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Little Buster was an American soul and blues musician. He was born sighted, but developed glaucoma at the age of three. By the time his vision was completely gone, he was fluent on…
Edward "Little Buster" Forehand, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
Felice Gimondi was an Italian professional racing cyclist. With his 1968 victory at the Vuelta a España, only three years after becoming a professional cyclist, Gimondi, nicknamed …
Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist (died 2019)
Madeline Gail Kahn was an American actress, comedian, and singer. She was known for her comedic roles in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks, including What's Up, Do…
Madeline Kahn, American actress and singer (died 1999)
Jean-Luc Ponty is a French jazz and jazz fusion violinist and composer. He is considered a pioneer of jazz-rock, particularly for his use of the electric violin starting in the 197…
Jean-Luc Ponty, French violinist and composer
Ian David McShane is an English actor. His television performances include the title role in the BBC series Lovejoy, Al Swearengen in Deadwood (2004–2006) and its 2019 film continu…
Ian McShane, English actor
Clarence William Nelson II is an American politician, attorney, and former astronaut who served from 2001 to 2019 as a United States senator from Florida and from 2021 to 2025 as t…
Bill Nelson, American politician
Janet Frances Powell was an Australian politician.
Janet Powell, Australian educator and politician (died 2013)
Stojan Steve Tesich was a Serbian-American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1979 for the film Breaking Away.
Steve Tesich, Serbian-American screenwriter and playwright (died 1996)
Angus Boyd "Gus" Dudgeon was an English record producer, who oversaw many of Elton John's most acclaimed recordings, including his commercial breakthrough, "Your Song". Their colla…
Gus Dudgeon, English record producer (died 2002)
Franklin Joseph Lymon was an American rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, dancer and composer best known as the boy soprano lead singer of the New York City-based…
Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (died 1968)
Peaches & Herb is an American vocal duo. Herb Fame has remained a constant as "Herb" since the duo was created in 1966; seven different women have filled the role of "Peaches", mos…
Herb Fame, American R&B singer
Jean-Pierre Alain Jabouille was a French racing driver and engineer, who competed in Formula One from 1974 to 1981. Jabouille won two Formula One Grands Prix across seven seasons.
Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver and engineer (died 2023)
Robert Lanigan was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s. He played for Newtown in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition.
Bob Lanigan, Australian rugby league player (died 2024)
Robert Lelièvre was a French singer, songwriter and guitar player. He is best remembered as a member of the folk rock trio Cy, Maia & Robert, and for fronting the Danish progressiv…
Robert Lelièvre, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1973)
David Staffurth Stancliffe is a British retired Anglican bishop in the Church of England. He was provost of Portsmouth Cathedral from 1982 to 1993 and Bishop of Salisbury from 1993…
David Stancliffe, English bishop and scholar
Günter Wallraff is a German writer and undercover journalist.
Günter Wallraff, German journalist and author
Stephen Douglas Sabol was an American filmmaker. He was the president and one of the founders of NFL Films, along with his father Ed. He was also a widely exhibited visual artist. …
Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (died 2012)
Alan L. Rachins was an American actor and comedian, known for his role as Douglas Brackman in L.A. Law which earned him both Golden Globe and Emmy nominations, and his portrayal of…
Alan Rachins, American actor (died 2024)
Bernice Johnson Reagon was an American song leader, composer, professor of American history, curator at the Smithsonian, and social activist. In the early 1960s, she was a founding…
Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer-songwriter (died 2024)
Karl Wendell Richter was an officer in the United States Air Force and an accomplished fighter pilot during the Vietnam War. At the age of 23 he was the youngest pilot in that conf…
Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot (died 1967)
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is an Icelandic politician, who served as prime minister of Iceland from 2009 to 2013. She was Iceland's first female prime minister and the first openly LGB…
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic politician, 24th Prime Minister of Iceland
Christopher Stone was an American actor.
Christopher Stone, American actor and screenwriter (died 1995)
Richard Allen Street was an American soul and R&B singer, most notable as a member of Motown vocal group The Temptations from 1971 to 1993. Prior to joining the Temptations, he had…
Richard Street, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Dan Christensen was an American abstract painter. He is best known for paintings that relate to Lyrical Abstraction, Color field painting, and Abstract expressionism.
Dan Christensen, American painter (died 2007)