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Michele Bartoli is a retired Italian road racing cyclist. Bartoli was a professional cyclist from 1992 until 2004 and was one of the most successful single-day classics specialists…
Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist
Timothy James Farron is a British politician who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2015 to 2017. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmorland and Lonsdale…
Tim Farron, English educator and politician
Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, known as Joseph Fiennes, is an English actor. His numerous accolades include one Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for a BA…
Joseph Fiennes, English actor
Chad Alexander Archer is an American-born Australian musician. Archer is best known for his violin work in the Fremantle based Alt country/rock band The Kill Devil Hills.
Alex Archer, American-born Australian musician
Glenn Martin Christopher Francis Quinn was an Irish actor, best known for his portrayal of Mark Healy on the 1990s family sitcom Roseanne and his role as the half-demon Allen Franc…
Glenn Quinn, American actor (died 2002)
Natarsha Belling is an Australian journalist, television and radio presenter.
Natarsha Belling, Australian journalist
Roberto Di Matteo is an Italian professional football manager and former player.
Roberto Di Matteo, Italian footballer and manager
Panayotis Alexander Lalas is an American former soccer player who played as a centre-back. He is best known for his participation with the United States national team in the 1994 F…
Alexi Lalas, American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
Alison Amanda Hinds is a British-born Bajan soca singer based in Barbados. She is often referred to as the Bajan "Queen of Soca" as a result of her impact on the genre.
Alison Hinds, British-Barbadian soca singer
Louis Mario Freese, known by his stage name B-Real, is an American rapper. Since 1991, he has been one of two lead rappers in the hip hop group Cypress Hill, along with Sen Dog, an…
B Real, American rapper and actor
Deborah Compagnoni Golden Collar of Sports Merit is an Italian former Alpine skier who won three gold medals at the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympics.
Deborah Compagnoni, Italian skier
Richard "Richie" Hawtin is a British-Canadian electronic musician and DJ. He became involved with Detroit techno's second wave in the early 1990s, and has been a leading exponent o…
Richie Hawtin, English-Canadian DJ and producer
Dave Pybus is an English extreme metal musician, best known as the former bass player of Cradle of Filth.
Dave Pybus, English bass player and songwriter
Izabella Scorupco is a Polish actress, singer and model. She is best known for having played a Bond girl, Natalya Simonova, in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye. She is also known…
Izabella Scorupco, Polish-Swedish actress and model
Richard Joseph Neutra was an Austrian-American architect. Living and building for most of his career in Southern California, he came to be considered a prominent and important mode…
Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (born 1892)
Péter Veres was a Hungarian politician and writer, who served as Minister of Defence from 1947 to 1948.
Péter Veres, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (born 1897)
Otis Spann was an American blues musician many consider the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist.
Otis Spann, American singer and pianist (born 1930)
Anita Louise was an American film and television actress best known for her performances in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935), Anthony Adverse (19…
Anita Louise, American actress (born 1915)
Erik Henrik Fredrik Bergman was a Swedish parish minister of the Lutheran Church and the father of diplomat Dag Bergman, novelist Margareta Bergman, and film director Ingmar Bergma…
Erik Bergman, Swedish minister and author (born 1886)
Gypsy Rose Lee was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper, actress, author, playwright and vedette, famous for her striptease act. Her 1957 memoir, Gypsy: A Memoir, was adapte…
Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, striptease dancer, and writer (born 1911)
Arthur Shields was an Irish actor on television, stage and film.
Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (born 1896)
Edward James Begley Sr. was an American actor of theatre, radio, film, and television. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film Sweet Bird …
Ed Begley, American actor (born 1901)
Jacob (Jacques) Presser was a Dutch historian, writer and poet who is known for his book Ashes in the Wind on the history of the persecution of the Jews in the Netherlands during …
Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (born 1899)
Inger Stevens was a Swedish-born American film, stage, and Golden Globe–winning television actress.
Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (born 1934)