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Turner Ladd Stevenson is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Dev…
Turner Stevenson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Christian Califano is a former French rugby union player who finished his career at Gloucester Rugby.
Christian Califano, French rugby player
Matthew Norman Hart is a former New Zealand cricketer. Hart, a left-arm orthodox spinner, played in 14 Tests between 1994 and 1996, claiming 29 wickets including one five-wicket ha…
Matthew Hart, New Zealand cricketer
Jenny Cecilia Petrén, professionally known as Jenny Berggren and Jenny from Ace of Base is a Swedish mezzo-soprano singer and former lead singer in the Swedish pop band Ace of Base…
Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter
The flag of Okinawa Prefecture is a white field charged in the center with the prefectural emblem, which consists of three circles stacked on top of each other. The two inner circ…
The flag of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, was officially adopted.
The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, carried out by eight members of the Palestinian militant organisation Black Sept…
The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of the…
Inmaculada Concepción "Conchita" Martínez Bernat is a Spanish former professional tennis player and current coach. She was the first Spaniard to win the women's singles title at Wi…
Conchita Martínez, Spanish-American tennis player
Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira, known simply as Rivaldo, is a Brazilian former footballer who played mainly as a second striker but also as a attacking midfielder, and on occasion de…
Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira, Brazilian footballer
Larry Wayne "Chipper" Jones Jr. is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves from 1993 to 2012. The Br…
Chipper Jones, American baseball player
Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known by his ring name "The Rock", is an American-Canadian actor and professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on a part-time basis…
Dwayne Johnson, American actor and wrestler
Michael Constantine Diamond, OAM is a professional target shooter from Australia.
Michael Diamond, Australian shooter
Christophe Dominici was a French rugby union player. In a career spanning seventeen years between 1991 and 2008, he played wing for Stade Français and France, scoring a total of 25…
Christophe Dominici, French rugby player (died 2020)
Christopher George Latore Wallace, known professionally as the Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls, was an American rapper and songwriter. Rooted in the East Coast hip-hop and gangst…
The Notorious B
Maximilian Michael Brooks is an American writer. He is the son of actors Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. Much of Brooks' writing focuses on zombie stories. He was a senior fellow at …
Max Brooks, American author and screenwriter
Martin Pierre Brodeur is a Canadian-American professional ice hockey executive and former player. He played 22 seasons as a goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL), 21 of th…
Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
Darren Stanley Hayes is an Australian singer, songwriter, music producer and composer. He was the singer of the pop duo Savage Garden from their 1993 establishment until their disb…
Darren Hayes, Australian singer-songwriter
Sir Daniel Grian Alexander is a British banker, lobbyist and former politician who was Chief Secretary to the Treasury between 2010 and 2015. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) f…
Danny Alexander, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
Claudia Karvan is an Australian actress and producer. As a child actor, she first appeared in the film Molly (1983) and followed with an adolescent role in High Tide (1987). She po…
Claudia Karvan, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
Trevor George Smith Jr., known professionally as Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. He has received 12 Grammy Award nominations, making him one of the…
Busta Rhymes, American rapper, producer, and actor
Rubens Gonçalves Barrichello is a Brazilian racing driver and broadcaster, who competes in the Stock Car Pro Series for Full Time Sports. Nicknamed "Rubinho", Barrichello competed …
Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver
Poppy Cybele King is an Australian entrepreneur. She is best known for her company Poppy Industries and the range of cosmetics available at Poppy Stores in Australia, during the 19…
Poppy King, Australian entrepreneur
Martin John Saggers is an English county cricket umpire and a retired English cricketer. He played international cricket for the England cricket team, including appearing in three …
Martin Saggers, English cricketer and umpire
Karan Kumar Johar, often informally referred to as KJo, is an Indian filmmaker, producer and television personality who primarily works in Hindi cinema. He has launched the careers…
Karan Johar, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Gregory Berlanti is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He is known for his work on the television series Dawson's Creek, Brothers & Sisters, Everwood, Political Anima…
Greg Berlanti, American director, producer, and screenwriter