- David Lister
David Lister (born 1930, Grimsby, United Kingdom) is an eminent British Origami Historian. He was a founder member of the British Origami Society, writing the constitution and was its president from 1998 - 2002. Lister was educated at a state school in Grimsby, before going to university at Downing College at the University of Cambridge where he gained a degree in law. After this Lister's professional career was spent as a solicitor in Grimsby, but he is now retired. - Brad Hogg
George Bradley Hogg (born February 6, 1971 in Narrogin, Western Australia), known as Brad Hogg, is an Australian cricketer. He is primarily a left arm chinaman bowler, although he is a handy left-handed batsman as well and is an excellent fielder. His international career would have been a brief footnote in history, had it not been for Shane Warne's absence from cricket in 2003 due to suspension from a drugs test, … - Doug Thompson
Doug Thompson is a former mayor of Osgoode Township prior to the amalgamation with the new City of Ottawa, and he is a Councillor with the amalgamated City of Ottawa Council for Osgoode Ward. Prior to being Mayor of Osgoode Township, Mr Thompson was a councillor for the municipality. In the first election for Councillor of Ottawa, he had several contenders, but won by a large margin. During the second election, he was acclaimed. - Don Davis
Donald Earl Davis Jr. (born December 17, 1972 in Olathe, Kansas), commonly known as Don Davis, is a current American football assistant strength and conditioning coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He is also a former linebacker who last played for the Patriots in 2006, prior to his retirement. - Hal Moore
Harold Gregory "Hal" Moore, Jr. is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General. Moore is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross which is the second highest military decoration of the United States Army. He was the Lieutenant Colonel in command of the 1st battalion, U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, at the Battle of Ia Drang on November 14–16, 1965, in Vietnam. Today he is the "Honorary Colonel" of the Regiment. - Franco Modigliani
Franco Modigliani (June 18, 1918 - September 25, 2003) was an Italian-American economist at the MIT Sloan School of Management and MIT Department of Economics, and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1985. Born in Italy, he left Italy for the US in 1939 because of his Jewish background and antifascist views. In 1944 he obtained his Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research working under Jacob Marschak. - Douglas Hurd
Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, CH, CBE, PC (born 8 March 1930), is a senior British Conservative politician and novelist, who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major between 1979 and his retirement in 1995. He is a patron of the Tory Reform Group, and remains an active figure in public life. - Travis Lee
Travis Lee (born on May 26, 1975 in San Diego, California) is a former major league first baseman. He spent a small part of the 2004 major league season playing for the New York Yankees, but trips to the disabled list caused Lee to miss much of the 2004 season. Travis Lee graduated from Capital High School in Olympia, Washington in 1993. Lee was initially drafted as the second pick in the 1996 Rule 4 Draft by the Twins, … - Larry Pleau
Larry Pleau (Born June 29, 1947 in Boston, MA) is the current General Manager of the St. Louis Blues. He is also a former NHL player and head coach. Pleau has been the target of much criticism over the team's failures since he took over the job in 1997, but many of the big moves during his tenure have been rumored to be mandated by Blues ownership. The most recent example of this was the payroll-trimming moves that eventually sent Chris Pronger to the Edmonton Oilers. - Gordon Bethune
Gordon M. Bethune (born August 1941) is the chairman of the board of Aloha Airgroup, parent company of Aloha Airlines. He was CEO of Continental Airlines from 1994 until his retirement at the end of 2004. From 1996 on, he also served as chairman of the board at that airline. He also serves on the boards of Honeywell, Sprint Nextel, Prudential Financial, and the Wills Group. Prior to joining Continental, he was an executive at Boeing. - Ed Gorman
Edwin Frederick "Ed" Gorman (Born September 25, 1892 in Buckingham, Quebec - March 10 1963) was a Canadian ice hockey player. Ed Gorman was a defenceman who spent parts of four seasons in the NHL during the 1920s. He was a fine passer who could play a tough physical game when necessary. Gorman played with the local senior club then ventured to Pittsburgh to play for the senior Duquesne squad and the USAHA's AA team. - Patrick Graham
