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Serge Nubret was a Guadeloupean-French professional bodybuilder, actor and self-published author. He won numerous bodybuilding competitions, including the 1976 NABBA Mr. Universe (…
Serge Nubret, Caribbean-French bodybuilder and actor (died 2011)
John Richard Duncan was an American country music singer-songwriter, best known for a string of hits in the mid- to late 1970s. In his career, he released 14 studio albums, includi…
Johnny Duncan, American country singer (died 2006)
Teresa Heinz, also known as Teresa Heinz Kerry, is a Portuguese-American businesswoman and philanthropist. Heinz is the widow of former U.S. Senator John Heinz and the current wife…
Teresa Heinz, Mozambican-American businesswoman and philanthropist
Elsie Yvonne Brewster was a Jamaican actress, theatre director, producer and writer working across film, theatre, radio and television. She has been described as a "cultural vision…
Yvonne Brewster, Jamaican actress and theatre director
Ann Shirley Jones, also known as Ann Haydon-Jones, is an English former tennis and table tennis champion. She won eight Grand Slam tennis championships in her career: three in sing…
Ann Jones, English tennis player and sportscaster
William Corlett, was an English author, best known for his quartet of children's novels, The Magician's House, published between 1990 and 1992.
William Corlett, English author and playwright (died 2005)
Walter Gretzky was a Canadian philanthropist who was the father of Canadian ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky.
Walter Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey coach and author (died 2021)
Bronislovas Lubys was a Lithuanian entrepreneur, former Prime Minister of Lithuania, signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, and businessman.
Bronislovas Lubys, Lithuanian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania (died 2011)
Frederick Sydney Stolle, AO was an Australian amateur world No. 1 tennis player and commentator. He was born in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. He was the father of former Aus…
Fred Stolle, Australian-American tennis player and sportscaster (died 2025)
Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky was a colonel of the KGB who became KGB resident-designate (rezident) and bureau chief in London and a British spy.
Oleg Gordievsky, Russian intelligence officer and author (died 2025)
Daidō Moriyama is a Japanese photographer best known for his black-and-white street photography and association with the avant-garde photography magazine Provoke.
Daidō Moriyama, Japanese photographer
Lily Tuck is an American novelist and short story writer whose novel The News from Paraguay won the 2004 National Book Award for Fiction. Her 2008 biography Woman of Rome: A Life o…
Lily Tuck, American novelist and short story writer
Darrall Tucker Imhoff was an American professional basketball player. He spent 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for six teams from 1960 to 1972. He …
Darrall Imhoff, American basketball player (died 2017)
Heinz Fischer is an Austrian politician who served as the president of Austria from 2004 to 2016. Fischer previously served as minister for science from 1983 to 1987 and as preside…
Heinz Fischer, Austrian academic and politician, 11th President of Austria
Leroy "Lee" Edward Hood is an American biologist who has served on the faculties at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of Washington. His invention…
Leroy Hood, American biologist and academic
Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael James Douglas Stear, was a senior commander of the Royal Air Force (RAF). He served as Deputy Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Central Europe from 19…
Michael Stear, English air marshal (died 2020)
Shirley Ann Caesar-Williams, known professionally as Shirley Caesar, is an American gospel singer. Her career began in 1951, when she signed to Federal Records at the age of 12. Th…
Shirley Caesar, American gospel singer-songwriter
Hugo John Smelter Young was a British journalist and columnist and senior political commentator at The Guardian.
Hugo Young, English journalist and author (died 2003)
John Wesley Dean III is a disbarred American attorney who served as White House Counsel for U.S. President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. Dean is known for his role…
John Dean, American lawyer and author, 13th White House Counsel
Shula Eta Marks, OBE, FBA is a South African-British historian and author. She is a emeritus professor of history at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of…
Shula Marks, South African historian and academic
Farah Pahlavi is a member of the Pahlavi dynasty. She is the last queen and empress of Iran, and is the third wife and widow of the last shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Farah Pahlavi, Empress of Iran
Marvin Earl Johnson was an American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist. He was influential in the development of the Motown style of music, primarily for the song "Come to Me," whi…
Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1993)
Nicholas Brice Marden Jr. was an American artist generally described as minimalist, although his work has roots in abstract expressionism, color field painting, and lyrical abstrac…
Brice Marden, American painter (died 2023)
Robert June Ward Sr. was an American blues and soul guitarist. He was known for founding the Ohio Untouchables, the band that later would become the Ohio Players. He played the gui…
Robert Ward, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2008)