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William Andrew Edmondson is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, Edmondson served as the 16th Attorney General of Oklahom…
Drew Edmondson, American politician
Ashok Mulvantrai Mankad was an Indian cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played for India in 22 Test matches.
Ashok Mankad, Indian cricketer (died 2008)
Daryl Runswick is a classically trained English composer, arranger, jazz musician, producer and educationalist.
Daryl Runswick, English bassist and composer
Levon Ananyan was an Armenian journalist and translator.
Levon Ananyan, Armenian journalist and author (died 2013)
Edwina Currie is a British writer, broadcaster and former politician, serving as Conservative Party Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire from 1983 until 1997. She was a Junior…
Edwina Currie, English politician
Lacy J. Dalton is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for her gritty, powerful vocals, which People Magazine likened to a country equivalent of Bonnie Rai…
Lacy J. Dalton, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
François Bozizé Yangouvonda is a Central African politician who was President of the Central African Republic from 2003 to 2013. He was the only Central African president born in m…
François Bozizé, Gabonese general and politician, President of the Central African Republic
Jose Maria "Joey" Ramos de Leon Jr., also known as Henyo Master, is a Filipino comedian, actor, television host and songwriter. He is one of the members of the comedy trio, collect…
Joey de Leon, Filipino comedian, actor and television host
David Justin Hayward is an English musician. He was the guitarist and frontman of the rock band the Moody Blues from 1966 until its dissolution in 2018. He became the group's princ…
Justin Hayward, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
William Daniel McCafferty was a Scottish vocalist and songwriter best known as the lead singer for the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth from its founding in 1968 to his retirement …
Dan McCafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (died 2022)
John Craig Venter was an American geneticist and businessman. He is known for having led one of the first draft sequences of the human genome and led the first team to transfect a …
Craig Venter, American biologist, geneticist, and academic (died 2026)
Richard Lynn Carpenter is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, who formed half of the sibling duo the Carpenters alongside his younger sister Karen. He ha…
Richard Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Nils Paul "Palle" Danielsson was a Swedish jazz double bassist born in Stockholm, Sweden. From 1974 to 1979, he was a member of Keith Jarrett's quartet. He was the brother of piani…
Palle Danielsson, Swedish bassist and composer
Geoffrey Colin Barnett was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Geoff Barnett, English footballer (died 2021)
Suzanne Marie Somers was an American actress, author, and businesswoman. She played the television roles of Chrissy Snow on Three's Company (1977–1981) and Carol Foster Lambert on …
Suzanne Somers, American actress and producer (died 2023)
Victor Banerjee is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 100 films in English, Hindi, Bengali, and Assamese cinema. He has worked with directors such as Roman Polanski, James …
Victor Banerjee, Indian actor and director
James Alexander Stewart Stevenson is a Scottish former politician who served as Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change from 2007 to 2010 and Minister for Environ…
Stewart Stevenson, Scottish engineer and politician, Minister for Environment and Climate Change
Ronni Sue Chasen was an American publicist, who once represented such actors as Michael Douglas, as well as musicians such as Hans Zimmer and Mark Isham, among others. Chasen direc…
Ronni Chasen, American publicist (died 2010)
Michael Joseph Hossack was an American drummer for the rock band The Doobie Brothers.
Michael Hossack, American drummer (died 2012)
Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez Martínez is a Mexican actor and comedian who has appeared in over 140 films and television shows in Mexico.
Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez, Mexican actor and comedian
Akira Kushida is a Japanese singer who is well known for his work in the soundtracks for anime and tokusatsu productions, most notably Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan, Kinnikuman, and Sp…
Akira Kushida, Japanese vocalist
Sir Cameron Anthony Mackintosh is a British theatrical producer and theatre owner notable for his association with many commercially successful musicals. At the height of his succe…
Cameron Mackintosh, English producer and manager
Adam Michnik is a Polish historian, essayist, former dissident, public intellectual, as well as co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza.
Adam Michnik, Polish journalist and historian
Julio Antonio Miranda was an Argentine politician and a member of the Justicialist Party. He was a Senator for Tucumán Province and was part of the majority Front for Victory parli…
Julio Miranda, Argentine politician (died 2021)