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Amanda MacKinnon Palmer is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and performance artist who was the lead vocalist, pianist, and lyricist of the duo the Dresden Dolls She perfor…
Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Daniel Wagon is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Limoux Grizzlies in the Elite One Championship. He is a former professional rugby league …
Daniel Wagon, Australian rugby league player
Victor Jerome Glover Jr. is an American naval officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut of the 2013 class. A former F/A‑18 pilot and graduate of the United States Air Force Test Pilo…
Victor Glover, American astronaut
James Stephen "Murr" Murray, is an American improvisational comedian, author, and actor. He is a member of The Tenderloins, a comedy troupe also consisting of Brian Quinn, Sal Vulc…
James Murray, American comedian
Jeffrey Adam Gutt is an American singer and songwriter who has been the lead vocalist for Stone Temple Pilots since November 2017. He is also the former lead vocalist for the nu me…
Jeff Gutt, American singer-songwriter
Jeffrey Craig Halpern is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played for the Washington Capitals twice, Dallas Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings, New Y…
Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
Bradley David Walter Scott is a former Australian rules footballer who is currently the coach of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for H…
Brad Scott, Australian footballer and coach
Christopher Michael Scott is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL) best known for being a dual premiership player with the Brisbane Lions and…
Chris Scott, Australian footballer and coach
Dieter Kirk Brummer was an Australian actor. He was best known for his roles in television soap operas, including playing Shane Parrish in Home and Away from 1992 to 1996 and Troy …
Dieter Brummer, Australian actor (died 2021)
Juan Pablo Sorín is an Argentine former footballer and current sports broadcaster, who played as a left-back or left midfielder. He had a successful club career in his native Argen…
Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster
Iván de la Peña López is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Iván de la Peña, Spanish footballer
Calvin Lawrence Booth is a former NBA basketball player and team executive who most recently served as the general manager of the Denver Nuggets. He played 10 seasons for various N…
Calvin Booth, American basketball player and executive
Stacey William Jones is a New Zealand professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of New Zealand at international level. He is a former professional rugby league football…
Stacey Jones, New Zealand rugby league player
Michael Patrick Murphy was a United States Navy SEAL officer who was awarded the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the War in Afghanist…
Michael P
Ayelet Shaked is an Israeli former politician, activist, and software engineer. She served as Minister of Interior from 2021 to 2022 and as Minister of Justice from 2015 to 2019. B…
Ayelet Shaked, former Israeli Minister of Justice
Martha Wainwright is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. She has released seven critically acclaimed studio albums.
Martha Wainwright, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jason Drew Harrow, better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall, is a Canadian rapper and record producer. Often credited as Canada's "hip-hop ambassador", he has been regarde…
Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper and record producer/executive
Bruno Miguel Silva do Nascimento, known as Bruno Lage, is a Portuguese football manager who last managed Primeira Liga club Benfica.
Bruno Lage, Portuguese football manager
Trajan Shaka Langdon is an American basketball executive and former professional player. He is the current president of basketball operations for the Detroit Pistons of the Nationa…
Trajan Langdon, American basketball player and executive
Hunter Burgan is an American multi-instrumentalist. He is the second and current bassist of AFI.
Hunter Burgan, American multi-instrumentalist and bassist of rock band AFI
Torraye L. Braggs is an American professional basketball player. During his pro club career, Braggs played in the NBA, and also in seventeen other countries' national domestic leag…
Torraye Braggs, American basketball player
Mark John Kennedy is an Irish football coach and former professional footballer who was most recently the U21 professional phase coach of Birmingham City.
Mark Kennedy, Irish footballer
Jacek Kamil Krzynówek is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or striker.
Jacek Krzynówek, Polish footballer
Ryan David Leaf is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the San Diego Charger…
Ryan Leaf, American football player and coach