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Dwight Twilley was an American pop/rock singer and songwriter, best known for the top 20 hit singles "I'm on Fire" (1975) and "Girls" (1984). His music is associated with the power…
Dwight Twilley, American pop/rock singer and songwriter (died 2023)
Gaynor Sullivan, known professionally as Bonnie Tyler, is a Welsh singer. Known for her distinctive husky voice, she came to prominence with the release of her 1977 album The World…
Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer-songwriter
David Anthony Rice was an American bluegrass guitarist and singer. He was an influential acoustic guitar player in bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, newgrass and acoustic jazz. He …
Tony Rice, American bluegrass musician (died 2020)
Michael Patrick Cronan was an American graphic designer, brand strategist, adjunct professor, and fine art painter. He was one of the founders of the San Francisco Bay Area postmod…
Michael Patrick Cronan, American graphic designer and academic (died 2013)
James Newton Howard is an American film composer, orchestrator and music producer. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, and nine nomi…
James Newton Howard, American composer, conductor, and producer
David Gene Parker, nicknamed "the Cobra", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right fielder from 1973 to 1991. A seven-time All-St…
Dave Parker, American baseball player and coach (died 2025)
Brian Dwight Taylor is an American former professional basketball player who played for the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the Kansas City Kings, De…
Brian Taylor, American basketball player
Daniel Francis Fouts is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) throughout his 15-sea…
Dan Fouts, American football player and sportscaster
Anthony William Mundine, also known as Tony Mundine is an Australian former boxer, and one of the country's most accomplished Indigenous fighters. He was the only Australian boxer …
Tony Mundine, Australian boxer
Burglinde Pollak is a retired German pentathlete. She won bronze medals at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished sixth in 1980. At the European championships she won three silver…
Burglinde Pollak, German pentathlete
Bradley Edward Delp was an American singer and musician who was the original lead vocalist of the American rock band Boston. A Massachusetts native, Delp began collaborating with l…
Brad Delp, American musician and singer (died 2007)
Andranik Nahapeti Margaryan was an Armenian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Armenia from 12 May 2000, when the President appointed him, until his death on 25 March 2…
Andranik Margaryan, Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (died 2007)
Yasumasa Morimura is a contemporary Japanese performance and appropriation artist whose work encompasses photography, film, and live performance. He is known for his reinterpretati…
Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese painter and photographer
Howard M. Leese is an American guitarist, record producer, and musical director who played with Heart as guitarist and keyboardist for 23 years. He continues to record and tour as …
Howard Leese, American guitarist and producer
Richard Earl Thomas is an American actor. He is best known for his leading role as budding author John-Boy Walton in the CBS drama series The Waltons for which he won an Emmy Award…
Richard Thomas, American actor, director, and producer
Stellan John Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Lars von Trier, appearing in Breaking the Waves (1996), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogvi…
Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor
Paul Yaw Boateng, Baron Boateng, is a British Labour Party politician, a former civil rights lawyer and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent South from 1987 to 2005, becoming th…
Paul Boateng, English lawyer and politician, British High Commissioner to South Africa
Richard Dan Edwards is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and Champions Tour.
Danny Edwards, American golfer
Jane Ellen Amsterdam is a former American magazine and newspaper editor. After successive magazine editorships during the 1970s, she joined The Washington Post as section editor. S…
Jane Amsterdam, American magazine and newspaper editor (Manhattan, inc
Vance A. Larson was an abstract expressionist painter and portrait painter. A prolific artist, during his career Larson painted over 10,000 original works of art and won over 30 Be…
Vance A
Steve Walsh is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his work as a longtime member of the progressive rock band Kansas. He retired from the band in 2014. He …
Steve Walsh, American rock singer-songwriter and musician
Charlie Dominici was an American singer, best known as the second vocalist for the progressive metal band Dream Theater, having replaced Chris Collins and later being replaced by J…
Charlie Dominici, American singer and guitarist (died 2023)
Starhawk is an American feminist and writer. She is known as a theorist of feminist neopaganism and ecofeminism. In 2013, she was listed in Watkins' Mind Body Spirit magazine as on…
Starhawk, American author and activist
John Murdoch Garrett was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender and television sports commentator. He played in the World Hockey Association from 1973 to 1979 and then in th…
John Garrett, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster