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Anne-Marie Duff is a British actress and narrator. She is best known for her BAFTA-nominated television roles in Shameless and The Virgin Queen, and her performance as Grace Willia…
Anne-Marie Duff, English actress
Sadiq Aman Khan, Baron Khan of Tooting is a British politician who has served as Mayor of London since 2016. He was previously the member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting from 2005 t…
Sadiq Khan, English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Transport, Mayor of London
Kenneth Anderson is an American former professional basketball player. After a college career at Georgia Tech, he played point guard professionally from 1991 to 2006, mostly in the…
Kenny Anderson, American basketball player and coach
Steve Jablonsky is an American composer for film, television, and video games, best known for his musical scores in the Transformers film series, Desperate Housewives, and The Sims…
Steve Jablonsky, American composer
Annika Charlotta Sörenstam is a Swedish and American professional golfer regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the en…
Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer and architect
Silke Kraushaar-Pielach is a German luger who competed from 1995 to 2008. In June 2008, she was named sports manager for the luge section of Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschla…
Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, German sled racer
Tetsuya Nomura is a Japanese video game artist, designer, producer, and director working for Square Enix. He was hired by Square initially as a monster designer for Final Fantasy …
Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video game designer and director
Sir Matthew Clive Pinsent, is an English rower and broadcaster. During his rowing career, he won 10 world championship gold medals and four consecutive Olympic gold medals.
Matthew Pinsent, English rower and sportscaster
Chidi Obioma Ahanotu is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the California…
Chidi Ahanotu, American football player
Leslie Culton better known by her ring name Vanessa Harding, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler and manager who has competed in North American independent promotions …
Vanessa Harding, American wrestler
Lana Michele Moorer, better recognized by her stage name MC Lyte, is an American rapper, songwriter, actress, television announcer, and businesswoman. Regarded as a pioneer in the …
MC Lyte, American rapper, DJ, and actress
Andrew Marriott is an English-born Welsh professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. He is a journeyman player, having represented various clubs, and has also played for t…
Andy Marriott, English-Welsh footballer and manager
Shin Tae-yong is a South Korean football manager and former professional player. He is currently the head coach of Super League (Indonesia) club Persija Jakarta. He is the first ma…
Shin Tae-yong, South Korean footballer and coach
Constance Zimmer is an American actress. She rose to prominence playing Dana Gordon on the HBO series Entourage (2005–11) and Claire Simms on the ABC series Boston Legal (2006–07).…
Constance Zimmer, American actress
Kirk Thomas Cameron is an American actor, author, evangelist, television host, documentarian and producer. He first gained fame as a teen actor playing Mike Seaver on the ABC sitco…
Kirk Cameron, American actor, screenwriter, and Christian evangelical/anti-evolution activist
Patrick Musimu was a Belgian freediver, sport business manager, marketing and event manager, and physiotherapist. He was born in Kinshasa, Zaire. On 30 June 2005, he beat the prev…
Patrick Musimu, Belgian diver and physiotherapist (died 2011)
Tanyon James Sturtze is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher.
Tanyon Sturtze, American baseball player
Charlie Ward Jr. is an American basketball coach and former professional point guard who is the head coach of the Florida A&M Rattlers. Ward previously played in the National Baske…
Charlie Ward, American basketball player and coach
Serena Altschul is an American broadcast journalist, known for her work at MTV News and CBS.
Serena Altschul, American journalist
Robert Howley is a Welsh rugby union coach and former player. As a player, he won 59 caps for Wales, 22 of them as captain. He was part of the Wales coaching staff from 2008 to 201…
Rob Howley, Welsh rugby player and coach
Paul Robert Potts is a British tenor. In 2007, he won the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent with his performance of "Nessun dorma", an aria from Puccini's opera Turandot. …
Paul Potts, English tenor
Martin Barbarič was a Czech professional football player who made 135 top flight appearances across the end of the Czechoslovak First League and start of the Czech First League for…
Martin Barbarič, Czech footballer and coach (died 2013)
James Arthur Jackson is an American former professional basketball player. Over his 14 National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons, Jackson was on the active roster of a then-rec…
Jim Jackson, American basketball player and sportscaster
Meelis Lindmaa is a retired football (soccer) defender from Estonia, who also played as a midfielder. He retired in 2004. He played in the former Soviet Union, Estonia, Sweden and …
Meelis Lindmaa, Estonian footballer