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Ian Richard Hargreaves CBE is professor emeritus at Cardiff University, Wales, UK.
Ian Hargreaves, English-Welsh journalist and academic
Stephen Donald Hopper is a Western Australian botanist. He graduated in biology, specialising in conservation biology and vascular plants. Hopper has written eight books, and has o…
Stephen Hopper, Australian botanist and academic
Gyula Sax was a Hungarian chess grandmaster and international arbiter.
Gyula Sax, Hungarian chess player (died 2014)
Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri was an Egyptian-born pan-Islamist militant and physician who served as the second general emir of al-Qaeda from June 2011 until his death in July 2…
Ayman al-Zawahiri, Egyptian terrorist (died 2022)
Francesco Moser, nicknamed "Lo sceriffo", is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He finished on the podium of the Giro d'Italia six times, including his win in the 1…
Francesco Moser, Italian cyclist
Sheila Ann Manson McLean is International Bar Association Professor of Law and Ethics in Medicine and director of the Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine at the School of Law o…
Sheila McLean, Scottish scholar and academic
Paul Muldoon is an Irish poet, born in 1951. He has published more than thirty collections and won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize. At Princeton University he…
Paul Muldoon, Irish poet and academic
James Holley Douglas is an American politician from the state of Vermont. A Republican, he served as the 80th governor of Vermont from 2003 to 2011. On August 27, 2009, Douglas ann…
Jim Douglas, American academic and politician, 80th Governor of Vermont
Terence Michael Elkan Barnet Etherton, Baron Etherton was a British judge and member of the House of Lords. He served as the Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice from 2016…
Terence Etherton, English lawyer and judge
Teressa Claire "Tress" MacNeille is an American voice actress. She is known for voicing Dot Warner on the animated television series Animaniacs and its revival, Babs Bunny on Tiny …
Tress MacNeille, American voice actress
Alan Anthony Hudson is an English former footballer who played for Arsenal, Chelsea, Stoke City and the Seattle Sounders as well as the England national football team.
Alan Hudson, English footballer
Nils Hilmer Lofgren is an American rock musician, recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Along with his work as a solo artist, he has been a member of Bruce Sprin…
Nils Lofgren, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Lenore Hilda Manderson is an Australian medical anthropologist. She is professor of medical anthropology in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, and the School of …
Lenore Manderson, Australian anthropologist and academic
Eivor Mona-Lisa Pursiainen, née Strandvall, was a Finnish female sprinter, who was especially successful in 1973–1974, being ranked #2 in the world over 100 metres and # 3, over 20…
Mona-Lisa Pursiainen, Finnish sprinter (died 2000)
Michael Brian Cookson OBE is the former president of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), having been elected to the post in September 2013 at the 2013 UCI Road World Champions…
Brian Cookson, British cyclist and sports administrator
Craig M. Gruber was an American rock bassist, best known as the original bassist in Rainbow. He also played in Elf, consisting of vocalist Ronnie James Dio, keyboardist Mickey Lee …
Craig Gruber, American bass player (died 2015)
Humphrey Ocean is a contemporary British painter.
Humphrey Ocean, English painter and academic
Angelo Falcón was a Puerto Rican political scientist best known for starting the Institute for Puerto Rican Policy (IPR) in New York City in the early 1980s, a nonprofit and nonpar…
Angelo Falcón, Puerto Rican-American political scientist, activist, and academic, founded the National Institute for Lat
Michèle Hélène Raymonde Mouton is a French former rally driver. Competing in the World Rally Championship for the Audi factory team, she took four victories and finished runner-up …
Michèle Mouton, French race car driver and manager
Raelene Ann Boyle is an Australian retired athlete, who represented Australia at three Olympic Games as a sprinter, winning three silver medals, and was named one of 100 National L…
Raelene Boyle, Australian sprinter
Charles B. G. Sturridge is an English director and screenwriter. He is the recipient of a BAFTA Children's Award and four BAFTA TV Awards. He has also been nominated for three Prim…
Charles Sturridge, English director, producer, and screenwriter
Eva Bayer-Fluckiger is a Hungarian and Swiss mathematician. She is a Professor Emeritus at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. She has worked on several topics in topology, a…
Eva Bayer-Fluckiger, Swiss mathematician and academic
Gary John Gilmour was an Australian cricketer who played in 15 test matches and five One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1973 and 1977. He was a part of the Australian squad that…
Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer and manager (died 2014)
Ulf Andersson is a leading Swedish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1972.
Ulf Andersson, Swedish chess player