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Ken Buchanan was a Scottish professional boxer who competed between 1965 and 1982. He held multiple championships at lightweight; the World Boxing Association (WBA) and Ring magazi…
Ken Buchanan, Scottish boxer (died 2023)
Procol Harum were an English rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in 1967. Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", one of the few singles…
David Knights, English bass player and producer
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, commonly referred to by her initials CBK, is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the fifth president of Sri Lanka from 12 November 1994 to 19 …
Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 5th President of Sri Lanka
Dwight York, also known as Malachi Z. York, Issa al-Haadi al-Mahdi, et alii, is an American religious leader, best known as the founder of the Nuwaubian Nation, a new religious mov…
Issa al-Haadi al-Mahdi (Dwight York), American criminal, black supremacist, pedophile, convicted child molester, and mus
Raul Santos Seixas was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, considered "Father of Brazilian Rock". His musical work consists of seventeen albums rel…
Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1989)
Türkan Şoray is a Turkish actress, writer and film director. She is known as "Sultan" of the Cinema of Turkey. She started her career in 1960, and won her first award as the most s…
Türkan Şoray, Turkish actress, director, and screenwriter
Jane Margaret Harman is an American former politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 36th congressional district from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2001 to 20…
Jane Harman, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California)
Michael Burstein is an Israeli-American actor known onstage as Mike Burstyn. He was born in New York City to the late Yiddish-language actors, Pesach Burstein and Lillian Lux. His …
Mike Burstyn, American actor and singer
Deborah Ann Harry is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Four of her songs with the band reached No. 1 on the U.S. Bill…
Debbie Harry, American singer-songwriter and actress
Andre Spitzer was an Israeli fencing master and coach of Israel's 1972 Summer Olympics team. He was one of 11 athletes and coaches taken hostage and subsequently killed by terroris…
Andre Spitzer, Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (died 1972)
Michael Lennox Blake was an American author, best known for the film adaptation of his novel Dances With Wolves, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Michael Blake, American author and screenwriter (died 2015)
Humberto Benítez Treviño is a Mexican lawyer and politician. He was Attorney General of México from 1994 to 1996.
Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Mexico
Burt Ward is an American actor, animal welfare activist and businessman. He played Dick Grayson's Robin, the sidekick of Batman, in the television series Batman (1966–1968), its th…
Burt Ward, American actor
Michael John Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, was a Scottish politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 2000 and 2009. A member of the Labour Party prior t…
Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, Scottish politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (died 2018)
Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, Baron Kerr of Monteviot,, commonly known as Michael Ancram, was a British politician and peer who served as Deputy Leader…
Michael Ancram, English lawyer and politician (died 2024)
Adele J. Goldberg is an American computer scientist. She was a co-developer of the programming language Smalltalk-80, an early object-oriented programming language that influenced …
Adele Goldberg, American computer scientist and academic
Heloísa Eneida Paes Pinto Mendes Pinheiro, better known as Helô Pinheiro, is a Brazilian businesswoman and former model.
Helô Pinheiro, inspiration for the song "The Girl from Ipanema"
Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), she was…
Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician, 91st President of the Swiss Confederation
Dean Ray Koontz is an American author. His novels are billed as suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Ma…
Dean Koontz, American author and screenwriter
Foster MacKenzie III, known professionally as Root Boy Slim, was an American musician and songwriter.
Root Boy Slim, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)
Ronald Earle Glass was an American actor. He was known for his roles as literary Detective Ron Harris in the television sitcom Barney Miller (1975–1982), for which he received a Pr…
Ron Glass, American actor (died 2016)
Harold Abraham McRae is an American former designated hitter, outfielder, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for the Cincinnati Reds and Kansas City Royal…
Hal McRae, American baseball player and manager
John Walker Motson was an English football commentator. Beginning as a television commentator with the BBC in 1971, he commentated on over 2000 games on television and radio. From …
John Motson, English sportscaster (died 2023)
Jean-Marie Poiré, also credited as Jean-Marie Gaubert, is a French film director, and screenwriter. He is the son of the producer Alain Poiré.
Jean-Marie Poiré, French director, producer, and screenwriter