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James Wright Foley was an American journalist and video reporter. While working as a freelance war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War, he was abducted on November 22, 2012, …
James Foley, American photographer and journalist (died 2014)
Rachel Michele Nichols is an American journalist and sportscaster. She is most notable for her work with the National Basketball Association (NBA), and has also covered the Nationa…
Rachel Nichols, American journalist and sportscaster
Sarah Katharine Winckless is a British former rower. She won a bronze medal in Double sculls with her partner Elise Laverick at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and was twice world ch…
Sarah Winckless, English rower
Hicham Arazi is a Moroccan former professional tennis player. He played professionally from 1993 to the end of 2007. The left-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of …
Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player
Okan Buruk is a Turkish professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Süper Lig club Galatasaray. With seven Super League titles as a player and five more a…
Okan Buruk, Turkish footballer and manager
Joaquin Jesse Gage is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Gage was selected in the fifth round of the 1992 NHL entry draft, 109th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers,…
Joaquin Gage, Canadian ice hockey player
Lera Auerbach is a Soviet-born Austrian-American classical composer, conductor and concert pianist.
Lera Auerbach, Russian-American pianist and composer
Charles Daniel Lowell is an American pianist most known for being the pianist and keyboardist for Christian alternative folk rock group Jars of Clay.
Charlie Lowell, American pianist and songwriter
Accie Julius Connor, better known by his ring name D'Lo Brown, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he works as a produ…
D'Lo Brown, American wrestler
Andrés Palop Cervera is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Andrés Palop, Spanish footballer and manager
Mark Richard van der Zijden is a Dutch freestyle and medley swimmer, who swam in the qualifying heats of the bronze winning 4×200 m freestyle relay team at the 2000 Summer Olympics…
Mark van der Zijden, Dutch swimmer
Ichiro Suzuki, also known mononymously as Ichiro , is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder who played for 28 seasons. He played the first nine years of his career wit…
Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
Christian Eduard Dailly is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Christian Dailly, Scottish footballer
Meelis Friedenthal is an Estonian academic and writer.
Meelis Friedenthal, Estonian author and academic
Kurt Kuenne is an American filmmaker and composer. He has directed a number of short and feature films, including Rent-a-Person, the YouTube film Validation, described as "a romant…
Kurt Kuenne, American filmmaker
Levi Leipheimer is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He was twice US national champion, winning the time trial title in 1999 and the road race in 2007, and is an…
Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist
Otis Lee Jackson Jr., known professionally as Madlib, is an American DJ, record producer, and rapper. Critically acclaimed for his eclectic, sample-heavy production style, he is re…
Madlib, American DJ, record producer, and rapper
Jackie McNamara is a Scottish professional football agent, and former player, manager and executive. He won 33 international caps playing for Scotland, and filled a variety of defe…
Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer and manager
Laura Pauline Veirs is an American singer-songwriter based in Portland, Oregon. She is known for her folk and alternative country records and live performances as well as her colla…
Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Fırat Aydınus is a former Turkish international football referee. He studied and practiced geophysical engineering. In January 2012, he was promoted from UEFA Category 1 to the Eli…
Fırat Aydınus, Turkish football referee
Lamont Bentley was an American actor and rapper best known for his role as Hakeem Campbell on the UPN sitcom Moesha. Bentley was also known for his role as Crazy K in the 1995 horr…
Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper (died 2005)
Michael Weston is an American television and film actor. His best-known roles are the private detective Lucas Douglas in House, the deranged and sadistic kidnapper Jake in Six Feet…
Michael Weston, American actor
Austin Sean Healey (born 26 October 1973 in Wallasey, is an English former rugby union player who played as a utility back for Leicester Tigers, and represented both England and th…
Austin Healey, English rugby player and sportscaster
Jeffrey William Wilson is a New Zealand sportsman who has represented his country in both rugby union and cricket – a so-called "Double All Black", an increasingly rare achievement…
Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and radio host