Patrick Graham (b. 3 October 1969 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a retired Canadian heavyweight boxer. He is not known for his skill in boxing, but for his toughness and durability. His boxing idol was George Chuvalo. Although he did not have Chuvalo's durability, Graham showed resilience, and the ability to compete in the sport. Graham was forced to retire from boxing due to a torn biceps tendon. - Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy (born December 28, 1970 in Haarlem) is a Dutch tennis player. She is married to Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati. Schultz is known for her fast serve, holding the record for the fastest serve in the WTA tour. Schultz turned professional in 1986. She married McCarthy in April 8, 1995. Thereafter, she is known as "Brenda Schultz-McCarthy". Schultz' career high was in 1996 when she reached World No. - Billy Burke
Billy Burke (born November 25 1966) is an American actor. Burke was born in Bellingham, Washington. He is known for his recurring role as Gary Matheson in the second season of 24. He has also guest starred in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (in the episode "Second Skin"), "Party of Five", "Gilmore Girls", "Karen Sisco" and "Monk". His motion picture credits include "Jane Austen's Mafia!", "Along Came a Spider", … - Jim Nill
James Edward "Jim" Nill (Born April 11, 1958 in Hanna, Alberta) is a former NHL right winger and currently the Assistant General manager of the Detroit Red Wings. - Adam Deadmarsh
Adam Deadmarsh (born May 10, 1975 in Trail, British Columbia) is a former National Hockey League hockey player who played for the 1996 Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup winning team. His name was initially misspelled Deadmarch on the cup, but was later corrected; it's the first time a misspelling on the Stanley Cup has ever been corrected. He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, first round, fourteenth overall. - David Burrows
David Burrows is a producer, director and writer for both film and television. Some of his projects from his late-start career include: "Grin & Barrett" – a weekly entertainment reality based television show focusing on style, fashion, cuisine and travel (with a twist of humor) hosted by Texas socialite Angie Barrett. - Fred Glover
Fredrick Austin "Fred" Glover (Born January 5 1928 in Toronto, Ontario - Died August 16, 2001) was a former NHL player and Head coach. - C. Robert Henrikson
Carl "Rob" Robert Henrikson (born c. 1947), is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of MetLife, Inc. Henrikson was appointed CEO on March 1, 2006 and Chairman of the Board on April 25, 2006. He is actively involved as a thought leader in the industry, and has testified at a number of congressional hearings on retirement, pension and employee benefits matters. Henrikson is a board member of the American Council of Life Insurers, … - Pat McCormick
Pat McCormick is a retired weatherman who is best remembered as being a versatile local television personality at Oakland, California's KTVU channel 2 in the San Francisco Bay Area. - Don Simmons
Donald William "Don" Simmons (born September 13 1931, in Port Colborne, Ontario) is a retired National Hockey League goaltender. - David Benyamine
Frenchman David Benyamine is best remembered as the winner of the 2003 Grand Prix de Paris. It was the second season of that World Poker Tour (WPT) event, and Benyamine took home a357,200 for his victory. As of 2005, his total live tournament winnings exceed $700,000. Another of his more notable WPT achievements is bagging 6th place at the 2nd season of the 2004 L.A. Poker Classic. Though David Benyamine did not place within the top 5, he walked away with $132,355. - Jan Crouch
Jan Crouch (born Janice Wendell Bethany, 1937) is the co-founder, vice-president and director of programming of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, or TBN, the world's largest Christian television network. She is the daughter of an Assemblies of God pastor. She married her husband, Paul, in 1958. The Chronicle of Philanthropy in 2004 reported Crouch's annual personal income as $361,000. The network reports that during the first twenty years of its operation, … - Joe Kocur
Joseph "Joey" Kocur (Born December 21, 1964) is a retired professional ice hockey player of Ukrainian extraction from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is best known as one half of the "Bruise Brothers", the other being Bob Probert, when playing for the Detroit Red Wings. Known for his physical play, Kocur is one of the most penalized players in NHL history amassing a career total of 2519 penalty minutes in stints with the Detroit Red Wings, … - Brian O'Leary
Brian Todd O'Leary was one of the sixth group of astronauts selected by NASA in August 1967. This group of eleven were known as the scientist-astronauts, intended to train for the Apollo Applications program -- a follow-on to the moon landings. Since the entire program was soon cancelled, the scientist-astronauts had plenty of spare time on their hands. They nicknamed themselves the 'XS-11'. - Mike Walton
Michael Robert "Mike" "Shakey" Walton (Born January 3 1945 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario) is a former Professional hockey player in the NHL and the WHA. - Gary Leeman
Gary Leeman (Born February 19, 1964 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former professional hockey player in the NHL. - Craig Burley
