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Georgios Karatzaferis is a Greek politician, a former member of the Hellenic Parliament and the former president of the Popular Orthodox Rally. Previously, Karatzaferis was a membe…
Georgios Karatzaferis, Greek journalist and politician
Wilhelmina Catharina Maria Martina "Wilma" van den Berg,, married name van Gool, is a Dutch former sprinter, two-time Olympian, silver medalist in the European Championships and Un…
Wilma van den Berg, Dutch sprinter
John Turner, known professionally as John Nathan-Turner, was an English television producer. He was the ninth producer of the long-running BBC science fiction series Doctor Who and…
John Nathan-Turner, English author and television director, producer, and writer (died 2002)
Frederick Blair Stanley is an American former professional baseball shortstop, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1969 to 1982 for the Seattle Pilots / Milwaukee Brewer…
Fred Stanley, American baseball player and manager
John Stocker is a Canadian voice actor. His career in voice acting began in the 1970s.
John Stocker, Canadian voice actor and director
Gun Margareta Winberg is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. Winberg held various ministerial posts in the Third cabinet of Ingvar Carlsson and the Cabinet of Göran Persson fro…
Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
Madeleine Edith Prior is an English folk rock singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span. She was born in Blackpool and moved to St Albans in her teens. Her father, A…
Maddy Prior, English folk singer
Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel is an American writer best known for her romance novels. She is the bestselling living author and the fourth-best-selling fiction autho…
Danielle Steel, American author
Johannes Cornelis "Joop" van Daele was a Dutch footballer who played as a defender.
Joop van Daele, Dutch footballer (died 2025)
Raakhee, professionally known as Raakhee, is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi and Bengali films. One of the leading and greatest actresses of the 1970s and early 1980…
Rakhee Gulzar, Indian film actress
Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun, also sometimes Moseley-Braun, is an American diplomat, politician, and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999.…
Carol Moseley Braun, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to New Zealand
Katharine Eleanor Hamnett CBE is an English fashion designer best known for her political T-shirts.
Katharine Hamnett, English fashion designer
Mohamed Abdelaziz ben Khalili ben Mohamed al-Bachir Er-Rguibi was the 3rd Secretary General of the Polisario Front, from 1976, and the President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Repu…
Mohamed Abdelaziz, Sahrawi politician, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (died 2016)
Gary Talley is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and author. He began his career as lead guitarist for the Grammy-nominated group The Box Tops who were famous for hits like…
Gary Talley, American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and author
Dave Dutton is an English actor. He first came to public recognition when he played the part of Oswald, the eccentric cafe owner in Granada television's situation comedy, Watching.…
Dave Dutton, English actor and screenwriter
Terry Lee Hoeppner was an American college football coach who served as head coach of the Miami RedHawks in Oxford, Ohio from 1999 to 2004 and the Indiana Hoosiers from 2005 to 200…
Terry Hoeppner, American football player and coach (died 2007)
Gerard Schwarz, also known as Gerry Schwarz or Jerry Schwarz, is an American symphony conductor and trumpeter. As of 2019, Schwarz serves as the Artistic and Music Director of Palm…
Gerard Schwarz, American conductor and director
Anuška Ferligoj is a Slovenian mathematician, born August 19, 1947, in Ljubljana, Slovenia, whose specialty is statistics and network analysis. Her specific interests include multi…
Anuška Ferligoj, Slovenian mathematician
Alan Lee is an English book illustrator and film conceptual designer. He is best known for his artwork inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novels, and for his work on the concep…
Alan Lee, English painter and illustrator
Gerald Lee McRaney is an American television and film actor. McRaney is best known as one of the stars of the television shows Simon & Simon, Major Dad, Promised Land and House of …
Gerald McRaney, American actor
James Carter Pankow is an American trombone player, songwriter, and brass instrument arranger who is a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He is best known for his brass arra…
James Pankow, American musician
Raymond Herbert Wise is an American actor best known for his role as Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks and its prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). He has appeared in films…
Ray Wise, American actor
The Buckinghams are an American pop band from Chicago. They formed in 1966 and went on to become one of the top-selling acts of 1967, charting their only five top 40 hits in the U.…
Carl Giammarese, American singer-songwriter and musician
Cynthia Jane Williams was an American actress. She is best known for her role as Shirley Feeney on the television sitcoms Happy Days (1975–1979), and Laverne & Shirley (1976–1982).…
Cindy Williams, American actress and producer (died 2023)