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Patrick Paul Vieira is a professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of Serie A club Genoa. Widely regarded as among the best players of hi…
Patrick Vieira, French footballer and manager
James Brockman Olivo is an American football coach and former player who currently serves as an assistant special teams coach for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League…
Brock Olivo, American football player and coach
José Carlos Cancela Durán is a Uruguayan football coach and a former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is nicknamed "Pepe".
José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer
Carlos Nieto is an Italian Argentine international rugby union player.
Carlos Nieto, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
Edward Jovanovski, nicknamed "JovoCop", is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
Ed Jovanovski, Canadian ice hockey player
Mpumelelo "Pommie" Mbangwa is a Zimbabwean cricket commentator and former cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler, he played 15 Test matches and 29 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe b…
Pommie Mbangwa, Zimbabwean cricketer and sportscaster
James Chadwick Pennington is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college football …
Chad Pennington, American football player and sportscaster
Neil Scott Walker is an American former competition swimmer for the University of Texas, a four-time Olympic medalist in the 4x100 Medley and Freestyle relays, an Olympic champion,…
Neil Walker, American swimmer
David Joshua Rubin is an American conservative political commentator, talk show host, YouTuber, and author. He is the host of The Rubin Report, a talk show on YouTube and the Blaze…
Dave Rubin, American political commentator
Johnny Pulado Estrada III is an American former professional baseball catcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diam…
Johnny Estrada, American baseball player
Leigh Anne Bingham Nash is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known as the lead vocalist of the Christian alternative rock band Sixpence None the Richer, and was also a…
Leigh Nash, American singer-songwriter
Shinobu Asagoe is a Japanese former tennis player. She turned professional in 1997, and retired in 2006.
Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player
Seth Wescott is an American snowboarder. He is a two-time Olympic champion in the snowboard cross.
Seth Wescott, American snowboarder
Daniel Carlsson is a rally car driver from Sweden.
Daniel Carlsson, Swedish race car driver
Bret Peter Tarrant McKenzie is a New Zealand musician, comedian, music supervisor, and actor. He is best known as one half of musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords along with …
Bret McKenzie, New Zealand comedian, actor, musician, songwriter, and producer
Patrick Stephan Kluivert is a Dutch football coach and former player. As a player, he played as a striker for Ajax, Barcelona and the Netherlands national team.
Patrick Kluivert, Dutch footballer and coach
Hannu Tihinen is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Since January 2014, he worked as a technical director at the Football Association of Finland.…
Hannu Tihinen, Finnish footballer
Albert Torrens is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Northern Eagles and St.…
Albert Torrens, Australian rugby league player
Szymon Jerzy Ziółkowski is a retired Polish hammer thrower and politician.
Szymon Ziółkowski, Polish hammer thrower
Krisztián Lisztes is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He is most commonly known for his stints at VfB Stuttgart and Werder Bremen in t…
Krisztián Lisztes, Hungarian footballer
Ľudovít Ódor is a Slovak economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Slovakia from May to October 2023, heading a technocratic cabinet. From July to October 2023, he a…
Ľudovít Ódor, Prime minister of Slovakia
Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij, commonly known by his anglicised name of Ruud van Nistelrooy, is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is currentl…
Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer and manager
Tomáš Vokoun is a Czech former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1997 to 2013, mainly with the Nashville Predators. He was sele…
Tomáš Vokoun, Czech-American ice hockey player
Wade William Belak was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and defenceman. He was drafted 12th overall by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1994 NHL entry draft. He played for the…
Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2011)