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Jocelyne Bourassa, CM was a Canadian professional golfer, who had a distinguished amateur career. She was Rookie of the Year on the LPGA Tour in 1972, and ended her career with one…
Jocelyne Bourassa, Canadian golfer (died 2021)
Junior Campbell is a Scottish composer, songwriter and musician. He was a founding member, lead guitarist, pianist, and singer with the Scottish band Marmalade and co-wrote and pro…
Junior Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Gabriele Hinzmann is a German former track and field athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw, such as at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where sh…
Gabriele Hinzmann, German discus thrower
Sir Ronald Dennis is a British businessman and motorsport executive. From 1981 to 2009, Dennis served as team principal, CEO and co-owner of McLaren in Formula One, winning seven W…
Ron Dennis, English businessman, founded the McLaren Group
Sir Jonathan Pryce is a Welsh actor. He is known for his performances on stage and in film and television. He has received numerous awards, including two Tony Awards and two Laure…
Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor and singer
Ronald David Wood is an English rock musician, best known as a member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, and a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group.
Ronnie Wood, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Viktor Klima is a retired Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ). He served as Chancellor of Austria from 1997 to 2000.
Viktor Klima, Austrian businessman and politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria
Sir David Hare is an English playwright, screenwriter, and director. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including two Laurence Olivier Awar…
David Hare, English director, playwright, and screenwriter
Frederick Jerome Stewart, known professionally as Freddie Stone, is an American pastor and musician, known for being a member of Sly and the Family Stone.
Freddie Stone, American singer, guitarist, and pastor
Robert Barton Englund is an American actor and director. Englund is best known for playing the villain Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Englund has receiv…
Robert Englund, American actor; best known for Nightmare on Elm Street
Aagje ("Ada") Kok is a Dutch former swimmer who ranked among the world's best in the butterfly stroke category during the 1960s.
Ada Kok, Dutch butterfly stroke swimmer; winner of three Olympic medals including gold in 1968
Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson is an American avant-garde artist, musician and filmmaker whose work encompasses performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially tra…
Laurie Anderson, American singer-songwriter and violinist
Thomas Evans was an English musician who was born in Liverpool, England, grew up in a working-class family, and was part of The Calderstones before joining the Iveys/Badfinger. He …
Tom Evans, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1983)
David Blunkett, Baron Blunkett, is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education and Employment from 1997 to 2001, Home Secretary from 2001 to 2004 and Secret…
David Blunkett, British Labour politician; Home Secretary 2001–2004
Keith Daniel Williams was an American triple murderer who was executed by the state of California for the October 1978 murders of three people in Merced, California. He was convict…
Keith Daniel Williams, American convicted rapist and triple murderer (died 1996)
Thurman Lee Munson was an American professional baseball catcher who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees, from 1969 until his death in 1979. …
Thurman Munson, American baseball player (died 1979)
Annie Haslam is an English vocalist, songwriter and painter. She is best known as the lead singer of progressive rock band Renaissance since 1971, and for her long and diverse solo…
Annie Haslam, English singer-songwriter and painter
Sara Paretsky is an American author of detective fiction, best known for her novels focused on the protagonist V. I. Warshawski.
Sara Paretsky, American author
Eric Francis Wieschaus is an American evolutionary developmental biologist and 1995 Nobel Prize-winner.
Eric F
Robert Indermaur is a Swiss painter and sculptor. Originally trained as a schoolteacher, Indermaur became a freelance artist in 1969, producing contemporary paintings and sculpture…
Robert Indermaur, Swiss painter
Robbie Vincent is an English radio broadcaster and DJ. As a champion of jazz, funk and soul music in the UK during the late 1970s he made an important contribution both live in clu…
Robbie Vincent, UK disc jockey and radio presenter
J. E. Michel Bastarache is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and retired puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada.
Michel Bastarache, Canadian businessman, lawyer, and jurist
Kenneth Wayne Singleton is an American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder and designat…
Ken Singleton, American baseball player and sportscaster
Air Marshal Sir Robert Alfred Wright, is a former senior Royal Air Force officer.
Robert Wright, English air marshal