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Jerrod Lee Niemann is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has released one single for Category 5 Records (2006); three albums for Sea Gayle Music/Arista Nashville: …
Jerrod Niemann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Allister Carter is an English professional snooker player. He has twice been a World Championship finalist, in 2008 and 2012, losing both finals to Ronnie O'Sullivan. He has won si…
Ali Carter, English snooker player
Tom Lungley is an English first-class cricketer and umpire. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
Tom Lungley, English cricketer and umpire
Ahmed Mohamed Ramadan Tantawi known as Ahmed Tantawi also: Al-Tantawy is an Egyptian politician and journalist. As of July 2022, he was the former head of the Dignity Party and a f…
Ahmed Tantawi, Egyptian politician and journalist
Friedrich Michau is a German international rugby union player, playing for the FC St. Pauli Rugby in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.
Friedrich Michau, German rugby player
Derek Paravicini is an English savant pianist. He resides in London.
Derek Paravicini, English pianist
Peter Sarno is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre, who last played for Alleghe Hockey in the Italian Serie A. He was selected in the sixth round of the 1997 NHL entry…
Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player
Erik Clinton Westrum is an American former professional ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Phoenix Coyotes, Minnesota Wild, and Toronto Maple …
Erik Westrum, American ice hockey player
Juliet van Kampen Rylance is an English actress, known for her roles in The Knick, McMafia and Perry Mason.
Juliet Rylance, English actress
Marielle Franco was a Brazilian politician, sociologist, feminist, socialist and human rights activist. Franco served as a city councillor of the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeir…
Marielle Franco, Brazilian politician, feminist, and human rights activist (died 2018)
Sidney Rodrigue Noukpo Govou is a French former professional footballer who played primarily as a left winger, but was occasionally deployed as a striker. He is most prominent for …
Sidney Govou, French footballer
Shannon Moore is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his work with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) between 1999 and 2001 and with World Wrestling Entertainme…
Shannon Moore, American wrestler and singer
Henrik Hallenberg Hansen is a Danish former professional football midfielder. He is currently an assistant coach of Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF.
Henrik Hansen, Danish footballer
Jorge Armando Arce Armenta, best known as Jorge Arce, is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2014. He is a multiple-time world champion, and the second bo…
Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer
Birgitta Haukdal Brynjarsdóttir, known mononymously as Birgitta, is an Icelandic singer. She rose to domestic media prominence as the lead singer of pop band Írafár. She represente…
Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer-songwriter and producer
Lee Min-woo, also known by the stage name M, is a South Korean entertainer and singer. He is best known as a member of the South Korean boy band Shinhwa. Lee was the first Shinhwa …
Lee Min-woo, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
Alena Popchanka is a 4-time Olympic freestyle and butterfly swimmer originally from Belarus. She swam for Belarus at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics. At the 2008 Olympics she swam…
Alena Popchanka, Belarusian-French swimmer and coach
Karim Essediri is a former professional footballer who played as a right winger. Born in France, he earned eight caps with the Tunisia national team at international level.
Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer
Ronald "Flip" Murray is an American former professional basketball player. At 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), 200 lb, Murray played as a point guard–shooting guard. After attending Strawberry …
Ronald Murray, American basketball player
Juris Umbraško is a Latvian professional basketball coach and player. He heads the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League team Rīgas Zeļļi.
Juris Umbraško, Latvian basketball player
Carlos Alberto Arroyo Bermúdez is a Puerto Rican former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association with the Toronto Raptors, Denver Nuggets, U…
Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican basketball player and singer
Chad Blake Keegan is a South African former cricketer who played County Cricket for Middlesex and Sussex.
Chad Keegan, South African cricketer and coach
Graeme McDowell is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland. He has eleven tournament victories on the European Tour, and four on the PGA Tour, including one major championship,…
Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish golfer
Maya Nasser was a Syrian journalist and reporter who worked for Press TV, an Iranian English-language broadcasting service. Nasser reported from Syria during the Syrian Civil War. …
Maya Nasser, Syrian journalist (died 2012)