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Marilyn Monroe
American actress, model, and singer

Richard Burton
Welsh actor

Toni Morrison
Afro-American writer

Carmen Miranda
Brazilian actress and singer

Paul Brown
American football coach

Cherie Gil
Filipino actress

Alec Guinness
English actor

Charlotte Rae
American actress

Judith Durham
Australian singer and musician

Bernard Stiegler
French philosopher

Hélène Carrère d'Encausse
French historian and politician

Pete Hamill
American journalist, novelist, essayist, editor and educator

Clu Gulager
American actor

Richard Trumka
American attorney and organized labor leader

Sadia Dehlvi
author and columnist

Chick Hearn
American basketball sportscaster

Jeff Porcaro
American drummer

Ralph Meeker
American actor

Issey Miyake
Japanese fashion designer

Arnold Horween
American football player and coach

Jeffrey Tarrant
American investor and film producer

Annet Nieuwenhuyzen
Dutch actress

Ana Luísa Amaral
Portuguese poet and professor

Liliana Alyoshnikova
Soviet and Russian actress

Matt Robinson
American actor

George Duke
American musician

Yevhen Marchuk
Ukrainian politician

Ali Haydar
Former commander of Syrian Special Forces

Alan Rabinowitz
American zoologist

Bjorg Lambrecht
Belgian competitive cyclist

Chavela Vargajhɡjɡvɡvɡyv
Costa Rican-born Mexican singer

Hawa Abdi
Somalian physician, activist

Budd Schulberg
American novelist and screenwriter

John Willie
English photographer and bondage artist

Bob Lay
Australian sprinter

Jesse Haines
Major League Baseball pitcher

Judy Canova
American comedienne, actress, singer, and radio personality

Maurice Turnbull
Cricket player of England.

Florian Pittiș
Romanian actor, singer and director

Darrell Porter
American professional baseball player

Shamim Ara
Pakistani actor and film director

Daniel Carroll
Australian rugby union player; USA rugby union player and national coach; Olympic gold medalist

Dick Tooth
Australian rugby union player

Blanca Rodríguez de Pérez
First Lady of Venezuela

Horace Clarke
American baseball player

Marilyn Burns
American actress

Tayseer Jabari
Palestinian militant

Boman Framji Chhapgar
biologist