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Janric Fraser Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon was a British peer and chartered accountant. He was one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the pas…
Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon, English accountant and politician
Wallace Fredrick Gabler III was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for seven seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football f…
Wally Gabler, American football player and sportscaster
Ze'ev Friedman was an Israeli flyweight weightlifter. A member of the Israeli Olympic team, he was killed in the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.
Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter (died 1972)
Richard Gordon Price was an English bassist and singer who played with various Birmingham-based rock bands, most notably Sight and Sound, the Move (1969–1971), and Wizzard (1972–19…
Rick Price, English rock bass player (died 2022)
Dame Christine Joan Beasley, is a British nurse and NHS healthcare administrator.
Christine Beasley, English nursing administrator
David Maurice Curry is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Skipton and Ripon from 1987 to 2010.
David Curry, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. Prior to his appointment as secretary-…
Ban Ki-moon, South Korean politician and diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
Laurie Colwin was an American writer who wrote five novels, three collections of short stories and two volumes of essays and recipes. She was known for her portrayals of New York s…
Laurie Colwin, American novelist and short story writer (died 1992)
Robert David Keppel was an American law enforcement officer and detective. He was also an associate professor at the University of New Haven and Sam Houston State University. Keppe…
Robert D
Henri Richelet was a French painter.
Henri Richelet, French painter and etcher (died 2020)
Randolph Klaus Johnson was an American professional football player. He was the starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons in their inaugural season of 1966. He also had brief st…
Randy Johnson, American football player (died 2009)
Christopher John Spedding is an English guitarist and record producer. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Spedding is best known for his studio session work. By the early 197…
Chris Spedding, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Bruce DuMont was an American syndicated radio political analyst and television presenter based in Chicago, Illinois. He was the host of Beyond the Beltway, a syndicated talk radio …
Bruce DuMont, American broadcaster and political analyst
Sandra Lou Posey was an American popular singer who enjoyed success in the 1960s with singles such as her 1966 recording of Martha Sharp's compositions "Born a Woman" and "Single G…
Sandy Posey, American pop/country singer
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda, popularly known as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music…
Chico Buarque, Brazilian singer, composer, writer and poet
Philip John Albert "Jon" Hiseman was an English drummer, recording engineer, record producer, and music publisher. He played with the Graham Bond Organisation, with John Mayall & t…
Jon Hiseman, English drummer (died 2018)
Anthony David Leighton Scott was an English film director and producer. He made his theatrical film debut with The Hunger (1983) and went on to direct highly successful action and …
Tony Scott, English-American director and producer (died 2012)
Peter Asher is an English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer. He came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the pop music vocal duo Peter and Gordon before going on…
Peter Asher, English singer, guitarist, and producer
Sir Raymond Douglas Davies is an English musician. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter for the rock band the Kinks, which he led, with his younger bro…
Ray Davies, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Helmut Dietl was a German film director and author from Bad Wiessee.
Helmut Dietl, German director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)
Geoffrey Arnold Beck was an English guitarist. He rose to prominence as a member of the rock band the Yardbirds, and afterwards founded and fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bo…
Jeff Beck, English guitarist and songwriter (died 2023)
Kathryn Lasky is an American children's writer who also writes for adults under the names Kathryn Lasky Knight and E. L. Swann. Her children's books include several Dear America bo…
Kathryn Lasky, American author
Christopher Gordon Blandford Wood was a British rock musician, best known as a founding member of the rock band Traffic, along with Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason.
Chris Wood, English saxophonist (died 1983)
Robert Charlebois is a Québécois author, composer, musician, performer and actor.
Robert Charlebois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor