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Johan van Zyl Steyn, Baron Steyn, PC was a South African-British judge, until September 2005 a Law Lord. He sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.
Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge (died 2017)
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad and Tobago-born British writer renowned for his works of fiction and nonfiction in English. He is known for his comic early novels …
V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-English novelist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
Columbus Calvin "Duke" Pearson Jr. was an American jazz pianist and composer. Allmusic describes him as having a "big part in shaping the Blue Note label's hard bop direction in th…
Duke Pearson, American pianist and composer (died 1980)
Jean-Jacques Sempé, usually known as Sempé, was a French cartoonist. He is known for the series of children's books he created with René Goscinny, Le Petit Nicolas, and also for hi…
Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist (died 2022)
Luc Montagnier was a French virologist and joint recipient, with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen, of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery…
Luc Montagnier, French virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)
Thomas Paul Salmon was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 75th governor of Vermont from 1973 to 1977.
Thomas P. Salmon, American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of Vermont
Banharn Silpa-archa was a Thai politician who served as the Prime Minister of Thailand from 1995 to 1996. Banharn made a fortune in the construction business before he became a Mem…
Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996) (died 2016)
Anthony Ainley was a British actor. He is best known for portraying the Master in the BBC television series Doctor Who from 1981 to 1989.
Anthony Ainley, English actor (died 2004)
Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov was a Soviet and Russian novelist. He became known in the West as the author of The Burn and of Generations of Winter, a family saga following three gener…
Vasily Aksyonov, Russian physician, author, and academic (died 2009)
Atholl Henry McKinnon was a South African cricketer who played in eight Tests from 1960 to 1966.
Atholl McKinnon, South African cricketer (died 1983)
Menashe Kadishman was an Israeli sculptor and painter.
Menashe Kadishman, Israeli sculptor and painter (died 2015)
Melvin Van Peebles was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. His feature film debut, The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), was based on his own French-language novel …
Melvin Van Peebles, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2021)
Gerald Paul Carr was an American mechanical and aeronautical engineer, United States Marine Corps officer and aviator, and NASA astronaut. He was commander of Skylab 4, the third a…
Gerald P. Carr, American engineer, colonel, and astronaut (died 2020)
Houari Boumédiène was an Algerian military officer, revolutionary, and politician who was the second head of state of independent Algeria from 1965 until his death in 1978. He serv…
Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (died 1978)
Enos Mzombi Nkala was one of the founders of the Zimbabwe African National Union.
Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean soldier and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (died 2013)
Marcus Joseph Ruslander, better known as Mark Russell, was an American political satirist and comedian. He is best known for his series of bimonthly comedy specials on PBS televisi…
Mark Russell, American comedian and pianist (died 2023)
Robert Dean Hales was an American businessman and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1994 until his death. As a mem…
Robert D. Hales, American captain and religious leader (died 2017)
Richard Graham Meale, AM MBE FAHA was a highly regarded Australian composer of instrumental works and operas, and an influential music educator.
Richard Meale, Australian pianist and composer (died 2009)
Cormac Murphy-O'Connor was a British Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Westminster from 2000 to 2009. He was also president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Englan…
Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, English cardinal (died 2017)
Anatoly Yakovlevich Kartashov was a cosmonaut in the Soviet Vostok program.
Anatoly Kartashov, Soviet aviator and cosmonaut (died 2005)
Luis Salvadores Salvi was a Chilean basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. One of nine boys and two girls, he and his brothers established the Salvadores Salvi…
Luis Salvadores Salvi, Chilean basketball player (died 2014)
Cor Brom was a Dutch football player and manager.
Cor Brom, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2008)
Lady Antonia Margaret Caroline Fraser is a British author of history, novels, biographies and detective fiction.
Antonia Fraser, English historian and author
Yakir Aharonov is an Israeli physicist specializing in quantum physics. He has been a Professor of Theoretical Physics and the James J. Farley Professor of Natural Philosophy at Ch…
Yakir Aharonov, Israeli academic and educator