he was part of the Cameroon national team, playing all three matc…
Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer and politician (died 2012)
Tommy Pearce Bowden is an American former college football coach. He served as the head coach at Clemson University from 1999 until October 13, 2008. He is a son of Bobby Bowden, f…
Tommy Bowden, American football player and coach
Andre Nolan Dawson, nicknamed "the Hawk" and "Awesome Dawson", is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He playe…
Andre Dawson, American baseball player
Neil Francis Tennant is an English singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer and lyricist of the synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, which he formed with Chris Lowe in 1981. Before bec…
Neil Tennant, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Julia Elizabeth King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge is a British engineer and a crossbench member of the House of Lords, where she chairs the Select Committee on Science and Technolo…
Julia King, English engineer and academic
Terrence Thomas Kevin O'Leary, self-styled as Mr. Wonderful, is a Canadian businessman and television personality. From 2004 to 2014, he appeared on various Canadian television sho…
Kevin O'Leary, Canadian journalist and businessman
Louis Marullo, known professionally as Eric Adams, is an American singer who has been the frontman of the heavy metal band Manowar since its inception in 1980. Previously, he sang …
Eric Adams, American singer-songwriter
Robert Carl is an American composer who currently resides in Hartford, Connecticut. He was chair of the composition program at the Hartt School, University of Hartford.
Robert Carl, American pianist and composer
Wolfgang Dremmler is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Wolfgang Dremmler, German footballer and coach
Raymond James Bright is a former Australian Test and One Day International cricketer from Victoria. He was a left arm spin bowler and right handed lower order batsman who captained…
Ray Bright, Australian cricketer
Thelma Louise Mandrell is an American country music singer. She is the younger sister of fellow country singer Barbara Mandrell, and older sister of musician Irlene Mandrell. Louis…
Louise Mandrell, American singer-songwriter and actress
John "Chicka" Ferguson is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin represe…
John Ferguson, Australian rugby league player
Georgios Kaminis is a Greek American politician and professor of constitutional law. He was the Greek Ombudsman from April 2003 until September 2010 and Mayor of Athens from 2011 u…
Giorgos Kaminis, American-Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Mayor of Athens
Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker or attacking midfielder. A prolific goalscorer, he finished as La Liga's top goal…
Mario Kempes, Argentinian footballer and manager
Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German stateswoman and retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. She is the only woman to have held the office and the o…
Angela Merkel, German chemist and politician, Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.
Edward Nipake Natapei Tuta Fanua`araki was a Vanuatuan politician. He was the prime minister of Vanuatu on two occasions, and was previously the minister of Foreign Affairs briefly…
Edward Natapei, Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (died 2015)
Joseph Michael Straczynski is an American filmmaker and comic book writer. He is the founder of Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Studio JMS and is known as the creator of the science fict…
J. Michael Straczynski, American author, screenwriter, and producer
Rickie Lee Skaggs, known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin, …
Ricky Skaggs, American singer-songwriter, mandolin player, and producer
Mark O'Donnell was an American writer and humorist.
Mark O'Donnell, American playwright (died 2012)
Steve O'Donnell is an American television writer. His credits include Late Night with David Letterman, The Simpsons, Seinfeld, and The Chris Rock Show.
Steve O'Donnell, American screenwriter and producer
Srđa Trifković is a Serbian-American publicist, politician and historian. He is currently a foreign affairs editor for the paleoconservative magazine Chronicles, and a politics pro…
Srđa Trifković, Serbian-American journalist and historian
Moira Jane Sinise is a former American actress. She appeared in several films and television shows. She is married to actor-filmmaker Gary Sinise.
Moira Harris, American actress
Jay Jay French is an American guitarist, manager, record producer and the only continuous founding member of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. He is a columnist, author and moti…
Jay Jay French, American guitarist and producer