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Patrice Louise Rushen is an American jazz pianist, R&B singer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music director.
Patrice Rushen, American singer-songwriter and producer
Barry William Blenkhorn, better known by his stage name Barry Williams, is an American actor. He is known for his role as the eldest of the Brady sons, Greg Brady, on the ABC telev…
Barry Williams, American actor
Lorraine Bracco is an American actress best known for her performance as psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi on the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos (1999–2007) and for her breakthrough…
Lorraine Bracco, American actress
Eddie DeGarmo is an American contemporary Christian music recording artist, keyboardist, producer and singer. He became best friends with guitarist/lead vocalist Dana Key in first …
Eddie DeGarmo, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
Dennis Lee Eckersley, nicknamed "Eck", is an American former professional baseball pitcher and color commentator. Between 1975 and 1998, he pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) f…
Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player and sportscaster
Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. is an American civil rights and social justice activist, Baptist minister, radio talk show host, and TV personality, who is also the founder of the Nati…
Al Sharpton, American minister, talk show host, and political activist
Stephen Ray Vaughan, also known abbreviated as SRV, was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble.…
Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1990)
William Holmes Buford is an American author and journalist. He is the author of the books Among the Thugs and Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker…
Bill Buford, American author and journalist
David Kent Hidalgo is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his work with the band Los Lobos. Hidalgo frequently plays accordion, violin, 6-string banjo, cello, requinto ja…
David Hidalgo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Michael Joseph Stephen Dudikoff Jr., is an American actor, model and martial artist. Dudikoff began his career as a model, then started landing supporting roles in films and televi…
Michael Dudikoff, American actor
Hubertus "Huub" Rothengatter is a former racing driver from the Netherlands. He participated in 30 Formula One (F1) Grands Prix, debuting on 17 June 1984. He scored no championship…
Huub Rothengatter, Dutch race car driver and manager
Scott Stewart Bakula is an American actor. He played Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap – for which he was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards – and Cap…
Scott Bakula, American actor
James Fearnley is an English musician. He plays accordion in the Pogues.
James Fearnley, English musician
Rubén Pablo Magnano is an Argentine-Italian professional basketball coach.
Rubén Magnano, Argentine-Italian basketball coach
John George O'Hurley Jr. is an American actor, comedian, and game show host. He played J. Peterman on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, provided the voice for King Neptune on SpongeBob Squa…
John O'Hurley, American actor and game show host
Vašo Patejdl was a Slovak musician and composer. He was best known for being a co-founder and long-term member of the pop-rock band Elán. He wrote songs for other musicians, includ…
Václav Patejdl, Slovak musician (died 2023)
Bhanurekha Ganesan, better known by her mononymous stage name Rekha, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Hindi films. Acknowledged as one of the finest actresses in I…
Rekha, Indian actress
David Lee Roth is an American rock singer. Known for his wild and energetic stage persona, he was the lead vocalist of the hard rock band Van Halen for three separate periods: from…
David Lee Roth, American singer-songwriter and producer
Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who played as a left-back.
Fernando Santos, Portuguese footballer and manager
Vojislav Šešelj is a Serbian politician and war criminal. He is the founder and president of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS). From 1998 to 2000, he was a deputy prime min…
Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
Evalie Bradley nee Hughes is an Anguillian politician who served as Member of the House of Assembly of Anguilla between 2015 and 2020.
Evalie A. Bradley, Anguillian politician and member of the House of Assembly of Anguilla
Michael Roe is an American, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is a founding member of the band the 77s and the Lost Dogs and has recorded several solo albums.
Michael Roe, American singer, songwriter, and record producer
Leval Alphonso Thompson, also known as Linval Thompson, is a Jamaican conscious roots reggae vocalist, dub musician and record producer.
Linval Thompson, Jamaican singer and producer