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Lee Stuart Sharpe is an English former professional footballer, sports television pundit, reality television personality and golfer.
Lee Sharpe, English footballer
Grant Stafford is a former tennis player from South Africa.
Grant Stafford, South African tennis player
Sophie Walker is a British political activist who was the founding leader of the Women's Equality Party (WE) in the United Kingdom.
Sophie Walker, British politician, leader of the Women's Equality Party
James Edward Petroc Trelawny is a British classical music radio and television broadcaster. Since 1998 he has been a presenter on BBC Radio 3.
Petroc Trelawny, British radio and television broadcaster
Isabelle Carré is a French actress. She has appeared in more than 70 films since 1989. She won a César Award for Best Actress for her role in Se souvenir des belles choses (2001), …
Isabelle Carré, French actress and singer
Ekaterina "Katia" Alexandrovna Gordeeva is a Soviet and Russian figure skater. With her late husband Sergei Grinkov, she is the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion, a four-time World Ch…
Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian figure skater and sportscaster
Marco Antonio Rubio is an American politician, attorney, and diplomat serving since 2025 as the 72nd United States secretary of state. He is also the acting national security advis…
Marco Rubio, American lawyer and politician
Éric Lucas is a Canadian former professional boxer.
Éric Lucas, Canadian boxer
Bernd Michael Mayländer is a German racing driver and current Formula One safety car driver.
Bernd Mayländer, German race car driver
Filipa Maria Gonçalves Pinto is a Portuguese teacher, politician and member of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. A member of the LIVRE party, she …
Filipa Pinto, Portuguese politician
Joanne Rebecca Guilfoyle, known professionally as Jo Beth Taylor, is an Australian television presenter, actress and singer most well known for hosting three weekly programs at the…
Jo Beth Taylor, Australian television host and actress
Robin "Rob" Womack is a Paralympian track and field athlete from England competing mainly in category F55 throwing events. In 2012 he qualified as a member of the Great Britain tea…
Rob Womack, English shot putter and discus thrower
Paul James Grayson, is the former assistant head coach of Northampton Saints rugby union club. He formerly played at fly-half for Northampton, for whom he was the all-time leading…
Paul Grayson, English rugby player and coach
Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones is a British film director, film producer and screenwriter. He directed the films Moon (2009), Source Code (2011), Warcraft (2016), and Mute (2018). For …
Duncan Jones, English director, producer, and screenwriter
Idina Kim Menzel is an American actress, singer and songwriter. Regarded as the "Queen of Broadway", Menzel is known for her commanding stage presence, powerful mezzo-soprano voice…
Idina Menzel, American singer-songwriter and actress
Jiří Šlégr is a Czech professional ice hockey executive and player who is the general manager of the Czech men's national team. Playing as a defenceman, he was a member of the 2001…
Jiří Šlégr, Czech ice hockey player and politician
Adrian Vowles is a former professional Scotland international rugby league footballer who played as a loose forward or centre in the 1990s and 2000s. He played in Australia for sev…
Adrian Vowles, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
Aruṇ Lūthrā is a saxophonist, konnakol artist, composer, and bandleader based in New York City.
Arun Luthra, Indo-Anglo-American saxophonist, konnakol artist, composer, and arranger
Mario Antonio Cimarro Paz is a Cuban actor. His television career began in the late 1990s and solidified in the early 2000s with leading roles in dramatic productions.
Mario Cimarro, Cuban-American actor and singer
Kateřina Jacques is a Czech Green Party politician. She was elected to the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in the June 2006 election, representing the Prague el…
Kateřina Jacques, Czech translator and politician
Michael Shumway Lee is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Utah, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Lee…
Mike Lee, American lawyer and politician
Shoji Meguro is a Japanese composer, guitarist, and video game designer. Formerly an employee of the game company Atlus, he is best known for his work in their Shin Megami Tensei …
Shoji Meguro, Japanese director and composer
Joseph Kabila Kabange is a Congolese politician and former military officer who was the fourth president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2001 to 2019. He took office t…
Joseph Kabila, Congolese soldier and politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Noah Strausser Speer Wyle is an American actor, television director, producer and writer. He rose to fame as Dr. John Carter in the NBC medical drama ER (1994–2005), receiving five…
Noah Wyle, American actor and producer