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John Choon Yoo is a South Korean-born American legal scholar and former government official who is the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley.…
John Yoo, South Korean-American lawyer, author, and educator
Andrew Jason Ashby is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Colorado Rockies, San Diego…
Andy Ashby, American baseball player and sportscaster
Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri is a British-American author known for her short stories, novels, and essays in English and, more recently, in Italian.
Jhumpa Lahiri, Indian American novelist and short story writer
Richard Keith Herring is an English stand-up comedian and writer whose early work includes the comedy double act Lee and Herring. He is described by The British Theatre Guide as "o…
Richard Herring, English comedian and screenwriter
Ralph Lee "Mac" McCaughan is an American musician and record label owner, based in North Carolina. His main musical projects have been Superchunk since 1989, and Portastatic since …
Mac McCaughan, American singer and guitarist
John Peter Petrucci is an American guitarist and a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. He produced all of Dream Theater's albums from Metropolis Pt. 2: Sce…
John Petrucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Bruny Surin is a Canadian former track and field athlete, who was the winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 2008 he was inducted into C…
Bruny Surin, Canadian sprinter
Richard Donald Marles is an Australian politician and lawyer who has served as the 19th deputy prime minister of Australia and the minister for defence since 2022. He has been the …
Richard Marles, Australian lawyer and politician, 50th Australian Minister for Trade and Investment
Mark McGowan is an Australian former politician and naval officer who served as the 30th premier of Western Australia from 2017 until his retirement in 2023. He was the leader of t…
Mark McGowan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Western Australia
Adam Whitney Savage is an American special effects creator and educational video presenter. He is best known as the former co-host, with Jamie Hyneman, of the Discovery Channel tel…
Adam Savage, American actor and special effects designer
Elbert Lee West was an American country music artist. Initially a session songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, West saw his first chart success in the 1990s as a co-writer on single…
Elbert West, American singer-songwriter (died 2015)
John William Ferrell is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is known for his leading man roles in comedy films and for his work as a television producer. Ferrell …
Will Ferrell, American actor, comedian, and producer
Mark Sinclair Vincent, known professionally as Vin Diesel, is an American actor and filmmaker. One of the world's highest-grossing actors, he gained prominence for portraying Domin…
Vin Diesel, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Robin Mark Ventura is an American former professional baseball third baseman and manager. Ventura played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, New Yo…
Robin Ventura, American baseball player
Yael Abecassis is an Israeli actress and model.
Yael Abecassis, Israeli model and actress
Jean-François Mercier is a comedian, screenwriter and television host from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Mercier's comedy features his scruffy appearance and mixes social criticism wit…
Jean-François Mercier, Canadian comedian, screenwriter, and television host
Courtney A. Taylor, known as Courtney Taylor-Taylor, is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. He is the lead singer and guitarist of alternative rock band the Dandy …
Courtney Taylor-Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Lauren Booth is an English broadcaster, journalist and activist holding a VIP Palestinian passport as well as a British passport.
Lauren Booth, English journalist and activist
Rhys Owain Evans, known as Rhys Ifans, is a Welsh actor. He has portrayed roles in Twin Town (1997), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Notting Hill (1999), Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000),…
Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman was an American actor. He was known for his distinctive supporting character roles and his memorable leading roles in many films and theatrical productions f…
Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (died 2014)
Matthew Steven LeBlanc is an American actor. He gained global recognition with his portrayal of Joey Tribbiani in the NBC sitcom Friends (1994–2004), and in its spin-off series Joe…
Matt LeBlanc, American actor and producer
Gerhardine Ruth Peetoom is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). She was the party chair of the Christian Democratic Appeal between 2 April 2011 and 9 Februa…
Ruth Peetoom, Dutch minister and politician
Tommy Skjerven is a Norwegian football referee from Kaupanger. He debuted as a referee in 1984, and served as a FIFA referee from 2001 until 2012. He is no longer included on the F…
Tommy Skjerven, Norwegian footballer and referee
Martin Baker is a British organist and choir director. He was the president of the Royal College of Organists, and from 2000 until 2019 the Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral…
Martin Baker, English organist and conductor