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Sir John McLeod Scarlett is a British senior intelligence officer. He was Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 2004 to 2009. Prior to this appointment, he had chaire…
John Scarlett, English intelligence officer, former head of MI6
James Edward Carter is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Mr Carson in the ITV historical drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2015), which earned him four nominations …
Jim Carter, English actor
Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Gore is an American social issues advocate. She was the second lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001 through her marriage to the 45th vice president, …
Tipper Gore, American activist and author, former Second Lady of the United States
Robert Lindsay Hughes also billed variously as Bob Hughes and Robert Hughs, is an Australian-born British former actor who appeared in ABBA: The Movie and the television sitcom Hey…
Robert Hughes, Australian actor
Christopher O'Connor was an Irish professional golfer. He is often known for defeating American Fred Couples at the 1989 Ryder Cup, helping Europe secure the trophy.
Christy O'Connor Jnr, Irish golfer and architect (died 2016)
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
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
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
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
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
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)