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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
Robert Samuel Langer Jr. FREng is an American biotechnologist, businessman, chemical engineer, chemist, and inventor. He is one of the 12 Institute Professors at the Massachusetts …
Robert S. Langer, American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and academic
Lewis Niles Black is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy routines often escalate into angry rants about history, politics, religion and cultural trends.
Lewis Black, American comedian, actor, and author
Victor Andreevich Skumin is a Russian and Soviet scientist, psychiatrist, philosopher and writer.
Victor Skumin, Russian psychiatrist, psychologist, and academic
Harald Ertl was an Austrian racing driver and motorsport journalist. He was born in Zell am See and attended the same school as Grand Prix drivers Jochen Rindt, Helmut Marko and Ni…
Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (died 1982)
Fredrick Allen Hampton Sr. was an African American revolutionary and political activist who served as deputy chairman of the Black Panther Party, a Marxist-Leninist and black power…
Fred Hampton, American activist and revolutionary, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party (died…
Lowell Ganz is an American writer and producer. He is the long-time writing partner of Babaloo Mandel and has written for television, film, and theatre.
Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter and producer
Ken McMullen is a film director, artist and since 2012 Anniversary Professor of Film Studies at Kingston University, London. McMullen's films are grounded in philosophy, history, p…
Ken McMullen, English director, producer, and screenwriter
Holger Osieck is a German former football manager who last managed the Australia national team. Prior to the Australian role, he most recently managed J. League club Urawa Red Diam…
Holger Osieck, German footballer and manager
Heinrich Rudolf Schenker is a German guitarist and songwriter, best known as the founder and leader of the hard rock band Scorpions. He is the rhythm and lead guitarist, primary so…
Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist and songwriter
Greg Errico is an American musician and record producer, best known as the drummer for the popular and influential psychedelic soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone.
Greg Errico, American drummer and producer
Józef Mirosław Życiński was a Polish philosopher, publicist, the Roman Catholic metropolitan archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lublin and a professor of the Pontifical Academy of Th…
Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher (died 2011)
Nathaniel "Tiny" Archibald is an American former professional basketball player. He spent 14 years playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA), most notably with the Cinci…
Nate Archibald, American basketball player and coach
Terry Paxton Bradshaw is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Since 19…
Terry Bradshaw, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
Sharon Christa McAuliffe was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire, who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where she was serving as a…
Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut (died 1986)
Donald George Brewer is an American drummer and singer who is a founding member and longtime original drummer of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad.
Don Brewer, American drummer and singer-songwriter
Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina is an astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.
Lyudmila Karachkina, Ukrainian astronomer
Fotis-Fanourios Kouvelis is a Greek lawyer and leftist politician.
Fotis Kouvelis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
Levy Patrick Mwanawasa was a Zambian politician who served as the third president of Zambia. He served as president from January 2002 until his death in August 2008. Mwanawasa is c…
Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (died 2008)
Benita Ferrero-Waldner is an Austrian diplomat and politician, and a member of the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). Ferrero-Waldner served as Foreign Minister of Austria…
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria
Claydes "Charles" Smith was an American musician best known as co-founder and lead guitarist of the group Kool & the Gang.
Claydes Charles Smith, American guitarist (died 2006)