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Alexandra Elena Mozarowski Ruiz de Frías, also known by the stage name Sandra Mozarowsky, was a Spanish actress from 1969 until her death in 1977. She starred in films such as Nigh…
Sandra Mozarowsky, Spanish actress (died 1977)
Alan Eugene Jackson is an American retired country singer-songwriter. He is known for performing a style widely regarded as "neotraditional country", as well as writing many of his…
Alan Jackson, American singer-songwriter
Craig John Murray is a Scottish author, human rights campaigner, journalist, and former diplomat.
Craig Murray, British diplomat
Thomas Hearns is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 2006. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra," and more famously "the Hitman," Hearns' tall, slender build…
Thomas Hearns, American boxer
Yoko Ishii , better known as Megumi Ishii is a Japanese actress and politician who is represented by the talent agency, Wonder Production. In 2015, she was elected to the Kunitach…
Megumi Ishii, Japanese actress and politician
Letitia Ann "Tish" James is an American lawyer and politician from the state of New York. She has served since 2019 as the 67th attorney general of New York (NYAG), having been fir…
Letitia James, American lawyer, activist and politician
Kjell William Alf Samuelsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers, Philadelphi…
Kjell Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
Carolyn Browne is a British diplomat who was the British Ambassador to Kazakhstan from 2013 to 2018.
Carolyn Browne, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Kazakhstan
Hiromi Hara is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He also managed Japan national team as caretaker.
Hiromi Hara, Japanese footballer and manager
Tiriel Mora is an Australian television and film actor.
Tiriel Mora, Australian actor
Michael Stephen Steele is an American politician, attorney, and political commentator who served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007 and as chair of th…
Michael Steele, American journalist and politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
Kevin Drum was an American journalist. Drum initially rose to prominence through the popularity of his independent blog Calpundit (2003–2004). He later was invited to launch anothe…
Kevin Drum, American journalist and blogger (died 2025)
Lynn Flewelling is an American fantasy fiction author.
Lynn Flewelling, American author and academic
Scott Oliver Hall was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenures with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under his real name and with the World Wrestling …
Scott Hall, American wrestler (died 2022)
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris are two American directors and producers for films and music videos. They started their career directing videos for such artists as Red Hot Chili …
Valerie Faris, American director and producer
Mark Raymond King is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the lead vocalist and bassist of the jazz-funk band Level 42. King is known for his slap style of playing th…
Mark King, English singer-songwriter and bass player
David Michael Krieg is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He attended Milton College in his home state of …
Dave Krieg, American football player
Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received various accolades including an Actor Award and a Critics' Choice Award as well as nominations for thre…
Viggo Mortensen, American-Danish actor and producer
Sir Andre Konstantin Geim is a Russian-born British-Dutch physicist. Geim was appointed as a chair professor at the University of Hong Kong and assumed his tenure in 2026.
Andre Geim, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Robert John Blotzer is an American musician best known as the drummer for metal band Ratt. He attended Torrance High School in Torrance, California along with his future Ratt bandm…
Bobby Blotzer, American drummer
Michael Eric Dyson is an American academic, author, Baptist minister, and radio host. He is a professor in the College of Arts and Science and in the Divinity School at Vanderbilt …
Michael Eric Dyson, American activist, author, and academic
Rose Nabinger is a German jazz singer.
Rose Nabinger, German singer
Frank Schaffer is an East German retired athlete who specialised in the 400 metres.
Frank Schaffer, German sprinter
Kornelia Ender is a former East German swimmer who at the 1976 Summer Olympics became the first female swimmer to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games, all in world recor…
Kornelia Ender, East German swimmer