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Lorna Gaye Goodison is a Jamaican poet, essayist and memoirist, a West Indian writer, whose career spans four decades. She is now professor emerita, English Language and Literatur…
Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet and author
Chantal Montellier, born on August 1, 1947, in Bouthéon near Saint-Étienne in the Loire Department, is a French comics creator and artist, editorial cartoonist, novelist, and paint…
Chantal Montellier, French comics creator and artist
Ruth Bakke is a Norwegian organist and composer. She was born in Bergen, Norway, and studied at the Bergen Music Conservatory and the University of Oslo. She continued her studies …
Ruth Bakke, Norwegian organist and composer
Lawrence Wright is an American writer and journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of…
Lawrence Wright, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
Ralph Wright was an English professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. Active in England and the United States, Wright made over 200 appearances in an 8-year …
Ralph Wright, English footballer (died 2020)
Klaus Schulze was a German electronic music pioneer, composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried and was a member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra…
Klaus Schulze, German keyboard player and songwriter (died 2022)
Gary Stephen "Angry" Anderson is an Australian rock singer, songwriter, television personality and actor, best known as the lead vocalist and the longest-tenured remaining member o…
Angry Anderson, Australian singer and actor
Bernardo Carbo is an American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He began his career with the Cinci…
Bernie Carbo, American baseball player
France Anne-Dominic Córdova is an American astrophysicist. She served as the 11th president of Purdue University from 2007 to 2012 and as the 14th director of the National Science …
France A. Córdova, American astrophysicist and academic
Richard Dean Zehringer, known professionally as Rick Derringer, was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He gained success in the 1960s with his band, the McCoys. Their d…
Rick Derringer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2025)
Gregory Leskiw is a Canadian guitarist and vocalist best known for playing rhythm guitar and singing background vocals on recordings and in concert with the Guess Who from 1970 to …
Greg Leskiw, Canadian guitarist and songwriter
Radhia Cousot, née Rezig was a French computer scientist known for inventing abstract interpretation. Her 1985 doctoral thesis advanced the semantics, proof, and static analysis me…
Radhia Cousot, French computer scientist and academic (died 2014)
Franciscus Henricus Antheunis, professionally known as Franciscus Henri, is a musician and children's entertainer. He has dual Dutch and Australian nationality. In 1970 he gained n…
Franciscus Henri, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter
Sofiia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru, known simply as Sofia Rotaru, is a Ukrainian singer.
Sofia Rotaru, Ukrainian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Larry Wilcox is an American actor best known for his role as California Highway Patrol officer Jon Baker in the television series CHiPs, which ran from 1977 to 1983 on NBC.
Larry Wilcox, American actor, director, and producer
Roy Hodgson is an English former football manager and player.
Roy Hodgson, English footballer and manager
Barbara Mason is an American soul singer with several R&B and pop hits in the 1960s and 1970s, best known for her self-written 1965 hit song "Yes, I'm Ready". She has released 12 a…
Barbara Mason, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
John Herbert Varley was an American science fiction writer who won Hugo and Nebula awards for his novellas "The Persistence of Vision", "PRESS ENTER ■", and "The Pusher".
John Varley, American author
Kenneth Wayne Dryden was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, politician, lawyer, businessman and author. He played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey Leag…
Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player, lawyer, and politician (died 2025)
Ian Scott Anderson is a British musician best known as the lead vocalist, flautist, and acoustic guitarist of the British rock band Jethro Tull, with whom he has been the only cons…
Ian Anderson, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Anwar bin Ibrahim is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 10th prime minister of Malaysia since 2022. A member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), he served as Member of P…
Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian academic and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia
John Southern Spencer is a former England international rugby union player.
John Spencer, English rugby player and manager
Alan Ward was an English cricketer, who played in five Test matches for the England cricket team between 1969 and 1976. He played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club from 1966 to 19…
Alan Ward, English cricketer
Theodorus Jacob de Jong is a Dutch former professional footballer and former football coach.
Theo de Jong, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager