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Johannes Petrus "Hans" Nijman was a Dutch professional mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. He competed in the heavyweight division. He was a RINGS Holland veteran and f…
Hans Nijman, Dutch mixed martial artist and wrestler (died 2014)
Chris O'Sullivan is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s. O'Sullivan played for the Canberra Raider…
Chris O'Sullivan, Australian rugby league player
Elizabeth Maria Peña was an American actress. Her film credits include Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Batteries Not Included, La Bamba, Jacob's Ladder (1990), Rush Hour (199…
Elizabeth Peña, American actress (died 2014)
Dame Karen Elizabeth Pierce is a British diplomat and senior civil servant who most recently served as the British Ambassador to the United States from 2020 to 2025.
Karen Pierce, English diplomat
Theodoros Paphitis is a Greek-Cypriot British retail magnate and entrepreneur. He is best known for his appearances on the BBC business programme Dragons' Den and as former chairma…
Theo Paphitis, Cypriot-English businessman
Steven Lawrence Whitmire is an American puppeteer, known primarily for his work with the Jim Henson Company, Sesame Workshop, and the Muppets Studio. Beginning his involvement with…
Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer
Jeon Soo-il is a South Korean film director, film producer and screenwriter. After graduating from the Department of Theatre & Film of Kyungsung University in Busan, he studied Fil…
Jeon Soo-il, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
Trevor George Dodds is a Namibian professional golfer who formerly played on the PGA Tour. He is known for winning the 1998 edition of Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic.
Trevor Dodds, Namibian golfer
Richard Leo Gedman is an American professional baseball hitting adviser with the Boston Red Sox, and a former coach and player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catche…
Rich Gedman, American baseball player and coach
Andrew Bolt is an Australian conservative social and political commentator. He has worked at the News Corp-owned newspaper company The Herald and Weekly Times (HWT) for many years,…
Andrew Bolt, Australian journalist
Ilya Valeryevich Kormiltsev was a Russian poet, translator, and publisher. Kormiltsev is most famous for working during the 1980s and the 1990s as a songwriter in Nautilus Pompiliu…
Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (died 2007)
Elizabeth Lee Heiden Reid is an American athlete who excelled in speed skating, cross-country skiing, and bicycle racing. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin. She was a speedskating…
Beth Heiden, American speed skater and cyclist
Laura Bruce is an American contemporary artist living in Berlin.
Laura Bruce, American artist
Ronald Charles Fellows CM is a Canadian former auto racing driver. A long-term Corvette factory driver, Fellows won the 24 Hours of Daytona overall in 2001, the 24 Hours of Le Mans…
Ron Fellows, Canadian race car driver
Jon Olav Fosse is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright. He was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsa…
Jon Fosse, Norwegian author and dramatist
Marissa Moss is an American children's book author.
Marissa Moss, American author
Raffaele Riefoli, known as simply Raf, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He first became known in the early 1980s as a singer of Italo disco and as original singer and co-author of …
Raf, Italian singer-songwriter
Ettore Messina is an Italian professional basketball coach who last coached Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He has won four EuroLeague championships as a h…
Ettore Messina, Italian basketball player and coach
Mark Aizlewood is a Welsh manager and former professional footballer who manages Cymru South side Carmarthen Town.
Mark Aizlewood, Welsh footballer and manager
Brian P. Cleary is an American humorist, poet, and author. He is best known for his books written for grade-school children that explore grammar in humorous ways; he also controls …
Brian P. Cleary, American author and poet
Youssou "Madjiguène" N'Dour is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and politician. N'Dour helped develop a style of popular Senegambian music known as mbalax, a ge…
Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer-songwriter, musician, and politician
Craig Bellamy is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL), and a former professional r…
Craig Bellamy, Australian rugby league player and coach
Frederick Steven Couples is an American professional golfer who has competed on the PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. A former World No. 1, he has won 64 professional tournament…
Fred Couples, American golfer
Gregory Everett Proops is an American actor, stand-up comedian and television host. He is widely known for his work on the British and American versions of Whose Line Is It Anyway?…
Greg Proops, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter