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Joseph Leonard Bonamassa is an American blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. He started his career at age twelve, when he opened for B.B. King. Since 2000, Bonamassa has re…
Joe Bonamassa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Paul Frappier, better known by his stage name Bad News Brown, was a Canadian entertainer, musician, and hip hop MC of Haitian origin. He was known for pairing the sound of his chie…
Bad News Brown, Canadian rapper, harmonica player, and actor (died 2011)
Theodoros Papaloukas, commonly known as Theo Papaloukas, is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He was selected to the All-EuroLeague Team four times, was a member of t…
Theodoros Papaloukas, Greek basketball player
Renato Ruíz Cortes, better known by his ring name Averno (Hell), is a Mexican professional wrestler, signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Ruíz initially worked for (CML…
Averno, Mexican wrestler
Marek Jankulovski is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender. His most notable achievements include winning the UEFA Champions League with AC Milan and bein…
Marek Jankulovski, Czech footballer
Svein Tuft is a Canadian former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2019 for the Symmetrics, Garmin–Transitions, SpiderTech–C10, Mitchelton–Scott and Rally…
Svein Tuft, Canadian cyclist
Pablo Gabriel García Pérez is a Uruguayan professional football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the manager of Cypriot First Division club APO…
Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan footballer
Victor Matfield is a South African former professional rugby union player. He played for and captained the South Africa national team (Springboks) as well as the Blue Bulls in the …
Victor Matfield, South African rugby player, coach, and sportscaster
Robert Francis Roode Jr. is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he works as a producer.
Bobby Roode, Canadian professional wrestler
Adrian Paul Morley is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop or second-row forward. With a reputation as a tough, uncompromising competitor, Mo…
Adrian Morley, English rugby league player
Graeme Dott is a Scottish former professional snooker player from Glasgow. He turned professional in 1994, first entered the top 16 in 2001, and reached his first world final at th…
Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker player and coach
Maryam Mirzakhani was an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research topics included Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic …
Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician (died 2017)
Thomas Bryant Cotton is an American politician and former Army officer serving since 2015 as the junior United States senator from Arkansas. From 2013 to 2015 he served in the U.S.…
Tom Cotton, American politician
Ilse Annoeska de Lange, better known as Ilse DeLange, is a Dutch country and pop rock singer-songwriter. In 1998, she gained fame with her single 'I'm Not So Tough', which later be…
Ilse DeLange, Dutch singer-songwriter
Samantha Jane Morton is an English actress and musician. Known for her work in independent films, particularly period dramas with dark and tragic themes, her accolades include two …
Samantha Morton, English actress and director
Terrence LeVarr Thornton, better known by his stage name Pusha T, is an American rapper. He rose to prominence as one half of the Virginia-based hip hop duo Clipse, which he formed…
Pusha T, American rapper
Harry Leroy Halladay III was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies between 1998 an…
Roy Halladay, American baseball player (died 2017)
Ada Nicodemou is an Australian actress of Greek Cypriot descent. She began her acting career in 1994 in TV serial Heartbreak High as Katerina Ioannou. She also starred in Police Re…
Ada Nicodemou, Australian actress
Lee Andrew Hendrie is an English former professional footballer and pundit for Sky Sports.
Lee Hendrie, English footballer
Daniel John Mills is an English former professional footballer, his main position was right-back, though he could also play as a centre-back.
Danny Mills, English footballer and sportscaster
Li Tie is a Chinese former professional football coach and player.
Li Tie, Chinese footballer and manager
Melanie Jayne Lynskey is a New Zealand actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women and her command of American accents, she works predominantly in independent films and tele…
Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress
Emilíana Torrini is an Icelandic singer and songwriter. Her works include the 2009 single "Jungle Drum" and the 1999 album Love in the Time of Science. She performed "Gollum's Song…
Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer-songwriter
Manuel Almunia Rivero is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Manuel Almunia, Spanish footballer