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Amanda Bearse is an American actress, comedian and director. She starred in the 1985 supernatural horror film Fright Night, and later starred as Marcy Rhoades D'Arcy in the Fox sit…
Amanda Bearse, American actress, comedian and director
Carl Wilhelm Irene "Calie" Pistorius is a South African electrical engineer who is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom. He announ…
Calie Pistorius, South African engineer and academic
Michael Marshall Dokes was an American professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 1997, and held the WBA heavyweight title from 1982 to 1983. As an amateur he won a silver medal …
Michael Dokes, American boxer (died 2012)
Clifton James Richards is an English former first-class cricketer, who played in eight Tests and 22 ODIs for England from 1981 to 1988. He was a wicket-keeper and a useful lower-mi…
Jack Richards, English cricketer, coach, and manager
Rosalie Winterton, Baroness Winterton of Doncaster,, is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific since 2026. She …
Rosie Winterton, English nurse and politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Steven Tahurata Pokere is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre, Pokere represented Southland, Auckland and Wellington at a provincial level, and…
Steven Pokere, New Zealand rugby player
John Joseph Wardle is an English bass guitarist and singer. He became known to a wider audience as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd (PiL) in the late 1970s and early 19…
Jah Wobble, English singer-songwriter and bass player
Jürgen Dehmel is a German bass player and songwriter.
Jürgen Dehmel, German bass player and songwriter
Seán Feargal Sharkey is a singer and environmentalist from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was the lead vocalist of the punk band the Undertones in the 1970s and 1980s, and became a so…
Feargal Sharkey, Northern Irish singer-songwriter
David William Feherty is a Northern Irish-born former professional golfer and current golf broadcaster. As a touring professional he won five European Tour events, made the top 10 …
David Feherty, Northern Irish golfer and sportscaster
Randall David Shughart was a United States Army Delta Force operator who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Mogadishu, during Operatio…
Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1993)
Sir Simon Philip Baron-Cohen is a British clinical psychologist and professor of developmental psychopathology at the University of Cambridge. He is the director of the university'…
Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author
Craig MacTavish is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player, formerly an assistant coach with the St. Louis Blues. He played center for 17 seasons in the Nati…
Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Simple Kapadia was a Hindi film actress and costume designer, who was active in her professional career from 1987 until her death in 2009. She won the National Film Award for Best …
Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (died 2009)
Viktor Anatolyevich Shenderovich is a Russian satirist, writer, scriptwriter and radio host.
Victor Shenderovich, Russian journalist and radio host
Rondell Jerome Sheridan is an American actor, comedian and television director, best known for his role of Victor Baxter in the Disney Channel sitcom That's So Raven, as well as it…
Rondell Sheridan, American actor and comedian
Madonna Louise Ciccone is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Dubbed the "Queen of Pop", she is known for her continual reinvention and versatility in mus…
Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director
Angela Evelyn Bassett is an American actress. Known for her work in film and television since the 1980s, she has received various accolades, including an Emmy Award and two Golden …
Angela Bassett, American actress
Anne Geneviève L'Huillier is a French physicist. She is a professor of atomic physics at Lund University in Sweden.
Anne L'Huillier, French physicist
José Luis Clerc, also known by the nickname Batata, is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world …
José Luis Clerc, Argentinian tennis player and coach
Belinda Jo Carlisle is an American singer and songwriter. She gained fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, and she went on to have a prolific career as a solo artist.
Belinda Carlisle, American singer-songwriter
Frederick Anderson Goodwin FRSE FCIBS is a Scottish chartered accountant and former banker who was chief executive officer (CEO) of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) between 2…
Fred Goodwin, Scottish banker and accountant
Maurizio Sandro Sala is a Brazilian former racing driver. He drove in multiple classes of racing in a career lasting from 1978 to 2004.
Maurizio Sandro Sala, Brazilian race car driver
Didier Auriol is a French former rally driver. Born in Montpellier and initially an ambulance driver, he competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s. He became Wo…
Didier Auriol, French race car driver