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Dolly Parton is an American singer, songwriter, and actress born in 1946 in Sevier County, Tennessee. She is the most decorated female country singer of all time. Parton has 25 RIAA gold, platinum and multi-platinum albums.  She also has had 25 singles make it to number one Billboard’s Country chart as well as 110 singles that have made the chart. Parton has won eight Grammy Awards, 10 Country Music Association Awards, 2 Academy Awards and three American Music Awards. She has also been featured in films such as 9 to 5, A Smoky Mountain Christmas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk. She is married to Carl Thomas Dean.

Dinah Shore was an American singer and actress born in 1916 in Winchester, Tennessee. She had her greatest success musically in the 1940s and 1950s. During that era, she had 80 singles that made the charts. She went on to host the variety shows The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The Dinah Shore Special, Dinah’s Place, Dinah! and Dinah and Friends. TV Guide named her as the 16th greatest television star of all time. Shore was previously married twice and had two children. In 1994 Shore died at the age of 77 in Beverly Hills, California.

Dick Cheney is an American Republican politician born in 1941 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Cheney was the 46th Vice President of the United States serving under President George W. Bush. He was also the White House Chief of Staff from 1975-1977 and served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Wyoming from 1979 to 1989. In 1989, President George H.W. Bush chose Cheney to be the Secretary of Defense. He released a memoir titled In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir. Cheney is married to Lynne Cheney and has two children.

Diane Keaton is an American actress and director born in 1946 in Los Angeles, California. Keaton first gained prominence for her role as Kay Adams-Corleone in the film The Godfather. Other films she’s famous for include Play It Again, Sam, Sleeper, Annie Hall, Love and Death, Reds, and Marvin’s Room. During her career, her movies have grossed over $1.1 billion in North America. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1978 for the movie Annie Hall. Keaton has two children, Dexter and Duke.

Derek Jeter is an American baseball shortstop born in 1974 in Pequannock Township, New Jersey. He plays for the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball (MLB). Jeter is the Yankees’ all-time leader in hits, stolen bases, games played, and at bat. He has been selected to 14 All-Star Games and has earned five Gold Gloves, five Silver Slugger Awards, the Roberto Clemente Award, and two Hank Aaron Awards.  Jeter has also won five World Series titles with the Yankees. Jeter has formerly dated singer Mariah Carey, actresses Jessica Biel and Jessica Alba, and former Miss Universe Lara Dutta.

Deitrick Haddon is a Gospel singer and songwriter born in 1973 in Detroit, Michigan. Haddon has released albums such as Revealed, Blessed & Cursed, A Beautiful Soul, Anthology the writer & his Music and Voices of Unity. In 2002, his album Lost & Found made it to number one the Billboard Top Gospel Charts. Haddon is featured in the reality television show Preachers of L.A., which focuses on the life and times of six preachers in the area. He is married to Dominique McIntyre and they have two children.

Dean Koontz is an American author born in 1945 in Everett, Washington. Koontz is known for his novels that include horror, mystery, satire, and science fiction. He was written books under the aliases of David Axton, Brian Coffey, and Leigh Nichols. Koontz’s most well known novels include Intensity, Phantoms, Demon Seed, Hideaway, Watchers and Odd Thomas. He has sold more than 450 million copies of his novels in his career. He is married to Gerda Cerra.

Dayana Mendoza is a Venezuelan model born in 1986 in Caracas, Venezuela. Mendoza won Miss Venezuela in 2007 and Miss Universe in 2008. Mendoza was the first Venezuelan to win Miss Universe since 1996. She appeared on the 2012 edition of Celebrity Apprentice and finished in sixth place. In 2012 she served as a judge for the Miss USA pageant.

David Trimble is a British politician born in 1944 in Bangor, Northern Ireland, UK. He served as the First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002 as well as the Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party from 1995 to 2005. Trimble was the Member of Parliament for Upper Bann from 1990 to 2005 and in 2006, he was given the distinction of  a life peer in the House of the Lords. Trimble is married to Daphne Orr and has four children.

David Petraeus is a retired American military officer born in 1952 in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York. He was formerly the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Petraeus was also a four-star general and served more than 37 years in the United States Army. Some of his most notable four-star work includes being the 10th Commander, U.S. Central Command from 2008-2010.  He was also a Commanding General, Multi National Force – Iraq from 2007-2008. In 2012, he was forced to resign his post as Director of the CIA because of an extramarital affair that would found during an investigation by the FBI. Petraeus is married to Holly Knowlton and they have two children.