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Sheila Valerie Noakes, Baroness Noakes, is a British Conservative politician and former corporate executive.
Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes, English accountant and politician
John Edward Illsley is an English musician, best known as bassist of the rock band Dire Straits. He has received multiple BRIT and Grammy Awards, and a Heritage Award.
John Illsley, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress. Recognized as one of the most versatile performers of her era, Streep is noted for her technical precision, command of dialects, …
Meryl Streep, American actress
Lindsay Jean Wagner is an American actress. Wagner is popular for her leading role in the American science fiction television series The Bionic Woman (1976–1978), in which she port…
Lindsay Wagner, American actress
Elizabeth Ann Warren is an American politician and former law professor serving as the senior United States senator from Massachusetts, a seat she has held since 2013. A member of …
Elizabeth Warren, American academic and politician
Betty Jackson, RDI is an English fashion designer based in London, England. She was born in Lancashire. In 2007, her success in British fashion was recognised with first an MBE in …
Betty Jackson, English fashion designer
Richard Lionel Clarke is a retired Irish Anglican bishop and author. From 2012 to 2020, he served as the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland: as such, he was the senior…
Richard Clarke, Irish archbishop
Patrick Daniel Tambay was a French racing driver, broadcaster and politician, who competed in Formula One from 1977 to 1986. Tambay won two Formula One Grands Prix across nine seas…
Patrick Tambay, French racing driver (died 2022)
Yoon Joo-sang is a South Korean actor. In 2009, he won the Best Supporting Actor award during the 2009 KBS Drama Awards for his role in Iris.
Yoon Joo-sang, South Korean actor
Fredric Sheldon Brandt was an American physician, researcher, lecturer, author, and radio host specializing in cosmetic dermatology. Among the first to use botulinum toxin ("botox"…
Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (died 2015)
Mary Styles Harris is an American biologist and geneticist, president of Harris & Associates in Atlanta, Georgia, and owner of BioTechnical Communications, which produced the telev…
Mary Styles Harris, American biologist and geneticist
Vera Ellen Wang is an American fashion designer. Wang initially pursued a career in figure skating before transitioning to fashion. She got her start working for Vogue and Ralph La…
Vera Wang, American fashion designer
Daniel Lee Dierdorf is an American sportscaster and former professional football player. He played 13 seasons (1971–1983) as an offensive tackle for the St. Louis Cardinals of the …
Dan Dierdorf, American football player and sportscaster
Uwe Kliemann is a German former professional footballer who played as a central defender. and coach. As a player, he spent 11 seasons in the Bundesliga with Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Ei…
Uwe Kliemann, German footballer, coach, and manager
Andrew David Scott is a Welsh musician and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead guitarist and a backing vocalist in the glam rock band Sweet. Following bassist Steve Pri…
Andy Scott, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Adrian Israel Gurvitz is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. His prolific songwriting ability has gained him hits with Eddie Money's No. 1 Billboard Mainst…
Adrian Gurvitz, English singer-songwriter and producer
Don Edward Baylor, nicknamed "Groove," was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. During his 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), Baylor was a power hit…
Don Baylor, American baseball player and coach (died 2017)
Joan Clos i Matheu, GCIH is a Spanish politician who was mayor of Barcelona, Spain from September 1997 to September 2006. He took over from Pasqual Maragall in 1997. In 1999 he was…
Joan Clos, Spanish anesthesiologist and politician, 116th Mayor of Barcelona
Ann Margaret Veneman is an American attorney who served as the fifth executive director of UNICEF from 2005 to 2010. She previously served as the 27th United States secretary of ag…
Ann Veneman, American lawyer and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Agriculture
Bùi Thanh Liêm was a Vietnamese cosmonaut.
Bùi Thanh Liêm, Vietnamese cosmonaut (died 1981)
Alan Ralph Osmond was an American singer and musician. He was a member of the family musical group The Osmonds. Prior to that, Alan and his brothers performed as the Osmond Brother…
Alan Osmond, American singer and producer (died 2026)
Néjia Ben Mabrouk is a Tunisian screenwriter and director, known for her work on the award-winning film Sama and on the documentary The Gulf War... What Next?.
Néjia Ben Mabrouk, Tunisian-Belgian director and screenwriter
John Peter Farnham is an Australian singer. Farnham was a teen pop idol from 1967 until the mid-1970s, billed as Johnny Farnham. He has since forged a career as an adult contempora…
John Farnham, English-Australian singer-songwriter
H. David Hogan was an American composer and musical director of CIGAP, a choir composed of openly gay men.
David Hogan, American composer and educator (died 1996)