* Bunny Austin ( 1906 – 2000 ), British tennis player

Rethinking the Angolan Crisis and the Portuguese Revolution, 1974 – 1976, Itinerario: European Journal of Overseas History, 26 / 2, 2000, pp. 22 – 44

** Atlas III was a US launch vehicle ( 2000 – 2005 )

The Turkic-Mongolic-Tungusic and Korean-Japanese-Ainu groupings were also posited by Joseph Greenberg ( 2000 – 2002 ) who, however, treated them as independent members of a larger family, which he termed Eurasiatic.

* Joseph Greenberg ( 2000 – 2002 ).

Alfred Elton van Vogt ( April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000 ) was a Canadian-born science fiction author regarded as one of the most popular and complex science fiction writers of the mid-twentieth century: the " Golden Age " of the genre.

* 1926 – Gil Kane, Latvian cartoonist ( d. 2000 )

* 1928 – Hugh Hood, Canadian author ( d. 2000 )

* 1937 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist ( d. 2000 )

* 1938 – Paul Bartel, American actor ( d. 2000 )

* 1940 – Bill Musselman, American basketball coach ( d. 2000 )

* 2000 – Piper Reese, American video blogger

* 1941 – Doris Coley, American singer ( The Shirelles ) ( d. 2000 )

* 2000 – Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish jurist ( b. 1924 )

Mainly Galileo Galilei ( 1564 – 1642 ) but also Marin Mersenne ( 1588 – 1648 ), independently, discovered the complete laws of vibrating strings ( completing what Pythagoras and Pythagoreans had started 2000 years earlier ).

* 1892 – Kin Narita, Japanese identical twin who lived to be 107 ( d. 2000 )

* 1916 – Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet ( d. 2000 )

* 1925 – Ernst Jandl, Austrian writer ( d. 2000 )

* 1934 – John Beck, New Zealand cricketer ( d. 2000 )

* 1936 – W. D. Hamilton, English biologist ( d. 2000 )

* 1958 – Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter ( 10, 000 Maniacs ) ( d. 2000 )

* 1903 – Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician ( d. 2000 )

* Friedensreich Hundertwasser ( 1928 – 2000 ): artist and architect

* Brown, Tony ; Kutner, Jon ; Warwick, Neil ( 2000 ).

Costas has teamed with Isiah Thomas and Doug Collins for NBA telecasts ( from 1997 – 2000 ) and Sal Bando ( 1982 ), Tony Kubek ( from 1983 – 1989 ), Joe Morgan and Bob Uecker ( from 1994 – 2000 ) for baseball telecasts.

In 2000, London-wide government was restored, with the creation of the Greater London Authority ( GLA ) by Tony Blair's government, covering the same area of Greater London.

He returned to Broadway in 2000 in the New York Shakespeare Festival's The Wild Party, earning another Tony Award nomination for Best Actor ( Musical ).

* The Wild Party ( 2000 ) – Burrs ( Tony Award Nominee, 2000 )

* Fletcher, Tony ( 2000 ).

* Brown, Tony ; Kutner, Jon ; Warwick, Neil ( 2000 ).

Academies ( previously known as city academies ) are a new type of school introduced in 2000 by the New Labour government of Tony Blair.

A Hong Kong production was produced in 2000 with Cantonese lyrics, featuring Hong Kong rock star Paul Wong as Tony.

In 2000, Australian actor Barry Humphries won the Special Tony Award for a live theatrical event at the 55th Annual Tony Awards for Dame Edna: The Royal Tour, Dame Edna being his " Melbourne Housewife " alter-ego who was recently on Broadway in the show All About Me.

Throughout her career Binoche has intermittently appeared on stage, most notably in a 1998 London production of Luigi Pirandello's Naked and in a 2000 production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal on Broadway for which she was nominated for a Tony Award.

Gwenyth Evelyn “ Gwen ” Verdon ( January 13, 1925 – October 18, 2000 ) was an actress and dancer who won four Tony awards for her musical comedy performances and served as uncredited choreographers assistant and specialty dance coach for both theater and film.

* " Tony Robinson's cunning plan " – BBC News article dated Friday 26 May 2000

On the " 19th of June ", 2000, Juneteenth leaders stood with Congressman Tony Hall ( D-OH ) as historic Apology for Slavery legislation was announced at the U. S. Capitol during the 1st National Day of Reconciliation & Healing From the Legacy of Enslavement.

* Parkinson, Tony ( 2000 ).

In 2000, then-Prime Minister Tony Blair was criticised for appointing 20 special advisers ( compared to eight under his predecessor John Major ) and for the fact that the total salary cost of special advisers across all government departments had reached £ 4 million.

* Tony Laureano-drums, percussion ( 2000 – 2004 )

* In late 2000 to early 2001, skateboard legend Tony Hawk donated $ 10, 000 to the Needles Skate Park, which is still in use today.

* Cherry Jones — Actress ; Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1991 ( Nominee-Our Country's Good ), 1995 ( Winner-The Heiress ), 2000 ( Nominee-A Moon for the Misbegotten ), 2005 ( Winner-Doubt ); Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play 1995 ( Winner-The Heiress ), 1998 ( Winner-Pride's Crossing ), 2005 ( Winner-Doubt ), 2006 ( Nominee-Faith Healer )

AS Nancy-Lorraine's Hall of Fame includes triple-Ballon d ' Or and Uefa President Michel Platini, Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger, 1998 World Champion Aimé Jacquet, 2000 European Champion Roger Lemerre, 1998 African Ballon d ' Or Mustapha Hadji, Irish legend Tony Cascarino, 1986 European Cup winner Sacha Zavarov and 1958 World Cup Semi-finalist Roger Piantoni.

Pilger strongly criticised Tony Blair for not making any real response to the 2000 High Court ruling that the British expulsion of the island's natives to Mauritius in order to make way for a United States Air Force base had been illegal.

He later won another Variety Club Award ( as well as a 2000 Tony nomination for best performance by a leading actor in a play ) for his portrayal of Antonio Salieri in a revival of Amadeus.