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Joanna Mitrosz-Cieślak, is a retired Polish rhythmic gymnast. She competed at two Olympics and is a seven-time consecutive Polish national champion (2006-2012).
Joanna Mitrosz, Polish rhythmic gymnast
Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35. On 29 August 2011, she peaked a…
Olga Govortsova, Belarusian tennis player
Jeremy Shu-How Lin is an American former professional basketball player. He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (N…
Jeremy Lin, American basketball player
Kim Matula is an American actress. She made her television debut playing Tara Conner in the teen comedy film Queen Sized (2008) and later starred as Hope Logan in the CBS daytime s…
Kim Matula, American actress
Kacey Lee Musgraves is an American singer and songwriter. She began her career in the early 2000s, when she self-released three solo albums and recorded another album as a member o…
Kacey Musgraves, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Carl Oliver Hagelin is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who played eleven seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Anaheim Ducks, Pittsb…
Carl Hagelin, Swedish ice hockey player
Miles Tice Mikolas is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the San Diego Padre…
Miles Mikolas, American baseball player
Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint is an English actor. He rose to fame for his role as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film series, for which he was cast at age eleven, having previousl…
Rupert Grint, English actor
Bradley Michael Hunt is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Edmonton Oilers, St. Louis Blues, Nashville Pre…
Brad Hunt, Canadian ice hockey player
Manu Maʻu is a rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Souths Sharks in Mackay, Queensland. He has played for both Tonga and New Zealand at international …
Manu Ma'u, New Zealand rugby league player
Maya Yoshida is a Japanese professional footballer who captains and plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy.
Maya Yoshida, Japanese footballer
Angela Park is a Brazilian-American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She holds dual citizenship in Brazil and the United States.
Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer
Giga Chikadze is a Georgian professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. He currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).…
Giga Chikadze, Georgian mixed martial artist and kickboxer
Elvis Augusto Andrus Torres is a Venezuelan-American former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, and …
Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player
Evan Olav Ross-Næss is an American actor and musician. He made his acting debut in the comedy-drama film ATL (2006), and has since starred in the films Pride (2007), According to G…
Evan Ross, American actor
Danielle Savre is an American actress. She is known for her television roles, such as her lead performances in the 2007 MTV music drama Kaya, the 2016 TLC drama Too Close to Home, …
Danielle Savre, American actress
Wayne Simmonds is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. A right winger, he played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, Na…
Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player
Lars Edi Stindl is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward.
Lars Stindl, German footballer
Alexa Ellesse PenaVega is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Carmen Cortez in the first four Spy Kids films and Julie Corky in the 2004 film Sleepover. In 2009, she…
Alexa PenaVega, American actress and singer
Rosannagh "Rosie" MacLennan is a Canadian retired trampoline gymnast. She is the 2013 and 2018 World Trampoline champion, 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion, and 2011 and 2015 Pan Amer…
Rosie MacLennan, Canadian trampoline gymnast
Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir was a Palestinian leader and co-founder of the nationalist party Fatah. As a top aide of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat, al-…
Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (born 1935)
Youri Aleksandrovich Egorov was a Soviet and Dutch classical pianist.
Youri Egorov, Russian pianist (born 1954)
Louise Nevelson was an American sculptor known for her monumental, monochromatic, wooden wall pieces and outdoor sculptures. Born in Pereiaslav in the Poltava Governorate of the Ru…
Louise Nevelson, Ukrainian-American sculptor and educator (born 1900)
Ali Oktay Rifat, better known as Oktay Rifat, was a Turkish writer and playwright, and one of the forefront poets of modern Turkish poetry since the late 1930s. He was the founder …
Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Turkish poet and playwright (born 1914)