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Alexis Pascal Gauthier is a French chef. He is the chef patron of the Gauthier Soho restaurant in Soho, London and was awarded a Michelin star in 2011. He previously held a Micheli…
Alexis Gauthier, French chef
Gretchen Frances Wilson is an American country music singer and songwriter. She made her debut in March 2004 with the Grammy Award-winning single "Redneck Woman", a number-one hit …
Gretchen Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Simon David Archer MBE is an English former badminton player. Archer once held the world record for the fastest smash at 162 mph.
Simon Archer, English badminton player
Cordel Leonard "Corey" Koskie is a Canadian former professional baseball third baseman, who played in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, and Milwauke…
Corey Koskie, Canadian baseball player
Carson Jones Daly is an American television host, radio personality, producer, and television personality. From 1998 to 2003, Daly was a VJ on MTV's Total Request Live (TRL), and a…
Carson Daly, American radio and television host
Jere Kalervo Lehtinen is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. A right winger, he was drafted in the third round, 88th overall, in the 1992 NHL entry draft by the Minne…
Jere Lehtinen, Finnish ice hockey player
Milan Hnilička is a Czech former professional ice hockey player and politician. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Atlanta Thrashers and the Lo…
Milan Hnilička, Czech ice hockey player
Jamie Frank Redknapp is an English former professional footballer who was active from 1989 until 2005. He is a pundit at Sky Sports and an editorial sports columnist at the Daily M…
Jamie Redknapp, English footballer and coach
Olve Eikemo, better known by his stage name Abbath Doom Occulta or simply Abbath, is a Norwegian musician best known as a founding member of the black metal band Immortal. Before f…
Abbath Doom Occulta, Norwegian musician
Adrián Zsolt Annus is a Hungarian hammer thrower, who was stripped of his gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens for a doping violation in a highly publicized scanda…
Adrián Annus, Hungarian hammer thrower
Athanasios "Sakis" Tolis is a Greek musician best known as the vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the black metal band Rotting Christ. He is also known as Necromayhem.
Sakis Tolis, Greek singer and guitarist
Lance Barber is an American actor. He gained recognition for his main role as Paulie G on the HBO sitcom The Comeback, which was followed with a starring role in the film The Godfa…
Lance Barber, American actor
George Anthony Hincapie is an American former racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1994 and 2012. Hincapie was a key domestique of Lance Armstrong. Hincapie was also…
George Hincapie, American cyclist
Frank Rost is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Frank Rost, German footballer and manager
Paul Rauhihi is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand. Rauhihi played in both the National Rugby League (NRL) and Super League as a …
Paul Rauhihi, New Zealand rugby league player
Chan Ho Park is a South Korean former professional baseball pitcher. Park was the first South Korean-born player in MLB history, and the first South Korean player to be named an ML…
Chan Ho Park, South Korean baseball player
Ólafur Indriði Stefánsson is an Icelandic former handball player who, for many years was the captain of the Iceland men's national handball team but announced his international ret…
Ólafur Stefánsson, Icelandic handball player
Fyodor Vladimirovich Tuvin was a Russian football midfielder.
Fyodor Tuvin, Russian footballer (died 2013)
Patrick Joseph Wilson is an American actor. He began his career in 1995, starring in Broadway musicals. He received nominations for three Tony Awards, two for his roles in The Full…
Patrick Wilson, American actor
Keiko Ihara is a Japanese auto racing driver and businesswoman. She was a former race queen, a model who appears in a swimsuit or other fashionable apparel at race circuits, before…
Keiko Ihara, Japanese race car driver
Gakuto Oshiro , better known as Gackt, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor.
Gackt, Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
Michael Owen Johnson is a former footballer who played as a defender, primarily at centre back, although he also played left-back when called upon. He is a current England U18s coa…
Michael Johnson, English-Jamaican footballer and manager
Anjelika Alexeyevna Krylova is a Russian retired ice dancer. With partner Oleg Ovsyannikov, she is the 1998 Olympic silver medalist and two-time World champion. She currently works…
Anjelika Krylova, Russian ice dancer and coach
Jan Ellegaard Magnussen is a Danish professional racing driver and was a factory driver for General Motors until the end of the 2020 season. He has competed in Championship Auto Ra…
Jan Magnussen, Danish race car driver