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Mark Douglas Brown McKinney is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known as a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, which includes starring in the 1989 to …
Mark McKinney, Canadian actor and screenwriter
Dan Jurgens is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for his work on the DC comic book storyline "The Death of Superman" and for creating characters such as Doomsda…
Dan Jurgens, American author and illustrator
Loretta Lynn Morgan is an American country music singer and actress. She is the daughter of George Morgan, widow of Keith Whitley, and ex-wife of Jon Randall and Sammy Kershaw, all…
Lorrie Morgan, American singer
Clinton David Boon is an English musician, DJ and radio presenter. Boon originally rose to fame as the keyboard player of Inspiral Carpets.
Clint Boon, English singer and keyboard player
John Shelley (ジョン・シェリー) is a British illustrator, particularly noted for his work in Japan.
John Shelley, British illustrator
Vincent Philip D'Onofrio is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his supporting and leading roles in both film and television. He has been nominated for a Primetime Emm…
Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen is an American author, and former associate professor of government and social studies at Harvard University. Goldhagen received attention as the author of t…
Daniel Goldhagen, American political scientist, author, and academic
Brendan Michael Perry is a British singer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work as half of the duo Dead Can Dance with Lisa Gerrard.
Brendan Perry, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Sakis Tsiolis is a Greek professional football manager and former player.
Sakis Tsiolis, Greek footballer and manager
Sandip K. Verma, Baroness Verma known until 1977 as Sandip K. Rana, is a British Indian politician in the United Kingdom. An appointed member of the House of Lords, she is Minister…
Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma, Indian-English businesswoman and politician
Erwin Olaf Springveld, professionally known as Erwin Olaf, was a Dutch photographer from Hilversum. Time magazine described his work as straddling "the worlds of commercial, art an…
Erwin Olaf, Dutch photographer (died 2023)
Julie Burchill is an English writer. Beginning as a staff writer at the New Musical Express at the age of 17, she has since contributed to newspapers such as The Daily Telegraph, T…
Julie Burchill, English journalist and author
Ian Maxtone-Graham is an American television writer and producer. He has formerly written for Saturday Night Live (1992–1995) and The Simpsons (1995–2012), as well as serving as a …
Ian Maxtone-Graham, American screenwriter and producer
Stephen Eric Pearcy is an American musician who is the founder, singer and songwriter of the heavy metal band Ratt. He has also created the bands Firedome, Crystal Pystal, Arcade, …
Stephen Pearcy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
David Ian Shore is a Canadian television writer. Shore worked on Family Law, NYPD Blue and Due South. He created the series House and more recently, Battle Creek and developed The …
David Shore, Canadian screenwriter and producer
Victoria Mérida Rojas, better known as Victoria Abril, is a Spanish film actress and singer based in France. She is possibly best known to international audiences for her performan…
Victoria Abril, Spanish actress and singer
Marc Craig Cohn is an American singer-songwriter. He is best known for the song "Walking in Memphis", which was a top 40 hit from his 1991 album Marc Cohn and was nominated for Son…
Marc Cohn, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Richard Dacoury is a former French professional basketball player. He retired in 1998, as the basketball player who won the most French League titles during his career, with 9. Dac…
Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
William Oliver Campbell is an American film and television actor. He first gained recognition for his recurring role as Luke Fuller on the television series Dynasty, and as the tit…
Billy Campbell, American actor
Pauline Perpetua Sheen is a retired English actress. She began her career with roles on various television series, before fronting her own comedy sketch show, Pauline's Quirkes, in…
Pauline Quirke, English actress
James Kerr is a Scottish musician, singer and songwriter, best known for being the frontman of the rock band Simple Minds. Commercially successful singles released by Simple Minds …
Jim Kerr, Scottish singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Kevin Scott Nash is an American retired professional wrestler, actor and podcaster. He is signed to WWE under a legends contract. He is also known for his tenures in World Champion…
Kevin Nash, American professional wrestler and actor
Clive Adrian Stafford Smith is a British attorney who specialises in the areas of civil rights and working against capital punishment in the United States. He worked to overturn de…
Clive Stafford Smith, English lawyer and author
Ellen Kuras is an American cinematographer, known for documentary and narrative film, as well as music videos and commercials, both from studio and independent media.
Ellen Kuras, American director and cinematographer