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Jeffery Michael Gordon is an American stock car racing executive and former professional stock car racing driver who currently serves as the vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports. …
Jeff Gordon, American race car driver and actor
Valdis Dombrovskis is a Latvian politician serving as European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, and Commissioner for Implementation and Simplification. He previously serv…
Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Latvia
Dominic Gerald Cork is a former English county and international cricketer. Cork was an all-rounder who batted at lower-order batsman and bowled right-arm fast-medium, and was reno…
Dominic Cork, England cricketer and sportscaster
Rachel York is an American actress and singer. Known for stage roles, including award-winning performances in Camelot, Hello, Dolly!, Into the Woods, and Anything Goes, her screen …
Rachel York, American actress and singer
Randolph Benito "Johnny" Balentina is a Curaçaoan former baseball player. He was a catcher in three consecutive Summer Olympics for the Netherlands, starting in 1996 in Atlanta. Tw…
Johnny Balentina, Dutch baseball player
Salvatore Frank Fasano is an American former professional baseball catcher, who played for nine different Major League Baseball (MLB) teams over his 11–year big league career. Upon…
Sal Fasano, American baseball player and coach
Stephan Groth is a Danish-Norwegian singer. He is the man behind Apoptygma Berzerk, an electronic body music act that plays in styles such as synthpop and futurepop.
Stephan Groth, Danish singer-songwriter
Roy Maurice Keane is an Irish football pundit, former coach, and former professional player. He is best known for his career in the Premier League, in particular his captaincy of M…
Roy Keane, Irish footballer and manager
Mario César Kindelán Mesa, best known as Mario Kindelán, is a Cuban former amateur boxer. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, having competed in the lightweight division at the…
Mario Kindelán, Cuban boxer
Paul Newlove is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.
Paul Newlove, English rugby player
Kevin Christopher Randleman was an American mixed martial artist, amateur and professional wrestler, and former UFC Heavyweight Champion. Randleman's background was in collegiate w…
Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler (died 2016)
Justin Paul Theroux is an American actor and filmmaker. He gained recognition for his partnership with David Lynch on the surrealist art films Mulholland Drive (2001) and Inland Em…
Justin Theroux, American actor
Emily "Eve" Frances Finlay Best is an English actress and director. She is known for her television roles as Dr Eleanor O'Hara in the Showtime series Nurse Jackie (2009–2015), Firs…
Eve Best, English actress
Alejandra Barros is a Mexican actress. She is best known for her role in Televisa's telenovela Mariana de la Noche (2003).
Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress and screenwriter
Thomas John Mooney is an English former professional footballer who played mainly as a striker. He made more than 600 appearances in the Football League and Premier League – with 2…
Tommy Mooney, English footballer
Michael Ian Black is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He has starred in several TV comedy series, including The State, Viva Variety, Stella, Wet Hot American Summer: First …
Michael Ian Black, American comedian, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Rebecca Gayheart is an American actress and model. Gayheart began her career as a teen model in the 1980s before becoming an advertising spokeswoman. She has been active as an actr…
Rebecca Gayheart, American actress
Arthur Adam Housley is an Emmy Award-winning American journalist, winemaker, and former professional baseball player. He worked for Fox News from 2001 until 2018.
Adam Housley, American baseball player and journalist
Yvette Nicole Brown is an American actress, producer, writer, and host. She starred as Shirley Bennett on the NBC and Yahoo Screen sitcom Community, as Dani in the 2015 reboot of T…
Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress, comedian, and talk show host
Pete Sampras is an American former professional tennis player. One of the most successful tennis players of all time, he was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Assoc…
Pete Sampras, American tennis player
Patrick Carpentier is a Canadian former professional auto racing driver. In the Champ Car World Series and the IndyCar Series, he achieved five wins and 24 podiums, as well as two …
Patrick Carpentier, Canadian race car driver
Moritz Johann Bleibtreu (German: [ˈmoːʁɪts ˈblaɪptʁɔʏ] is a German film actor, voice actor, and film director. After coming to prominence with his role in the 1997 gangster film Kn…
Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
Raoul Bova is an Italian actor. Bova's European film breakthrough was in the 1993 film Piccolo grande amore, and he's played romantic male leads in the following years. His America…
Raoul Bova, Italian actor, producer, and screenwriter
Benito Carbone is an Italian football manager and former professional player. Since July 2025, he is the head coach of Inter Milan's under-20 side.
Benito Carbone, Italian footballer