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Jody Williams is an American political activist known for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defense of human rights, and her efforts to promote new understandings o…
Jody Williams, American academic and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
Frederick Charles George is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Charlie George, English footballer
Nora Roberts is an American author of over 225 novels, known for romance published under her own name. She also writes police procedurals which have elements of science fiction und…
Nora Roberts, American author
Catlin Adams is an American actress, acting coach and film director. As an actress, she appeared in films including The Jerk and The Jazz Singer.
Catlin Adams, American actress
William R. Forstchen is an American historian and author. A professor of History and Faculty Fellow at Montreat College, in Montreat, North Carolina, he received his doctorate from…
William R. Forstchen, American historian and author
Amos Gitai is an Israeli artist and filmmaker, born 11 October 1950 in Haifa, Israel.
Amos Gitai, Israeli director, producer, and author
Patricia Lynn Murray is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Washington, a seat she has held since 1993. From 2023 to 2025, she held the position…
Patty Murray, American educator and politician
Susan Anton is an American actress and singer. Her 1979 debut film, Goldengirl, earned her a Golden Globe nomination, leading to a contract with NBC for her variety show, Presentin…
Susan Anton, American actress and model
David Duane Freudenthal is an American politician, attorney and economist who served as the 31st governor of Wyoming from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previou…
Dave Freudenthal, American economist and politician, 31st Governor of Wyoming
Mollie Katzen is an American cookbook author and artist, best known for the vegetarian cookbook published by Ten Speed Press, The Moosewood Cookbook (1977), a revised version of t…
Mollie Katzen, American chef and author
Simon John Breckenridge Nicol is an English guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He was a founding member of British folk rock group Fairport Convention an…
Simon Nicol, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Annegret Richter is a German athlete and the 1976 Olympic 100 m champion.
Annegret Richter, German sprinter
Joseph Allen Travolta is an American actor. He is the elder brother of actor John Travolta.
Joey Travolta, American actor, director, and producer
Candida Royalle was an American producer and director of couples-oriented pornography, pornographic actress, sex educator, and sex-positive feminist. She was a member of the XRCO a…
Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer (died 2015)
Charles Marvin Green Jr., better known online as Angry Grandpa, was an American YouTuber. His videos have been featured on HLN's Dr. Drew, TruTV's Most Shocking, Rude Tube, and MTV…
Angry Grandpa, American internet personality (died 2017)
Károly Horváth was a Romanian-born composer and musician. He spent most of his professional life in Hungarian theatre.
Károly Horváth, Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (died 2015)
Philippe Xavier Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin is a French Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lyon from 2002 to 2020. He was made a cardinal in 2003. He was convicted in…
Philippe Barbarin, French cardinal
Barbara Alexandra "Sandra" Reemer was an Indo-Dutch singer and television presenter. She represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest on three occasions, tying with C…
Sandra Reemer, Indo-Dutch singer (died 2017)
Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. was an American stage, film and television actor. He was best known for his role as Andrew Young in 1978's King, George Haley in the 1979 miniseries Ro…
Howard Rollins, American actor (died 1996)
Wendy Wasserstein was an American playwright. She was an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer P…
Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright and author (died 2006)
Yeslam bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Ladin better known as Yeslam bin Ladin, also written Yeslam Binladin, as he prefers to spell it, is a businessman and the half-brother of the decea…
Yeslam bin Ladin, Saudi Arabian-Swiss businessman
Christopher Black Cannon was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives representing Utah's 3rd congressional district from 1997 to 2009. He wa…
Chris Cannon, American politician (died 2024)
Thomas Earl Petty was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was the leader and frontman of the rock bands Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch and a member of …
Tom Petty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2017)
William Russ is an American actor and television director. He played Alan Matthews on the sitcom Boy Meets World (1993–2000) and appeared in the television series Wiseguy, the soap…
William Russ, American actor and director