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Mark Edward Waugh is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer, who represented Australia in Test matches from early 1991 to late 2002, after previously …
Mark Waugh, Australian cricketer and journalist
Mary Coughlan is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Tánaiste from 2008 to 2011, Deputy leader of Fianna Fáil from 2008 to 2011, Minister for Health and Children f…
Mary Coughlan, Irish politician
William John Donovan Jr. is an American professional basketball coach and former player who most recently was the head coach of the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Associa…
Billy Donovan, American basketball player and coach
Brooke Christa Shields is an American actress and current president of the Actors' Equity Association. A child model starting at the age of 11 months, Shields gained widespread not…
Brooke Shields, American model, actress, and producer
Stephen Rodger Waugh is an Australian former international cricketer and twin brother of cricketer Mark Waugh. A right-handed batsman and a medium-pace bowler, Waugh is considered …
Steve Waugh, Australian cricketer
Michael Eliot Gordon is an American bass guitarist and vocalist most recognized as a founding member of the band Phish. In addition to bass, Gordon plays banjo, piano, and guitar. …
Mike Gordon, American bassist and vocalist
Hans Kroes is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. His best ind…
Hans Kroes, Dutch swimmer
Michael Kevin Moore is a British former Liberal Democrat politician.
Michael Moore, British accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
Tina Susan Kaidanow was an American diplomat and government official. She served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs before moving to the Unit…
Tina Kaidanow, American diplomat and government official (died 2024)
Michael Sydney Doohan is an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion, who won five consecutive 500 cc World Championships.
Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
Nigel David Short is an English chess grandmaster, columnist, coach and commentator who has been the FIDE Director for Chess Development since September 2022. Short earned the titl…
Nigel Short, English chess grandmaster
Michael E. Brown is an American astronomer, who has been professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) since 2003. His team has discovered ma…
Michael E
Sandrine Piau is a French soprano. She is particularly renowned in Baroque music although also excels in Romantic and modernist art songs. She has the versatility to perform works …
Sandrine Piau, French soprano
Andrea Jaeger is an American former professional tennis player. She started her professional tennis career at the age of 14 and went on to win pro tennis tournaments while still co…
Andrea Jaeger, American tennis player and preacher
Real Jean "Alfie" Turcotte is an American former ice hockey player.
Alfie Turcotte, American ice hockey player
Damien Steven Hirst is an English artist and art collector. He was one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly …
Damien Hirst, English painter and art collector
Michael Francis Foley is an American comedian, author, and retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
Mick Foley, American wrestler
Kevin Prindiville Farley is an American actor. He is best known for playing the lead role in David Zucker’s comedy film An American Carol (2008) and voiced several characters in F …
Kevin Farley, American screenwriter
Susanne Albers is a German theoretical computer scientist and professor of computer science at the Department of Informatics of the Technical University of Munich. She is a recipie…
Susanne Albers, German computer scientist and academic
Elizabeth Jane Hurley, often known as Liz Hurley, is an English actress and model. Her best-known film roles are Vanessa Kensington in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (…
Elizabeth Hurley, English model, actress, and producer
Joseph Alberto Santiago is a Filipino-American guitarist and composer. Active since 1986, Santiago is best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the alternative rock band P…
Joey Santiago, American alternative rock musician
Adrian James Toole is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for the North Sydney Bears, primarily as a prop.
Adrian Toole, Australian rugby league player
Gwendolyn Lenna Torrence is a retired American sprinter and Olympic champion. She was born in Decatur, Georgia. She attended Columbia High School and the University of Georgia. She…
Gwen Torrence, American sprinter
Catherine Tyson is a British actress. She won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film Mona Lisa (1986), which als…
Cathy Tyson, English actress