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José Néstor Pékerman Krimen is an Argentine professional football coach. His last team managed was the Venezuela national team. As a youth level coach for Argentina, he won the FIF…
José Pékerman, Argentine footballer, coach, and manager
Peter VII was the Greek Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa from 1997 to 2004. During his reign, Petros VII was credited with reviving the Greek Orthodox churc…
Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (died 2004)
Russell Dean Pees is an American football coach who is a senior advisor for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He was the defensive coordinator for the Rav…
Dean Pees, American football player and coach
David "Clem" Clempson is an English rock guitarist who has played in a number of bands, including Colosseum and Humble Pie.
Clem Clempson, English guitarist and songwriter
Iris Robinson is a former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician in Northern Ireland. She is married to Peter Robinson, who was First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2008 to …
Iris Robinson, Northern Irish politician
Dianne Hayter, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town is a British politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 2010. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, she was …
Dianne Hayter, German-English politician
Barry Siegel is an American journalist. He is a former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times who won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 2002 for his piece "A Fath…
Barry Siegel, American journalist and academic
Darryl Grant Cotton was an Australian pop, rock singer-songwriter, television presenter and actor. He was a founding member of Australian rock group Zoot in 1965, with Beeb Birtles…
Darryl Cotton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer. In the 1970s and 1980s, Watson was one of the leading golfers in the world, winning eight major championships and heading …
Tom Watson, American golfer and sportscaster
Edward Allen Hinds FInstP FAPS FRS is a British physicist noted for his work with cold matter.
Edward Hinds, English physicist and academic
John Anthony Curry, was a British figure skater. He was the 1976 European, World and Olympic Champion. He was noted for combining ballet and modern dance influences into his skatin…
John Curry, English figure skater (died 1994)
Daniel Pipes is an American former professor, counter-jihad activist, and commentator on foreign policy and the Middle East. He is the president of the Middle East Forum, and publi…
Daniel Pipes, American historian and author
Joseph Robert Theismann is an American former professional football player, sports commentator, corporate speaker, and restaurateur. He rose to fame playing quarterback in the Nati…
Joe Theismann, American football player and sportscaster
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, commonly referred to as SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired military officer who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014 and…
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesian general and politician, 6th President of Indonesia
Barrie "Barriemore" Barlow is an English musician, best known as the drummer and percussionist for the rock band Jethro Tull, from May 1971 to June 1980.
Barriemore Barlow, English rock drummer and songwriter
Babette Cole was an English children's writer and illustrator.
Babette Cole, English author and illustrator (died 2017)
Donald Thomas Muraco is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation from 1981 to 1988, where he held the WWF…
Don Muraco, American wrestler
William James O'Reilly Jr. is an American conservative commentator, journalist, author, and television host.
Bill O'Reilly, American journalist and author
Roger Miles Uttley OBE is a former English rugby union player.
Roger Uttley, English rugby player and coach
William Marvin Whittington was an American racing driver from Lubbock, Texas, who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and competed five times in the Indianapolis 500.
Bill Whittington, American racing driver (died 2021)
Charles Frank "Chic" Burlingame III was the captain of American Airlines Flight 77, the aircraft that was crashed by terrorists into the Pentagon during the September 11 attacks.
Charles Burlingame, American captain and pilot (died 2001)
Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina is a Russian politician and retired figure skater, who is the only pair skater to win 10 successive World Championships (1969–78) and three successive …
Irina Rodnina, Russian figure skater and politician
James Mitchell Cleamons is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), with the Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, New Yor…
Jim Cleamons, American basketball player and coach
John William Henry II is an American businessman and the founder of John W. Henry & Company, an investment management firm. He is the principal owner of Liverpool Football Club, th…
John W. Henry, American businessman