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Brigita Bukovec is a retired Slovenian hurdler who won an Olympic silver medal in 1996. During the Olympics she set a personal best time with 12.59 seconds.
Brigita Bukovec, Slovenian hurdler
Herbert Dorsey Levens is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL), primarily for the Green Bay Packers. He playe…
Dorsey Levens, American football player and sportscaster
Pauline Menczer is an Australian surfer. She was Women's World Champion for Professional Surfing in 1993.
Pauline Menczer, Australian surfer
Thomas Carl Veart is an Australian former footballer who is currently the head coach for Australia Under-17.
Carl Veart, Australian footballer and coach
Naomi Elaine Campbell is a British model and former singer. Beginning her career at the age of eight, Campbell was one of six models of her generation declared supermodels by the f…
Naomi Campbell, English model
Steven James Brody, known professionally as Brody Stevens, was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He starred in the Comedy Central reality series Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!, an…
Brody Stevens, American comedian and actor (died 2019)
Bryan John Herta is an American race strategist and former race car driver. He currently runs his own team, Bryan Herta Autosport in the NTT IndyCar Series and is the strategist fo…
Bryan Herta, American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Bryan Herta Autosport
Robert Damien Bale Croft is a former Welsh cricketer who played international cricket for the England cricket team. He is an off-spin bowler who played for Glamorgan and captained …
Robert Croft, Welsh-English cricketer and sportscaster
James Harvey Kennedy is an American actor and comedian. Kennedy played Randy Meeks in the Scream film series (1996–2000), which saw him as a supporting character in the first and t…
Jamie Kennedy, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Octavia Lenora Spencer is an American actress and author. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Aw…
Octavia Spencer, American actress and author[a]
Nobuhiro Nishiwaki , better known by his pen name Nobuhiro Watsuki , is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his samurai-themed series Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Rom…
Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese illustrator
Michele Bartoli is a retired Italian road racing cyclist. Bartoli was a professional cyclist from 1992 until 2004 and was one of the most successful single-day classics specialists…
Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist
Timothy James Farron is a British politician who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2015 to 2017. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmorland and Lonsdale…
Tim Farron, English educator and politician
Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, known as Joseph Fiennes, is an English actor. His numerous accolades include one Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for a BA…
Joseph Fiennes, English actor
Chad Alexander Archer is an American-born Australian musician. Archer is best known for his violin work in the Fremantle based Alt country/rock band The Kill Devil Hills.
Alex Archer, American-born Australian musician
Glenn Martin Christopher Francis Quinn was an Irish actor, best known for his portrayal of Mark Healy on the 1990s family sitcom Roseanne and his role as the half-demon Allen Franc…
Glenn Quinn, American actor (died 2002)
Natarsha Belling is an Australian journalist, television and radio presenter.
Natarsha Belling, Australian journalist
Roberto Di Matteo is an Italian professional football manager and former player.
Roberto Di Matteo, Italian footballer and manager
Panayotis Alexander Lalas is an American former soccer player who played as a centre-back. He is best known for his participation with the United States national team in the 1994 F…
Alexi Lalas, American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
Alison Amanda Hinds is a British-born Bajan soca singer based in Barbados. She is often referred to as the Bajan "Queen of Soca" as a result of her impact on the genre.
Alison Hinds, British-Barbadian soca singer
Louis Mario Freese, known by his stage name B-Real, is an American rapper. Since 1991, he has been one of two lead rappers in the hip hop group Cypress Hill, along with Sen Dog, an…
B Real, American rapper and actor
Deborah Compagnoni Golden Collar of Sports Merit is an Italian former Alpine skier who won three gold medals at the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympics.
Deborah Compagnoni, Italian skier
Richard "Richie" Hawtin is a British-Canadian electronic musician and DJ. He became involved with Detroit techno's second wave in the early 1990s, and has been a leading exponent o…
Richie Hawtin, English-Canadian DJ and producer
Dave Pybus is an English extreme metal musician, best known as the former bass player of Cradle of Filth.
Dave Pybus, English bass player and songwriter