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Jason James Kubel is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Cleveland Indians.
Jason Kubel, American baseball player
Stacey Elizabeth Pensgen is an American former competitive figure skater who won the silver medal at the 2000 Four Continents Championships. She is currently the evening meteorolog…
Stacey Pensgen, American figure skater and meteorologist
Luke Webster is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He played for Fremantle in the Australian Football League, and will serve as assistant coach of the Port Adela…
Luke Webster, Australian footballer
Hasan Salih Kabze is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Formerly, he played for Bucaspor, Çanakkale Dardanelspor, Galatasaray SK, Rubin Kazan, Montpe…
Hasan Kabze, Turkish footballer
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
Hugo Mariano Pavone is an Argentine former professional footballer who last played for Quilmes Atlético Club as a striker.
Mariano Pavone, Argentine footballer
Alexa Davalos Dunas is an American actress. Her early role as Gwen Raiden on the fourth season of the TV series Angel (2002–03) was followed by other television roles and some Holl…
Alexa Davalos, French-American actress
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
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
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)
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)