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Maximilian Leon Dubrawski is the Roman Catholic bishop of Kamianets-Podilskyi.

Malcolm George Richardson Chisholm is a Scottish politician who served as Minister for Health and Community Care from 2001 to 2004 and Minister for Communities from 2004 to 2006. A member of the Scottish Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh North and Leith, formerly Edinburgh Leith, from 1992 to 2001 and Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the equivalent seat and its successor from 1999 to 2016.

Rhett Davies is an English record producer and engineer.

Stanisław Gądecki is the current archbishop of Poznan, Poland. He is a Polish Roman Catholic Bishop, doctor of Theological Sciences, Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno from 1992 to 2002, and Archbishop of Poznań since 2002. He was also Deputy President of the Polish Episcopal Conference (2004-2014), and serves currently as President of the Polish Episcopal Conference from 2014 and Deputy President of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe from 2016.

Julien Vermote is a former Belgian professional road and track cyclist. His booked his mayor victory during De Vlaamse Pijl in 1968 and 1970. His father and the grandfather of his namesake and fellow professional cyclist Julien Vermote were nephews.