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Michael Feldman (consultant)
Michael Feldman is an American public relations and communications consultant and a former Democratic political adviser. Feldman was Vice President Al Gore’s traveling chief of staff during the 2000 presidential election campaign. He is a founding partner and managing director of The Glover Park Group, a communications, consulting, and advocacy firm.
Céline Dion
Canadian singer (born 1968)
Will Smith
Willard Carroll Smith II is an American actor, rapper, and film producer. Known for his work in both the screen and music industries, his accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and four Grammy Awards. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $10 billion worldwide, making him one of Hollywood's most bankable stars.
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Frequently referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she has achieved recognition in both the music industry and the fashion world as a major style icon. Her accolades include two Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards and eighteen ARIA Music Awards. Minogue is the highest-selling Australian female artist of all time, with sales surpassing 80 million records worldwide. In 2024, Time included her in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Felipe VI of Spain
King of Spain since 2014
Marine Le Pen
French politician (born 1968)
Lila Downs
Mexican American singer-songwriter
Hugh Jackman
Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor, singer, and producer. Starting his career in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine, playing him across the X-Men film franchise and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from X-Men (2000) to Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Prominent on both screen and stage, he has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and two Tony Awards, along with nominations for an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award. Jackman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2019.
Anastacia
Anastacia Lyn Newkirk ( ; born September 17, 1968), known by the mononym Anastacia, is an American singer-songwriter who has released eight albums and sold over 50 million records worldwide, and collecting a total of 227 gold and platinum certifications. Thanks to her distinctive tone she has been described as "the little lady with the big voice." Anastacia defines her musical style as "sprock", meaning a fusion of soul, pop, and rock.
Gillian Anderson
Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files, socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film The House of Mirth (2000), DSU Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama television series The Fall, sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education, and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown. Among other honors, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has resided in London since 2002, after earlier years divided between the United Kingdom and the United States.
Naomi Watts
Naomi Ellen Watts is a British actress. Known for her work predominantly in independent films, she has received various accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.
Brendan Fraser
Brendan James Fraser is an American and Canadian actor. Fraser had his breakthrough in 1992 with the comedy Encino Man and the drama School Ties. He gained further prominence for his starring roles in the comedies With Honors (1994) and George of the Jungle (1997) and emerged as a star playing Rick O'Connell in The Mummy films (1999–present). He took on dramatic roles in Gods and Monsters (1998), The Quiet American (2002), and Crash (2004), and further fantasy roles in Bedazzled (2000), Inkheart and Journey to the Center of the Earth.
Mswati III
King of Eswatini
Paolo Maldini
Italian association football player (born 1968)
Lucy Liu
American actress
Owen Wilson
American actor (born 1968)
Didier Deschamps
French association football player and manager (born 1968)
Frederik X of Denmark
King of Denmark since 2024
Patricia Arquette
American actress (born 1968)
Gary Coleman
American actor (1968–2010)
Cuba Gooding Jr.
American actor
Lucy Lawless
New Zealand actress
Mari Kiviniemi
Finnish politician
Mika Häkkinen
Finnish racing driver
Ashley Judd
American actress
Davor Šuker
Croatian footballer
Thom Yorke
English musician and singer for Radiohead
Eric Bana
Australian actor
Josh Brolin
Josh James Brolin is an American actor. A son of actor James Brolin, he gained fame in his youth for his role in the adventure film The Goonies (1985). Brolin had a resurgence with his starring role in the crime film No Country for Old Men (2007). Brolin received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for portraying Dan White in the biopic Milk (2008).
Marcel Desailly
French footballer (born 1968)
Guy Ritchie
Guy Stuart Ritchie is an English filmmaker known primarily for British comedy gangster films and large-scale action-adventure films.
Jim Caviezel
James Patrick Caviezel Jr. is an American actor. He played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ (2004), Tim Ballard in Sound of Freedom (2023), and starred as John Reese on the CBS series Person of Interest (2011–2016). He also played Slov in G.I. Jane (1997), Private Witt in The Thin Red Line (1998), Detective John Sullivan in Frequency (2000), Catch in Angel Eyes (2001), and Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo (2002).
Robert Rodriguez
American filmmaker (born 1968)
Marc Anthony
American singer (born 1968)
Jana Novotná
Czech tennis player (1968–2017)
Fernando Hierro
Spanish football player and manager
Kazuya Maekawa
Japanese association football player
Debra Messing
American actress (born 1968)
Zvonimir Boban
Croatian footballer
Igor Lediakhov
Russian association football player
Helen McCrory
Helen Elizabeth McCrory was an English actress. After studying at the Drama Centre London, she made her professional stage debut in The Importance of Being Earnest in 1990. Other theatre roles include playing Lady Macbeth in Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Rosalind in As You Like It in the West End for which she received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination, and Medea in the eponymous play at the Royal National Theatre.
Vlade Divac
Serbian basketball player
Mathias Rust
German amateur aviator and activist
Traci Lords
Traci Elizabeth Lords is an American actress and singer. She has starred in TV series such as Tales from the Crypt, Roseanne, Profiler, and First Wave. She has also appeared in films such as Skinner (1993), Virtuosity (1995), Blade (1998), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), and Excision (2012), which earned her a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actress, Fright Meter Award, and a CinEuphoria Award.
Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn is an English musician. He is the main vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Blur and the co-creator and primary musical contributor of the virtual band Gorillaz.
Parker Posey
American actress
Casper Van Dien
American actor
Mitch Hedberg
American stand-up comedian
Adilson Batista
Brazilian association football player and manager
Timothy McVeigh
American domestic anti-government terrorist (1968–2001)
Tony Hawk
American professional skateboarder and actor
Anto Drobnjak
Montenegrin footballer
LL Cool J
American rapper and actor (born 1968)
Rasmus Lerdorf
Danish programmer and creator of PHP
Halla Tómasdóttir
President of Iceland
Molly Ringwald
American actress and writer (born 1968)
Kurt Angle
American professional wrestler and 1996 Olympic gold medalist
Toni Kukoč
Croatian basketball player
Billy Boyd
Scottish actor and musician
Rachel Griffiths
Australian actress