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Tamás Faragó is a former Hungarian water polo player. He competed in all major international tournaments between 1970 and 1980 and won three medals at the Summer Olympics and five …
Tamás Faragó, Hungarian water polo player
Michael Louis Vincent Walsh is an Irish music manager and television personality. He has managed Johnny Logan, Boyzone, Jedward and Westlife, four of Ireland's most successful pop …
Louis Walsh, Irish talent manager
Patrick Lee MacDonald is an American musician and songwriter. He was the singer, guitarist, and main songwriter for Timbuk 3, nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 19…
Pat MacDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
David William McLetchie CBE was a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 1998 to 2005. He was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for …
David McLetchie, Scottish lawyer and politician (died 2013)
Caroline Sidney Aaron is an American actress. She has appeared in multiple Mike Nichols, Nora Ephron, and Woody Allen films and is also known for her role in the television series …
Caroline Aaron, American actress and producer
John Jarratt is an Australian television film actor, producer and director and TV presenter who rose to fame through his work in the Australian New Wave. He has appeared in a numbe…
John Jarratt, Australian actor and producer
Ton Scherpenzeel is a Dutch keyboardist, composer, lyricist, and founding member of Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. Subsequent to Kayak, Scherpenzeel joined British progressive …
Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
Eamonn Christopher Darcy is an Irish professional golfer. He won four times on the European Tour and played in the Ryder Cup four times.
Eamonn Darcy, Irish golfer
Cornelis Kist is a Dutch former professional footballer and manager. He played as a striker, and most notably won the European Golden Shoe for the 1978–79 season.
Kees Kist, Dutch footballer
Alexei David Sayle is an English actor, author, stand-up comedian, television presenter and former recording artist. He was a leading figure in the British alternative comedy movem…
Alexei Sayle, English comedian, actor, and author
Anton Fig is a South African session drummer perhaps best known as the drummer and second-in-command for Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band. David Letterman, for whom…
Anton Fig, South African-American drummer
Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring thei…
Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author
Robert Douglas Melvin is a Canadian front-office executive in Major League Baseball (MLB) who previously served as the general manager of the Texas Rangers (1995–2001) and Milwauke…
Doug Melvin, Canadian baseball player and manager
Robin Ophelia Quivers is an American radio personality best known for being the long-running co-host of The Howard Stern Show.
Robin Quivers, American nurse, radio host/personality, and author
Ramchandra Sudhakar Rao is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Karnataka and played one One Day International for India against New Zealand in 1976.
Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer
Prateep Ungsongtham Hata is a Thai activist noted for her work with slum dwellers in the Khlong Toei District of Bangkok, Thailand. Among her supporters, she is known as Khru Prate…
Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai activist and politician
Daniel Hugh Kelly is an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for his role on the 1980s ABC TV series Hardcastle and McCormick (1983–1986) as the ex-con Mark …
Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
Diane Venora is an American stage, television and film actress. She graduated from the Juilliard School in 1977 and made her film debut in 1981 opposite Albert Finney in Wolfen. Sh…
Diane Venora, American actress
Reid Turner Blackburn was an American photographer killed in the 1980 volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens. A photojournalist covering the eruption for a local newspaper—the Vanco…
Reid Blackburn, American photographer (died 1980)
Robert Leroy Mothersbaugh Jr., also known by his stage name Bob 1, is an American musician, singer, songwriter and composer.
Bob Mothersbaugh, American singer, guitarist, and producer
William Daniel Biles is a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. Biles was appointed on January 7, 2009, by Governor Kathleen Sebelius to replace retiring Chief Justice Kay McFarland…
Daniel Biles, American associate justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
Sitaram Yechury was an Indian Marxist politician, theorist and statesman who was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He also a member of the Politburo …
Sitaram Yechury, Indian politician and leader of CPI(M) (died 2024)
Dave Carter was an American folk music singer-songwriter who described his style as "post-modern mythic American folk music". He was one half of the duo Dave Carter and Tracy Gramm…
Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
Gary Gibbs is an American football coach and former player who previously served as the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma for six years, compiling a record of 44–23…
Gary Gibbs, American football player and coach