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Poppy Cybele King is an Australian entrepreneur. She is best known for her company Poppy Industries and the range of cosmetics available at Poppy Stores in Australia, during the 19…
Poppy King, Australian entrepreneur
Martin John Saggers is an English county cricket umpire and a retired English cricketer. He played international cricket for the England cricket team, including appearing in three …
Martin Saggers, English cricketer and umpire
Gregory Berlanti is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He is known for his work on the television series Dawson's Creek, Brothers & Sisters, Everwood, Political Anima…
Greg Berlanti, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Karan Kumar Johar, often informally referred to as KJo, is an Indian filmmaker, producer and television personality who primarily works in Hindi cinema. He has launched the careers…
Karan Johar, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Todd Demsey is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and 1993 NCAA champion.
Todd Demsey, American golfer
Antonio Michael Freeman is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL), most notably for the Green Bay Packers. He…
Antonio Freeman, American football player
Maxim Anatolievich Sokolov is a former professional ice hockey goalie who most recently played for Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Maxim Sokolov, Russian ice hockey player
Dorival Guidoni Júnior, known simply as Doriva, is a Brazilian football coach and retired footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Doriva, Brazilian footballer and manager
Michael Boogerd is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the leaders of a generation of Dutch cyclists in the late 1990s and early 2000s, together with team…
Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist and manager
William Michael Curley is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Emerson Lions men's basketball team.
Bill Curley, American basketball player and coach
Simon Robin David Jones is an English bass guitarist. He played bass and provided occasional backing vocals for the rock band The Verve.
Simon Jones, English singer and bass player
Laverne Cox is an American actress and LGBTQ advocate. She rose to prominence with her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, becoming in 2014 the fir…
Laverne Cox, American actress and LGBT advocate
John "Jack" Simon is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. His club career was spent with the Illawarra Steelers, Easts, Parramatta, Auckl…
John Simon, Australian rugby league player
Manuel Arístides Ramírez Onelcida is a Dominican-American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for parts of 19 seasons. He played with …
Manny Ramirez, Dominican-American baseball player and coach
Frode Estil is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier. He lives in Meråker Municipality with his wife Grete whom he married in the summer of 2001. They have two sons, Bernhard, bo…
Frode Estil, Norwegian skier
Christian McBride is an American jazz bassist, bandleader, composer. He has appeared on more than 400 recordings as a sideman, and is an eleven-time Grammy Award winner.
Christian McBride, American bassist and record producer
Antti Mikko Niemi is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently an assistant coach of Volos of the Super League Greece. Since 2010, he has…
Antti Niemi, Finnish international footballer and coach
Archana Panjabi is an English actress. On television, she is known for her roles as Maya Roy in the BBC One series Life on Mars (2006–2007), Kalinda Sharma in the CBS series The Go…
Archie Panjabi, British actress
Wayne Alphonso Brady is an American comedian, actor, and singer. He is a regular cast member on the American version of the improvisational comedy television series Whose Line Is I…
Wayne Brady, American actor, comedian, game show host, and singer
Raúl Javier Ibañez is an American former professional baseball left fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) now serving as vice president of baseball development and special project…
Raúl Ibañez, American baseball player
Julie Gayet is a French actress and film producer. She is also known for being the wife of the former President of France, François Hollande.
Julie Gayet, French actress
David Ray Roberts, nicknamed "Doc", is an American professional baseball manager and former outfielder who is the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB).…
Dave Roberts, American baseball player and coach
Wentworth Earl Miller III is an American actor known for playing the role of Michael Scofield in Prison Break, for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Bes…
Wentworth Miller, American actor and screenwriter
Derian John Hatcher is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Minnesota North Stars, Dallas Stars,…
Derian Hatcher, American ice hockey defenseman