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Nwankwo Christian Kanu is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. A member of the Arsenal 'Invincibles', he was named by the club as one of its greatest …
Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer
David Semenovich Nemirovsky is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward.
David Nemirovsky, Canadian ice hockey player
Hasan Gökhan Şaş is a Turkish football coach and former player, who played as a winger.
Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer and manager
Cristian Alexandru Stoica, also known as Alessandro Stoica is a Romanian-Italian retired rugby union footballer, who played as a centre.
Cristian Stoica, Romanian-Italian rugby player
Reyes Estévez López is a Spanish 1500 metres runner. He won the European Championships' final 1998 in Budapest. In addition, he won bronze medals at the 1997 World Championships, 1…
Reyes Estévez, Spanish runner
John Franklin "Jay" Heaps is an American former soccer player who currently serves as general manager and head coach of Birmingham Legion FC. He is a former head coach for the New …
Jay Heaps, American soccer player and coach
Michael Weiss is an American former competitive and currently professional figure skater. He is in the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame and is a three-time national champion a two-…
Michael Weiss, American figure skater
Pritam Singh is a Singaporean politician, author and lawyer who was the leader of the opposition from 2020 to 2026. He has been the secretary-general of the Workers' Party (WP) sin…
Pritam Singh, Singaporean lawyer and politician
Samuel Henry John Worthington is an Australian actor who has worked in both independent Australian cinema and Hollywood. He rose to prominence in Australia with performances in the…
Sam Worthington, English-Australian actor and producer
Mohammad Zahid is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler.
Mohammad Zahid, Pakistani cricketer
Troy Edward Glaus is an American former professional baseball third baseman and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Anaheim Angels (1998–2004), Arizona…
Troy Glaus, American baseball player
Paul Herbert Goldstein is an American tennis coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Stanford Cardinal men's tennis team.
Paul Goldstein, American tennis player
Andrew Luke McLeod is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the games record ho…
Andrew McLeod, Australian footballer
Trevor James Woodman MBE is a former English rugby union footballer. He was born in Plymouth, but went to Liskeard School in Cornwall and won representative honours with Cornwall U…
Trevor Woodman, English rugby player and coach
Jeffrey Daryl Friesen is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played over 800 games in the National Hockey League, spending roughly half his career with the San Jos…
Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player
Marians Pahars is a Latvian professional football manager and a former player.
Marians Pahars, Latvian footballer and manager
Remi Alexander Sølvberg is a Norwegian politician and member of the Storting. A member of the Red Party, he was elected to represent Østfold at the 2025 parliamentary election.
Remi Sølvberg, Norwegian politician
Eugen Trică is a Romanian professional manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Eugen Trică, Romanian footballer and manager
Soleil Moon Frye is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress at the age of two. When she was seven, Frye won the role of Penelope "Punky" Brewster in the NBC si…
Soleil Moon Frye, American actress
Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos is a Greek professional football manager and former player.
Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos, Greek footballer and manager
Edward Shane Lechler is an American former professional football player who played as a punter for 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for …
Shane Lechler, American football player
Andrew John Lachey is an American singer and actor. He is known as a member of 98 Degrees, the winner of the second season of Dancing with the Stars, and the younger brother of Nic…
Drew Lachey, American singer and actor
Rhona Natasha Mitra is a British actress.
Rhona Mitra, English actress and singer
Melissa Suzanne George is an Australian-American actress. She began her career playing Angel Parrish on the Australian soap opera Home and Away between 1993–1996. After moving to t…
Melissa George, Australian-American actress