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Clint David Robinson, OAM, born 27 July 1972, is an Australian sprint kayaker and surf lifesaver. He won three medals at the Summer Olympics: gold in the K-1 1000 meters at the 199…
Clint Robinson, Australian kayaker
Maya Khabira Rudolph is an American actress and comedian. In 2000, she became a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL). During her tenure on the show, …
Maya Rudolph, American actress
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha is a Malaysian doctor. He launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on 10 Oc…
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Malaysian surgeon and astronaut
Robert James Chapman is an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire and Worcestershire between 1992 and 1998, and List A cricket for Lincolnshire in the…
Robert Chapman, English cricketer
Anssi Kela is a Finnish singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist who has published six albums. During his career, Kela has sold over 230,000 records in Finland. He received four Emm…
Anssi Kela, Finnish singer and songwriter
Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III is an American actor and writer. He portrayed Wesley Crusher on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gordie Lachance in the film …
Wil Wheaton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
James Michael McIlvaine is an American former professional basketball player who spent seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Washington Bullets, Seatt…
Jim McIlvaine, American basketball player and sportscaster
Maya Khabira Rudolph is an American actress and comedian. In 2000, she became a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL). During her tenure on the show, …
Maya Rudolph, American actress and comedian
Anders Niklas Andersson, also known as Nicke Andersson, is a Swedish musician best known as the singer and guitarist for the rock band The Hellacopters and drummer for the death me…
Nicke Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Christer Basma is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a defender. He played 16 consecutive seasons Tippeligaen, for Kongsvinger, Stabæk and Rosenborg. With 350 top division…
Christer Basma, Norwegian footballer and coach
Todd Matthew Bouman is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an und…
Todd Bouman, American football player and coach
Thomas Ernest Woods Jr. is an American author, podcast host, and libertarian commentator who is currently a senior fellow at the Mises Institute. A proponent of the Austrian School…
Thomas Woods, American historian, economist, and academic
Muriel Elizabeth Bowser is an American politician who has served as the mayor of the District of Columbia since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented t…
Muriel Bowser, American politician, Mayor of Washington, D.C.
Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea Al-Shammari, also known as Mohammed Deayea al-Shammari, is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He participated i…
Mohamed Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer
Sandis Ozoliņš, commonly spelled Sandis Ozolinsh in North America, is a Latvian former professional ice hockey player and coach. During his career in North America, Ozoliņš was a s…
Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian ice hockey player and politician
Stefan Brogren is a Canadian actor, director, and producer who is best known for his mainstay role as Archie "Snake" Simpson in the Degrassi television franchise. First appearing a…
Stefan Brogren, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Ikuto Hidaka is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently performing for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). Hidaka was the regular partner of Minoru Fujita, with whom he has held the Ze…
Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese wrestler
Aaqib Javed is a Pakistani former international cricketer and the current head coach of Pakistani cricket team in all formats. He is also a member of the Men's National Selection C…
Aaqib Javed, Pakistani cricketer and coach
Darren Majian Shahlavi was an English actor, martial artist and stuntman.
Darren Shahlavi, English-American actor and martial artist (died 2015)
Jonathan Mark Sleightholme is a former rugby union player who played on the wing for Grimsby, Hull Ionians Wakefield, Bath, Northampton Saints, Yorkshire, England Sevens and Engl…
Jon Sleightholme, English rugby player
Theodore Eccleston Whitmore, OD, is a Jamaican former professional footballer. He is the former head coach of Jamaica national team.
Theodore Whitmore, Jamaican footballer and manager
Christian Francis Olde Wolbers is a Belgian musician, record producer, and songwriter. He is the current bassist and backing vocalist of the rap metal/nu metal band Powerflo. He is…
Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Jason O'Mara is an Irish actor. He has starred in American television series Terra Nova (2011), Vegas (2012–13), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016–17) and The Man in the High Castle (20…
Jason O'Mara, Irish actor
Joely Collins is a Canadian-born film and television producer, writer and actress. She is the daughter of Andrea Bertorelli and English musician Phil Collins.
Joely Collins, Canadian actress and producer