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Halimah binte Yacob is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who was the eighth president of Singapore from 2017 to 2023, making her the first woman to serve in this role after being…
Halimah Yacob, Singaporean unionist and politician, 9th Speaker and 8th President of Singapore
Roland Alain Daigle is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played six seasons with the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League from 1974–75 to 1979–80.
Alain Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player
Heini Otto is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is currently working as a technical coach at Ajax.
Heini Otto, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
James Robert Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, was a Scottish politician who served as a Liberal Democrat life peer in the House of Lords from 2007 until his death in 2026. He …
Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland
Howard Keith Clark is an English professional golfer who played on the European Tour for many years and had his most successful period in the mid-1980s.
Howard Clark, English golfer and sportscaster
Tracy William Krohn is an entrepreneur and auto racing enthusiast who was a new addition to the 2006 Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans, at #320.
Tracy Krohn, American race car driver and businessman
Sir Hugh Reginald Brentnall Pelham, is a cell biologist who has contributed to our understanding of the body's response to rises in temperature through the synthesis of heat shock …
Hugh Pelham, British academic and educator
Declan Patrick MacManus, known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author, and television host. According to Rolling Stone, Costell…
Elvis Costello, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
John Lloyd is a British former professional tennis player. Lloyd reached an ATP world ranking of 23 in July 1978, and was ranked as UK number 1 in 1984 and 1985. He now works as a …
John Lloyd, English tennis player and sportscaster
Rajesh Vasantlal Thakker is May Professor of Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Somerville College, Oxford. Thakke…
Rajesh Thakker, English physician and academic
Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick is a British former racing driver, who competed in Formula One between 1981 and 1993. In endurance racing, Warwick won the World Sportscar Championship…
Derek Warwick, English race car driver
Katharine G. Abraham is an American economist who is a Distinguished University Professor of economics and survey methodology at the University of Maryland. She was commissioner of…
Katharine Abraham, American feminist economist
George McDonald Church is an American geneticist, molecular engineer, chemist, serial entrepreneur, and pioneer in personal genomics and synthetic biology. He is the Robert Winthro…
George M. Church, American geneticist, chemist, and engineer
John Kevin Dorahy, also known by the nickname of "Joe Cool", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He played in the Australian New South Wales Rug…
John Dorahy, Australian rugby player and coach
Sanjiv M. Ravi Kanbur, is T.H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, International Professor of Applied Economics, and Professor of Economics at Cornell University. He worked for the Wor…
Ravi Kanbur, Indian-English economist and academic
Michael Paul Kube-McDowell, also known as Michael McDowell or Michael P. McDowell, is an American author of science fiction and non-fiction.
Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American journalist, author, and academic
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making him the current l…
Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian marshal and politician, 1st President of Belarus
David Emmanuel Paymer is an American actor and television director. He is known for his character actor roles on stage and screen. He has received nominations for an Academy Award,…
David Paymer, American actor and director
Julie Ann Brown is an American actress, comedian, singer, writer, and director.
Julie Brown, American actress and screenwriter
Ravi Shankar Prasad is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as 1st Minister of Electronics and Information Technology from 2016 to 2019 and 2019 to 2021. He is the member of …
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Communications and IT
Wilbert Anthony Gordon Jr., better known as Billi Gordon, was an American author, television writer, neuroscientist, actor and model.
Billi Gordon, American neuroscientist, author, and actor. (died 2018)
Gabriel Marie "Gai" Waterhouse is an Australian horse trainer and businesswoman. The daughter of Tommy J. Smith, a leading trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses, Waterhouse was born a…
Gai Waterhouse, Scottish-Australian horse trainer and businesswoman
Andrej Babiš is a Czech politician and businessman who has been the prime minister of the Czech Republic since December 2025, having previously served as prime minister from 2017 t…
Andrej Babiš, Czech politician, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Jaak Uudmäe is an Estonian former triple jumper and long jumper who competed for the Soviet Union. He was the gold medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He set a personal best of 1…
Jaak Uudmäe, Estonian triple jumper and coach