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Dennis David Coles, better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and a member of the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough suc…
Ghostface Killah, American rapper and actor
Harold Eugene Ford Jr. is an American financial managing director, pundit, author, and former U.S. Congressman who served from 1997 to 2007 in the United States House of Representa…
Harold Ford Jr
David Gillespie Weir is a Scottish football coach and former professional player who was most recently the technical director of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
David Weir, Scottish footballer
James Michael Furyk is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. In 2010, he was the FedEx Cup champion and PGA Tour Player of the Year.…
Jim Furyk, American golfer
Michael Richard Weir, is a Canadian professional golfer. He currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He spent over 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking betw…
Mike Weir, Canadian golfer
Peter Filandia is a former Australian rules footballer.
Peter Filandia, Australian footballer
Ronaldus de Boer is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right or attacking midfielder or right winger. He played for the Netherlands national team as well as a h…
Ronald de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
Samantha Mathis is an American actress and trade union leader who served as the Vice President, Actors/Performers of SAG-AFTRA from 2015 to 2019. The daughter of actress Bibi Besch…
Samantha Mathis, American actress
Franciscus de Boer is a Dutch former professional footballer and current manager. A former defender, De Boer spent most of his playing career with Ajax, winning five Eredivisie tit…
Frank de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
Desmond Kevin Howard is an American sportscaster and former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college f…
Desmond Howard, American football player and sportscaster
Alison Jackson is an English artist, photographer and filmmaker. Her work explores the theme of celebrity culture. She makes realistic work of celebrities doing things in private u…
Alison Jackson, English photographer, director, and screenwriter
Roderick Duane Smith is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons, all with the Denver Broncos. H…
Rod Smith, American football player
Sir Robert Ben Lobban Wallace is a British politician and former British Army Officer who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Conservative P…
Ben Wallace, English captain and politician
Hubert Ira Davis Jr. is a former professional basketball player and former head basketball coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels men's team. Before his coaching career, Davis playe…
Hubert Davis, American basketball player and coach
Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight is an American pop singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist of the boy band New Kids on the Block (NKOTB), which rose to fame in the 1980s and …
Jordan Knight, American singer-songwriter and actor
Matthew James Lindland, is an American retired mixed martial artist, Olympic wrestler, speaker, actor, coach, entrepreneur, and politician. He won the Oregon Republican Party's nom…
Matt Lindland, American mixed martial artist, wrestler, and politician
Jodie Rogers is an Australian diver.
Jodie Rogers, Australian diver
René Vilbre is an Estonian film director
René Vilbre, Estonian director and screenwriter
Francisco Javier Cárdenas Pérez is a Spanish singer, television presenter, and radio presenter.
Javier Cárdenas, Spanish singer, television and radio presenter
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. Known for her comedic roles in sketch comedy, television and film, Fey has received numerous …
Tina Fey, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
Tim Horan is an Australian rugby union commentator and former player. He played for the Queensland Reds in the Super 12, and represented Australia. He was one of the best centres i…
Tim Horan, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
William L. Howerdel is an American musician, best known as a founding member, guitarist, backing vocalist, songwriter, and producer for the band A Perfect Circle, as well as for hi…
Billy Howerdel, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Vicky Sunohara is a Canadian ice hockey coach, former ice hockey player, and three-time Olympic medallist. She has been described as "the Wayne Gretzky of women's hockey" and is re…
Vicky Sunohara, Canadian former ice hockey player
Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is an Argentine former professional tennis player. A former world No. 3 in both singles and doubles, Sabatini was one of the leading players from the mid-…
Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian tennis player