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James Edward McGreevey is an American politician who served as the 52nd governor of New Jersey from 2002 until his resignation in 2004 amidst a sex scandal. A member of the Democra…
Jim McGreevey, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New Jersey
Daire Brehan was an Irish actress, broadcaster and barrister who presented a variety of BBC Radio programmes during the 1990s including Language Live, for BBC Radio 5, You and Yo…
Daire Brehan, Irish journalist, lawyer, and actress (died 2012)
Alexander Nikolaevich Dityatin was a Russian gymnast, three-time Olympic champion and Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. Winning eight medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics, he s…
Alexander Dityatin, Russian gymnast and colonel
Dennis Arnold Drew is the keyboardist for the American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. He has been with the band since its inception in 1981 and is one of three founding memb…
Dennis Drew, American keyboard player
Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress. Born in Manhattan to actress Tippi Hedren, she was raised mainly in Los Angeles, where she graduated from the Hollywood Profession…
Melanie Griffith, American actress and producer
Fred Ho was an American jazz baritone saxophonist, composer, bandleader, playwright, writer and Marxist social activist.
Fred Ho, American saxophonist, composer, and playwright (died 2014)
Andres Põime is an Estonian architect.
Andres Põime, Estonian architect
Aqeel Abbas Jafri, is a Pakistani writer, poet and architect and chief editor of Urdu Dictionary Board in Pakistan.
Aqeel Abbas Jafari, Pakistani writer, poet, architect and chief editor Urdu Dictionary Board
Ian Stuart Donaldson, more commonly known as Ian Stuart, was an English neo-Nazi musician. He was best known as the front-man of Skrewdriver, originally a punk band which, from 198…
Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)
Masayoshi Son is a Japanese entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. A Zainichi Korean, he is the founder, chairman and chief executive of SoftBank Group (SBG), a technology-foc…
Masayoshi Son, Japanese technology entrepreneur and investor
Friedhelm Schütte is a former professional German footballer.
Friedhelm Schütte, German footballer
Amanda Jacqueline Redman is an English actress, known for her roles as Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman in the BBC One series New Tricks (2003–2013) and as Dr. Lydia Fonseca…
Amanda Redman, English actress
Peter Howard Costello is an Australian former politician and barrister who served as the treasurer of Australia from 1996 to 2007 and the deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 19…
Peter Costello, Australian lawyer and politician
Željko Ivanek is a Slovenian-American actor. His accolades include an Actor Award, a Drama Desk Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for three Tony Awards.
Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
Laura Innes is an American actress and television director. She played Kerry Weaver in the medical drama ER (1995–2009), which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 2…
Laura Innes, American actress and director
Kenneth William Kwapis is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and author. He specialized in single-camera sitcoms in the 1990s and 2000s and has directed featur…
Ken Kwapis, American director and screenwriter
Laurence Overmire is an American poet, author, actor, educator, genealogist, peace activist, civil rights, human rights, and animal rights advocate and environmentalist.
Laurence Overmire, American poet, author, and actor
Raosaheb Ramrao Patil, better known as R. R. Patil, was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was an MLA for Tasgaon vidhan sabha constituency from 1991 to 2015. H…
R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2015)
Robin John Cousins is a British former competitive figure skater who was BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1980. He was the 1980 Olympic champion, the 1980 European champion, a…
Robin Cousins, British competitive figure skater
Carole Bouquet is a French actress who has appeared in more than 60 films since 1977. In 1990, she was awarded the César Award for Best Actress for her role in Too Beautiful for Yo…
Carole Bouquet, French actress
Tan Dun is a Chinese-born American composer and conductor. A leading figure of contemporary classical music, he draws from a variety of Western and Chinese influences, a pairing wh…
Tan Dun, Chinese composer
Denis Colin Leary is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He first came to prominence as a stand-up comedian, especially through appearances on MTV and through the stand-up spe…
Denis Leary, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
Ronald Graham Strykert is an Australian musician. He is best known for playing lead guitar, co-founding and composing songs with the 1980s band Men at Work.
Ron Strykert, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Paul-Jan Bakker is a Dutch former international cricketer, who also played domestic cricket at first-class and List A one-day level in England for Hampshire from 1986 to 1992, taki…
Paul-Jan Bakker, Dutch cricketer