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Alan Arthur Oakes is an English former footballer who holds Manchester City's all-time record for appearances. Oakes is a midfielder who, in total, played 776 matches in the Footba…
Alan Oakes, English footballer and manager
Andrew Zelig Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath is a non-affiliated, and former Labour, member of the House of Lords.
Andrew Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath, English businessman and politician
Jonathan H. Turner, is a professor of sociology at University of California, Riverside.
Jonathan H. Turner, American sociologist
Brian Leslie Cole was an American musician. He was the bass guitarist, bass vocalist and one of the founding members of the 1960s folk rock band the Association.
Brian Cole, American bass player (died 1972)
Judith Hann is a broadcaster and writer specialising in science, food and the environment.
Judith Hann, English journalist and author
Sal Valentino is an American rock musician, singer and songwriter, best known as lead singer of The Beau Brummels, subsequently becoming a songwriter as well. The band released a p…
Sal Valentino, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, better known by his ring name the Iron Sheik, was an Iranian-American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and actor. To date he is the only Iranian …
The Iron Sheik, Iranian-American wrestler and actor (died 2023)
Inez Foxx and her elder brother Charlie Foxx were an American rhythm and blues and soul duo from Greensboro, North Carolina. Inez sang lead vocal, while Charlie sang backing vocals…
Inez Foxx, American singer (died 2022)
Daniel Ira Kalb was an American blues guitarist and vocalist. He was an original member of the 1960s group the Blues Project.
Danny Kalb, American singer and guitarist (died 2022)
Daniel Anthony Hutton is an Irish-American singer, best known as one of the three lead vocalists in the band Three Dog Night. Hutton was a songwriter and singer for Hanna-Barbera R…
Danny Hutton, Irish-American singer
Loletha Elayne Falana or Loletha Elaine Falana, better known by her stage name Lola Falana, is an American singer, dancer, and actress. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Bes…
Lola Falana, American actress, singer, and dancer
Michel Drucker, CQ is a popular French journalist and TV host. He has been on screen for so long on various shows and different networks, both public and private, that he once said…
Michel Drucker, French journalist
Tomás Marco Aragón is a Spanish composer and writer on music.
Tomás Marco, Spanish composer
Maria Muldaur is an American folk and blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s. She recorded the 1973 hit song "Midnight at the Oasis" and ha…
Maria Muldaur, American folk and blues singer
François Tavenas, was a Canadian engineer and academic.
François Tavenas, Canadian engineer and academic (died 2004)
Michel Côté is a Canadian businessman and former politician.
Michel Côté, Canadian businessman and politician
Oliver Lake is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. During th…
Oliver Lake, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer
Roger Lyons was the General Secretary of the MSF trade union from 1992 and re-elected leader of the union in 1997. When the union merged with the Amalgamated Engineering and Electr…
Roger Lyons, English trade union leader
Bernard MacLaverty is a Northern Irish fiction writer and novelist. His novels include Cal and Grace Notes. He has written five books of short stories.
Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
Douglas Lee Dorman was an American bass guitarist best known as a member of the psychedelic rock band Iron Butterfly. He was also a founding member of the British-American supergro…
Lee Dorman, American bass player (died 2012)
Philip Charles Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham, is an English businessman and politician. Although a prominent Conservative Party donor and former Deputy Chairman of the Conservati…
Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham, English businessman and politician
Ksenia Milicevic is a French painter, architect and town planner. She is based in Paris, with a studio in Bateau-Lavoir in Montmartre and also maintains a base in South West France…
Ksenia Milicevic, French painter and architect
Bernard Bamford Calvert is an English former musician who played bass guitar with The Hollies from 1966 until 1981.
Bernie Calvert, English bass player and keyboard player
Susan Lois Graham is an American computer scientist. Graham is the Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Computer Science Division of the Department of Electrical Engi…
Susan L. Graham, American computer scientist and academic