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James Leslie Angle II, known as Jim Angle, was an American journalist and television reporter for Fox News and ABC News. He was part of Fox News' inaugural reporting lineup when th…
Jim Angle, American soldier and journalist (died 2022)
Wolfgang Sühnholz was a German-American soccer coach and former player. He won in the 1971–72 Bundesliga with Bayern Munich and in 1976 the North-American Soccer Bowl with Toronto …
Wolfgang Sühnholz, German-American soccer player and coach (died 2019)
Kjell Gjerseth was a Norwegian political activist, novelist and journalist, a recipient of the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris and the Narvesen Prize.
Kjell Gjerseth, Norwegian novelist and journalist (died 2025)
Thomas Lee Jones is an American actor, film director, and former football player. He has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Em…
Tommy Lee Jones, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Michael John Procter was a South African cricketer, whose involvement in international cricket was limited by South Africa's banishment from world cricket in the 1970s and 1980s. A…
Mike Procter, South African cricketer, coach, and referee (died 2024)
William Oliver Stone is an American filmmaker. An acclaimed director who tackled subjects ranging from the Vietnam War and American politics to musical biopics and crime dramas, St…
Oliver Stone, American director, screenwriter, and producer
Alfred William "Sonny" LeMaire is an American country music artist. LeMaire is best known as being the bass guitarist of the band Exile, a role that he first held in 1977. After le…
Sonny LeMaire, American country music singer-songwriter and bass player
Michael Francis Reynolds is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1998 to 2009, representing the district of Townsville. He…
Mike Reynolds, Australian lawyer and politician
Camilo Blanes Cortés, known professionally as Camilo Sesto, was a Spanish singer, songwriter and producer.
Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter and producer (died 2019)
William Arthur Bonds was an English professional footballer and manager, who was most often associated with West Ham United with whom he spent 27 years as player and manager. He pl…
Billy Bonds, English footballer and manager (died 2025)
Heimar Lenk is an Estonian journalist and politician. He has supported the Estonian Centre Party since 1994.
Heimar Lenk, Estonian journalist and politician
Benjamín Brea was a Spanish-born Venezuelan musician, arranger and teacher, mostly associated with jazz, even though he had the advantage to play several music genres in various ba…
Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (died 2014)
Nicholas Anthony Phillip Clay was an English actor.
Nicholas Clay, English actor (died 2000)
Kelvin Coe OBE was an Australian ballet dancer and the first male artist to be promoted from the corps de ballet in the Australian Ballet principal dancer. He died of AIDS-relate…
Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (died 1992)
Gailard Lee Sartain Jr. was an American actor who frequently played characters with roots in the South. He was a regular on the country music variety series Hee Haw and was also kn…
Gailard Sartain, American actor (died 2025)
Rajinder Singh is the head of the international, non-profit organization Science of Spirituality (SOS), also known in India as the Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission. To his disciples he …
Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj, Spiritual Master, Head of Science of Spirituality
Peter Hanson Coors is an American businessman and politician. He formerly served as the chairman of the Molson Coors Brewing Company and chairman of MillerCoors.
Pete Coors, American businessman and politician
Markandey Katju is an Indian jurist and a former judge of Supreme Court of India. He also was chairman of the Press Council of India from 2011 to 2014. He is the son of politician …
Markandey Katju, Indian lawyer and judge
Rose Garrard is an installation, video and performance artist, sculptor and author. Garrard's works have been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Tate Gallery, the Bri…
Rose Garrard, English sculptor and author
Moritz Leuenberger is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1995 to 2010. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), he was P…
Moritz Leuenberger, Swiss lawyer and politician, 87th President of the Swiss Confederation
Mart Siimann is an Estonian politician. He was Prime Minister of Estonia from 1997 to 1999 as a member of the Estonian Coalition Party, and President of the Estonian Olympic Commit…
Mart Siimann, Estonian psychologist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Estonia
Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, known professionally as King Sunny Adé, is a Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is regarded as one of the first African p…
King Sunny Adé, Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Lawrence Edward Dierker is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, manager, and broadcaster. During a 14-year baseball career as a pitcher, he pitched from 1964 to …
Larry Dierker, American baseball player and manager
Franz Fischler is an Austrian politician from the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). He was the European Union's Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries (1995–200…
Franz Fischler, Austrian politician