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Aldon Jacarus Ramon Smith was an American professional football player who was an outside linebacker and defensive end for six seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He pla…
Aldon Smith, American football player
Jonathan Marc Bairstow is an English cricketer who played internationally for England in all formats as a right-handed wicket-keeper-batter. He represents Yorkshire in domestic cri…
Jonny Bairstow, English cricketer
Çağla Büyükakçay is a Turkish professional tennis player. She won her first title at her home tournament in Istanbul, becoming the first Turkish woman to lift a WTA Tour title.
Çağla Büyükakçay, Turkish tennis player
Park Tae-hwan is a South Korean retired competitive swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist and world champion. He has four Olympic medals, five world titles, and 20 Asian Games me…
Park Tae-hwan, South Korean swimmer
Darius "Darjo" Earvin Johnson-Odom is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Astros de Jalisco of the Mexican CIBACOPA. In 2009, he transferred to Marqu…
Darius Johnson-Odom, American basketball player
Mark Leonard Randall is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for NIFL Premiership club Larne.
Mark Randall, English footballer
Shyima Hall, from South Alexandria, Egypt, is known for advocating against human trafficking by sharing her personal experiences as a child slave. At eight years old, she was sold …
Shyima Hall, Egyptian human rights activist
Jasmine Thomas is an American former professional basketball player. She last played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Jasmine Thomas, American basketball player
Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers, known professionally as Brie Larson, is an American actress, singer and filmmaker. She played supporting roles in comedies as a teenager, and has since…
Brie Larson, American actress
Frederik Andersen is a Danish professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Anaheim D…
Frederik Andersen, Danish ice hockey player
Joshua Bailey is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. He played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders, who selected him ninth overa…
Josh Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player
Aaron Michael Hicks is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, a…
Aaron Hicks, American baseball player
George Christopher Nash is a British rower. He is a dual Olympian, dual Olympic medal winner and three time world champion.
George Nash, English rower
Nathaniel Joseph Montana is an American former college football quarterback. After walking-on at Notre Dame as a freshman in 2008, he transferred to Pasadena City College in 2009, …
Nate Montana, American football player
Two Door Cinema Club are a Northern Irish rock band formed in Bangor, County Down, in 2007. The band consists of Alex Trimble, Sam Halliday, and Kevin Baird.
Alex Trimble, Irish singer
Dakota Mayi Johnson is an American actress. Her accolades include nominations for a British Academy Film Award and a Critics' Choice Award. She was featured in the Forbes 30 Under …
Dakota Johnson, American actress
Kelsey Alexa Adrian is a Canadian female professional basketball player.
Kelsey Adrian, Canadian basketball player
Marcel Baude is a German footballer who plays as a right-back.
Marcel Baude, German footballer
Ifunanya Debbie "Ify" Ibekwe is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Virtus Eirene Ragusa and the Nigeria women's national team.
Ify Ibekwe, American basketball player
Travis Michael Kelce is an American professional football tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Chiefs in the third rou…
Travis Kelce, American football player
Albert Dominique Ebossé Bodjongo Dika was a Cameroonian footballer who played in Cameroon, Malaysia and Algeria.
Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (died 2014)
Tyler Foster Ennis is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward.
Tyler Ennis, Canadian ice hockey player
Luis Miguel Afonso Fernandes, known as Pizzi, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a central midfielder.
Pizzi, Portuguese footballer
Trent Merrin is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a lock, prop and second-row forward for most of his playing career in the NRL.
Trent Merrin, Australian rugby league player