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Robert Anthony Plant is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin from its founding in 1968 until their break-up in 1980. …
Robert Plant, English singer-songwriter
John Noble is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Denethor in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003), and Dr. Walter Bishop in the Fox science fiction se…
John Noble, Australian actor and director
David Lee Marks is an American guitarist who was an early and latter-era member of the Beach Boys. While growing up in Hawthorne, California, Marks was a neighborhood friend of the…
David Marks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Carolyn L. Mazloomi is an American curator, quilter, author, art historian, and aerospace engineer. She is a strong advocate for presenting and documenting African-American-made qu…
Carolyn L. Mazloomi, American art historian and quilter
Atef Bseiso was the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) liaison officer with foreign intelligence agencies. He was assassinated in Paris in 1992. Several theories exist regar…
Atef Bseiso, Palestinian intelligence officer (died 1992)
Andrei Gabriel Pleșu is a Romanian philosopher, essayist, journalist, literary and art critic. He has been intermittently involved in politics, having been appointed Minister of Cu…
Andrei Pleșu, Romanian journalist and politician, 95th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Daniel Eugene "Rudy" Ruettiger is an American motivational speaker and author who played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. His early life and career at Notre Dame…
Rudy Ruettiger, American football player
Lev Matveevich Zelenyi is a Soviet and Russian physicist, an expert in space plasma physics, the physics of solar-terrestrial relations, nonlinear dynamics and planetary research.
Lev Zeleny, Russian physicist and academic
Kim Sung-il (Korean: 김성일) is a former Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Air Force.
Kim Sung-il, South Korean commander and pilot
Jean-Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient, and new-age genres, and is known for organising outdoor spe…
Jean Michel Jarre, French pianist, composer, and producer
Sauli Väinämö Niinistö is a Finnish politician who served as the president of Finland from 2012 to 2024.
Sauli Niinistö, Finnish captain and politician, 12th President of Finland
Ledward Kaapana is a Hawaiian musician, best known for playing in the slack key guitar style. He also plays steel guitar, ukulele, autoharp, and bass guitar, and is a baritone and …
Ledward Kaapana, American singer and guitarist
Nicholas (Nikolaos) A. Peppas is a chemical and biomedical engineer whose leadership in biomaterials science and engineering, drug delivery, bionanotechnology, pharmaceutical scien…
Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemist and biologist
John Mehler is a drummer for Love Song, Spirit of Creation, Noah and other bands.
John Mehler, American drummer
Robert Rudolph Remus, better known as Sgt. Slaughter, is an American voice actor and retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE in its ambassador program.
Sgt. Slaughter, American wrestler
Sir Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith is a Scottish legal scholar and author of fiction. He was born and brought up in Southern Rhodesia and was formerly Professor of Medical Law at t…
Alexander McCall Smith, Rhodesian-Scottish author and educator
Deborah Anne Swallow is a British educator, museum curator and academic. From 2004 to 2023, she was the Märit Rausing Director of The Courtauld Institute of Art and its Gallery; sh…
Deborah Swallow, English historian and curator
Philippe Vallois is an openly gay screenwriter and director whose film Johan (1976) was selected for the Cannes Film Festival.
Philippe Vallois, French director and screenwriter
Vonda Neel McIntyre was an American science fiction writer and biologist.
Vonda N. McIntyre, American author (died 2019)
Norman Murray Parker is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in three Test matches and one One Day International during 1976.
Murray Parker, New Zealand cricketer and educator
Heather Maxine Reisman is a Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist. Reisman is the founder and chief executive of the Canadian retail chain Indigo Books and Music. She is the co…
Heather Reisman, Canadian publisher and businesswoman
Daniel Peter Seraphine is an American drummer, record producer, theatrical producer, and film producer. He is best known as the original drummer and a founding member of the rock b…
Danny Seraphine, American drummer and producer
Elizabeth Susan Wilmshurst, Distinguished Fellow of the International Law Programme at Chatham House, and Professor of International Law at University College London, is best known…
Elizabeth Wilmshurst, English academic and jurist
Baron Kantarō Suzuki was a Japanese politician and admiral who served as prime minister of Japan from 7 April to 17 August 1945, during World War II. He was prime minister at the …
Kantarō Suzuki, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (born 1868)