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Ebbe Sand is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a striker for Brøndby IF in Denmark and FC Schalke 04 in Germany. He was the Bundesliga top scorer in 2001 and wo…
Ebbe Sand, Danish footballer and manager
Jamie Ainscough is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. An Australia international and New South Wales State of Origin repre…
Jamie Ainscough, Australian rugby league player
Jozef Stümpel is a Slovak former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, and Florida Panthers between 199…
Jozef Stümpel, Slovak ice hockey player
Erik Jörgen Carl Ullenhag is a Swedish politician and diplomat who is currently serving as Consul General of Sweden to New York City since 2024.
Erik Ullenhag, Swedish jurist and politician
Elizabeth Cook is an American country singer from Florida. She has made over 400 appearances on the Grand Ole Opry since her debut on March 17, 2000, despite not being a member. Co…
Elizabeth Cook, American country music singer-songwriter
Tully Louise Bevilaqua is an Australian retired professional women's basketball player. She previously served as an assistant with the Phoenix Mercury in 2023; she was added to the…
Tully Bevilaqua, Australian basketball player
Kimera Anotchi Bartee was an American professional baseball outfielder and coach. Bartee played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds, and Colorado…
Kimera Bartee, American baseball player (died 2021)
Catherine Nyambura Ndereba is a retired Kenyan marathon runner. Between 2003 and 2008, she finished in the top two in five successive global championship marathons. Ndereba has twi…
Catherine Ndereba, Kenyan marathon runner
Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1996. The band currently consists of husband and wife John Cooper and Korey Cooper along with Jen Ledger…
Korey Cooper, American singer and guitarist
Franco Battaini is an Italian motorcycle road racer. His best years were in 2002 and 2003 when he finished sixth in the 250cc world championship. In 2005 Battaini competed in MotoG…
Franco Battaini, Italian motorcycle racer
Colin Ferguson is a Canadian actor, director and producer. He is known for playing Sheriff Jack Carter on the Syfy series Eureka, the Maytag Man, and Lewis on Then Came You.
Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor, director, and producer
Seth Fisher was an American comic book artist.
Seth Fisher, American illustrator (died 2006)
Joseph Keyshawn Johnson is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons.
Keyshawn Johnson, American football player and sportscaster
Suat Kılıç is a Turkish lawyer, journalist, and politician. He was the former Minister of Youth and Sports, served in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and i…
Suat Kılıç, Turkish journalist, lawyer, and politician, former Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports
Floyd Lamonte Reifer is a Barbadian cricketer and politician. He is a left-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.
Floyd Reifer, Barbadian cricketer and coach
Marlon Lamont Wayans is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for his work with his brother Shawn Wayans on The WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. (1995–1999)…
Marlon Wayans, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Kaiō Hiroyuki is a former professional sumo wrestler from Nōgata, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kaiō Hiroyuki, Japanese sumo wrestler
David Penna is an Australian rugby league coach and former footballer who played for the Parramatta Eels and the South Sydney Rabbitohs during his long professional career.
David Penna, Australian rugby league player and coach
Nathan Charles Buckley is a former professional Australian rules football senior coach, player and commentator.
Nathan Buckley, Australian footballer and coach
Clint David Robinson, OAM, born 27 July 1972, is an Australian sprint kayaker and surf lifesaver. He won three medals at the Summer Olympics: gold in the K-1 1000 meters at the 199…
Clint Robinson, Australian kayaker
Maya Khabira Rudolph is an American actress and comedian. In 2000, she became a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL). During her tenure on the show, …
Maya Rudolph, American actress
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha is a Malaysian doctor. He launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on 10 Oc…
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Malaysian surgeon and astronaut
Robert James Chapman is an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire and Worcestershire between 1992 and 1998, and List A cricket for Lincolnshire in the…
Robert Chapman, English cricketer
Anssi Kela is a Finnish singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist who has published six albums. During his career, Kela has sold over 230,000 records in Finland. He received four Emm…
Anssi Kela, Finnish singer and songwriter