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Kargo is a rock band from Istanbul, Turkey. Its current line-up includes Selim Öztürk on electric guitar, Burak Karataş on drums and Ozan Anlaş on vocals.
Serkan Çeliköz, Turkish keyboard player and songwriter
Shea Matthew Hillenbrand is an American former professional baseball third baseman and first baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diam…
Shea Hillenbrand, American baseball player
Frederick Paul Mascherino is an American musician best known for his work as lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist in alternative rock band Taking Back Sunday. He is currently active…
Fred Mascherino, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Alessandro Pistone is an Italian former professional football player and manager.
Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer
Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez, nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman and current businessman. Rodriguez played 22 seasons in Maj…
Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player
Leonor Elizabeth Ceballos Watling is a Spanish film actress and singer.
Leonor Watling, Spanish actress
Yoshihiro Akiyama , also known as Choo Sung-hoon (Korean: 추성훈) and by his nickname Sexyama, is a Japanese mixed martial artist and judoka who won the gold medal at the 2001 Asian C…
Yoshihiro Akiyama, Japanese mixed martial artist
Lanka de Silva is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who played in three Test matches and 11 One Day Internationals in 1997. He is also the current interim head coach of the Sri Lanka w…
Lanka de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
Corrado Grabbi is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was nicknamed "Ciccio" throughout his career.
Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer
Jaanus Sirel is an Estonian former professional footballer. He was playing the position of defender and midfielder.
Jaanus Sirel, Estonian footballer
Graham Nicholls is a British author, installation artist and specialist on out of body experiences. He speaks widely on parapsychology, ethics and art at institutions ranging from …
Graham Nicholls, English author and activist
Catherine Evelyn Starbird is an American computer scientist and former women's professional basketball player.
Kate Starbird, American basketball player and computer scientist
Mike Brant was an Israeli singer and songwriter who achieved fame after moving to France. His most successful hit was Laisse-moi t'aimer. He was known for his vocal range going fro…
Mike Brant, Israeli singer and songwriter (born 1947)
József Mindszenty was a Hungarian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Esztergom and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary from 1945 to 1973. According to…
József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (born 1892)
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian academic, philosopher and statesman who served as the Vice President of India from 1952 to 1962 and President of India from 1962 to 1967. He …
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (born 1888)
Percy Lavon Julian was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. Julian was the first person to synthesize the natural pr…
Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist and academic (born 1899)
Moe Howard was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the leader and straight man of The Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion pictures, short fil…
Moe Howard, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (born 1897)
Avery Brundage was the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee, serving from 1952 to 1972, the only American and first non-European to attain that position. Brundage…
Avery Brundage, American businessman and art collector (born 1887)
Marguerite Catherine Perey was a French physicist and a student of Marie Curie. In 1939, Perey discovered the element francium by purifying samples of lanthanum that contained acti…
Marguerite Perey, French physicist (born 1909)
James Robert Wills was an American musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western…
Bob Wills, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1905)
Leroy Anderson was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. John Willi…
Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (born 1908)
Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth was an English sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, He…
Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and lithographer (born 1903)
Loretta Mary Aiken, known by her stage name Jackie "Moms" Mabley, was an American stand-up comedian and actress. Mabley began her career on the theater stage in the 1920s and becam…
Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (born 1894)
Ezzard Mack Charles, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1959. Known as "the Cincinnati Cobra", Charles was respected for his slick defense and precision, …
Ezzard Charles, American boxer (born 1921)