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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
Ana Lúcia Souza is a Brazilian naturalized American ballet dancer, filmmaker, and journalist. Souza was a soloist at the extinct Das Meininger Ballett, the Stuttgart Ballet, and Le…
Ana Lúcia Souza, Brazilian ballerina and journalist
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)
Reni Maitua is a former professional rugby league footballer. An Australian and Samoan International representative player, he previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldo…
Reni Maitua, Australian rugby league player
Eldar Rønning is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. He skis with the Skogn IL club, in Nord-Trøndelag.
Eldar Rønning, Norwegian skier
Diana Lorena Taurasi is an Argentine and American former professional basketball player. She played 20 seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), spending her e…
Diana Taurasi, American basketball player
Shailaja Pujari is a former Indian weightlifter.
Shailaja Pujari, Indian weightlifter
Kenenisa Bekele Beyecha is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5,000-metre and 10,000-metre from 2004 until 2020. He won the gold medal in…
Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian runner
Krzysztof Bosak is a far-right Polish politician. He serves as the Deputy Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. He was a member of the Sejm for the League of Polish Famili…
Krzysztof Bosak, Polish politician
Nathan Jones is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos an…
Nate Jones, American football player
James Roger Green is a British professional racing driver. He last raced for Audi Sport Team Rosberg in the 2020 DTM season, where he achieved three podiums and finished eighth in …
Jamie Green, English racing driver
James Andrew Tomlinson is an English former cricketer. A left-arm medium pace bowler, capable of producing swing at a brisk pace, Tomlinson first appeared in senior cricket for the…
James Tomlinson, English cricketer
Nicole Irving is an Australian swimmer.
Nicole Irving, Australian swimmer
Lang Lang is a Chinese classical pianist. He has performed with major orchestras around the world and appeared at many leading concert halls. Active since the 1990s, he was the fir…
Lang Lang, Chinese pianist
Trine Bjerke Rønning is a former Norwegian footballer. She has previously played for Trondheims-Ørn and Kolbotn. Since making her Norway women's national football team debut in Oct…
Trine Rønning, Norwegian footballer
Mike Peter Delany is a retired New Zealand rugby union player who last played for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and Bay of Plenty in the Mitre 10 Cup.
Mike Delany, New Zealand rugby player
Khan Abdur Razzak is a Bangladeshi former cricketer who played for the national team in all formats of the game. Abdur Razzak is the first Bangladeshi to take 200 wickets in ODIs. …
Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer
Lykke May Andersen is a Danish model. Her work includes appearences for Miu Miu, Victoria's Secret, and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She was also assistant director of Th…
May Andersen, Danish model and actress
Melissa "Missy" Peregrym is a Canadian actress, producer, and former fashion model. She is known for her roles as Haley Graham in the 2006 film Stick It; as Officer Andy McNally on…
Missy Peregrym, Canadian model and actress
Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, known as Alex, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He was known for his physical strength and the power of his sh…
Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer
Marek Svatoš was a Slovak professional ice hockey winger. He last played during the 2013–14 season in the Slovak Extraliga with Košice, the same club with which he began his career…
Marek Svatoš, Slovak ice hockey player (died 2016)
Stanislava Hrozenská is a retired Slovak tennis player. She was a semifinalist at the 1999 US Open – Girls' doubles tournament.
Stanislava Hrozenská, Slovak tennis player