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Oguchialu Chijioke Onyewu is an American former soccer player who is the Vice President of Sporting for the United States Soccer Federation. He was previously the sporting director…
Oguchi Onyewu, American footballer
Veronica Campbell Brown is a Jamaican retired track and field sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and 200 meters. An eight-time Olympic medalist, she is the second of three women…
Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican sprinter
Segundo Alejandro Castillo Nazareno is an Ecuadorian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He was recently the manager of Barcelona SC.
Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer
Rafael Jerome Pérez is a Dominican former left-handed professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians from 2006 to 2012, an…
Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player
Layal Mounir Abboud is a Lebanese pop singer, folk music entertainer, sound-lyric poet, concert dancer, fit model and Muslim humanitarian.
Layal Abboud, Lebanese singer
Daniel Mark Hardy is an English former mixed martial artist who fought in the welterweight division. During his professional MMA career, which began in 2004, Hardy fought in multip…
Dan Hardy, English mixed martial artist
Reiko Nakamura is a Japanese Olympic and Asian record-holding swimmer.
Reiko Nakamura, Japanese swimmer
Chloe Rebecca Smith is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich North from 2009 to 2024. She previously served as Secretary o…
Chloe Smith, English politician
Jason Roy Brown is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He began his career at Gillingham where he made over 100 appearances, before joining up with Premier…
Jason Brown, English footballer
Matthew Brennan Cassel is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons. He was a member of seven NFL teams, …
Matt Cassel, American football player
William Anthony Parker Jr. is a French-American former professional basketball player and majority owner of LDLC ASVEL of the LNB Élite and the EuroLeague. The son of a basketball …
Tony Parker, French-American basketball player
Marie-Ève Pelletier is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 106 in singles and 54 in doubles.
Marie-Ève Pelletier, Canadian tennis player
Łukasz Kubot is a former Polish professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles.
Łukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player
Kevin Osei-Kuffour Amankwaah is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He enjoyed successful stints at Bristol City and Swindon Town.
Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
Pål Steffen Andresen is a Norwegian football defender who plays for Strømmen.
Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer
Klaas Vantornout is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2018 for the Fidea and Marlux–Bingoal teams. Vantornout was the winner of…
Klaas Vantornout, Belgian cyclist
Petr Čech is a Czech former professional football goalkeeper and current ice hockey goaltender who plays for the Haringey Huskies of the NIHL Division 2 South. He has been describe…
Petr Čech, Czech footballer
Imran Farhat is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played for Pakistan national cricket team between 2001 and 2013. He usually opened the batting in most of his int…
Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer
Jessica Raine is an English actress. She rose to prominence as Nurse Jennifer Lee in Call the Midwife (2012–2014) and is also best known as Verity Lambert in An Adventure in Space …
Jessica Raine, English actress
Daniel Ribeiro is a Brazilian film director known for his works You, Me and Him and I Don't Want To Go Back Alone, was later made into the full-length feature The Way He Looks in 2…
Daniel Ribeiro, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
Apolo Anton Ohno is an American retired short-track speed skating competitor and an eight-time medalist in the Winter Olympics. Ohno was inducted into the International Sports Hall…
Apolo Ohno, American speed skater
Hong Yong-jo is a North Korean former footballer who played as a midfielder. He captained North Korea at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Hong Yong-jo, North Korean footballer
Issah Gabriel Ahmed or Issah Gabarel Ahmad is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Issah Gabriel Ahmed, Ghanaian footballer
Rian T. Wallace is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fif…
Rian Wallace, American football player