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Jards Anet da Silva, known as Macalé, is a Brazilian composer, singer and actor, known for his influential role in Brazil's tropicália movement in the 1960s.

Dinesh Khanna is a former Indian badminton player.

Brian John Peter Ferneyhough is a British composer, who has resided in California, United States since 1987. Ferneyhough is typically considered to be the central figure of the New Complexity movement. Ferneyhough has taught composition at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and the University of California, San Diego; he currently teaches at Stanford University and is a regular lecturer in the summer courses at Darmstädter Ferienkurse.

Norvell Kay Granger is an American Republican politician from the U.S. state of Texas. She has represented the state’s 12th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997.

Franz Hohler was born on 1 March 1943 in Biel/Bienne. He lives as an author and cabaret performer in Zürich-Oerlikon.

Philip Alston Willcox Purvis, son of Melvin Purvis, is an American graphic designer, artist, professor and author.