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Yashpal Sharma was an Indian international cricketer. He was a middle order batsman who played during the 1970s and 80s. He was a member of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricke…
Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer and umpire (died 2021)
Robert Edward Borbidge is an Australian former politician who served as the 35th Premier of Queensland from 1996 to 1998. He was the leader of the Queensland branch of the National…
Rob Borbidge, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Queensland
Leung Chun-ying, also known as CY Leung, is a Hong Kong politician and chartered surveyor who has served as vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Politica…
Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong businessman and politician, 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Ibolya Dávid is a Hungarian lawyer, politician, she was the president of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) between 1999 and 2010. Dávid was the Hungarian Minister of Justice bet…
Ibolya Dávid, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice of Hungary
Samuel Gerald Jones, known professionally as Sam J. Jones, is an American actor and former football player. He is known for playing the title character in the 1980 film Flash Gordo…
Sam J. Jones, American actor
Patrick Bruce Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.
Pat Metheny, American jazz guitarist and composer
Nico Assumpção, was a Brazilian bass player.
Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (died 2001)
Mark Steven Fidrych, nicknamed "the Bird", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Detroit Tigers.
Mark Fidrych, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2009)
François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017. Before his presidency, he was First Secretary of the Socialist …
François Hollande, French lawyer and politician, 24th President of France
Stanley Allen McChrystal is a retired United States Army general best known for his command of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) from 2003 to 2008 during which his organizati…
Stanley A. McChrystal, American general
Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson was a Swedish writer, journalist, and far-left activist. He is best known for writing the first trilogy in the Millennium series of crime novels, w…
Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (died 2004)
James Francis Cameron is a Canadian filmmaker and deep-sea explorer. His films combine cutting-edge film technology with classical filmmaking techniques and have grossed over $10 b…
James Cameron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
George Galloway is a British politician, broadcaster, and writer. He has been leader of the Workers Party of Britain since he founded it in 2019, and is a former leader of the Resp…
George Galloway, Scottish-English politician and broadcaster
Eric Johnson is an American guitarist, vocalist and composer. His 1990 album Ah Via Musicom was certified platinum by the RIAA, and the single "Cliffs of Dover" won the Grammy Awar…
Eric Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Andrés Pastrana Arango is a Colombian politician who was President of Colombia from 1998 to 2002, following in the footsteps of his father, Misael Pastrana Borrero, who was preside…
Andrés Pastrana Arango, Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th President of Colombia
Umberto Guidoni is an Italian astrophysicist, science writer and a former ESA astronaut, being the first European to visit the International Space Station. He is a veteran of two N…
Umberto Guidoni, Italian astrophysicist, astronaut, and politician
Oscar Rubén Larrauri is a racing driver from Argentina. He participated in 21 Formula One Grands Prix, all with the EuroBrun team, debuting at the 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix. He sco…
Oscar Larrauri, Argentinian racing driver
William Quinn Buckner is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiate basketball for the Indiana University Hoosiers, and won a national champi…
Quinn Buckner, American basketball player and coach
Tawn Mastrey was an American disc jockey, music video producer, one of rock radio's top media personalities. She hosted a daily show on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hair Nation Channel…
Tawn Mastrey, American radio host and producer (died 2007)
Albert Lincoln Roker Jr. is an American weather presenter, journalist, television personality, and author. He is the weather anchor on NBC's Today, and occasionally co-hosts 3rd Ho…
Al Roker, American news anchor, television personality, and author
Archie Mason Griffin is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals. He won…
Archie Griffin, American football player
Steven Bruce Smith is an American drummer best known as a member of the rock band Journey across three stints: 1978 to 1985, 1995 to 1998 and 2015 to 2020. Modern Drummer magazine …
Steve Smith, American drummer
Mark Williams is a New Zealand singer with Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) number one hit singles, "Yesterday Was Just the Beginning of My Life" (1975) and a …
Mark Williams, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
Charles Louis Busch is an American actor, screenwriter, playwright and drag queen, known for his appearances on stage in his own camp style plays and in film and television. He wro…
Charles Busch, American actor and screenwriter