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Kevin Paul McNaughton is a Scottish professional football player and coach who is a co-manager of Midlands Premier League club Dundee North End. A versatile player able to play any…
Kevin McNaughton, Scottish footballer
Ruhila Adatia-Sood was a Kenyan television and radio presenter and journalist of Indian heritage.
Ruhila Adatia-Sood, Kenyan journalist and radio host (died 2013)
Carlos Francisco Delfino is an Argentine former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Detroit Pistons, Toronto Raptors, Mil…
Carlos Delfino, Argentine–Italian basketball player
Yakhouba Diawara is a French former professional basketball player. He played college basketball in the United States for the Pepperdine Waves.
Yakhouba Diawara, French basketball player
Vincent Enyeama is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is regarded as one of the greatest African goalkeepers of all time.
Vincent Enyeama, Nigerian footballer
William Davison is an Australian professional racing driver. He co-drives with Matt Payne in the No. 19 Ford Mustang GT for Grove Racing in the Ryco Enduro Cup. Davison is a two-ti…
Will Davison, Australian race car driver
Andrew Stephen Roddick is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 w…
Andy Roddick, American tennis player
Ian Lowell Crocker is an American former competition swimmer, five-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. During his career, he set world records in the 50- and 100…
Ian Crocker, American swimmer
Christopher Nicholas Duhon is an American former professional basketball player. Duhon was a point guard for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team from 2000 to 2004. He then p…
Chris Duhon, American basketball player
Lien Huyghebaert is a Belgian sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres.
Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian sprinter
Christopher Katongo is a Zambian former professional footballer who played as a striker. At international level, he amassed over 100 caps between 2003 and 2016 for the Zambia natio…
Christopher Katongo, Zambian footballer
Joshua J. Kroeger is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2004. Listed at 6'3" [1.90 m], 22…
Josh Kroeger, American baseball player
Oleksiy Pavlovych "Alexei" Mikhnov is a Ukrainian-Russian former professional ice hockey left winger.
Alexei Mikhnov, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
José Manuel "Pepe" Reina Páez is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the current manager of Villarreal CF's Juvenil A squad.
Pepe Reina, Spanish footballer
Michele Rugolo is an Italian racing driver.
Michele Rugolo, Italian race car driver
Gwendolyn Willow Wilson is an American comics writer, prose author, and essayist. Her work is most often categorized as magical realism.
G. Willow Wilson, American journalist and author
Jeffrey Buttle is a Canadian figure skater and choreographer. He is the 2006 Winter Olympics bronze medalist, the 2008 World champion, the 2002 and 2004 Four Continents champion an…
Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater
Paul Lakeland Dumbrell is an Australian business executive and retired racing driver.
Paul Dumbrell, Australian racing driver
Ryan Anthony Gomes is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who last served as an assistant coach for the Providence Friars. He was named a First Team…
Ryan Gomes, American basketball player
Zoe Lister-Jones is an American actress and filmmaker who co-starred as Jen Collins Short in the CBS sitcom Life in Pieces from 2015 to 2019. She is also known for her roles in the…
Zoe Lister-Jones, American actress and director
Joseph Anthony Barton is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Barton made 269 appearances in the Premier League, including 130 for…
Joey Barton, English footballer
Jason Aaron Hammel is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays, Colorado Rockies, Baltimore Orio…
Jason Hammel, American baseball player
Mark Ian Phillips is a retired professional footballer who played in the Football League for Southend United, Millwall, Brentford, Darlington and AFC Wimbledon as a defender.
Mark Phillips, English footballer
Sarah Jean Burke was a Canadian freestyle skier who was a pioneer of the superpipe event. She was a five-time Winter X Games gold medallist, and won the world championship in the h…
Sarah Burke, Canadian skier (died 2012)