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Otto Wallin

Swedish professional boxer

Date of Birth: 21 November 1990

Age: 35

Einar Otto Wallinis a Swedish professional boxer. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the Swedish title in 2018. He holds a notable win over world heavyweight ...

Emma Walmsley

Сhief executive officer of GlaxoSmithKline

Dame Emma Natasha Walmsleyis the chief executive officer (CEO) of GlaxoSmithKline. She succeeded Sir Andrew Witty, who retired in March 2017. Before GSK, she worked for L'Oréal for 17 years, and was a...

Bradley Walsh

English actor

Date of Birth: 4 June 1960

Age: 65

Bradley John Walshis an English actor, television presenter, comedian, singer, and former professional footballer. Walsh's acting roles on television include Danny Baldwin in the ITV soap opera Corona...

Baillie Walsh

British film director and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 14 December 1959

Age: 66

Baillie Walshis a British film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his work directing music videos and films for corporate brands. Career Walsh made his feature-film debut with Flashbacks ...

Amy Walsh

English actress

Date of Birth: 27 March 1987

Age: 39

Amy Victoria Walshis an English actress, known for her role as Tracy Metcalfe on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. Career As a child, Walsh appeared as Emily in the short film Past Memoirs (1995). Her fir...

Louis Walsh

Irish music manager and television personality

Date of Birth: 5 August 1952

Age: 73

Michael Louis Vincent Walshis an Irish music manager and television personality. He has managed Johnny Logan, Boyzone, Jedward and Westlife, four of Ireland's most successful pop acts in the 1990s and...

Kevin Walsh

American film and TV producer

Date of Birth: 14 November 1975

Age: 50

Kevin J. Walshis an American film and TV producer. Walsh is best known for producing the critically acclaimed film Manchester by the Sea, in which he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Pictur...

Frances Walsh

New Zealand screenwriter and film producer

Date of Birth: 10 January 1959

Age: 67

Dame Frances Rosemary Walshis a New Zealand screenwriter and film producer. The partner of filmmaker Peter Jackson, Walsh has contributed to all of their films since 1989: as co-writer since Meet the ...

Ashley (Asher D) Walters

British actor and rapper

Date of Birth: 30 June 1982

Age: 43

Ashley Anthony Walters, also known by his stage nameAsher D, is a British actor and rapper. He first rose to fame as a member of the UK garage group So Solid Crew who hit the top spot on the U.K. char...

Hannah Walters

English actress

Date of Birth: 19 January 1974

Age: 52

Hannah Waltersis an English actress, producer, and director. Career Walters began her acting career in 2006, with a small role in The Thieving Headmistress. She followed this with appearances as Trudy...

Melanie Walters

Welsh actress

Date of Birth: 30 January 1962

Age: 64

Melanie Waltersis a Welsh actress who has worked frequently in television. She is best known for playing Gwen West in the BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey and Emma, a vampire in the third series of Being Hum...

Timothy Walz

American politician

Date of Birth: 6 April 1964

Age: 62

Timothy James Walzis an American politician, former schoolteacher, and retired U.S. Army non-commissioned officer who has served as the 41st governor of Minnesota since 2019. He is the Democratic Part...

James Wan

Australian filmmaker

Date of Birth: 26 February 1977

Age: 49

James Wanis an Australian filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the Saw and Insidious franchises and the creator of The Conjuring Universe. The lattermost is the ...

Duncan Wanblad

Group director – strategy annd business development

Duncan Wandladled this Base Metals business as CEO from 2013 to 2019, and took on the Strategy and Business Development portfolio as Group Director in 2016. He is a non-executive director ofDe Beersan...

Yuja Wang

Pianist

Date of Birth: 10 February 1987

Age: 39

Yuja Wangis a Chinese classical pianist. She was born in Beijing, began studying piano there at age six, and went on to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Curtis Institute o...

Phil Wang

Stand-up comedian

Date of Birth: 22 January 1990

Age: 36

Philip Nathaniel Wang Sin Goiis a Malaysian-British stand-up comedian and comedy writer who is a member of the sketch comedy group Daphne, and co-creator of their BBC Radio 4 series, Daphne Sounds Exp...

James Ward-prowse

English professional footballer

Date of Birth: 1 November 1994

Age: 31

James Michael Edward Ward-Prowseis an English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club West Ham United and the England national team. Originally a member of So...

Marcus Wareing

English celebrity chef

Date of Birth: 29 June 1970

Age: 55

Marcus Wareingis an English celebrity chef renowned for his refined modern British cuisine and longstanding influence on the UK fine-dining scene. Wareing rose to prominence through his work in Michel...

Kirsteen Wark

Scottish television presenter and journalist

Date of Birth: 3 February 1955

Age: 71

Kirsteen Anne "Kirsty" Warkis a Scottish television presenter and journalist with a long career at the BBC. Starting on BBC Radio Scotland, where she became a producer, Wark switched to television, pr...

Kerry Washington

American actress

Date of Birth: 31 January 1977

Age: 49

Kerry Marisa Washingtonis an American actress. She has received several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award. She was include...

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