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Gary David Goldberg was an American writer and producer for television and film. Goldberg was best known for his work on Family Ties (1982–89), Spin City (1996–2002), and his semi-…
Gary David Goldberg, American screenwriter and producer (died 2013)
Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov is a Russian politician who has been the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation since 1993 and a member of the State Duma s…
Gennady Zyuganov, Russian politician
Wilbur Herschel Jennings was an American lyricist. He wrote the lyrics for the songs "Up Where We Belong", "Higher Love", "Tears in Heaven", "My Heart Will Go On" and "Valerie". He…
Will Jennings, American songwriter (died 2024)
Angela King co-founded Common Ground, a British organisation which campaigns to link nature with culture and the positive investment people can make in their own localities, with …
Angela King, English environmentalist and author, co-founded Common Ground
Patrick Sercu was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, …
Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist (died 2019)
William Gary Busey is an American actor. He portrayed Buddy Holly in The Buddy Holly Story (1978), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the Natio…
Gary Busey, American actor
Claude B. Humphrey was an American professional football player who played as a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles.…
Claude Humphrey, American football player (died 2021)
Andreu Mas-Colell is an economist, an expert in microeconomics and a prominent mathematical economist. He is the founder of the Barcelona School of Economics and a professor in the…
Andreu Mas-Colell, Spanish economist, academic, and politician
Seán Patrick O'Malley is an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Boston from 2003 to 2024 and president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors f…
Seán Patrick O'Malley, American cardinal
Terrance Dee Funk was an American professional wrestler and actor. Funk is known for the length of his career, which spanned more than 50 years and included multiple short-lived re…
Terry Funk, American wrestler (died 2023)
Raymond A. Moody Jr. is an American philosopher, psychiatrist, physician, and author, most widely known for his books about afterlife and near-death experiences (NDE), a term that …
Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist and author
Glenn Barrie Shorrock is an Australian singer and songwriter. He was a founding member of rock bands the Twilights, Axiom, Little River Band and post LRB spin-off trio Birtles Shor…
Glenn Shorrock, English-Australian singer-songwriter
Ronald Alan Swoboda is an American former professional baseball player and television sports color commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1965 throug…
Ron Swoboda, American baseball player and sportscaster
Muhammad Nurul Haque Miah was a professor at Dhaka College and the head of its Department of Chemistry. He is renowned for writing high school and degree textbooks.
Nurul Haque Miah, Bangladeshi professor and writer (died 2021)
Leni Christina Elisabeth Björklund is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. She served as Minister for Defence from 2002 to 2006.
Leni Björklund, Swedish politician, 28th Swedish Minister of Defence for Sweden
Gunhild Hoffmeister is a retired German middle-distance runner. She competed for East Germany at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won two silver and one bronze medal, becoming the on…
Gunhild Hoffmeister, German runner
Anthony Jacklin is an English golfer. He was the most successful British player of his generation, winning two major championships, the 1969 Open Championship and the 1970 U.S. Ope…
Tony Jacklin, English golfer and sportscaster
Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, Baroness Kinnock, was a British politician and teacher who served as Minister of State for Europe from June to October 2009 …
Glenys Kinnock, English educator and politician (died 2023)
Feleti Vakaʻuta Sevele, Lord Sevele of Vailahi is a Tongan politician who served as the prime minister of Tonga from 30 March 2006 to 22 December 2010.
Feleti Sevele, Tongan politician; Prime Minister of Tonga
Emanuel "Manny" Steward was an American boxer, trainer, and commentator for HBO Boxing. Known as "the godfather of Detroit boxing," Steward trained 41 world champion fighters throu…
Emanuel Steward, American boxer and trainer (died 2012)
Sir Ian Wilmut was an English embryologist and the chair of the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was the leader of the research group th…
Ian Wilmut, English-Scottish embryologist and academic (died 2023)
John Lee Johnson, frequently known by the stage names Jai Johanny Johanson and Jaimoe, is an American drummer and percussionist. He is best known as one of the founding members of …
Jaimoe, American drummer
Jeffrey Michael Tambor is an American actor. He is known for his television roles such as Jeffrey Brookes, the uptight neighbor of Stanley and Helen Roper in the television sitcom …
Jeffrey Tambor, American actor and singer
Judith Margaret Brown is a British historian, academic and Anglican priest, who specialises in the study of modern South Asia.
Judith M. Brown, Indian-English historian and academic