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Béla Csécsei was a Hungarian educator and politician, who served as Mayor of Józsefváros from 2 February 1993 to 2 September 2009.
Béla Csécsei, Hungarian educator and politician (died 2012)
David Rodney "Roger" Heath-Brown is a British mathematician working in the field of analytic number theory.
Roger Heath-Brown, English mathematician and theorist
Raymond "Mundo" Earwood was an American country music singer-songwriter. Earwood's eponymous debut album was released by Excelsior Records in 1981. His most successful single, "Thi…
Mundo Earwood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
John Lone is a Chinese-American retired actor. He starred as Puyi in the Academy Award-winning film The Last Emperor (1987), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for…
John Lone, Hong Kong-American actor
Harry Laverne Anderson was an American actor, comedian, and magician. He is best known for his role as Judge Harold "Harry" T. Stone on the NBC sitcom Night Court (1984–1992). He l…
Harry Anderson, American actor and screenwriter (died 2018)
Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov was a Soviet and Russian gymnast.
Nikolai Andrianov, Russian gymnast and coach (died 2011)
Beverly Ann Johnson is an American model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. Johnson rose to fame when she became the first Black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in…
Beverly Johnson, American model, actress, and singer
Rick Aviles was an American stand-up comedian and actor of Puerto Rican descent, best remembered for his role as Willie Lopez in the film Ghost.
Rick Aviles, American comedian and actor (died 1995)
Charles Christopher Cox is an American attorney and politician who served as chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a 17-year Republican member of the United States …
Christopher Cox, American lawyer and politician
Cordell "Boogie" Mosson was an American bassist who was a member of Parliament-Funkadelic. He was given a Lifetime Achievement Award Grammy in 2019.
Cordell Mosson, American bass player (died 2013)
Mohan Rangachari known professionally as Crazy Mohan, was an Indian actor, comedian, screenwriter and playwright known for his work in Tamil theatre and cinema. An engineer by prof…
Crazy Mohan, Indian actor, screenwriter, and playwright (died 2019)
Dorothea Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton, known as Glenys Thornton, is a British politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 1998. A member of the Labour and Co-o…
Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton, English politician
Roy Luke Dias is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played Test matches and One Day Internationals for the national team.
Roy Dias, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
Paul Andrew Geroski was a leading economist in the United Kingdom. Although born in Pleasantville, New York, United States, Geroski studied and spent most of his career in Britain,…
Paul Geroski, American-English economist and academic (died 2005)
Patrick Allan Morrow, is a Canadian photographer and mountain climber. In 1986 he was the first person to climb the Seven Summits in the Carstensz-Version.
Patrick Morrow, Canadian mountaineer and photographer
Hoàng Ấu Phương, known by the pen name Bảo Ninh, is a Vietnamese novelist, essayist and writer of short stories, best known for his first novel, published in English as The Sorrow …
Bảo Ninh, Vietnamese soldier and author
Allen Stevens Ripley was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between the 1978 and 1982 seasons. Listed at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), 190 poun…
Allen Ripley, American baseball player (died 2014)
Verónica Judith Sáinz Castro is a Mexican actress and television personality. She began her career in the late 1960s with minor film and television roles before rising to prominenc…
Verónica Castro, Mexican actress and singer
Charles Michael Lorre is an American television producer, writer, director, and composer. Nicknamed the "King of Sitcoms", Lorre has created/co-created and produced many sitcoms, i…
Chuck Lorre, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Jeron Kennis Royster is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) third baseman, second baseman, left fielder, manager, and coach. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlan…
Jerry Royster, American baseball player, coach, and manager
Peter William Bone is a British former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wellingborough from 2005 until his removal in 2023. A member of the Conservative Party, …
Peter Bone, English accountant and politician
Melanie Joy Mayron is an American actress and director of film and television. Mayron is best known for her role as photographer Melissa Steadman on the ABC drama thirtysomething f…
Melanie Mayron, American actress and director
Derek Ridgers is a British photographer known for his photography of music, film and club/street culture. He has photographed people including James Brown, the Spice Girls, Sinéad …
Derek Ridgers, English photographer and art director
Wilma Josefina Salgado Tamayo is an Ecuadorian politician and economist.
Wilma Salgado, Ecuadorian politician and economist