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Valgerd Svarstad Haugland is a Norwegian teacher, politician and civil servant.
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian educator and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture
Robert Lee "Skipp" Sudduth IV is an American theater, film and television actor. He appeared in the 1998 film Ronin and the TV drama Third Watch.
Skipp Sudduth, American actor
Gerald Arthur Cooney is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1990. He challenged twice for world heavyweight titles in 1982 and 1987. He is widely regard…
Gerry Cooney, American boxer
Matthew James Aitken is an English songwriter and record producer, brought up in Astley, Greater Manchester, best known as part of the 1980s/early-1990s songwriting/production trio…
Matt Aitken, English songwriter and record producer
Andreas Floer was a German mathematician who made seminal contributions to symplectic topology, and mathematical physics, in particular the invention of Floer homology. Floer's fir…
Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (died 1991)
Takeshi Okada is a Japanese football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is currently the owner of FC Imabari.
Takeshi Okada, Japanese footballer, coach, and manager
Henri Pauli Toivonen was a Finnish rally driver born in Jyväskylä, the home of Rally Finland. His father, Pauli, was the 1968 European Rally Champion for Porsche and his younger br…
Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (died 1986)
Sarah Frances Beamish is a British composer and violist. Her works include chamber, vocal, choral and orchestral music. She has also worked in theatre, film and television, as well…
Sally Beamish, English viola player and composer
Peter Brett Cullen is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Dan Fixx in Falcon Crest (1986–1988), Sam Cain in The Young Riders (1989–1990), Governor Ray Sullivan in …
Brett Cullen, American actor
Mark Thomas Mangino is a former American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Kansas from 2002 to 2009. In 2007, Mangino received sever…
Mark Mangino, American football player and coach
Glen Matlock is an English musician and the bass guitarist in the original line-up of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols. He is credited as a songwriter on 10 of the 12 songs on th…
Glen Matlock, English singer-songwriter and bass player
John Eddie Long is an American former professional basketball player.
John Long, American basketball player
Steve Whiteman is an American rock vocalist, best known for being the lead singer of Kix.
Steve Whiteman, American singer-songwriter
Mark William Morris is an American dancer, choreographer and director.
Mark Morris, American dancer and choreographer
Edward Peter Murray is a Canadian former professional football player who was a kicker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Bu…
Eddie Murray, American football player
Charalampos "Babis" Xanthopoulos is a former Greek footballer.
Charalambos Xanthopoulos, Greek footballer
Steve Yarbrough is an American author and academic, who teaches at Emerson College.
Steve Yarbrough, American novelist and short story writer
Frank Conniff Jr. is an American writer, actor, comedian and producer, who is best known for his portrayal of TV's Frank on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). He is the son of j…
Frank Conniff, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Luis Guzmán is a Puerto Rican actor. His career spans over 40 years and includes a number of films and television series. He has appeared in Paul Thomas Anderson's films Boogie Nig…
Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor
Mária Balážová is a contemporary Slovak artist. Her practise as an artist is usually associated with new geometry, post-geometry and postmodern.
Mária Balážová, Slovak painter and illustrator
Kent Åke Nilsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) for the Winnipeg Jets, and in the National Hockey League (NHL) …
Kent Nilsson, Swedish ice hockey player
Masashi Tashiro is a Japanese former television performer and a founding member of the band Rats & Star. Tashiro was a tenor singer with the band and, later, a TV entertainer in J…
Masashi Tashiro, Japanese singer, actor, and director
Tsai Ing-wen is a Taiwanese politician and legal scholar who served as the 7th president of the Republic of China from 2016 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (D…
Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician and the President of the Republic of China
Vincent Johnson is an American former professional basketball player and a key player as sixth man for the Detroit Pistons during the team's National Basketball Association (NBA) c…
Vinnie Johnson, American basketball player and sportscaster