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Adolfo Larrue Martínez III, credited as A Martinez, is an American actor and singer. He had roles in the daytime soap operas Santa Barbara, General Hospital, One Life to Live, The …
A Martinez, American actor
Mark Fredrick Farner is an American musician. He was the original singer and guitarist of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad, which he co-founded in 1969, and later as a contemporar…
Mark Farner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Bryant Charles Gumbel is a retired American television journalist and sportscaster. He was best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC's Today. His older brother was sportscaster…
Bryant Gumbel, American journalist and sportscaster
Theodor Franz Jörgensmann was a German jazz clarinetist and academic teacher. Professionally known as Theo Jörgensmann, he belonged to the second generation of European free jazz m…
Theo Jörgensmann, German clarinet player and composer (died 2025)
John Michael McHugh is an American politician from the U.S. state of New York who served as the 21st United States Secretary of the Army, and represented the state's 23rd congressi…
John M. McHugh, American politician
Craig Robert Kusick was an American professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays.
Craig Kusick, American baseball player and coach (died 2006)
Michael John "Cub" Koda was an American rock and roll musician, songwriter, and critic. Rolling Stone magazine considered him best known for writing the song "Smokin' in the Boys R…
Cub Koda, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)
Sir Trevor David Brooking is a former England international footballer, manager, pundit and football administrator; he now works as director of football development in England.
Trevor Brooking, English footballer and manager
Donna Karan, also known as DK, is an American fashion designer and the creator of the Donna Karan New York and DKNY clothing labels.
Donna Karan, American fashion designer, founded DKNY
Avery Franklin Brooks is an American actor, director, singer, narrator and educator. He is best known for his television roles as Captain Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Ni…
Avery Brooks, American actor
Siim Kallas was an Estonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Estonia from 2002 to 2003 and as a European Commissioner from 2004 to 2014.
Siim Kallas, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (died 2026)
Persis Khambatta was an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder best remembered for playing Lieutenant Ilia in the feature film Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).
Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, (died 1998)
Iain "Huey" Hewitson, is a New Zealand-born Australian chef, restaurateur, author and television personality who moved to Australia in 1972. He is best known for his television inv…
Iain Hewitson, New Zealand-Australian chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality
Linda Marie McMahon is an American administrator, business executive and former professional wrestling executive who has served as the 13th United States secretary of education sin…
Linda McMahon, American businesswoman and politician
Michael John "Duke" Robillard is an American guitarist and singer. He founded the band Roomful of Blues and was a member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Although he is known as a roc…
Duke Robillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Russell Craig Mael is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist for the pop and rock duo Sparks, which he formed in 1971 with his elder brother Ron Mael. Mael is known for…
Russell Mael, American vocalist
Gerard Adams is an Irish republican retired politician who was the president of Sinn Féin from 1983 to 2018. He was a Teachta Dála for Louth from 2011 to 2020 and a Member of the N…
Gerry Adams, Irish republican politician
Glenn Branca was an American avant-garde composer, guitarist, and luthier. Known for his use of volume, alternative guitar tunings, repetition, droning, and the harmonic series, he…
Glenn Branca, American guitarist and composer (died 2018)
Diane Ackerman is an American poet, essayist, and naturalist known for her books and films.
Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
John Francis Brake Mitchell OBE FRS is a British climatologist and climate modeller.
John F. B. Mitchell, English climatologist and author
Benjamin Hale Cheever is an American writer and editor. He has written four adult fiction novels, one children's book, and two nonfiction books.
Benjamin Cheever, American journalist and author
Stephen Donald Rucker is an American composer. Rucker studied piano with M. Mendelsohn of the Paris Conservatory. He has composed and conducted for the London Symphony Orchestra in…
Stephen Rucker, American composer
Claude Marcelle Jorré, better known as Claude Jade, was a French actress. She starred as Christine in François Truffaut's three films Stolen Kisses (1968), Bed and Board (1970) and…
Claude Jade, French actress (died 2006)
John William Cummings, better known by his stage name Johnny Ramone, was an American musician who was the guitarist and a founding member of the Ramones, a band that helped pioneer…
Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2004)