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Sarah Louise Teather, Baroness Teather is a British politician and advocate who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent Central, previously Brent East, from 2003 to 2015, and…
Sarah Teather, English politician
Gata Rustemovich Kamsky is an American-French chess grandmaster and a five-time U.S. champion.
Gata Kamsky, Russian-American chess player
Matt Serra is an American former professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. He is a former UFC Welterweight Champion. He is the co-star of Dana White: …
Matt Serra, American mixed martial artist
Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter and record producer. Regarded as the "Queen of Alt-Rock Angst", she became a cultural phenomenon in the 1990s,…
Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
Kelly Jones is a Welsh musician and a founding member, lead singer, and guitarist of the rock band Stereophonics.
Kelly Jones, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist
Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He was most recently the manager of Ukraine.
Serhiy Rebrov, Ukrainian international footballer and manager
Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, popularly known as "Chef Jacob", was an Indian celebrity chef born in Uthamapalayam, Tamil Nadu. He was known for his authentic South Indian cuisines. Aru…
Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, Indian chef (died 2012)
Darin Charles Erstad is an American former professional baseball player and former head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Erstad spent most of his playing career with the Los Ange…
Darin Erstad, American baseball player and coach
Andrew John Gwynne is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gorton and Denton, previously Denton and Reddish, from 2005 to 2026. A member of the Labour Par…
Andrew Gwynne, English lawyer and politician
Janette Husárová is a Slovak former tennis player.
Janette Husárová, Slovak tennis player
Buddy Wakefield is an American poet, three-time world champion spoken word artist, and the most toured performance poet in history. His latest works have been released by Righteous…
Buddy Wakefield, American poet and author
Mervyn Dillon, is a former Trinidadian cricketer who featured as a fast bowler for West Indies. He emerged at the twilight of both Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose's careers. Dill…
Mervyn Dillon, Trinidadian cricketer
Scott Dennis Draper is an Australian former tennis player and golfer. He won the Australian Open Mixed Doubles with Samantha Stosur in 2005. Draper also reached the fourth round of…
Scott Draper, Australian tennis player and golfer
Russell Reid Ortiz is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks,…
Russ Ortiz, American baseball player
Matthew Shafer, also known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer and musician. He came to prominence in the 1990s as a turntablist for Kid Rock's backing group Twi…
Uncle Kracker, American musician
Sonya Walger is a British and American actress. She had a starring role in the HBO sitcom The Mind of the Married Man (2001–2002) before landing her role as Penny Widmore in the AB…
Sonya Walger, British-American actress
Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls is a British adventurer, television presenter and former SAS trooper. He holds several world records in hostile environments, and appeared in numerous …
Bear Grylls, English adventurer, author, and television host
Lauren Chantel Burns is an Australian taekwondo practitioner and Olympic champion. She won Australia's first Olympic gold medal in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, …
Lauren Burns, Australian taekwondo practitioner
Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen, better known by his stage name Samoth is a Norwegian guitarist and multi-instrumentalist in the country's black metal scene. He is well known for his dis…
Samoth, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Dustin Lance Black is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and LGBTQ rights activist. He is known for writing the film Milk, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Or…
Dustin Lance Black, American screenwriter, director, film and television producer, and LGBT rights activist
Fragiskos "Frankie" Alvertis is a Greek former professional basketball player and general manager of Panathinaikos Athens. As a player, he was the long-time captain of Panathinaiko…
Fragiskos Alvertis, Greek basketball player, coach, and manager
Flávio da Conceição is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Flávio Conceição, Brazilian footballer
Hideki Matsui , nicknamed "Godzilla", is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees…
Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball player
Stephen Gilchrist Glover, known professionally as Steve-O, is a British-born American stunt performer, comedian, television personality, and podcaster. He rose to fame in the early…
Steve-O, American stunt performer