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Roland "Champ" Bailey Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia …
Champ Bailey, American football player
Daniel Clive Wheldon was a British motor racing driver who won the 2005 IndyCar Series for Andretti Green Racing (AGR). He won the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 and 2011, and was co-win…
Dan Wheldon, English racing driver (died 2011)
Malik Deshawn Cox, known by his stage name Memphis Bleek, is an American rapper. He is best known for his work with fellow New York City-based rapper Jay-Z, with Cox often describe…
Memphis Bleek, American rapper, producer, and actor
Frédéric Alexandre "Fred" Leclercq is a French musician and producer, best known as the former longtime bassist for British power metal band DragonForce. He is currently the guitar…
Frederic Leclercq, French heavy metal musician
Matthew Charles Light is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 11-year career as an offensive tackle for the New England Patriots of the National Foo…
Matt Light, American football player and sportscaster
Luis Javier García Sanz is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Luis García, Spanish footballer
Pantelis Kafes is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Due to his follow to the example of Osvaldo Ardiles, he was known for being one of very few out…
Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer
Shunsuke Nakamura is a Japanese former professional footballer. He is currently working as an assistant coach of the Japan national football team. He is the only person to have be…
Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer
Ariel Marcus Rosenberg, professionally known as Ariel Pink, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter whose work draws heavily from the popular music of the 1960s–1980s. His …
Ariel Pink, American singer-songwriter
Juan Román Riquelme is an Argentine former professional footballer and current president of Boca Juniors. Known for his elegant playing style, passing, vision, creativity, free-kic…
Juan Román Riquelme, Argentinian footballer
Erno Matti Juhani "Emppu" Vuorinen is a Finnish guitarist, most famous for being a founding member and occasional songwriter of the symphonic metal band Nightwish. He is the oldest…
Emppu Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist and songwriter
Aramis Nin Ramírez is a Dominican former professional baseball third baseman, who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, and Mil…
Aramis Ramírez, Dominican baseball player
Sascha Ring, better known by the stage name Apparat, is a German electronic musician. He was previously co-owner of Shitkatapult records. Starting out with dancefloor-oriented tech…
Apparat, German musician
Simon Larose is a former professional tennis player. He was Canada's top-ranked singles player for some months during 2003 and 2004. Larose retired from the tour shortly after bein…
Simon Larose, Canadian tennis player
Sam John Farrar is an American musician who is the primary bass guitarist for the pop band Maroon 5, having joined the band in 2016. A frequent collaborator with the band since the…
Sam Farrar, American musician
Luke Farrell Kirby is a Canadian actor. He played the role of Lenny Bruce in the Amazon Prime Video comedy-drama series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, for which he received a Primetime…
Luke Kirby, Canadian actor
Nicole Prascovia Elikolani Scherzinger is an American singer, actress, and television personality. She is a member of the R&B and pop group the Pussycat Dolls. With two albums and …
Nicole Scherzinger, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
Benjamin Luke Cousins is an Australian former professional Australian rules footballer and media presenter. He played 270 games for the West Coast and Richmond in the Australian Fo…
Ben Cousins, Australian footballer
Patrick Mukutu Ivuti is a Kenyan long distance athlete, who currently resides in Nairobi, Kenya. A two-time silver medallist at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, he made …
Patrick Ivuti, Kenyan runner
Claudio Rivalta is a retired Italian football defender. He represented Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Claudio Rivalta, Italian footballer
Jüri Ratas is an Estonian politician who served as the prime minister of Estonia from 2016 to 2021 and as the leader of the Centre Party from 2016 to 2023, and the mayor of Tallinn…
Jüri Ratas, Estonian politician, 42nd Mayor of Tallinn
Mizuki Noguchi is a Japanese professional long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon event. She is an Olympic champion over the distance.
Mizuki Noguchi, Japanese runner
Marcos Diniz Daniel is a retired professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1997. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 56 in…
Marcos Daniel, Brazilian tennis player
Eka Basunga Lokonda "Émile" Mpenza is a Belgian former footballer who played as a striker. He has been capped at international level by Belgium. His older brother, Mbo, also repres…
Émile Mpenza, Belgian footballer