Craig William Burley (born on April 24, 1971 in Ayr) is a former Scottish footballer. A midfielder, Burley started his career with Chelsea. He was a bit-part player in his early days at Stamford Bridge but he started to become a key player for Player-Manager Glenn Hoddle and later Ruud Gullit. Burley won his first medal in 1997 being part of the Chelsea team that beat Middlesbrough 2-0 in the FA Cup. - Walter Jacobson
Walter Jacobson is a Chicago television news personality and former anchor who hosted "FOX Chicago Perspective", a one-hour news and political show that aired Sunday mornings on WFLD-TV. He was the principal anchor on WFLD's "FOX News at 9" until his 2006 retirement. - Allen Pitts
Allen Pitts (born June 28, 1964 in Tucson, Arizona) was a receiver for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League. He attended Cal-State Fullerton and played his entire professional career as a receiver for the Calgary Stampeders. He holds many Stampeder records including most career touchdowns with 117, and the CFL All-Time receiving yards with 14,891. He played in 5 Grey Cup games, and was instrumental in two Grey Cup victories in 1992 and 1998. - Keith Sinclair
Sir Keith Sinclair KBE (December 5, 1922-June 20, 1993) was a poet and noted historian of New Zealand. He was knighted for services to history in 1987. Born and raised in Auckland, Sinclair was a student at Auckland University College, which was then part of the University of New Zealand. He was awarded a Ph.D. at the College and was made a professor of history at the University of Auckland in 1963. Sinclair won widespread acclaim for his first book of history, … - Perry McCarthy
Perry McCarthy (born March 3, 1961) is a British racing driver. Born in London, McCarthy did not have the typical beginnings of a Formula One driver. Forced to work for his father's company servicing North Sea oil rigs in order to survive, his early career was a constant struggle against wealthy opponents who were able to dedicate themselves entirely to motor sport. Working his way through the junior categories of motor sport in Europe, such as Formula Ford, … - Adriana Iliescu
Adriana Iliescu was reported as the world's oldest woman to give birth, at age 66, a record which stood until 2006. Iliescu gave birth to Eliza Maria on 16 January 2005, at the Giuleşti Maternity Hospital in Bucharest, Romania. The child, however, is not her biological child, as the ovum (and also the sperm) was from an anonymous donor, and Iliescu was more of a surrogate mother. She is a retired university lecturer and writer of children's stories. - Wes Chandler
Wesley Sandy Chandler (born August 22, 1956 in New Smyrna Beach, Florida) is a former American football wide receiver. He currently serves as the wide receivers coach for the Cleveland Browns. Chandler was drafted out of the University of Florida in the 1978 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints. During his career with the Gators, he caught 92 passes for 1,963 yards and a school record 22 touchdowns, and added six more scores rushing and returning kickoffs. - Ken Sutton
Kenneth William "Ken" Sutton (Born November 5, 1969 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a retired NHL defenceman. - Bubba Trammell
Thomas Bubba Trammell (born November 6, 1971, in Knoxville, Tennessee) was a Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He is an alumnus of the University of Tennessee. Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 11th round of the 1994 MLB amateur draft, Trammell would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Detroit Tigers on April 1, 1997, and appear in his final game during the 2003 season. On January 2, 2006 he signed a deal with the Baltimore Orioles. - Chris Truby
Christopher John Truby (born December 9, 1973 in Palm Springs, California) is a third baseman who played some of his career in Major League Baseball, though most of his time was spent in various teams' minor league systems. His most recent MLB appearance came during the 2003 season. He had a career batting average of .231. Truby came up in 2000 with the Houston Astros. After hitting .260 with 11 home runs in 258 at-bats his rookie season, he never matched his rookie totals. - Todd Ewen
Todd Gordon Ewen (Born March 22, 1966 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a retired professional hockey player who played for several teams in the NHL. He was primarily known as an enforcer. He played for the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Anaheim Mighty Ducks and San Jose Sharks - Cecil H. Underwood
Cecil Harland Underwood (born November 5, 1922) is an American Republican Party politician from West Virginia, known for the length of his career. He was governor of West Virginia from 1957 until 1961 and from 1997 until 2001. He ran for reelection in 2000 but was defeated by Bob Wise. Interestingly, Underwood has the distinction of being both the youngest and oldest person ever to serve as Governor of West Virginia. - Dit Clapper
Aubrey Victor "Dit" Clapper (February 9, 1907 in Newmarket, Ontario-January 21, 1978 in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada) was a Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player. Clapper was given the nickname "Dit" at an early age when he would lisp his name "Vic". It came out "Dit". The name stuck.
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