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Low Thia Khiang is a Singaporean former politician who has served as the secretary-general of the Workers' Party (WP) between 2001 and 2018 and the de facto leader of the oppositio…
Low Thia Khiang, Singaporean businessman and politician
Roine Stolt is a Swedish guitarist, vocalist and composer. A major figure in Sweden's rock history, Stolt led two of his country's most successful progressive rock bands: Kaipa in …
Roine Stolt, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Debra Turner is an American actress who played the role of Marta von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music.
Debbie Turner, American actress
August William Ritter Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 41st governor of Colorado from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the dis…
Bill Ritter, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Colorado
Steve Yearley is a British sociologist. He is Professor of the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge at the University of Edinburgh, a post he has held since 2005. He has been designat…
Steven Yearley, English sociologist and academic
William Byron Stevenson was a Welsh international footballer.
Byron Stevenson, Welsh footballer (died 2007)
Michael J. Brown, also known as "Wild" Mick Brown, is an American retired drummer who played in the rock bands Dokken, Lynch Mob, The End Machine, and Xciter, as well as in Ted Nug…
Mick Brown, American drummer
David Michael Carr was an American columnist, author, and newspaper editor. He wrote a column, Media Equation and covered culture for The New York Times.
David Carr, American journalist and author (died 2015)
Michael Jay Feinstein is an American singer, pianist, and music revivalist. He is an archivist and interpreter for the repertoire known as the Great American Songbook. In 1988, he …
Michael Feinstein, American singer and pianist
Diane Eve Warren is an American songwriter. She has won an Academy Honorary Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and three consecutive Billboard Music Awa…
Diane Warren, American songwriter
Maurice Edward Cheeks is an American professional basketball coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association…
Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach
Stefan Nils Edwin Johansson is a Swedish former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One between 1980 and 1991. In endurance racing, Johansson won the 24…
Stefan Johansson, Swedish race car driver
John Peter Moylett, known professionally as Johnnie Fingers, is an Irish keyboardist and co-founding member of the new wave band the Boomtown Rats. He was notable for his attire of…
Johnnie Fingers, Irish keyboard player and songwriter
Anthony Joseph Gilroy is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He wrote the screenplays of The Bourne Identity (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), and The Bourne Ultim…
Tony Gilroy, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing was a Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor. One of the most influential cultural icons in the Sinophone world, Cheung was known for his debonair demeanour,…
Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (died 2003)
David Goodhart is a British journalist, commentator and author. He is the founder and a former editor of Prospect magazine.
David Goodhart, English journalist and author
Brian Alexander Robertson is a Scottish musician, composer and songwriter. He had a string of hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including "Kool in the Kaftan", "Knocked It Of…
BA Robertson, Scottish songwriter
Walter Woon Cheong Ming is a Singaporean lawyer who served as the fifth attorney-general of Singapore between 2008 and 2010. He is currently an Emeritus Professor at the National U…
Walter Woon, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 7th Attorney-General of Singapore
Alain Ducasse is a French-born Monégasque chef. He operates a number of restaurants, including Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, which holds three stars in the Michelin Guide.
Alain Ducasse, French-Monégasque chef
Anne Elizabeth Geddes is an Australian-born, New York City-based portrait photographer known primarily for her elaborately staged photographs of infants.
Anne Geddes, Australian-New Zealand photographer and fashion designer
Edward Martin Hurson was an Irish Republican hunger striker and a Volunteer in the East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He was the sixth to die durin…
Martin Hurson, Irish Republican, died on hunger strike (died 1981)
Joan Elise Sledge, known professionally as Joni Sledge was an American singer–songwriter and music producer. She rose to fame in the 1970s as a member of the family vocal group Sis…
Joni Sledge, American singer and songwriter (died 2017)
Paul John Walter Allott is a former English cricketer who played county cricket for Lancashire, Minor Counties cricket for Staffordshire and first-class cricket in New Zealand for …
Paul Allott, English cricketer and sportscaster
Konstantinos Alexandrou Karamanlis, commonly known as Kostas Karamanlis, is a Greek politician who served as prime minister of Greece from 2004 to 2009. He was also the president o…
Kostas Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece