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Gregory Dale Bear was an American science fiction writer. His work covered themes of conflict, consciousness, and accelerated evolution. The Forge of God and Anvil of Stars establi…
Greg Bear, American author (died 2022)
The Reverend DeForest Blake "Buster" Soaries, Jr. is a Baptist minister, author and public advocate, from Montclair, New Jersey. A member of the Republican Party, He is the former …
DeForest Soaries, American minister and politician, 30th Secretary of State of New Jersey
Eric Antonio Goles Chacc is a Chilean mathematician and computer scientist of Croatian descent. He studied mathematical engineering at the University of Chile before earning two do…
Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla is an Argentine composer, record producer and musician. He is the recipient of numerous accolades for his works, including two Academy Awards for Best O…
Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Glenn Hughes is an English musician, best known as the bassist and singer in the hard rock band Trapeze and as a member of Deep Purple in the lineups known to fans Mk. III and IV, …
Glenn Hughes, English musician
Yana Bland or Yana Bland Mintoff is a Maltese Labour politician, economist and educator. Mintoff was born on 21 August 1951, the daughter of the former Prime Minister of Malta, Dom…
Yana Mintoff, Maltese politician, economist and educator
Chesley V. Morton Jr. is an American stockbroker, securities arbitrator, and former member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
Chesley V. Morton, American businessman and politician
Mark Jeffery Anthony Hudson is an American musician, record producer, actor and songwriter based in both Los Angeles and New York City. After first rising to prominence as a perfor…
Mark Hudson, American record producer and musician
Jimmy Wayne Jamison was an American singer. Best known as Jimi Jamison, he earned recognition as the frontman for the rock bands Target, Cobra, and Survivor from 1984 to 1988, perf…
Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2014)
Akhmat-Khadzhi Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov was a Russian politician and revolutionary who served as Chief Mufti of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the 1990s during and after the F…
Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (died 2004)
Noor Al Hussein is an American-born Jordanian philanthropist and activist who was the fourth wife and widow of King Hussein of Jordan. She was Queen of Jordan from their marriage o…
Queen Noor of Jordan
Danny Joe Brown was an American singer. He was the lead singer of the Southern rock group Molly Hatchet and was co-writer of the band's biggest hits from the late 1970s.
Danny Joe Brown, American southern rock singer-songwriter and musician (died 2005)
Oscar Jerome Hijuelos was an American novelist of Cuban descent. During a year-long convalescence from a childhood illness spent in a Connecticut hospital, he lost his knowledge of…
Oscar Hijuelos, American author and academic (died 2013)
Robert John Arthur Halford is an English heavy metal singer. He is the lead vocalist of Judas Priest, which he joined in 1973, and has received accolades such as the 2010 Grammy Aw…
Rob Halford, English heavy metal singer-songwriter
William Wolf Handel is a Brazilian-born American radio host and attorney.
Bill Handel, Brazilian-American lawyer and radio host
Gerd Bonk was an East German weightlifter who was active from 1969 to 1980 who won silver at the 1976 Summer Olympics, bronze at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and set three world recor…
Gerd Bonk, German weightlifter (died 2014)
Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years,…
Orson Scott Card, American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist, and columnist
Bill Whitaker is an American television journalist and a correspondent for the CBS News program 60 Minutes.
Bill Whitaker, American journalist
Edward Witten is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions to string theory, topological quantum field theory, and various areas of mathematics. He is a profess…
Edward Witten, American physicist and academic
David Gus "Buddy" Bell is an American former third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) currently serving as vice president and senior advisor to the general manager …
Buddy Bell, American baseball player and manager
William Mack Brown is an American former college football coach. Brown most recently coached at the University of North Carolina, where he had two stints, first from 1988 until 19…
Mack Brown, American football player and coach
Randall C. Garrison is a Canadian politician. Elected to the House of Commons in the 2011 federal election, he represented the electoral district of Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke until 2…
Randall Garrison, American-Canadian criminologist and politician
Colin McAdam was a Scottish professional football player, best known for his time with Rangers. He played as both a centre back and a striker during his career.
Colin McAdam, Scottish footballer (died 2013)
Melvin Wayne Osmond was an American musician. He was the second-oldest of the original Osmond Brothers singers and the fourth oldest of the nine Osmond siblings.
Wayne Osmond, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2025)