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Errick Miron, known professionally as Ricky Williams, is an American former professional football player who was a running back for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL)…
Ricky Williams, American football player
Patrick Joseph Smullen, was an Irish jockey who won the Irish flat racing Champion Jockey title nine times. In a career running from 1992 to 2018 he rode 1,845 winners in Ireland a…
Pat Smullen, Irish jockey (died 2020)
Richard Ayoade is a British comedian, actor, writer, director, and presenter. He played the role of socially awkward IT technician Maurice Moss in Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd (20…
Richard Ayoade, British actor, director and writer
Ilya Alexandrovich Kulik is a Russian figure skater. He is the 1998 Olympic Champion, the 1995 European Champion, the 1997–1998 Grand Prix Final champion, and the 1995 World Junior…
Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
Jeet Gannguli is an Indian playback singer and composer who works in Hindi and Bengali cinema.
Jeet Gannguli, Indian score composer, music director and singer
Andre Anis is an Estonian retired association football defender and current football coach. He played for several clubs in his native country, including JK Viljandi Tulevik.
Andre Anis, Estonian footballer
José Alberto Rodríguez Chucuan is a Mexican professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter, sports commentator, and mixed martial artist. In professional wrestling, he is b…
Alberto Del Rio, Mexican-American mixed martial artist and wrestler
Nikolaos (Nikos) Chatzivrettas is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 1.97 m tall, he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He was in…
Nikos Chatzivrettas, Greek basketball player
Raina Telgemeier is an American cartoonist. Her works include the autobiographical webcomic Smile, which was published as a full-color middle grade graphic novel in February 2010, …
Raina Telgemeier, American author and cartoonist
Luca Toni is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer, Toni scored over 300 goals throughout his career, and is one of the top-five …
Luca Toni, Italian footballer
Misaki Ito is a former Japanese actress and model. Her maiden name is Tomoko Anzai .
Misaki Ito, Japanese actress and model
Abderrahmane Hammad Zaheer is the Algerian Minister of Youth and Sports and a former track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. He represented his country at the Summer…
Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian high jumper
Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene is a Sri Lankan former professional cricketer, captain, and batsman of the Sri Lankan national cricket team..
Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
Elisabeth DelPadre Hasselbeck is an American television personality and talk show host. She rose to prominence in 2001 as a contestant on the second season of the American version …
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American talk show host and author
Massimo Ambrosini is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a defensive midfielder. At club level, he is mostly known for his successful time at Italian tea…
Massimo Ambrosini, Italian footballer
Marco Cassetti is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender.
Marco Cassetti, Italian footballer
António Lebo Lebo is an Angolan former footballer. Lebo Lebo ended his career with Recreativo do Libolo in the Angolan league.
António Lebo Lebo, Angolan footballer
Rachael Atlanta Stirling is a British stage, film, and television actress. She played Nancy Astley in the BBC drama Tipping the Velvet, and Millie in the ITV series The Bletchley C…
Rachael Stirling, English actress
Federico Vilar Baudena is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper.
Federico Vilar, Argentinian-Italian footballer
Domenico Fioravanti is a retired Italian competitive swimmer who won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer
Moses Sichone is a Zambian football manager and former professional footballer who is the current manager of the Zambia national team. As a player, he spent most of his career with…
Moses Sichone, Zambian footballer
Arsen Gitinov is a Russian and Kyrgyzstani male freestyle wrestler from Dagestan. He participated in Men's freestyle 74 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. After defeating Krystian Brzozow…
Arsen Gitinov, Russian and Kyrgyzstani freestyle wrestler
Danielle Harris is an American actress and filmmaker. She is known as a "scream queen" for her roles in multiple horror films, including four entries in the Halloween franchise: Ha…
Danielle Harris, American actress
Stephen Bradley Wilkerson is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman who played eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player and coach