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Scott Lee Clemmensen is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. Drafted in the eighth round, 215th overall, of the 1997 NHL entry draft, he played with the New Jerse…
Scott Clemmensen, American ice hockey player and coach
Gail Elizabeth Emms MBE is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in doubles tournaments. A badminton player since the age of four, Emms was firs…
Gail Emms, English badminton player
Néicer Reasco Yano is an Ecuadorian retired footballer who played as a defender.
Néicer Reasco, Ecuadorian footballer
Shawn Thornton is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player of the National Hockey League (NHL). An enforcer throughout his career, he won two Stanley Cups with the Anaheim …
Shawn Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
Kenneth Cornelius Thomas is an American former professional basketball player who played eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Kenny Thomas, American basketball player
Joaquín Antonio Benoit Peña is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers, San…
Joaquín Benoit, Dominican baseball player
Martin Laursen is a Danish former professional footballer who played in the centre-back position. He played three seasons for Italian club A.C. Milan, with whom he won the 2003 UEF…
Martin Laursen, Danish footballer and manager
Tanja Szewczenko is a German former figure skater. She is the 1994 World bronze medalist, 1997 Champions Series Final silver medalist, 1998 European bronze medalist, and 1993 World…
Tanja Szewczenko, German figure skater
Foo Swee Chin is a Singaporean comic book artist and illustrator.
Foo Swee Chin, Singaporean illustrator
Björn Dreyer is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Björn Dreyer, German footballer
Jonathan Rhys Meyers is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles in the films Michael Collins (1996), Velvet Goldmine (1998), Titus (1999), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Alexander …
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor
Aki-Petteri Arvid Berg is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted third overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1995 NHL entry draft. He played both for…
Aki Berg, Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player
Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili is an Argentine former professional basketball player. During a 23-year professional career, Ginóbili played in Argentina, in Italy, and in the NBA; h…
Manu Ginóbili, Argentinian basketball player
Miyabiyama Tetsushi is a former sumo wrestler from Mito, Ibaraki, Japan. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 1998. With the exception of two tournaments, he was ra…
Miyabiyama Tetsushi, Japanese sumo wrestler
Diana Catalina Bolocco Fonck is a Chilean journalist, known as sister of Cecilia Bolocco, Miss Universe 1987.
Diana Bolocco, Chilean model and journalist;
Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor is an American retired professional beach volleyball player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and the second most successful female beach voll…
Misty May-Treanor, American volleyball player and coach
Jaime Elizabeth Pressly is an American actress and model. Known for her role as Joy Turner on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl (2005–2009), she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstan…
Jaime Pressly, American actress
Marvis Linwood "Bootsy" Thornton III is an American former professional basketball player.
Bootsy Thornton, American basketball player
Hassan El Hajjami, also known as Haspop, is a French stage director, choreographer and dancer.
Haspop, French-Moroccan dancer, choreographer, and actor
Darnerien Richard McCants is an American former professional football wide receiver. He was selected by the Washington Redskins in the fifth round of the 2001 NFL draft. He played …
Darnerien McCants, American-Canadian football player
Damien Saez or just Saez, is a French singer-songwriter and musician.
Damien Saez, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
Naofumi Yamamoto is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Yoshi Tatsu.
Yoshi Tatsu, Japanese wrestler and boxer
Edward Walter Furlong is an American actor. He won a Saturn and an MTV Movie Award for his breakthrough performance at age 13 as John Connor in James Cameron's 1991 science fiction…
Edward Furlong, American actor
Ian David Karslake Watkins was a Welsh singer, songwriter, and convicted child sex offender. He was the lead singer and frontman of the rock band Lostprophets from 1997 to 2012. Wa…
Ian Watkins, Welsh former Lostprophets singer-songwriter and convicted child sex offender (died 2025)