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Spalding Rockwell Gray was an American actor and writer. He is best known for driving autobiographical monologues that he wrote and performed for theater in the 1980s and 1990s, as…
Spalding Gray, American writer, actor, and monologist (died 2004)
Gudrun Sjödén is a Swedish fashion designer.
Gudrun Sjödén, Swedish designer
Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Shakerley was a British party planner, writer and socialite from the Anson family. She was a first cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II and sister of …
Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, British party planner, writer and socialite (died 2020)
Robert Jonathan Bradford was a Methodist Minister and a Vanguard Unionist and Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for the Belfast South constituency in Northern Ireland until his …
Robert Bradford, Northern Irish politician and activist (died 1981)
Richard Alan Cash was an American global health researcher, public health physician, and internist. He was a pioneer of oral rehydration therapy for lethal diseases such as cholera…
Richard A
John Douglas "Jon" Lord was an English keyboardist and composer. In 1968, Lord co-founded the hard rock band Deep Purple. Lord performed on most of the band's most popular songs; h…
Jon Lord, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2012)
Mickey Jones was an American musician and actor. He played drums with acts such as Trini Lopez and Bob Dylan, with whom he played on his 1966 world tour. He became a founding membe…
Mickey Jones, American drummer (died 2018)
George Pell was an Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church. In 2018, Pell was convicted of child sexual abuse, before the convictions were unanimously quashed on appeal by the H…
George Pell, Australian cardinal (died 2023)
Shirley Alston Reeves, born Shirley Owens, is an American soul singer who was the main lead singer of the hit girl group the Shirelles.
Shirley Owens, American singer
Jürgen Prochnow is a German actor. His international breakthrough was his portrayal of the good-hearted and sympathetic U-boat Commander "Der Alte" in the 1981 war film Das Boot.
Jürgen Prochnow, German actor
David Walker was an Australian racing driver who drove for Lotus in the 1971 and 1972 Formula One World Championships.
David Walker, Australian racing driver
Anthony Wilfred James Whitford was a Canadian politician, who served as the commissioner of the Northwest Territories from 2005 to 2010.
Tony Whitford, Canadian politician (died 2024)
Marv Albert is an American former sportscaster. Honored for his work by the Basketball Hall of Fame, he was commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball". From 1967 to 2004, he…
Marv Albert, American sportscaster
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's …
Chick Corea, American pianist and composer (died 2021)
Roy Harper is an English folk rock singer, songwriter, poet and guitarist. He has released 22 studio albums across a career that stretches back to 1966. As a musician, Harper is kn…
Roy Harper, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Reginald Maurice Ball, known professionally as Reg Presley, was an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer with the 1960s rock and roll band the Troggs, whose hits in…
Reg Presley, English singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Marcel Ernest Lachemann is an American professional baseball executive and a former player, manager and pitching coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). As a player, he was a relief …
Marcel Lachemann, American baseball player, coach and manager
Serge Lemoyne was a Canadian artist from Quebec. He worked as a performance artist as well as creating paintings, assemblages and prints. Lemoyne explored themes such as the enviro…
Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (died 1998)
Marvin “Marv” Tarplin was an American musician, best known as the guitarist for the Miracles from the 1950s through the early 1970s. He was one of the group's original members and …
Marv Tarplin, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2011)
Neal Adams was an American comic book artist. He was the co-founder of the graphic design studio Continuity Associates, and was a creators-rights advocate who helped secure a pensi…
Neal Adams, American illustrator (died 2022)
Lucille Elsa Roybal-Allard is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1993 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she first entered Cong…
Lucille Roybal-Allard, American politician
Harry Edward Nilsson III, sometimes credited as Nilsson, was an American singer and songwriter known for his versatile tenor range, pioneering use of vocal overdubbing, exploration…
Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (died 1994)
Lamont Herbert Dozier was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Detroit. He co-wrote and produced 14 Billboard #1 hits in the US and 4 #4 in the UK.
Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer (died 2022)
Thomas Alfred Horton, was an English professional golfer. He finished in the top ten of the Open Championship four times, won a number of important tournaments both before and afte…
Tommy Horton, English golfer (died 2017)