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James William Fox is an English actor, known for his work in film and television. He is a member of the Fox family of actors. Fox's career began in the 1960s through leading roles …
James Fox, English actor
Nancy Kwan Ka-shen is a Chinese-American actress whose career benefited from Hollywood's casting of more Asian roles in the 1960s, especially in comedies. She was considered an Eas…
Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong-American actress and makeup artist
Jānis Lūsis was a Latvian track and field athlete who competed in javelin throw.
Jānis Lūsis, Latvian javelin thrower and coach (died 2020)
Francis Richard Scobee was an American pilot, engineer, and astronaut. He was killed while commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986, which suffered catastrophic booster fail…
Dick Scobee, American pilot, and astronaut (died 1986)
Balanathan Benjamin Mahendran, commonly known as Balu Mahendra, was a Sri Lankan Tamil cinematographer, director, screenwriter, actor and film editor who worked in various Indian f…
Balu Mahendra, Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Heinz Robert Holliger is a Swiss composer, virtuoso oboist, and conductor. Celebrated for his versatility and technique, Holliger is among the most prominent oboists of his generat…
Heinz Holliger, Swiss oboist, composer, and conductor
Paul Edward Winfield was an American actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landma…
Paul Winfield, American actor (died 2004)
Michel Colombier was a French composer, arranger, and conductor.
Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (died 2004)
Reinhard Hauff is a German film director. His works, which were mostly carried out in the late 1960s to early 1990s, are known for their social and political commentary. Stammheim,…
Reinhard Hauff, German director and screenwriter
Dixie Virginia Carter was an American actress. She starred as Julia Sugarbaker on the sitcom Designing Women (1986–1993) and as Randi King on the drama series Family Law (1999–2002…
Dixie Carter, American actress and singer (died 2010)
Sir Ian Murray McKellen is an English actor. He has played roles on the screen and stage in genres ranging from Shakespearean dramas and modern theatre to popular fantasy and scien…
Ian McKellen, English actor
Simon Dallas Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns,, styled Viscount Garmoyle between 1946 and 1989, is a British businessman.
Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns, English courtier and businessman
Yves Duhaime is a former politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as Cabinet Member and Member of the National Assembly of Quebec.
Yves Duhaime, Canadian captain and politician
Sokratis Kokkalis is a Greek businessman, founder and principal shareholder of Intracom Holdings.
Sokratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman
Sir Gerald Maurice Ronson is a British businessman, philanthropist, and convicted criminal. In the 1980s, he was one of the 'Guinness Four' involved in a trading fraud, for which h…
Gerald Ronson, English businessman and philanthropist
Lionel Sosa is a Mexican-American advertising and marketing executive.
Lionel Sosa, Mexican-American advertising and marketing executive
Donald Ray Williams was an American country music singer, songwriter, and 2010 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He began his solo career in 1971, singing popular balla…
Don Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
Anne Maeve Binchy Snell was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist, and speaker. Her novels were characterised by a sympathetic and often humorous portrayal o…
Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist (died 2012)
Peter Philip Smith OAM is an Australian retired radio announcer and television voice-over artist. He is primarily known for his work with GTV-9 in Melbourne as their chief staff an…
Pete Smith, Australian radio and television announcer
Alfred Unser was an American automobile racing driver, the younger brother of fellow racing drivers Jerry and Bobby Unser, and father of Al Unser Jr. He was the second of four men …
Al Unser, American race car driver (died 2021)
Michael J. Pollard was an American character actor. With his distinctive bulbous nose, dimpled chin and smirk, he gained a cult following, usually portraying quirky, off-beat, simp…
Michael J
Dietrich Erwin Quester is an Austrian former racing driver. Quester participated in 53 24-Hour Races. He competed in a single Formula One race in which he finished ninth.
Dieter Quester, Austrian race car driver
Sir Timothy John Stuart Waterstone is a British bookseller, businessman and author. He is the founder of Waterstones, the United Kingdom-based bookseller retail chain, the largest …
Tim Waterstone, Scottish businessman, founded Waterstones
Sir Terence Hardy Waite is a British human rights activist and author.
Terry Waite, English humanitarian and author