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Graeme Dott is a Scottish former professional snooker player from Glasgow. He turned professional in 1994, first entered the top 16 in 2001, and reached his first world final at th…
Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker player and coach
Maryam Mirzakhani was an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research topics included Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic …
Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician (died 2017)
Thomas Bryant Cotton is an American politician and former Army officer serving since 2015 as the junior United States senator from Arkansas. From 2013 to 2015 he served in the U.S.…
Tom Cotton, American politician
Ilse Annoeska de Lange, better known as Ilse DeLange, is a Dutch country and pop rock singer-songwriter. In 1998, she gained fame with her single 'I'm Not So Tough', which later be…
Ilse DeLange, Dutch singer-songwriter
Samantha Jane Morton is an English actress and musician. Known for her work in independent films, particularly period dramas with dark and tragic themes, her accolades include two …
Samantha Morton, English actress and director
Terrence LeVarr Thornton, better known by his stage name Pusha T, is an American rapper. He rose to prominence as one half of the Virginia-based hip hop duo Clipse, which he formed…
Pusha T, American rapper
Harry Leroy Halladay III was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies between 1998 an…
Roy Halladay, American baseball player (died 2017)
Ada Nicodemou is an Australian actress of Greek Cypriot descent. She began her acting career in 1994 in TV serial Heartbreak High as Katerina Ioannou. She also starred in Police Re…
Ada Nicodemou, Australian actress
Lee Andrew Hendrie is an English former professional footballer and pundit for Sky Sports.
Lee Hendrie, English footballer
Daniel John Mills is an English former professional footballer, his main position was right-back, though he could also play as a centre-back.
Danny Mills, English footballer and sportscaster
Li Tie is a Chinese former professional football coach and player.
Li Tie, Chinese footballer and manager
Melanie Jayne Lynskey is a New Zealand actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women and her command of American accents, she works predominantly in independent films and tele…
Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress
Emilíana Torrini is an Icelandic singer and songwriter. Her works include the 2009 single "Jungle Drum" and the 1999 album Love in the Time of Science. She performed "Gollum's Song…
Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer-songwriter
Manuel Almunia Rivero is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Manuel Almunia, Spanish footballer
Wouter Hamel is a Dutch pop singer. He released his debut album Hamel in March 2007. Hamel's style has been compared to Jamie Cullum's.
Wouter Hamel, Dutch singer and guitarist
Charles Brandon Inge is an American former professional baseball third baseman and catcher and currently a volunteer assistant coach for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team and a…
Brandon Inge, American baseball player
Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias is a Uruguayan actress, singer, songwriter, model, television presenter and fashion designer. She began her career in telenovelas but since 2008 she …
Natalia Oreiro, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and actress
Matthew Charles Czuchry is an American actor known for playing Logan Huntzberger in Gilmore Girls (2005–2007), Cary Agos on The Good Wife (2009–2015) and Conrad Hawkins on The Resi…
Matt Czuchry, American actor
Leonardo "Leo" Neoren Franco is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Leo Franco, Argentinian footballer
Stirling Austin Mortlock is an Australian former professional rugby union player. He has scored more than 1,000 points in Super Rugby, and nearly 500 test points for the Wallabies.…
Stirling Mortlock, Australian rugby player
Angela Bethany Goethals is an American film, television and stage actress. Goethals made her acting debut as a child actor in the 1987 Broadway production of Coastal Disturbances, …
Angela Goethals, American actress
Vesa Tapani Toskala is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender.
Vesa Toskala, Finnish ice hockey player
Quinton Fortune is a South African professional soccer coach and former player, who played as a midfielder or left-back. After stints with Mallorca and Atlético Madrid, he settled …
Quinton Fortune, South African international footballer and coach
Michael Fuß is a German footballer.
Michael Fuß, German footballer