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Sara Pereyra Baras is a Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer born in San Fernando (Cádiz) who has established her own dance company.
Sara Baras, Spanish dancer
Naoki Tanaka is a Japanese comedian, actor and television presenter, who is the leader and the boke of the owarai kombi Cocorico with his partner Shozo Endo. He has appeared in ma…
Naoki Tanaka, Japanese comedian and actor
Jay DeMarcus is an American musician, vocalist, record producer and songwriter. He is a member of the country music band Rascal Flatts.
Jay DeMarcus, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
Kathryn Bridget Moynahan is an American actress and former model. She graduated from Longmeadow High School in Massachusetts in 1989 and began pursuing a career in modeling. Moynah…
Bridget Moynahan, American actress
The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the peoples who are native to the Americas or the Western Hemisphere. Their ancestors are among the pre-Columbian population of South or …
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The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Unio…
Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in b…
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Claire Jane Sweeney is an English actress, singer, and television personality. Known for her portrayal of Lindsey Corkhill on Channel 4's Brookside (1991–2003), she also played Rox…
Claire Sweeney, English actress
Lawrence Ethan Albright is an American former professional football long snapper who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons. Nicknamed "the Red Snapper", he sp…
Ethan Albright, American football player
Stuart Appleby is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He was a nine-time winner on the PGA Tour.
Stuart Appleby, Australian golfer
John Douglas Wilson Carswell is a British former politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 2005 to 2017, co-founded Vote Leave, and since 2021 also serves as president a…
Douglas Carswell, British politician, the first elected MP for the UK Independence Party
Harold David Miner is an American former professional basketball player and two-time champion of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Slam Dunk Contest. He attended college at…
Harold Miner, American basketball player
Christopher Aubrey Shiflett is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist for the rock band Foo Fighters, which he joined in 1999 following the release of the band's third albu…
Chris Shiflett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Thomas Piketty is a French economist who is a professor of economics at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, associate chair at the Paris School of Economics (PS…
Thomas Piketty, French economist
Ajith Kumar Subramaniam is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. To date, he has starred in over 63 films, and won four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards…
Ajith Kumar, Indian actor and race car driver
Musashimaru Kōyō is an American-born Japanese-naturalized former professional sumo wrestler. He was born in American Samoa, before moving to Hawaii at the age of 10. At 18 he move…
Musashimaru Kōyō, Samoan-American sumo wrestler, the 67th Yokozuna
Candice Night is an American singer and musician. She has been the vocalist/lyricist and multi-instrumentalist for the traditional folk rock project Blackmore's Night since its ori…
Candice Night, American singer-songwriter
Sofia Carmina Coppola is an American filmmaker and former actress. She has won an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Golden Lion, and a Cannes Film Festival Award. She was a…
Sofia Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Martin Reim is an Estonian football manager and former professional player.
Martin Reim, Estonian footballer and manager
Karin Lušnic is a former tennis player from Slovenia.
Karin Lušnic, Slovenian tennis player
Mark Connors is an Australian rugby union footballer. He is currently the Queensland Reds third most capped player ever, playing 134 games for the side. He has played for Australia…
Mark Connors, Australian rugby player
Shaun Hart is a former Australian rules football player, who played for the Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League. Hart played in Brisbane's Lions hat…
Shaun Hart, Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster
Stella Jongmans is a retired Dutch athlete who specialised in the 800 metres. She won the gold at the 1995 Summer Universiade and silver at the 1996 European Indoor Championships. …
Stella Jongmans, Dutch athlete
Máxima is Queen of the Netherlands as the wife of King Willem-Alexander.
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Dutch royal