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Anne Jennifer Dudley is an English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician. She was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in t…
Anne Dudley, English pianist and composer
Ray Charles Leonard, better known as Sugar Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer. Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, he competed professional…
Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
Annise Danette Parker is an American politician from the state of Texas. A Democrat, Parker served as the 61st Mayor of Houston, Texas, from 2010 until 2016. She also served as an …
Annise Parker, American politician
Robert Lane Saget was an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, and television host. He portrayed Danny Tanner on the sitcom Full House (1987–1995) and its sequel Fuller Hous…
Bob Saget, American comedian, actor, and television host (died 2022)
Dave Sim is a Canadian cartoonist and publisher, known for his comic book Cerebus, his artistic experimentation, his advocacy of self-publishing and creators' rights, and his contr…
Dave Sim, Canadian cartoonist and author
Catherine Corsini is a French film director, screenwriter, and actress. Her film Replay was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2012 film Three Worlds competed in the U…
Catherine Corsini, French director and screenwriter
John Harry Godber is an English playwright, known mainly for observational comedies. The Plays and Players Yearbook of 1993 rated him the third most performed playwright in the UK …
John Godber, English playwright and screenwriter
James 'Jim' Moginie is an Australian musician. He is best known for his work with Midnight Oil, of which he was a founding member, guitarist, keyboardist, singer and leading songwr…
Jim Moginie, Australian guitarist and songwriter
Loretta Maxine Schrijver was a Dutch television presenter.
Loretta Schrijver, Dutch television host, news anchor (died 2025)
Sir Oliver Letwin is a British politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for West Dorset from 1997 to 2019. Letwin was elected as a member of the Conservative Party, but sat as an inde…
Oliver Letwin, English philosopher and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Martyn Ware is an English musician, composer, arranger, record producer, and music programmer. As a founding member of both the Human League and Heaven 17, Ware co-wrote hit songs …
Martyn Ware, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
Ingvar Even Ambjørnsen-Haefs was a Norwegian writer. He is best known for his "Elling" tetralogy: Utsikt til paradiset (1993), Fugledansen (1995), Brødre i blodet (1996), and Elsk …
Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian-German author and critic (died 2025)
Gerald Joseph Peyton is a football coach and former footballer who is the interim coach of Indian Super League club Odisha FC. A goalkeeper, Peyton had lengthy spells with Fulham a…
Gerry Peyton, English born Irish international footballer and coach
Douglas Jerome Preston is an American journalist and author. Although he is best known for his thrillers in collaboration with Lincoln Child, he has also written six solo novels, i…
Douglas Preston, American journalist and author
Lucie Brock-Broido born "Lucy Brock" was an American poet, widely acclaimed as one of the most distinctive and influential voices of her generation. Noteworthy for her work as a te…
Lucie Brock-Broido, American poet (died 2018)
Andrea Michele Vincenzo Ciro Pazienza was an Italian comics artist and painter.
Andrea Pazienza, Italian illustrator and painter (died 1988)
Ursula Plassnik is an Austrian diplomat and politician. She was Foreign Minister of Austria between October 2004 and December 2008. She has served as the Austrian ambassador to Swi…
Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria
William Nathaniel "Buck" Showalter III is an American professional baseball manager. He served as manager of the New York Yankees (1992–1995), Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–2000), Tex…
Buck Showalter, American baseball player, coach, and manager
Richard B. Bernstein was an American constitutional historian, a distinguished adjunct professor of law at New York Law School, and lecturer in law and political science at the Cit…
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Larry Ernest Blackmon is an American vocalist and musician, known as the lead singer, founder and frontman of the funk and R&B band Cameo.
Larry Blackmon, American singer-songwriter and producer
Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve is an English barrister and former politician who served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2008 to 2009 and Attorney General for England and Wales from 2…
Dominic Grieve, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
Michael Geoffrey St Aubyn Jackson is a Church of Ireland Anglican bishop. Since 2011, he has served as the Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough in the Church of Ireland. …
Michael Jackson, Irish archbishop
Stavros Arnaoutakis is a Greek politician who has been the Governor of Crete since 2011. Prior to his tenure as governor he was a member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 200…
Stavros Arnaoutakis, Greek politician
Lawrence Joseph Hogan Jr. is an American politician and businessman who served as the 62nd governor of Maryland from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party and son of three…
Larry Hogan, American politician, 62nd Governor of Maryland