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Ronald Matthew Mahay is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Atlanta…
Ron Mahay, American baseball player and scout
Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman and former public official known for his leadership of Tesla and SpaceX. Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025, and became th…
Elon Musk, South African-born American entrepreneur
Aileen Marie Quinn is an American actress, singer and dancer. She played the title character in the 1982 film Annie, which earned her two Golden Globe Award nominations.
Aileen Quinn, American actress and singer
Fabien Alain Barthez is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. At club level, he played football in both France and England with Toulouse, Marseille, M…
Fabien Barthez, French footballer
Matthew Frederick Robert Good is a Canadian musician. He was the lead singer and songwriter for the Matthew Good Band, one of the most successful alternative rock bands in Canada d…
Matthew Good, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Monica Potter is an American actress. She is known for her starring roles in the films Con Air (1997), Patch Adams (1998), and Along Came a Spider (2001). She also appeared in the …
Monica Potter, American actress
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott, also known as Misdemeanor, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. She began her musical career as a member of the R&B girl…
Missy Elliott, American rapper, producer, dancer and actress
Julianne Nicholson is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the film August: Osage County (2013) and the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2006–2009), Ma…
Julianne Nicholson, American actress
Troy Fitzgerald Brown is an American professional football coach and former player who serves as an offensive assistant for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL…
Troy Brown, American football player and actor
Bryan William Redpath is a Scottish former rugby union player and coach. He is the Director of Rugby at London Scottish.
Bryan Redpath, Scottish rugby player and coach
Benedict Wong is an English actor. He began his career on stage before starring in the film Dirty Pretty Things (2002), which earned him a British Independent Film Award nomination…
Benedict Wong, English actor
Derek John McInnes is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who is manager of Scottish Premiership club Rangers. In his playing career, his longest spells were…
Derek McInnes, Scottish footballer and manager
Christian Camargo is an American actor, director, producer, and writer. He is best known for his role as Brian Moser in the Showtime drama Dexter and army officer John Cambridge in…
Christian Camargo, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Neil Jenkins, is a Welsh former rugby union player and current coach. He played fly-half, centre, or full back for Pontypridd, Cardiff, Celtic Warriors, Wales and the British & Iri…
Neil Jenkins, Welsh rugby player and coach
Julian Paul Assange is an Australian editor, programmer, and publisher who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. He came to international attention in 2010 after WikiLeaks published a series …
Julian Assange, Australian journalist, publisher, and activist, founded WikiLeaks
Marc Lowell Andreessen is an American businessman, venture capitalist, and former software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first web browser to display inline images; …
Marc Andreessen, American software developer, co-founded Netscape
Adam David Vernon Foote is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. As a player, he was best known for his physical presence and gritty play as a stay-at-home de…
Adam Foote, Canadian ice hockey player
Gregory Ronald St Clair Goodridge is a Barbadian former professional footballer. He has captained the Barbados national team and played professionally in the English Football Leagu…
Gregory Goodridge, Barbadian footballer and coach
Evelyn Lau is a Canadian novelist, poet, and short story writer.
Evelyn Lau, Canadian poet and author
Leisha Hailey is an American actress and musician known for playing Alice Pieszecki in the Showtime Networks series The L Word and The L Word: Generation Q. Hailey first came to th…
Leisha Hailey, American singer-songwriter and actress
Scott Andrew Muller is a former Australian and Queensland cricketer of German ancestry.
Scott Muller, Australian cricketer
Andriy Kovalenco is a Ukrainian-born Spanish rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half.
Andriy Kovalenco, Ukrainian-Spanish rugby player
Loni Love is an American comedian, television host, actress, author, and former electrical engineer. While working as an electrical engineer in the early 2000s, she switched to mus…
Loni Love, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi is an American former competitive figure skater, author and philanthropist. A former competitor in women's singles, Yamaguchi is the 1992 Olympic champion,…
Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater