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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
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
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)
Sylvie Léonard is a French-Canadian actress. She has acted in theater, film and television for over 40 years. Her most notable roles include Mimi Jarry in Rue des Pignons, Annick J…
Sylvie Léonard, Canadian actress and screenwriter
Paul Edward Stamets is an American mycologist and entrepreneur who sells various mushroom products through his company. He is an author and an advocate of medicinal fungi and mycor…
Paul Stamets, American mycologist and author
Bernd Fasching was an Austrian painter and sculptor. He lived and worked in Vienna.
Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor
Roger Michael Humphrey Binny is a former Indian cricketer who was the 36th president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). He was the president of Karnataka State Cr…
Roger Binny, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty Jr. is a Canadian former politician who served as the 24th premier of Ontario from 2003 to 2013. He was the first Liberal leader to win two majority g…
Dalton McGuinty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Premier of Ontario
Desmond Douglas MBE is a British table tennis player. He lived and was brought up in the area of Handsworth, Birmingham, West Midlands. He was an attacking, left-handed, player, no…
Desmond Douglas, Jamaican-English table tennis player
René-Daniel Dubois, OC is a Québécois playwright and actor.
René-Daniel Dubois, Canadian actor and playwright
Jeremy Max Finer is an English musician, artist and composer. He is one of the founding members of the Pogues.
Jem Finer, English banjo player and songwriter