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Jamieson "Junior" Brown is an American country guitarist and singer. He has released 12 studio albums in his career, and has charted twice on the Billboard country singles charts. …
Junior Brown, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
Donald Newton Van Zant is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as a member of the band 38 Special, from its formation in 1974 until 2013. Van Zant was th…
Donnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Edward Spencer Abraham is an American attorney, author, and politician who served as the 10th United States Secretary of Energy from 2001 to 2005, under President George W. Bush. A…
Spencer Abraham, American academic and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Energy
Jean-Marie Louis Dedecker is a Belgian politician.
Jean-Marie Dedecker, Belgian martial artist and politician
Patricia Susan Summitt was an American women's college basketball head coach and college basketball player. She coached 1,098 career wins, the most in college basketball history at…
Pat Summitt, American basketball player and coach (died 2016)
Satya Pal Jain is an Additional Solicitor General of India. He is a Member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Executive Committee. He was elected Member of Parliament from Ch…
Satya Pal Jain, Indian lawyer and politician, Additional Solicitor General of India
George Andreas Papandreou is an American-born Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011. He is currently serving as an MP for PASOK-Kinima Allagis.
George Papandreou, Greek sociologist and politician, 182nd Prime Minister of Greece
Gino Vannelli is a Canadian rock singer and songwriter who had several hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s. His best-known singles include "People Gotta Move" (1974), "I Just Wanna St…
Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer-songwriter
Michael James Milbury is an American former professional ice hockey player and current sports announcer. He played for twelve seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), all for t…
Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley,, is a British politician and life peer who served as Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2001 to 2002. A member of the Labo…
Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education
Tiiu Aro is an Estonian physician and politician.
Tiiu Aro, Estonian physician and politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
Denis Bernard Herron is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Kansas City Scouts, and Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hock…
Denis Herron, Canadian ice hockey player
Carolyn Kane is an American actress and comedian. She gained recognition for her role in Hester Street (1975), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. …
Carol Kane, American actress
Lee Soo-man is a South Korean business executive and record producer who is best known for being the founder of SM Entertainment, a multinational entertainment company based in Seo…
Lee Soo-man, South Korean singer and businessman, founded S
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini is an Italian-American actress and model. The daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini,…
Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
Robert William Ainsworth is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North East from 1992 to 2015, and was the Secretary of State for De…
Bob Ainsworth, English politician, Secretary of State for Defence
John Stephen Goodman is an American actor. He rose to prominence in television before becoming an acclaimed and popular film actor. Goodman has received various accolades including…
John Goodman, American actor
Vikram Seth is an Indian novelist and poet. The author of three novels and several collections of poetry, he is a recipient of the Padma Shri, a Sahitya Akademi Award, the Pravasi …
Vikram Seth, Indian author and poet
Judith Bingham is an English composer and mezzo-soprano singer. She was a member of the BBC Singers from 1983 to 1995. She is a Fellow of the Royal Northern College of Music. Bingh…
Judith Bingham, English singer-songwriter
Jeremy Vernon Coney is a former New Zealand cricketer and current cricket commentator. An all-rounder, between 1974 and 1987 he played 52 Test matches and 88 One Day Internationals…
Jeremy Coney, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
Patrick John Dunleavy is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Public Policy within the Government Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). H…
Patrick Dunleavy, English political scientist and academic
Kōichi Mashimo is a Japanese former anime director and the founder of the animation studio Bee Train. Since the creation of the studio, Mashimo directed or otherwise participated …
Kōichi Mashimo, Japanese director and screenwriter
Ginny Carol Ruffner was an American glass artist based in Seattle, Washington. She is known for her use of the lampworking technique and for her use of borosilicate glass in her pa…
Ginny Ruffner, American artist
Datuk Santokh Singh s/o Gurdial Singh is a retired Malaysian football player. His wife is Taljit Kaur and has 3 children, Kiranjeet Kaur, Sukhveer Singh and Rajveer Singh.
Santokh Singh, Malaysian football player