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Fyodor Fyodorovich Cherenkov was a Soviet and Russian football midfielder who played for Spartak Moscow and Red Star Football Club (1990–91).
Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (died 2014)
Geoffrey Zakarian is an American chef, restaurateur, television personality, and author. He is the executive chef of several restaurants in New York City, Atlantic City, and Miami.…
Geoffrey Zakarian, American chef and author
Rick Bragg is an American journalist and writer known for non-fiction books, especially those about his family in Alabama. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996 recognizing his work at T…
Rick Bragg, American author and journalist
Paul Vautin, nicknamed Fatty, is a former Australian rugby commentator and former professional rugby league player, captain and coach. He has provided commentary for the Nine Netwo…
Paul Vautin, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
Kevin Spacey Fowler is an American actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Aw…
Kevin Spacey, American actor and director
Joseph DeSa was an American Major League Baseball first baseman.
Joe DeSa, American baseball player (died 1986)
Hugh Donell Green is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1981 to 1991. He played college …
Hugh Green, American football player
Neil Caldwell King Jr. was an American journalist and author. He shared in the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting in 2002. His first book, American Ramble: A Walk of Memory…
Neil King Jr., American journalist and author (died 2024)
Yiannos Papantoniou is a former member of the National Parliament in Greece (MP) from 1988 to 2007, Minister of National Defense (2001−03), Minister of Economy and Finance (1994−20…
Yiannos Papantoniou, French-Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of National Defence
William Tanner Vollmann is an American novelist, journalist, war correspondent, short story writer and essayist. He won the 2005 National Book Award for Fiction with the novel Euro…
William T. Vollmann, American novelist, short story writer and journalist
Sanjay Balraj Dutt is an Indian actor and film producer who works primarily in Hindi cinema, and has also appeared in some Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Marathi and Punjabi films. He has…
Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor, singer, and producer
Ruud Janssen is a Dutch Fluxus and mail artist currently living in Breda in the Netherlands.
Ruud Janssen, Dutch blogger and illustrator
David Jeffrey LaPoint is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the manager of the Rockland Boulders, an American professional baseball team based in Pomona, New …
Dave LaPoint, American baseball player and manager
John James Sykes was an English guitarist and singer, best known as a member of Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and Tygers of Pan Tang. He also fronted the hard rock group Blue Murder and r…
John Sykes, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
Mark Randall Meadows is an American politician who served as the 29th White House chief of staff from 2020 to 2021 under the Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party,…
Mark Meadows, American politician, Donald Trump's former Chief of Staff
Dirk Milton Graham is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played for the Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota North Stars in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was …
Dirk Graham, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Stanley Jordan is an American jazz guitarist noted for his playing technique, which involves tapping his fingers on the fretboard of the guitar with both hands.
Stanley Jordan, American guitarist, pianist, and songwriter
Andrew William Stevenson Marr is a Scottish journalist, author, broadcaster and presenter. Beginning his career as a political commentator at The Scotsman, he subsequently edited T…
Andrew Marr, Scottish journalist and author
Kim James Newman is an English journalist, film critic, and fiction writer. He focuses on film history and horror fiction – both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's Dra…
Kim Newman, English journalist and author
Joseph Thomas Elliott is an English musician, best known as the lead singer and one of the founding members of the hard rock band Def Leppard. He has also been the lead singer of t…
Joe Elliott, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
James Francis Doughan is an American actor, teacher and writer. He is best known for his roles as Detective Doyle in The Mask (1994) and Detective Allen as well as the voice of Luc…
Jim Doughan, American actor
Victoria Jackson is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the series Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1992.
Victoria Jackson, American actress and singer
Jonathan "Johnny" Kemp was a Bahamian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a songwriter in late 1979 and is perhaps best known for his solo work, includi…
Johnny Kemp, Bahamian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)
Patricia Apollonia Kotero is an American actress, singer, and former model. She is known for co-starring in Prince's 1984 film Purple Rain and for having been the lead singer of th…
Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress