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Stephen John Finnan is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He is the only player to have played in the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA C…
Steve Finnan, Irish international footballer
Frédéric Niemeyer is a Canadian retired, professional tennis player and was tennis coach at Tennis Canada for 10 years and he is now a freelance Tennis Consultant and Coach.
Frédéric Niemeyer, Canadian tennis player and coach
Gilberto da Silva Melo, more commonly known as Gilberto, is a Brazilian former professional footballer. He played at left-back for the majority of his career. Gilberto's brothers N…
Gilberto da Silva Melo, Brazilian footballer
Breyton Paulse is a South African former rugby union player who played on the wing for the national team, the Springboks, from 1999 to 2007. He played 64 test matches for South Afr…
Breyton Paulse, South African rugby player
Timothy Theodore Duncan is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He spent his entire 19-year career with the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Ass…
Tim Duncan, American basketball player
Rainer Schüttler is a German former professional tennis player. Schüttler was the runner-up at the 2003 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. He w…
Rainer Schüttler, German tennis player and coach
Václav Varaďa is a Czech former professional ice hockey player and current coach. He formerly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) in a ten-year span. In his professional car…
Václav Varaďa, Czech ice hockey player
Isobel Campbell is a Scottish singer, songwriter and cellist. She rose to prominence at age nineteen as a member of the indie pop band Belle & Sebastian, but left the group to purs…
Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter and cellist
Sally Cecilia Hawkins is an English actress of stage and screen. She began her career on stage and then moved into film, for which she has received several accolades including a Go…
Sally Hawkins, English actress
Walter Gerardo Pandiani Urquiza is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Tercera Federación club Palencia.
Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer
Micol Ostow is an American author, editor and educator who has written more than 40 published works. Her first original hardcover novel, Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa, was named a…
Micol Ostow, American author, editor and educator
God Shammgod, formerly known as Shammgod Wells, is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Orlando Magic of the National Baske…
God Shammgod, American basketball player and coach
Davian Clarke is a Jamaican former athlete, who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He was born in Spanish Town, St. Catherine and went to St. Catherine Primary & Kingston College H…
Davian Clarke, Jamaican sprinter
Daniel Wagon is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Limoux Grizzlies in the Elite One Championship. He is a former professional rugby league …
Daniel Wagon, Australian rugby league player
James Stephen "Murr" Murray, is an American improvisational comedian, author, and actor. He is a member of The Tenderloins, a comedy troupe also consisting of Brian Quinn, Sal Vulc…
James Murray, American comedian
Jeffrey Adam Gutt is an American singer and songwriter who has been the lead vocalist for Stone Temple Pilots since November 2017. He is also the former lead vocalist for the nu me…
Jeff Gutt, American singer-songwriter
Amanda MacKinnon Palmer is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and performance artist who was the lead vocalist, pianist, and lyricist of the duo the Dresden Dolls She perfor…
Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Victor Jerome Glover Jr. is an American naval officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut of the 2013 class. A former F/A‑18 pilot and graduate of the United States Air Force Test Pilo…
Victor Glover, American astronaut
Jeffrey Craig Halpern is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played for the Washington Capitals twice, Dallas Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings, New Y…
Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
Bradley David Walter Scott is a former Australian rules footballer who is currently the coach of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for H…
Brad Scott, Australian footballer and coach
Christopher Michael Scott is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL) best known for being a dual premiership player with the Brisbane Lions and…
Chris Scott, Australian footballer and coach
Dieter Kirk Brummer was an Australian actor. He was best known for his roles in television soap operas, including playing Shane Parrish in Home and Away from 1992 to 1996 and Troy …
Dieter Brummer, Australian actor (died 2021)
Juan Pablo Sorín is an Argentine former footballer and current sports broadcaster, who played as a left-back or left midfielder. He had a successful club career in his native Argen…
Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster
Iván de la Peña López is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Iván de la Peña, Spanish footballer