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Erasmo Carlos was a Brazilian singer and songwriter, most closely associated with his friend and longtime collaborator Roberto Carlos. Together, they created many chart hits includ…
Erasmo Carlos, Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2022)
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)
Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke was an American diplomat and author. He was the only person to have held the position of Assistant Secretary of State for two different regions of …
Richard Holbrooke, American journalist, banker, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died
Muhammed Fethullah Gülen was a Turkish Muslim scholar, preacher, and leader of the Gülen movement, which as of 2010 had 8-10 million of followers globally and had established a net…
Fethullah Gülen, Turkish preacher and theologian (died 2024)
Ann-Margret Olsson, credited as Ann-Margret, is an American actress, dancer, and singer with a career spanning seven decades. Her many screen roles include Pocketful of Miracles (1…
Ann-Margret, Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer
Maxwell James Merritt was an Australian-New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist who was renowned as an interpreter of soul music and R&B. As leader of Max Merritt & The Meteors…
Max Merritt, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (died 2020)
Addie Jo "Jody" Conradt is an American retired women's basketball coach. She was the head coach for the women's team at University of Texas at Austin (UT). Her coaching career span…
Jody Conradt, American basketball player and coach
David Howell Cope was an American author, composer, scientist and Dickerson Professor of Music at UC Santa Cruz. His primary area of research involved artificial intelligence and m…
David Cope, American composer and author
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)
Miriam Margolyes is a British-Australian comedian, writer and actress. Known for her work as a character actor across film, television, and stage, she received the BAFTA for Best S…
Miriam Margolyes, English-Australian actress and singer
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 69-year career. With…
Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer; Nobel Prize laureate
Wilmer Dean Chance was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, he played in 11 Major League Baseball seasons for the Los Angeles / California Angels, Minn…
Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (died 2015)
Louis Vincent Anthony Nanne is a Canadian-born American former National Hockey League defenceman and general manager. He played in the National Hockey League with the Minnesota Nor…
Lou Nanne, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
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)
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)
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