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Garth Robert Murray is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, Florida Panthe…
Garth Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
Peter Budaj is a Slovak former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League for the Colorado Avalanche, which drafted him, Montreal Canadiens, Los An…
Peter Budaj, Slovak ice hockey player
Alessandro Cibocchi is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender.
Alessandro Cibocchi, Italian footballer
Arvydas Eitutavičius is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player who last played for BC Gargždai-SC of the National Basketball League. He attended Norfolk Collegiate Scho…
Arvydas Eitutavičius, Lithuanian basketball player
Leono is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a tecnico wrestling character. His ring name i…
Leono, Mexican wrestler
Alfredo Talavera Díaz is a Mexican professional football coach and former goalkeeper. He currently serves as the goalkeeper coach for the Mexico under-23 national team.
Alfredo Talavera, Mexican footballer
Eduardo dos Reis Carvalho, known simply as Eduardo, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
Eleni Daniilidou is a Greek former tennis player from the island of Crete.
Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
Jason Bacashihua is an American former ice hockey goaltender. He played 38 games in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. The …
Jason Bacashihua, American ice hockey player
Aaron Nikolai Burkart is a German rally driver. He is the 2010 Junior World Rally Champion.
Aaron Burkart, German race car driver
Brian Fortuna is an American professional ballroom dancer, choreographer and instructor.
Brian Fortuna, American dancer and choreographer
Inna Volodymyrivna Osypenko-Radomska is a Ukrainian-Azerbaijani sprint kayaker. Competing for Ukraine, she won four Olympic medals, including gold at the 2008 Olympics in K-1 500 m…
Inna Osypenko-Radomska, Ukrainian-Azerbaijani sprint kayaker
Dulce María García Rivas is a Mexican professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and professional boxer who is better known by the ring name Sexy Star. She is best known for her w…
Sexy Star, Mexican wrestler
Thanasis Tsigas is a Greek former footballer, who played as a striker.
Athanasios Tsigas, Greek footballer
Archibald MacLeish was an American poet and writer, who was associated with the modernist school of poetry. MacLeish studied English at Yale University and law at Harvard Universit…
Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer (born 1892)
Vilho "Ville" Eino Ritola was a Finnish long-distance runner. Known as one of the "Flying Finns", he won five Olympic gold medals and three Olympic silver medals in the 1920s. He h…
Ville Ritola, Finnish runner (born 1896)
John Patrick Cody was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (1956–1961), Archbishop of New Orleans (1964–1965), and Archbishop of Chicago (1…
John Cody, American cardinal (born 1907)
Raymond Bussières was a French actor. He was born in Ivry-la-Bataille. He began his career on the stage as a member of the celebrated Groupe Octobre. He appeared in more than 160 f…
Raymond Bussières, French actor, producer and screenwriter (born 1907)
Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs was an American music journalist and critic. He wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines and was also a performing musician. The music critic Jim De…
Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (born 1949)
William Primrose was a Scottish violist and teacher. He performed with the London String Quartet from 1930 to 1935. He then joined the NBC Symphony Orchestra where he formed the Pr…
William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (born 1903)
Neil E. Bogart was an American record executive. He was the founder of Casablanca Records, which later became Casablanca Record and Filmworks.
Neil Bogart, American record producer, co-founded Casablanca Records (born 1943)
Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve was a Canadian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1977 to 1982. Villeneuve was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship …
Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (born 1950)
Peter Ulrich Weiss was a German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his plays Marat/Sade and Th…
Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (born 1916)
Eugene Hugh Beaumont was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Ward Cleaver on the television series Leave It to Beaver, originally broadcast from 1957 to 1963,…
Hugh Beaumont, American actor (born 1909)