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Anna Rogowska is a retired Polish athlete who specialised in the pole vault. She became the World Champion in 2009 in Berlin.
Anna Rogowska, Polish pole vaulter
Bryan Lloyd Danielson is an American sports commentator and semi-retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he serves as a color commentator fo…
Bryan Danielson, American wrestler
Bassel Khartabil, also known as Bassel Safadi, was a Palestinian-Syrian open-source software developer. He was detained without trial by the Syrian government in 2012 and was secre…
Bassel Khartabil, Syrian computer programmer and engineer (died 2015)
Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of…
Jürgen Melzer, Austrian tennis player
Mark O'Meley is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of Irish descent who played as a prop in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s he also played junior rugby league for…
Mark O'Meley, Australian rugby league player
Tim Robinson is an American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He first became known as a writer and performer on Saturday Night Live (2012–2016) before gaining wider recognition a…
Tim Robinson, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
Andrew Thomas Lee is an Australian comedian, television presenter, musician and children's writer. He is known for working alongside Hamish Blake as part of the comedy duo Hamish &…
Andy Lee, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
Michalis Pelekanos is a Greek professional basketball player. During his pro club career, at a height of 199 cm tall, Pelekanos played primarily at the small forward position. Howe…
Michalis Pelekanos, Greek basketball player
Matthew Utai is a former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a winger for the Auburn Warriors in the Ron Massey Cup. A New Zealand and Samoa international repre…
Matt Utai, New Zealand rugby league player
Anthony Lee Ervin is an American competitive swimmer who has won four Olympic medals and two World Championship golds. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the men's…
Anthony Ervin, American swimmer
Jason John Manford is an English comedian, singer, presenter and actor.
Jason Manford, English actor, screenwriter, and television host
Benjamin Thomas Zobrist is an American former professional baseball second baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays, Oakla…
Ben Zobrist, American baseball player
Alina Cojocaru is a Romanian ballet dancer. She was previously a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet and a lead principal with the English National Ballet.
Alina Cojocaru, Romanian ballerina
Johan Erik Calvin Elmander is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Beginning his career with Holmalunds IF in the late 1990s, he went on to play profes…
Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer
Laura Bailey is an American voice actress. She made her debut as Kid Trunks in the Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Z and has since voiced Henrietta in Gunslinger Girl, Emily / Glitte…
Laura Bailey, American voice actress
Daniel Alberto Cabrera Cruz is a Dominican former professional baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Washingto…
Daniel Cabrera, Dominican-American baseball player
Eric M. Ghiaciuc [GUY-check] is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in…
Eric Ghiaciuc, American football player
Adam Green is an American singer-songwriter, artist and filmmaker.
Adam Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Andrey Sergeyevich Arshavin is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a winger or midfielder. Since 2019, Arshavin has held administrative posts at Zenit. In 2022, …
Andrey Arshavin, Russian footballer
Devendra Obi Banhart is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist. He was born in Texas and grew up in Venezuela and California. In 2000, he dropped out of the San Francisco …
Devendra Banhart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Gianmaria "Gimmi" Bruni is an Italian Porsche factory auto racing driver who drove in the 2004 Formula One World Championship for Minardi. He is a GP2 Series race winner and is now…
Gianmaria Bruni, Italian race car driver
Ahmad Elrich is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a right winger for Australian club Parramatta FC.
Ahmad Elrich, Australian footballer
Reminisce Kioni Smith, known professionally as Remy Ma, is an American rapper. Discovered by the late rapper Big Pun, she came to prominence for her work as a member of Fat Joe's g…
Remy Ma, American rapper
Lars Møller Madsen is a Danish team handball player. He has played for the Swedish clubs IFK Kristianstad and HIF Karlskrona, Polish Wisla Plock and Danish side Skjern Håndbold. He…
Lars Møller Madsen, Danish handball player