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Jhonny Antonio Peralta is a Dominican former professional baseball shortstop who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). The Cleveland Indians signed him as an amateur fr…
Jhonny Peralta, Dominican-American baseball player
Natalie Katherine Neidhart-Wilson is a Canadian-American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Nattie. She also wrest…
Natalya, Canadian professional wrestler
Nataliya Dobrynska is a retired Ukrainian athlete who competed in the combined events. She is the 2008 Beijing Olympic champion and also holds the heptathlon best in the shot put. …
Nataliya Dobrynska, Ukrainian heptathlete
Matthew Michael Macri is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the Minnesota Twins in 2008.
Matt Macri, American baseball player
Kim Tae-kyun is a South Korean first baseman who played for the Hanwha Eagles in the KBO League. He bats and throws right-handed. He is one of the top career hitters in the KBO, wi…
Kim Tae-kyun, South Korean baseball player
Eddie Jamaal Griffin was an American professional basketball player from Philadelphia. He last played for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, who waived him on March 13, 2007. Months…
Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (died 2007)
James David Simpson-Daniel is a former English rugby union footballer who played wing or centre for Gloucester Rugby.
James Simpson-Daniel, English rugby player
Leonid Saveliyovych Radvinsky was an American billionaire businessman and the majority owner of OnlyFans. Born in the Ukrainian SSR, Radvinsky was the founder of the cam site MyFre…
Leonid Radvinsky, American businessman (died 2026)
Brett Firman is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. He played in the National Rugby League, primarily in the halves, for the St. Geor…
Brett Firman, Australian rugby league player
Justine Henin is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 117 weeks, including …
Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player
Jewel Belair Staite is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Kaylee Frye in the series Firefly (2002–2003) and its follow-up movie Serenity (2005), and as Jennifer Kell…
Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva is a Russian former pole vaulter. She is twice an Olympic gold medalist, three-times a World Champion, the current world record holder in the event, an…
Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
Manfred Mölgg is an Italian former World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialized in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.
Manfred Mölgg, Italian skier
Matthew Gilks is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Matt Gilks, Scottish footballer
Abel Kirui is a long-distance runner from Kenya who competes in marathons. He had back-to-back wins in the World Championship marathon in 2009 and 2011. Kirui won in 2009 with a ti…
Abel Kirui, Kenyan runner
Ronnie Edward Prude Jr. is an American former professional football cornerback. He played college football at LSU and was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent …
Ronnie Prude, American-Canadian football player
Suburban Legends are an American ska punk band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998 and later based themselves in nearby Santa Ana. After building a fanbase in the …
Ryan Dallas Cook, American trombonist (died 2005)
Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova is a Russian former professional tennis player. A former top-five player in both singles and doubles, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 3…
Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
Yoshito Okubo is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Japan national team, scoring six goals in 60 appearances. He was the J.League…
Yoshito Ōkubo, Japanese footballer
Christina Stürmer is an Austrian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Linz, she rose to fame as the runner-up of the inaugural season of the ORF eins television talent series …
Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer-songwriter
Tara Kristen Lipinski is an American sports commentator and former competitive figure skater. A former competitor in women's singles, she was the 1997 U.S. national champion and wo…
Tara Lipinski, American figure skater
Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland is the second daughter and youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. Upon her birth, she was thi…
Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
Vanessa Boslak is a French pole vaulter. She was born in Lesquin, France.
Vanessa Boslak, French pole vaulter
Jacques Freitag was a South African high jumper. Freitag is one of only eleven athletes to win World Championship titles at the youth, junior, and senior levels of an athletic even…
Jacques Freitag, South African high jumper (died 2024)