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Mile Sterjovski is an Australian former professional soccer player. He played predominantly as a right winger or as a second striker, but also played as a left winger and central m…
Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer
Abdulaziz al-Omari was a Saudi imam and terrorist who was one of five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001. He accompanied Mohamed A…
Abdulaziz al-Omari, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 (died 2001)
Ronald Antonio Curry is an American football coach and former wide receiver who is the wide receivers coach for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He has pre…
Ronald Curry, American football player and coach
Arne Friedrich is a German football executive and former player who played as a defender. He formerly was the sporting director of Hertha BSC.
Arne Friedrich, German footballer
Brian David Kendrick is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in WWE. He is also known for his time in Ring of Honor (ROH), Total Nonstop Action Wrestl…
Brian Kendrick, American wrestler
John Philip Rheinecker was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers.
John Rheinecker, American baseball player (died 2017)
Michael Bishai is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. Bishai was never drafted but played in the National Hockey League with the Edmonton Oilers.
Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player
Clinton Aaron Bowyer is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and commentator for NASCAR on Fox.
Clint Bowyer, American race car driver
Francis Lessard is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward who most recently played for the Trois-Rivières Blizzard in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH). While …
Francis Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player
Jean-François Gillet is a Belgian professional football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He works as a goalkeeping coach at Standard Liège. At international leve…
Jean-François Gillet, Belgian footballer
Santana Terrell Moss is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for…
Santana Moss, American football player
Markus Alexej Persson, known by the pseudonym Notch, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is the creator of Minecraft, the best-selling video game in history. He fou…
Markus Persson, Swedish game designer, founded Mojang
Christian Sean Malcolm is a retired track and field athlete from Wales, who specialised in the 200 metres. In 2020 he was appointed Head Coach of the British Athletics Olympic Prog…
Christian Malcolm, Welsh sprinter
Pierre Marcel Poilievre is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the Conservative Party and leader of the Official Opposition since 2022. First elected in 2004, he …
Pierre Poilievre, Canadian politician, Leader of the Opposition
Naohiro Takahara is a Japanese football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is currently the president of Japan Football League club Okinawa SV.
Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer
Stefanos Kotsolis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Stefanos Kotsolis, Greek footballer
Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin is an American actress. Known for her lead role as Mickey Fox in the CBS television series Sheriff Country since 2025, Baccarin has played multip…
Morena Baccarin, Brazilian-American actress
Butterfly Giselle Grace Boucher is an Australian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer born in Adelaide. From the age of 15 years she played bass guitar in h…
Butterfly Boucher, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Daniel Joseph Vickerman was a professional rugby union player. The 204 cm, 119 kg lock played 63 Tests with the Wallabies, the national team of his adopted country of Australia. Af…
Daniel Vickerman, South African-Australian rugby player (died 2017)
Matthew Scarlett is a former Australian rules footballer, who formerly played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A fullback, who is 1.92 metres …
Matthew Scarlett, Australian footballer
Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III is an American musician, songwriter and record executive. He is the co-founder, bassist and lyricist for the rock band Fall Out Boy. Before the band'…
Pete Wentz, American singer-songwriter, bass player, actor, and fashion designer
Jason Alan White is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 13 Ford Mustang for MBM Motorsports.
Jason White, American race car driver
Roberto De Zerbi is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.
Roberto De Zerbi, Italian football manager
Dario Dainelli is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Dario Dainelli, Italian footballer