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Francky Dury is a Belgian football manager. He most recently managed Zulte Waregem, the team he coached for almost 20 years. Before that, he had already worked for their predecesso…
Francky Dury, Belgian footballer and manager
Clémentine Célarié is a French actress, writer, director and singer.
Clémentine Célarié, French actress, singer, and director
Serge Clerc is a French comic book artist and illustrator. Serge Clerc began his professional career in 1975 in the monthly magazine Métal Hurlant, after having created his own fan…
Serge Clerc, French comic book artist and illustrator
Antonio Cabrini is an Italian professional football manager and a former player. He played as a left-back, mainly with Juventus. He won the 1982 FIFA World Cup with the Italy natio…
Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer and manager
Rumiko Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with Urusei Yatsura in 1978, she is one of Japan's best-known and we…
Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator
Dawn Roma French is a British actress, comedian, and writer. She is known for writing and starring in the BBC sketch comedy series French and Saunders (1987–2007) with her friend a…
Dawn French, Welsh-English actress, comedian and screenwriter
Mike Dowler is a Welsh retired professional football goalkeeper. He spent most of his career in the U.S. indoor leagues where he was named the 1995 Continental Indoor Soccer League…
Mike Dowler, Welsh footballer
Annik Honoré was a Belgian journalist and music promoter best known for her association with Ian Curtis, the former lead singer and lyricist of Joy Division. She co-founded record …
Annik Honoré, Belgian journalist and music promoter (died 2014)
William F. Laurance, also known as Bill Laurance, is Distinguished Research Professor at James Cook University, Australia and has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy…
William F. Laurance, Australian biologist
Michel Després is an administrator, consultant and a former Quebec politician. He was the former MNA member of the former riding of Limoilou from 1985 to 1994 and 1998 to 2003 and …
Michel Després, Canadian lawyer and politician
Michael Caton-Jones is a Scottish director and producer of film and television.
Michael Caton-Jones, Scottish actor, director, and producer
Mira Nair is an Indian American filmmaker. She has received two prizes from the Cannes Film Festival and four from the Venice Film Festival, as well as nominations for an Academy A…
Mira Nair, Indian-American actress, director, and producer
Stacy Douglas Peralta is an American film director and entrepreneur. He was previously a professional skateboarder and surfer with the Zephyr Competition Team, also known as the Z-…
Stacy Peralta, American skateboarder, director, producer, and businessman, co-founded Powell Peralta
Priidu Beier is an Estonian poet and teacher. He has edited several publications and is also a member of the Estonian Writers' Union and Estonian Literary Society. Between 1984 and…
Priidu Beier, Estonian poet and educator
Reginald Wayne Theus is an American basketball coach and former player. He played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he was a two-time NBA All-Star. He …
Reggie Theus, American basketball player and coach
Gen Nakatani is a Japanese politician who was Director General of the Japan Defense Agency in the first cabinet of former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi in 2001-2002 and was app…
Gen Nakatani, Japanese lawyer and politician, 13th Japanese Minister of Defense
Eleftheria Arvanitaki is a Greek folk singer. She originates from the island of Icaria. Arvanitaki has worked with musicians such as Cesária Évora, Arto Tunçboyacıyan and Ara Dinkj…
Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Greek folk singer
Nelson Barrera Romellón was a Mexican professional baseball player, who at the time of his death led the Mexican League in career home runs (455) and RBIs (1,927). He was nicknamed…
Nelson Barrera, Mexican baseball player (died 2002)
Lawrence Bender is an American film producer. Throughout his career, Bender-produced films have received 36 Academy Award nominations, resulting in eight wins.
Lawrence Bender, American actor and producer
Antonio Galdo is an Italian writer and journalist.
Antonio Galdo, Italian journalist
Stephen Douglas McMichael, nicknamed "Mongo", "Ming", and "Ming the Merciless", was an American professional football player and professional wrestler. He was a defensive tackle fo…
Steve McMichael, American football player, wrestler, and sportscaster (died 2025)
Giuseppe Henry "Pino" Palladino is a Welsh musician, songwriter, and record producer. A session bassist, he has played bass for a number of acts such as the Who, the John Mayer Tri…
Pino Palladino, Welsh bassist
Vincent Van Patten is an American actor, former professional tennis player, and the commentator for the World Poker Tour.
Vincent Van Patten, American tennis player and actor
Jon Robert Lindstrom is an American actor, writer, director, producer, and musician. He is well known for his roles of Kevin Collins and Ryan Chamberlain on the ABC Daytime soap op…
Jon Lindstrom, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter