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Sarah Vowell (born 1969)
journalist, actor, voice actor
Thomas Keneally (born 1935)
playwright, actor
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Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967)
actor, academic, translator
Denis Leary (born 1957)
comedian, composer, film actor, television actor, voice actor, film producer, showrunner, television producer, actor, film director
Nicholas Meyer (born 1945)
film director, film producer, director, actor
John Lennon (1940-1980)
record producer, actor, guitarist, film producer, poet, composer, film actor, pianist, singer, painter, film director, public figure, peace activist, political activist, recording artist
Henry Rollins (born 1961)
musician, actor, blogger, human rights activist, singer, television actor, poet, journalist, film actor, peace activist, voice actor, radio personality, recording artist, spoken word artist, lyricist
Brian May (born 1947)
guitarist, astrophysicist, singer, composer, pianist, television presenter, record producer, actor, physicist, research fellow, YouTuber, lyricist
