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Brett Michael Gardner is an American former professional baseball outfielder who spent his entire 14-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees.
Brett Gardner, American baseball player
Marcel Goc is a German former professional ice hockey player.
Marcel Goc, German ice hockey player
James Stuart Rossiter is a British former professional racing driver who currently is part of the Formula E ITV Sport commentary team, alongside Nicki Shields and fellow racing dri…
James Rossiter, English race car driver
Mattia Cassani is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender.
Mattia Cassani, Italian footballer
Félix Porteiro Pérez is a Spanish former racing driver. He competed in GP2 Series in 2006, his best finish was 6th.
Félix Porteiro, Spanish race car driver
Nicol Ann David is a Malaysian retired professional squash player. She was the world number one for a record-breaking 108 consecutive months, ceding the ranking in September 2015 t…
Nicol David, Malaysian squash player
Joanna Gabrielle McGilchrist is an English rugby union player. She represented England at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup. She was also named in the squad to the 2014 Women's Rugb…
Joanna McGilchrist, English rugby player and physiotherapist
Separamadu Lasith Malinga is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest limited overs bowlers of all time. Playing as a right-arm fast bowler, Mali…
Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer
Charles Luke McAlister is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer. He played at fly-half and at centre. He is the brother of New Zealand women's sevens player Kayla McAlister …
Luke McAlister, New Zealand rugby player
Lilli Schwarzkopf is a German heptathlete.
Lilli Schwarzkopf, German heptathlete
Felix Albert Pappalardi Jr. was an American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bassist. He is best known as the bassist and co-lead vocalist of the band Mountain, whose song…
Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (born 1939)
Walter Slezak was an Austrian-born film and stage actor active between 1922 and 1976. He mainly appeared in German films before migrating to the United States in 1930 and performin…
Walter Slezak, Austrian-American actor and singer (born 1902)
Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl "Fatha" Hines, was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, …
Earl Hines, American pianist and bandleader (born 1903)
Clarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe II was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and film and television actor. He won the 1932 Olympic gold medal for 400-metre freestyle swimming event…
Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (born 1908)
Erol Güngör was a Turkish social psychologist and writer. His work focused on the socially derived nature of language, morality, and values. Güngör wrote extensively on nationalism…
Erol Güngör, Turkish sociologist, psychologist, and academic (born 1938)
Rolf Johann Stommelen was a German racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1969 to 1978. In endurance racing, Stommelen was a four-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona wi…
Rolf Stommelen, German racing driver (born 1943)
William S. Bowdern was a Catholic priest of the Society of Jesus in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the author of The Problems of Courtship and Marriage printed by Our Sunday Visitor i…
William S
George Balanchine was a Georgian-American ballet choreographer, recognized as one of the most influential choreographers of the 20th century. Styled as the father of American balle…
George Balanchine, Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1904)
McKinley Morganfield, better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician who was an important figure in the post-World War II blues scene, and is of…
Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader (born 1913)
Edouard Wyss-Dunant was a Swiss physician and alpinist. He had a distinguished career in medicine, both in his own country and abroad. He published a number of treatises in his pro…
Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer (born 1897)
Norman Mack Van Brocklin, was an American professional football quarterback and coach who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. Nicknamed "the Dutchman", he …
Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (born 1926)
Nino Sanzogno was an Italian conductor and composer.
Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor and composer (born 1911)
Horst Schumann was an SS-Sturmbannführer (major) and medical doctor who conducted sterilization and castration experiments at Auschwitz and was particularly interested in the mass …
Horst Schumann, German physician (born 1901)
Hugh Ernest Leo Williams, known professionally as John Williams, was an English stage, film and television actor. He is remembered for his role as Chief Inspector Hubbard in Alfred…
John Williams, English-American actor (born 1903)