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Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British and American novelist. His work often combines magical realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disr…
Salman Rushdie, Indian-English novelist and essayist
John Ralston Saul is a Canadian writer, political philosopher, and public intellectual. Saul is most widely known for his writings on the nature of individualism, citizenship and t…
John Ralston Saul, Canadian philosopher and author
Dolores Brooks, also known as Sakinah Muhammad or La La Brooks, is an American singer and actress. She is best known as the third lead singer of the girl group The Crystals and the…
Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, American pop singer
Meredith Ann Baxter is an American actress and producer. She is known for her roles on the CBS sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie (1972–1973), ABC drama series Family (1976–1980) and the …
Meredith Baxter, American actress
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian Nobel laureate, lawyer, writer, teacher and a former judge and founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. In 2003, Ebadi was awarded the No…
Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer, judge, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
Michael Edward Gross is an American television, film, and stage actor. He is notable for playing Steven Keaton on the sitcom Family Ties (1982–1989) and survivalist Burt Gummer in …
Michael Gross, American actor
Joseph Charles Molland II was an English singer-songwriter and guitarist whose recording career spanned five decades. He was best known as a member of Badfinger, the most successfu…
Joey Molland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025)
Harold Wade Phillips is an American football coach. He has served as the head coach of the Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Roughnecks, and San Antonio Brahma…
Wade Phillips, American football coach
Fernando Fernández-Savater Martín is a Spanish philosopher, essayist and author.
Fernando Savater, Spanish philosopher and author
Octavia Estelle Butler was an American science fiction and speculative fiction author who won several awards for her works, including Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butle…
Octavia E
Howard Kaylan is an American retired musician and songwriter, who was a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s rock band The Turtles, and, with bandmate and friend Mark Volma…
Howard Kaylan, American pop-rock singer-songwriter and musician
Bruno Latour was a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist. He was especially known for his work in the field of science and technology studies (STS). After teaching at …
Bruno Latour, French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist (died 2022)
Peter Press Maravich, also known by his nickname Pistol Pete, was an American professional basketball player.
Pete Maravich, American basketball player (died 1988)
Jerry John Rawlings was a Ghanaian military officer, aviator, politician, and revolutionary who led the country briefly in 1979 and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military regime…
Jerry Rawlings, Ghanaian lieutenant and politician, President of Ghana (died 2020)
Michael John Kells Fleetwood is an English musician, songwriter and actor. He is the drummer, co-founder and leader of the rock band Fleetwood Mac. His surname was merged with that…
Mick Fleetwood, English-American drummer
John Gates Powell was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the discus throw. He set a world record at 69.08 meters in 1975, and his personal best of 71.26 meters …
John Powell, American discus thrower (died 2022)
Paul-Andre Cadieux was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and later player-coach, coach and sports director. He was the father of ice hockey player Jan Cadieux.
Paul-André Cadieux, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2024)
Mark Helprin is an American-Israeli novelist, journalist, conservative commentator, Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy…
Mark Helprin, American novelist and journalist
Kazuyoshi Hoshino is a Japanese former racing driver and businessman.
Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Japanese race car driver
Bryan Neathway Brown AM is an Australian actor. He has performed in over eighty film and television projects since the late 1970s, both in his native Australia and abroad. Notable …
Bryan Brown, Australian actor and producer
Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmerelda Johnston Dickson Wright was an English celebrity cook, television personality, writer, business…
Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (died 2014)
Peter Francis Weller is an American actor and television director. He has appeared in more than 70 films and television series, including RoboCop (1987) and its sequel RoboCop 2 (1…
Peter Weller, American actor and director
James Carter Walker Jr. is an American actor and comedian. He portrayed James ("J.J.") Evans Jr., the older son of James Evans Sr. and Florida Evans, on the CBS television comedy s…
Jimmie Walker, American actor
Laura D'Andrea Tyson is an American economist and university administrator who is currently a Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School at the Haas School of Business of the U…
Laura Tyson, American economist and academic