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Michel Desjoyeaux is a French sailor, known for competing successfully in several long-distance single-handed races. He won the Vendée Globe race in 2000-01 and 2008–09, making him…
Michel Desjoyeaux, French sailor
William James Mitchell Jr. is an American video game player. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he was recognized for numerous records on classic video games before disputes arose ove…
Billy Mitchell, American video game player
Vesselina Kasarova is a Bulgarian operatic mezzo-soprano.
Vesselina Kasarova, Bulgarian soprano
Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, is a Scottish percussionist. She was selected as one of the two laureates for the Polar Music Prize of 2015.
Evelyn Glennie, Scottish musician
Claus-Dieter Wollitz is a German football coach and former player, who is the current director of football and manager of 2. Bundesliga club FC Energie Cottbus.
Claus-Dieter Wollitz, German footballer and manager
Jess Walter is an American author of fiction and non-fiction. He has won the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2006.
Jess Walter, American journalist and author
Alexander Ross Winter is a British-American actor and filmmaker. As an actor, he is best known for playing Bill S. Preston, Esq., in the 1989 film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure …
Alex Winter, British-American actor
David Wright Miliband is a British former politician serving as President of the International Rescue Committee since 2013. He was the Foreign Secretary from 2007 to 2010 and the M…
David Miliband, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Claude Percy Lemieux was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played as a right winger for 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with six teams between 1983 and 2…
Claude Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2026)
Guðni Bergsson is an Icelandic former professional footballer and former president of the Icelandic Football Association from 2017 to 2021.
Guðni Bergsson, Icelandic footballer and lawyer
Michael Todd Bordick is an American former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball from 1990 to 2003 with four teams: the Oakland Athletics, Baltimore O…
Mike Bordick, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
Derrick Dalley, is a former Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He served as the Minister of Natural Resources in the provincial cabinet. Dalley has represent…
Derrick Dalley, Canadian educator and politician
Shawn Michaels is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is the Senior Vice President of Talent Development, Creative, and oversees the creative a…
Shawn Michaels, American wrestler, trainer, and actor
Richard Beresford Poore OAM in Christchurch, New Zealand, and his wife Gilana,, were awarded OAMs For service to Australia by providing assistance to the victims of the bombings w…
Richard B. Poore, New Zealand humanitarian
Douglas John Riesenberg is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and Tampa Bay B…
Doug Riesenberg, American football player and coach
Robert Dickinson is a British musician and auto restorer. He came to prominence as the singer for English alternative rock group Catherine Wheel, active 1990 to 2000. Dickinson was…
Rob Dickinson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Saul Hudson, known professionally as Slash, is a British and American musician, best known as the lead guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwid…
Slash, English-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Andrew Barry Casson Gaze is an Australian basketball coach and former player. He played 22 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL) with the Melbourne Tigers from 1984 to 20…
Andrew Gaze, Australian basketball player and sportscaster
Kadeem Hardison is an American actor. The son of fashion model Bethann Hardison, he rose to prominence after landing the role of Dwayne Wayne on the television series A Different W…
Kadeem Hardison, American actor, director, and screenwriter
Dennis Martin Brown is an American country music artist. Active between 1991 and 1996, he has released six studio albums and has charted one single on the Billboard Hot Country Son…
Marty Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Illeana Hesselberg, known professionally as Illeana Douglas, is an American actress and filmmaker. Following her screen debut with a small part in Hello Again (1987), she went on t…
Illeana Douglas, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
Salvatore Anthony "Torey" Lovullo is an American former professional baseball infielder and the current manager for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Torey Lovullo, American baseball player and coach
Dale Shearer, also known by the nickname of "Rowdy", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A Queensland State of Origin an…
Dale Shearer, Australian rugby league player
Jeremy Samuel Piven is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Ari Gold in the comedy series Entourage (2004–2011) for which he won a Golden Globe Award an…
Jeremy Piven, American actor and producer