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Paul Robert Chernoff was an American mathematician, specializing in functional analysis and the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics. He is known for Chernoff's Theorem, a…
Paul Chernoff, American mathematician and poet (died 2017)
Marjorie Margolies is a fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Fels Institute of Government and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a former journ…
Marjorie Margolies, American journalist and politician
Henry Splawn Taylor was an American poet, academic, and translator. The author of more than 15 books of poems, translation, and nonfiction, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in …
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Flaviano Vicentini was an Italian road race cyclist who was active between 1963 and 1971. After becoming the world champion in 1963 as amateur, he turned professional. He then won …
Flaviano Vicentini, Italian cyclist (died 2002)
Togo Dennis West Jr. was an American attorney and Army officer who served as the third secretary of veterans affairs in the administration of President Bill Clinton from 1998 until…
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Arthur Wilton Brown is an English singer and songwriter best known for his flamboyant and theatrical performances, eclectic work and his powerful, wide-ranging operatic voice, in p…
Arthur Brown, English rock singer-songwriter
Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He was the fifteenth Astronomer Royal from 1995 to 2025, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, …
Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, English cosmologist and astrophysicist
Michele Lee is an American actress, singer, dancer, author, producer and director. She is known for her role as Karen Fairgate MacKenzie on the prime-time soap opera Knots Landing,…
Michele Lee, American actress and singer
Eduardo Alfredo Juan Bernardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle is a Chilean politician and civil engineer who served as president of Chile from 1994 to 2000. He was also a Senator, fulfilling the r…
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean engineer and politician, 32nd President of Chile
Colin Peter Groves was a British-Australian biologist and anthropologist. Groves was professor of biological anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra, Austral…
Colin Groves, Australian academician and educator (died 2017)
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 (died 2022)
Paraskevas Nikiforos Diamandouros is a Greek academic who was the first National Ombudsman of Greece from 1998 to 2003 and has been Ombudsman for the European Union from April 2003…
Nikiforos Diamandouros, Greek academic and politician
Willis Reed Jr. was an American professional basketball player, coach, and general manager. He spent his entire ten-year pro playing career (1964–1974) with the New York Knicks of…
Willis Reed, American basketball player, coach, and manager (died 2023)
Michel Tremblay is a Canadian writer, novelist and playwright.
Michel Tremblay, Canadian author and playwright
James Morrison is an American retired professional wrestler and manager, better known by his ring name, J. J. Dillon.
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Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's …
Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and politician, Brazilian Minister of Culture
Bruce Johnston is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer, best known as a former member of the Beach Boys. He also collaborated on many records with Terry Mel…
Bruce Johnston, American singer-songwriter and producer
Frank Mills is a Canadian pianist and recording artist, best known for his solo instrumental hit "Music Box Dancer".
Frank Mills, Canadian pianist and composer
Daniel Isaac Schechter was an American television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic. He wrote and spoke about many issues including apartheid, civil rights…
Danny Schechter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)
Chris Hani was a South African military commander, politician and revolutionary. He served as the leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and chief of staff of uMkhonto …
Chris Hani, South African politician (died 1993)
Hans-Joachim Walde was a West German track and field athlete. He competed in the decathlon at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1964 and a silver in 1968.
Hans-Joachim Walde, German decathlete (died 2013)
Frank Zane is a retired American professional bodybuilder and author. Known as "the Chemist", Zane is a three-time Mr. Olympia winner, having won the competition every year from 19…
Frank Zane, American professional bodybuilder and author
Charlotte Bingham was an English novelist who wrote over 30 mainly historical romance novels and also wrote for many television programmes including Upstairs, Downstairs; Play for…
Charlotte Bingham, English author and screenwriter (died 2025)
Michael Robert Willesee, was an Australian award-winning news and current affairs television journalist, interviewer and presenter. Willesee worked at the Australian Broadcasting C…
Mike Willesee, Australian journalist and producer (died 2019)