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Laura Bush
First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009
Kathy Bates
American film actress and director
Jayne Mansfield
American actress and Playboy Playmate (1933–1967)
Kourtney Kardashian
American media personality, model and businesswoman (born 1979)
Dorothy Malone
American actress (1924-2018)
Amy Acker
American actress
Lauren Graham
American actress, producer and novelist
Sarah Shahi
Aahoo Jahansouzshahi, known professionally as Sarah Shahi, is an American actress. She played Carmen on The L Word in 2005, Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama Fairly Legal (2011–2012), Sameen Shaw on the CBS crime drama Person of Interest (2012–2016), Billie on the Netflix series Sex/Life (2021–2023), and Dr. Gabriela Torabi in Hulu thriller series Paradise (2025–present). She portrayed the major character Det. Dani Reese in Life, and had a supporting role in Alias. In 2018, she starred in the series Reverie. In 2019, she appeared in a recurring role in City on a Hill on Showtime, and appeared in seven episodes of the series The Rookie as romantic interest Jessica Russo. In 2023, she received praise for her role as White House Deputy Chief of Staff Zahra Bankston in Red, White & Royal Blue.
Kajsa Bergqvist
Swedish high jumper
Powers Boothe
American actor (1948–2017)
Mary Ellen Weber
American astronaut
Aaron Spelling
American film and television producer (1923-2006)
Candice Patton
American actress
Jo Jorgensen
American politician, 2020 Libertarian Party presidential candidate
Maureen Connolly
American tennis player (1934-1969)
Stephen Tobolowsky
American actor
Paul Alexander
American lawyer and polio survivor (1946–2024)
Dylan Baker
American actor
Clarence Gilyard
American actor (1955–2022)
NoViolet Bulawayo
Zimbabwean writer and educator
Bill Fagerbakke
American actor and voice actor (born 1957)
S. M. Krishna
Indian politician
Jordan Ladd
American actress
Hope Hicks
American public relations executive and political advisor (born 1988)
Debra Monk
American actress
Jeffrey Nordling
American actor
Brian Baumgartner
American actor
Whitney Wolfe Herd
Whitney Wolfe Herd is an American entrepreneur most notable as the founder, executive chair, and CEO of Bumble. She is a co-founder of Tinder and was previously its Vice President of Marketing.
Lamar S. Smith
American politician
Lars Frölander
Swedish swimmer
Brent Renaud
American documentary filmmaker and journalist (1971–2022)
Patricia Richardson
American actress
Katie Featherston
American actress
Mary Elizabeth Ellis
American actress
Sarah Jane Morris
American actress
John Tower
American senator from Texas and chairman of the Tower Commission (1925-1991)
William Joyce
American children's writer (born 1957)
Jerrika Hinton
American actress
Bill Clements
American businessman, politician and former Governor of Texas (1917–2011)
Lamar Hunt
American sports executive (1932–2006)
Eddie Bernice Johnson
American politician (1934–2023)
Henry Calvin
American actor (1918-1975)
Saundra Santiago
American actress
Harriet Miers
American lawyer and Supreme Court nominee
Bob Krueger
American politician (1935–2022)
Shawne Fielding
American model
Fernando del Valle
American opera singer
Joey Slotnick
American actor
Wrenn Schmidt
American actress
Karen Hughes
American diplomat
John Culberson
American politician (1956-)
E. P. Sanders
American biblical scholar (1937–2022)
Meechai Ruchuphan
Thai politician
Artemis Pebdani
American actress
Jackie Galloway
American taekwondo practitioner
Kellie Waymire
American actress (1967–2003)
Kathleen Noone
actress
Beth Henley
American writer and actor b. 1952
Belita Moreno
American actress
Jeffrey Skilling
former CEO of Enron Corporation