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Jay Wayne Jenkins, known by his stage name Jeezy, is an American rapper. He is credited, alongside fellow Georgia-based rappers T.I. and Gucci Mane, with pioneering the hip hop sub…
Young Jeezy, American rapper
Heath Justin Bell is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. As a closer with the San Diego Padres from 2009 to 2011, Bell was a three-time All-Star and twice won …
Heath Bell, American baseball player
Roy Eric Carroll is a Northern Irish professional football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is best known for his spells at English clubs Wigan Athletic and M…
Roy Carroll, Northern Irish goalkeeper and manager
Nick Curran was an American blues/rock and roll singer and guitarist. He has been likened to T-Bone Walker, Little Richard, The Sonics, Doug Sahm, Misfits Eddie Cochran.
Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2012)
Didier Défago is a Swiss retired World Cup alpine ski racer.
Didier Défago, Swiss skier
Daniel Richard Hollie is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenures in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) between 2003 and 2007 under the ring nam…
Daniel Hollie, American wrestler
Eric Walter Munson is an American former professional baseball catcher and current coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2000 to 2009 for the Detroit Tigers, Tampa B…
Eric Munson, American baseball player and coach
Luca Tognozzi is a former Italian footballer who played as a midfielder.
Luca Tognozzi, Italian footballer
Richard Reed Parry is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, best known as a core member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire, where he plays a wide variety of instrum…
Richard Reed Parry, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Þórarinn Hugleikur Dagsson, nicknamed Hulli, born 5 October 1977 is an Icelandic artist. He received a B.A. degree from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2002.
Hugleikur Dagsson, Icelandic author, illustrator, and critic
Vincenzo Luviner, better known as Vinnie Paz, is an Italian-American rapper and producer behind the Philadelphia underground hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks. He is also the frontman…
Vinnie Paz, Italian-American rapper and producer
Konstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov is a Russian football manager and a former player of Komi descent.
Konstantin Zyryanov, Russian footballer
Daniel Jean-Claude Brière is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers. He was drafted in the first round of the 1996 …
Daniel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
Shimon Gershon is a retired Israeli national footballer and central defender. For nearly 10 years, Gershon was the captain of the Israeli football team Hapoel Tel Aviv. In 2006, he…
Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer and singer
Wes Ramsey is an American actor. He is known for his performance in the romantic drama film Latter Days, and for playing Sam Spencer on the CBS daytime soap opera Guiding Light and…
Wes Ramsey, American actor
Antoine Revoy is a French author and illustrator. He is the creator of the horror story graphic novels ANIMUS published by First Second Books, and The Harrowing Game,, published by…
Antoine Revoy, French comics writer and illustrator
Emanuele Belardi is a retired Italian footballer who was a goalkeeper.
Emanuele Belardi, Italian footballer
Brian Michael Roberts is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Baltimore Orioles in 2001 and played for th…
Brian Roberts, American baseball player
Matthew Staton Bomer is an American actor. His works have earned him accolades including a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, and a Peabody Award, in addition …
Matt Bomer, American actor and producer
Igor Almeida Figueiredo is a Brazilian professional snooker player. As an amateur, Figueiredo entered the International Open Series (PIOS) tour in 2009 finishing 12th at year end. …
Igor Figueiredo, Brazilian snooker player
Anne-Caroline Chausson is a French professional cyclist who competes in bicycle enduro, bicycle motocross (BMX), downhill time trial and cross-country mass start, dual, and four-cr…
Anne-Caroline Chausson, French cyclist
Jamie Marchi is an American voice actress, ADR director and script writer. She has provided a number of voices for English-language versions of anime and video games. She is known …
Jamie Marchi, American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
Jérémie Roger Janot is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Saint-Étienne for 16 years of his career, and last played for Le Mans.
Jérémie Janot, French footballer and manager
Desmond Tremaine Mason is an American painter and former professional basketball player. He played as a shooting guard and small forward. Mason has also found success as an artist,…
Desmond Mason, American basketball player and sportscaster