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Nathalie Roussel is a French actress of stage, television and film. She is best known for her role in the 1991 films My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle.
Nathalie Roussel, French actress
Raymond Colin Wilkins was an English football player and coach.
Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager (died 2018)
Lefteris Zagoritis is a Greek lawyer, politician and former Secretary General of New Democracy. As of 19 September 2015 he is serving as Hellenic Consumers' Ombudsman.
Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek lawyer and politician
Ross John Anderson was a British researcher, author, and industry consultant in security engineering. He was Professor of Security Engineering at the Department of Computer Science…
Ross J. Anderson, British academic and educator (died 2024)
Rick Garcia was an American LGBTQ activist known primarily for his work in Chicago and for LGBTQ acceptance within the Roman Catholic Church. As a co-founder of Equality Illinois, …
Rick Garcia (activist), American LGBTQ rights activist
Maggie Reilly is a Scottish singer and songwriter. She performed lead vocals on the Mike Oldfield songs "Family Man", "Moonlight Shadow", "To France", and "Foreign Affair", all of …
Maggie Reilly, Scottish singer-songwriter
Margaret Elizabeth Atkinson is an English educator and the former Children's Commissioner for England. After a career in teaching, she moved into public service administration, ini…
Maggie Atkinson, English educator and civil servant
David Seth Kotkin, known professionally as David Copperfield, is an American stage magician and illusionist described by Forbes as the most commercially successful magician in hist…
David Copperfield, American magician and actor
Ross Matthew Greenberg was an American software developer, noted for creating one of the first antivirus software products. He also worked in journalism, and was a founding member …
Ross Greenberg, American journalist and antivirus pioneer (died 2017)
Ned Rothenberg is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He specializes in woodwind instruments, including the alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, and shakuhac…
Ned Rothenberg, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
David Schulthise, also known as Dave Blood, was an American musician best known as the original bass guitarist for the punk band The Dead Milkmen. Schulthise was born in Ridley Par…
Dave Schulthise, American bass player (died 2004)
Kazuharu Sonoda also known under the ring names Haru Sonoda and Magic Dragon , was a Japanese professional wrestler. He was a former NWA Western States Tag Team Champion, NWA/WWC…
Kazuharu Sonoda, Japanese wrestler (died 1987)
Almazbek Sharshenovich Atambayev is a Kyrgyzstani politician who served as the fourth president of Kyrgyzstan from 2011 to 2017. He previously served as the 11th prime minister of …
Almazbek Atambayev, Kyrgyz politician, 4th President of Kyrgyzstan
Thaddis Bosley Jr. is an American former professional baseball outfielder and coach.
Thad Bosley, American baseball player and coach
Mandawuy Djarrtjuntjun Yunupingu, formerly Tom Djambayang Bakamana Yunupingu, and also known as Dr Yunupingu, was a teacher and musician, and frontman of the Aboriginal rock group …
Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
Christopher Lynn Hedges is an American journalist, author, commentator and Presbyterian minister.
Chris Hedges, American journalist and author
Peter Šťastný, also known colloquially as "Peter the Great" and "Stosh", is a Slovak-Canadian former professional ice hockey player and politician who played in the National Hockey…
Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player and politician
Anant Gadgil is an Indian politician and architect, who has been a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council 2014 to 2022. He is a member of the Indian National Congress part…
Anant Gadgil, Indian politician
Jennifer Tour Chayes is dean of the college of computing, data science, and society at the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining Berkeley, she was a technical fellow a…
Jennifer Tour Chayes, American mathematician and computer scientist
Steve Coleman is an American saxophonist, composer, bandleader and music theorist. In 2014, he was named a MacArthur Fellow.
Steve Coleman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
John Crofton Harle OBE FRSA FGS FCL is an English saxophonist, composer, record producer, conductor and educator. He is an Ivor Novello Award winner, has been the recipient of two …
John Harle, English saxophonist, composer, conductor, and producer
Marta Fran Kauffman is an American television writer and producer. She is best known for co-creating the NBC sitcom Friends with her longtime friend, David Crane; Crane and Kauffma…
Marta Kauffman, American screenwriter and producer
Gary Michael Cole is an American actor. Cole began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. His breakout role on screen was playing…
Gary Cole, American actor
Jack "Goose" Givens is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, earning consensus second-team All-American honors.…
Jack Givens, American basketball player and sportscaster