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Naomi Haile Girma is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the United States national team.
Naomi Girma, American soccer player
Robert Andrew Witt Jr. is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Royals selected him second overall in the 2019 …
Bobby Witt Jr
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 4 in women's singles by the WTA. Andreescu has won three WTA Tour–level singles tit…
Bianca Andreescu, Canadian tennis player
Odessa Zion Segall Adlon, known professionally as Odessa A'zion, is an American actress. On television, she is known for her roles in the CBS series Fam (2019), the Netflix series …
Odessa A'zion, American actress
Dylan Brown is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League and New Zealand at international…
Dylan Brown, New Zealand rugby league player
Starford To'a is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League.
Starford To'a, New Zealand rugby league player
Ann Li is an American tennis player. She has a career-high singles singles ranking by the WTA of world No. 29, achieved on 4 May 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 134, achieved on …
Ann Li, American tennis player
Christian Josiah Olave is an American professional football wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio …
Chris Olave, American football player
Lalu Muhammad Zohri is an Indonesian track and field sprinter. He is the first Indonesian male to win a medal at the IAAF World U20 Championships by winning a gold medal in the 100…
Lalu Muhammad Zohri, Indonesian sprinter
Zion Lateef Williamson is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays the power forward position.…
Zion Williamson, American basketball player
Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira "Vini" Júnior is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Brazil national team. Considered o…
Vinícius Júnior, Brazilian footballer
Erling Braut Haaland is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester City. Born in England, he plays for the Norway national team. Regarded a…
Erling Haaland, Norwegian footballer
Choi Ji-su, better known by her stage name Lia (리아), is a South Korean singer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Itzy, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2019.
Lia, South Korean singer
Garrett Wilson is an American professional football wide receiver for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckey…
Garrett Wilson, American football player
Sarah Kinsley is an American singer-songwriter. Throughout her childhood, she performed classical music in youth orchestras and eventually studied music at Columbia University, whe…
Sarah Kinsley, American singer-songwriter
Meg Elizabeth Donnelly is an American actress, singer, songwriter, dancer, and model. She played Taylor Otto in the ABC sitcom American Housewife (2016–2021), Addison Wells in the …
Meg Donnelly, American actress
Zhang Hao is a Chinese singer based in South Korea and signed under YH Entertainment. He was a member of the South Korean boy band Zerobaseone from its debut in July 2023 until his…
Zhang Hao, Chinese singer
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie is a New Zealand actress. After a minor role in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), she rose to critical prominence for playing a young gir…
Thomasin McKenzie, New Zealand actress
Emile Smith Rowe is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Fulham.
Emile Smith Rowe, English footballer
Louis Applebaum was a Canadian film score composer, administrator, and conductor.
Louis Applebaum, Canadian composer and conductor (born 1918)
Lucien Marie Le Cam was a mathematician and statistician.
Lucien Le Cam, French mathematician and statistician (born 1924)
David Merrick was an American theatrical producer who won a number of Tony Awards.
David Merrick, American director and producer (born 1911)
Jerzy Einhorn was a Polish-born Swedish medical doctor, researcher and politician (Kristdemokrat). His Hebrew name was Chil Josef, after his paternal grandfather.
Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish physician and politician (born 1925)
Penelope Mary Fitzgerald was a Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist and biographer from Lincoln, England. In 2008 The Times listed her among "the 50 greatest British write…
Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet (born 1916)