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Brett Firman is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. He played in the National Rugby League, primarily in the halves, for the St. Geor…
Brett Firman, Australian rugby league player
Justine Henin is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 117 weeks, including …
Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player
Jewel Belair Staite is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Kaylee Frye in the series Firefly (2002–2003) and its follow-up movie Serenity (2005), and as Jennifer Kell…
Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva is a Russian former pole vaulter. She is twice an Olympic gold medalist, three-times a World Champion, the current world record holder in the event, an…
Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
Manfred Mölgg is an Italian former World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialized in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.
Manfred Mölgg, Italian skier
Matthew Gilks is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Matt Gilks, Scottish footballer
Abel Kirui is a long-distance runner from Kenya who competes in marathons. He had back-to-back wins in the World Championship marathon in 2009 and 2011. Kirui won in 2009 with a ti…
Abel Kirui, Kenyan runner
Ronnie Edward Prude Jr. is an American former professional football cornerback. He played college football at LSU and was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent …
Ronnie Prude, American-Canadian football player
Suburban Legends are an American ska punk band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998 and later based themselves in nearby Santa Ana. After building a fanbase in the …
Ryan Dallas Cook, American trombonist (died 2005)
Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova is a Russian former professional tennis player. A former top-five player in both singles and doubles, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 3…
Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
Yoshito Okubo is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Japan national team, scoring six goals in 60 appearances. He was the J.League…
Yoshito Ōkubo, Japanese footballer
Christina Stürmer is an Austrian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Linz, she rose to fame as the runner-up of the inaugural season of the ORF eins television talent series …
Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer-songwriter
Tara Kristen Lipinski is an American sports commentator and former competitive figure skater. A former competitor in women's singles, she was the 1997 U.S. national champion and wo…
Tara Lipinski, American figure skater
Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland is the second daughter and youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. Upon her birth, she was thi…
Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
Ana Lúcia Souza is a Brazilian naturalized American ballet dancer, filmmaker, and journalist. Souza was a soloist at the extinct Das Meininger Ballett, the Stuttgart Ballet, and Le…
Ana Lúcia Souza, Brazilian ballerina and journalist
Vanessa Boslak is a French pole vaulter. She was born in Lesquin, France.
Vanessa Boslak, French pole vaulter
Jacques Freitag was a South African high jumper. Freitag is one of only eleven athletes to win World Championship titles at the youth, junior, and senior levels of an athletic even…
Jacques Freitag, South African high jumper (died 2024)
Reni Maitua is a former professional rugby league footballer. An Australian and Samoan International representative player, he previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldo…
Reni Maitua, Australian rugby league player
Eldar Rønning is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. He skis with the Skogn IL club, in Nord-Trøndelag.
Eldar Rønning, Norwegian skier
Shailaja Pujari is a former Indian weightlifter.
Shailaja Pujari, Indian weightlifter
Kenenisa Bekele Beyecha is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5,000-metre and 10,000-metre from 2004 until 2020. He won the gold medal in…
Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian runner
Krzysztof Bosak is a far-right Polish politician. He serves as the Deputy Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. He was a member of the Sejm for the League of Polish Famili…
Krzysztof Bosak, Polish politician
Diana Lorena Taurasi is an Argentine and American former professional basketball player. She played 20 seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), spending her e…
Diana Taurasi, American basketball player
James Andrew Tomlinson is an English former cricketer. A left-arm medium pace bowler, capable of producing swing at a brisk pace, Tomlinson first appeared in senior cricket for the…
James Tomlinson, English cricketer