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Ronald Cornett Hawkins was an American rock and roll singer, long based in Canada, whose career spanned 66 years. His career began in Arkansas, United States, where he was born and…
Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist
Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk was a Ukrainian politician who served as the first president of Ukraine from 5 December 1991 to 19 July 1994. Kravchuk's presidency was marked by Ukraine…
Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician (born 1934)
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, mainly known professionally as Vangelis, was a Greek composer, arranger, performer and producer of music. He released material of wide musical ge…
Vangelis, Greek musician, composer (born 1943)
Raymond Allen Liotta was an American actor. He first gained attention for his role in the film Something Wild (1986), which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. He was best …
Ray Liotta, American actor (born 1954)
Patricia Ann Kennedy, better known by her stage name Patricia Brake, was an English actress. Her credits include Lorna Doone (1963), The Ugliest Girl in Town (1968-1969), My Lover,…
Patricia Brake, English actress (born 1942)
Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, known professionally as Sidhu Moose Wala, was an Indian singer and rapper. He worked predominantly in Punjabi-language music and cinema. Moose Wala is consid…
Sidhu Moosewala, Indian singer, rapper, actor and politician
Colin James Cantwell was an American concept artist and director known for his work on films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and WarGames, as well as…
Colin Cantwell, American concept artist and director (born 1932)
Krishnakumar Kunnath , popularly known as KK, was an Indian playback singer. KK is regarded as one of the most prolific playback singers in India. Noted for his versatility in a va…
Krishnakumar Kunnath, Indian singer (born 1968)
James Michael Parks was an English cricketer. He played in forty-six Tests for England, between 1954 and 1968. In those Tests, Parks scored 1,962 runs with a personal best of 108 n…
Jim Parks, English cricketer (born 1931)
George William Lamming OCC was a Barbadian novelist, essayist, and poet. He first won critical acclaim for In the Castle of My Skin, his 1953 debut novel. He also held academic pos…
George Lamming, Barbadian novelist (born 1927)
Dame Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego was a British-Portuguese visual artist, widely considered the pre-eminent woman artist of the late 20th and early 21st century, known particularly f…
Paula Rego, Portuguese-British visual artist (born 1935)
Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela was a Colombian drug lord and one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel. Orejuela formed the cartel with his brother, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, José Santac…
Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Colombian drug lord (born 1939)
Julee Ann Cruise was an American singer and actress, known for her collaborations with composer Angelo Badalamenti and filmmaker David Lynch in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She …
Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (born 1956)
Billy P. Kametz was an American voice and stage actor. He was best known for his work dubbing anime and video games. Kametz began his voice acting career in 2016. He provided the E…
Billy Kametz, American voice actor (born 1987)
Matthew Zimmerman was a Canadian actor. He was the voice of Alan Tracy in the 1960s television series Thunderbirds and sequel films Thunderbirds Are Go and Thunderbird 6.
Matt Zimmerman, Canadian actor (born 1934)
Aamir Liaquat Hussain was a Pakistani politician, columnist and television host. Hussain was a top ranking TV anchor and was listed three times in The 500 influential Muslims world…
Amir Liaquat Hussain, Pakistani politician, columnist and television host
Hilary Lorraine Devey CBE was an English businesswoman and television personality best known for her role on the BBC Two programme Dragons' Den until she left to present the Channe…
Hilary Devey, English businesswoman, television presenter (born 1957)
Philip Baker Hall was an American character actor. He is known for his collaborations with Paul Thomas Anderson, including Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), and Magnolia (19…
Philip Baker Hall, American actor (born 1931)
Avraham Gabriel "Boolie" Yehoshua was an Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright. The New York Times called him the "Israeli Faulkner". Underlying themes in Yehoshua's work are …
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Tyler Sanders was an American child actor.
Tyler Sanders, American actor (born 2004)
Uffe Ellemann-Jensen was a Danish politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark in the Conservative-led Poul Schlüter Administration from 1982 to 1993. He was le…
Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Danish politician, minister of foreign affairs (born 1941)
Adibah Noor Mohamed Omar was a Malaysian singer, actress and master of ceremonies. She made her start in the entertainment industry in 1995 and had gone on to star in films such as…
Adibah Noor, Malaysian actress, singer, master of ceremonies (born 1970)
Ollen Bruton Smith was an American motorsports executive and businessman. He was best known as the owner of two public companies, Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (SMI) and Sonic Automot…
Bruton Smith, American racetrack promoter (born 1927)
Philip Bennett was a Welsh rugby union player who played as a fly-half for Llanelli RFC and the Wales national team. He began his career in 1966, and a year later he had taken over…
Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby union player (born 1948)