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Kalen Douglas DeBoer is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Alabama, a position he has held since 2024. DeBoer also served as the…
Kalen DeBoer, American football coach
Corey James Dillon is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals and New Engl…
Corey Dillon, American football player
Wilton Álvaro Guerrero is a Dominican former professional baseball second baseman. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1996–1998), Montreal Expos, Cincinnati Reds (2001–2002), a…
Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player and scout
Jamal David Mayers is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He spent time playing for the St. Louis Blues, Tor…
Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Lee Byung-kyu is a South Korean retired baseball player who played 17 seasons for the LG Twins of the KBO League, as well as three seasons with the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Profe…
Lee Byung-kyu, South Korean baseball player
Yoo Yong-sung is a retired badminton player from South Korea. He is two time Olympic silver medalist.
Yoo Yong-sung, South Korean badminton player
Braden LaVerne Looper is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for several teams between 1998 and 2009.
Braden Looper, American baseball player
Vicente Moreno Peris is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the manager of Qatar Stars League club Al-Rayyan.
Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer and manager
Joaquin Rafael Phoenix is an American actor. Widely described as one of the preeminent actors of his generation and known for his roles as dark, unconventional and eccentric charac…
Joaquin Phoenix, American actor and producer
Dejan Stefanović is a Serbian former professional footballer, who is the president of the Slovenian footballers and sportsmen union.
Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer and coach
Dayanara Torres Delgado is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, singer, model, and beauty queen who won the Miss Universe 1993 pageant and she was the third Puerto Rican to win Miss Uni…
Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and singer, Miss Universe 1993
Robert Allen Dickey is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins, New York…
R. A. Dickey, American baseball player
Michael Paul Vaughan is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer who played all forms of the game. He served as England captain for the test team from 2003 to 2008, the …
Michael Vaughan, English cricketer and sportscaster
Zannuba Ariffah Chafsoh, known as Yenny Wahid, is an Indonesian activist, politician, former journalist, and sports administrator. She is the director of the Wahid Foundation, a ci…
Yenny Wahid, Indonesian activist and politician
Marcel Paul Pagnol was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Pagnol is gene…
Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright, and director (born 1895)
William Alexander "Bud" Abbott was an American comedian, actor and producer. He was best known as the straight man in the comedy duo Abbott and Costello.
Bud Abbott, American comedian and producer (born 1897)
Gustavo Romeo Vincenti was a Maltese architect and developer. Born into a wealthy and business-oriented family in Valletta and Floriana, he was able to purchase land and design and…
Gustavo R
Agnes Robertson Moorehead was an American actress. In a career spanning five decades, her credits included work in radio, stage, film, and television. Moorehead was the recipient o…
Agnes Moorehead, American actress (born 1900)
James Otto Richardson was an admiral in the United States Navy who served from 1902 to 1947.
James O
Harold Leon "Hal" Mohr, A.S.C. was a famed movie cinematographer, noted for shooting The Jazz Singer, Hollywood's landmark semi-talkie. Mohr won an Oscar for his work on the 1935 f…
Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (born 1894)
Jaime Mario Emilio Torres Bodet was a prominent Mexican politician and writer who served in the executive cabinet of three Presidents of Mexico. He was the second Director-General …
Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican poet and diplomat (born 1902)
Ernest Nash was a student of Roman architecture and pioneer of archaeological photography. Nash was born as Ernst Nathan in Potsdam, Germany, but later changed his name to Nash whe…
Ernest Nash, German-American photographer and scholar (born 1898)
Sir Harry Ralph Ricardo was an English engineer who was one of the foremost engine designers and researchers in the early years of the development of the internal combustion engine…
Harry Ricardo, English engine designer and researcher (born 1885)