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Brian Joseph Vollmer is the lead singer and only remaining original member of Canadian hard rock group Helix. Since the band's inception in 1974, Vollmer had gone from lead singer …
Brian Vollmer, Canadian singer
Egils Levits is a Latvian politician, lawyer, political scientist, and jurist who served as the tenth president of Latvia from 2019 to 2023. He was a member of the European Court o…
Egils Levits, Latvian judge, jurist, 10th President of Latvia
Nikolai Demidenko is a Russian-born classical pianist.
Nikolai Demidenko, Russian pianist and educator
Li Keqiang was a Chinese politician and economist who served as Premier of China from 2013 to 2023 and was the second-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Politbur…
Li Keqiang, Chinese economist and politician, 7th Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 2023)
Lisa Scottoline is an American author of legal thrillers.
Lisa Scottoline, American lawyer and author
'Siosaʻia Lausiʻi, Lord Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi, also known as Lord Maʻafu, was a Tongan politician, military officer, and member of the Tongan nobility.
Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi, Tongan politician and military officer, Deputy Prime Minister (died 2021)
Kim John Carr is an Australian former politician who served as a Senator for Victoria between 1993 and 2022. Representing the Labor Party, he was a minister in the Rudd and Gillard…
Kim Carr, Australian educator and politician, 31st Australian Minister for Human Services
Claude Rajotte is a well-known Canadian DJ/VJ/music critic from Montreal, Quebec.
Claude Rajotte, Canadian radio and television host
Eero Olavi Heinäluoma is a Finnish politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2019. A former chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, he …
Eero Heinäluoma, Finnish politician
Kevin John Nichols is a former track cyclist and Olympic gold medallist.
Kevin Nichols, Australian cyclist
Anthony Paul Frederick Hadley is an English former professional footballer, who played as a central defender.
Tony Hadley, English footballer
Peter McNamara was an Australian tennis player and coach.
Peter McNamara, Australian tennis player and coach (died 2019)
Leonard Harold Barker III is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He pitched the tenth perfect game in baseball history. Barker pitched with the …
Len Barker, American baseball player and coach
Stephen James Coppell is an English professional football manager and former player.
Steve Coppell, English footballer and manager
Lindsey Olin Graham is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina, a seat he has held since 2003. A member of the Republica…
Lindsey Graham, American lawyer and politician
Jimmy L. Smits is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Attorney Victor Sifuentes on the legal drama L.A. Law, NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the police drama NYPD B…
Jimmy Smits, American actor and producer
Willie James Wilson is an American former professional baseball player. He played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, and Chicago Cub…
Willie Wilson, American baseball player and manager
Sir Nicholas Dakin is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Scunthorpe since 2024, having previously served from 2010 to 2019. A member of the La…
Nic Dakin, English educator and politician
Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, author and commentator. He is Professor of European Studies emeritus at the University of Oxford and a Senior Fellow of Stanford Universi…
Timothy Garton Ash, English historian and author
Geoff Gerard is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. An Australia international and New South Wales State of Origin represen…
Geoff Gerard, Australian rugby league player
Balaji Sadasivan was a Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Minister of State for the Ministry of the Environm…
Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (died 2010)
Jimmy LaFave was an American singer-songwriter and folk musician. After moving to Stillwater, Oklahoma, LaFave became a supporter of Woody Guthrie. He later became an Advisory Boar…
Jimmy LaFave, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
Susan Wheeler is an educator and award-winning poet whose poems have frequently appeared in anthologies. She is currently Professor Emerita at Princeton University. She has also ta…
Susan Wheeler, American poet and academic
Saw Swee Leong is a former Malaysian professional badminton player.
Saw Swee Leong, Malaysian badminton player