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Peter Louis Vincent de Freitas was an English musician and producer. He was the drummer in Echo & the Bunnymen, and performed on their first five albums.
Pete de Freitas, Trinidadian-British drummer and producer (died 1989)
Edward James Orgeron Jr., nicknamed "Coach O", is an American college football coach who is currently the special assistant to recruiting and defense at Louisiana State University …
Ed Orgeron, American football coach
Laurence John Fishburne III is an American actor. Throughout his career, he has gained recognition for his roles on stage and screen as militant and authoritative characters. Fishb…
Laurence Fishburne, American actor and producer
Illeana Hesselberg, known professionally as Illeana Douglas, is an American actress and filmmaker. Following her screen debut with a small part in Hello Again (1987), she went on t…
Illeana Douglas, American actress
Muhammadu Sanusi II, ; born 31 July 1961), known by the religious title Khalifa Sanusi II, is the spiritual leader (khalifa) of the Tijanniyah Sufi order in Nigeria and the emir of…
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Nigerian banker, royal
Cui Jian is a Chinese singer-songwriter and musician. Known for his countercultural impact, he has launched a ground-breaking musical trend of Chinese rock and pop, dubbed the "God…
Cui Jian, Chinese singer-songwriter
Molly Hagan is an American actress. She co-starred in films Code of Silence (1985), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), The Dentist (1996), Election (1999), and Sully (2016), and is als…
Molly Hagan, American actress
Sir Nicholas Barton Harvey is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the member of parliament (MP) for North Devon from 1992 to 2015 and the Minister of State for the Armed …
Nick Harvey, English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
Leon Drucker, professionally known as Lee Rocker is an American musician. He is a member of the rockabilly band Stray Cats.
Lee Rocker, American bassist
Janet McTeer is an English actress. She began her career training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before earning acclaim for playing diverse roles on stage and screen in both …
Janet McTeer, English actress
Maitipage Athula Rohitha Samarasekera is a Sri Lankan Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. He was a hard hitting opening batsman and a medium fast bowler, who played four…
Athula Samarasekera, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
Mark O'Connor is an American fiddle player, composer, guitarist, and mandolinist whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he h…
Mark O'Connor, American violinist/fiddler and composer
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American former politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first…
Barack Obama, American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
Timothy Collins Wilson was an American comedian and country music artist, whose act combined stand-up comedy and original songs.
Tim Wilson, American comedian, singer-songwriter, and guitarist (died 2014)
Mary Ann Corinna Howard Sieghart is an English author, journalist, consultant, radio presenter and former assistant editor of The Times, where she wrote columns about politics, soc…
Mary Ann Sieghart, English journalist and radio host
Brian Paul Conley is an English actor, comedian, singer and television presenter. Conley has been the host of The Brian Conley Show, as well as presenting the Royal Variety Perform…
Brian Conley, English actor and singer
Yelena Viktorovna Davydova is a Russian-Canadian gymnastics coach and judge who competed for the former Soviet Union. She was the women's artistic individual all-around champion at…
Yelena Davydova, Russian gymnast
Walter Robert John Swinburn was a flat racing jockey and trainer who competed in Great Britain and internationally.
Walter Swinburn, English jockey and trainer (died 2016)
Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor.
Carlos Vives, Colombian singer, songwriter, and actor
David Howell Evans, known by his stage name the Edge or simply Edge, is an Irish and British musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist, keyboardist, …
The Edge, British-Irish musician, singer and songwriter
Ronald Alan Klain is an American attorney, political consultant, and former lobbyist who served as White House Chief of Staff under President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2023.
Ron Klain, American lawyer and politician, White House Chief of Staff
Richard Allan Ream, known professionally as Rikki Rockett, is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band Poison. The band has sold more than 50 million albums wor…
Rikki Rockett, American glam rock drummer
Brad Gilbert is an American former professional tennis player, tennis coach, and tennis commentator and analyst for ESPN. During his career, he won 20 singles titles and achieved a…
Brad Gilbert, American tennis player and sportscaster
Sir John Phillip Key is a New Zealand retired politician who served as the 38th prime minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016 and as leader of the National Party from 2006 to 201…
John Key, New Zealand businessman and politician, 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand