- David Lee
David Lee, along with Fandi Ahmad and V. Sundramoorthy, are considered some of the best Singaporean footballers of their generation. David Lee represented Singapore in soccer during the 1980s and 1990s while making his name for himself as one of the top goalkeepers in Southeast Asia. With his enormous build and confidence behind his defence, he often sent fear to opposition strikers. Unfortunately for the trio, for all their legendary performances on the pitch, …
- Andrew Gilligan
Andrew Paul Gilligan (born 22 November, 1968, Teddington, London, England) is a journalist best known for his 2003 report about a British government briefing paper on Iraq and weapons of mass destruction (the September Dossier) while working for BBC Radio 4's "The Today Programme" as its defence and diplomatic correspondent.
- Phil Neville
Philip John "Phil" Neville (born January 21, 1977 in Bury, Greater Manchester) is an English footballer, who has spent most of his professional career at Manchester United, the team he joined as a youngster, but now plays for Everton. He is younger brother of Manchester United captain Gary Neville, and the twin of England netball international Tracey Neville. A versatile player, Neville was much-decorated during his United career, winning six Premiership titles, …
- Sharad Pawar
Sharadchandra Govind Rao Pawar (born December 12, 1940) Maratha strongman and president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he formed in 1999 in India.
- Angus Robertson
Angus Robertson, born 28 September 1969, Wimbledon, London, England, is a politician in Scotland. He is the Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Moray, Scotland, first elected in 2001. In May 2007, he was appointed as leader of the SNP group at Westminster, succeeding Alex Salmond. He was born to a Scottish father and German mother, and was educated at Broughton High School, Edinburgh and the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, …
- Chris Coleman
Christopher "Chris" Coleman (born 10 June 1970 in Swansea, Wales) is a Welsh football manager and former footballer. Coleman is currently the Real Sociedad manager. As a player, he usually played in defence while also occasionally making a mark as a forward. His most significant achievements include winning 32 caps for Wales and attaining a very respectable ninth place finish in the Premier League as the manager of Fulham, who had been tipped for relegation, in 2004.
- Stephen McManus
Stephen McManus (born 10 September, 1982), is a professional footballer who plays in defence for Celtic F.C. McManus is a product of Celtic's youth academy. He made his debut for the first team, under Martin O'Neill, during the 2003/04 season and he has since established himself at Celtic under Gordon Strachan's managerial reign. In the 2005/06 season, McManus scored 8 goals (7 of which came in the League) - an impressive tally for a centre half.
- Tom Huddlestone
Thomas Huddlestone is a professional English football player for Tottenham Hotspur. He can play either in defence or midfield, with the latter being the position considered his best. The North London club acquired his services from Derby County in July 2005 for an initial fee of £600,000 with possible add-ons taking the fee to around £2M, rumoured to be around £2.5 million.
- John Richardson
BGen John Alexander Richardson was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2002. His career was in education and defence. During his term with the Canadian Forces, he would attain the rank of Brigadier General. Richardson was elected in the 1993 federal election at the Perth—Wellington—Waterloo electoral district for the Liberal party.
- Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett (born 4 October 1981 in Cork, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish International footballer who currently plays in central defence for English Premier League side Reading.
- John Gormley
John Gormley is the leader of the Irish Green Party and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government. He also is a TD for Dublin South East and was previously the party spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Health & Children, as well as serving as chairperson of the party.
- Sheldon Souray
Sheldon Souray is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently signed with the Edmonton Oilers. As a Métis, Souray is one of the few aboriginal players in the NHL. He is married to former Baywatch actress Angelica Bridges and has two daughters, Valentina Raine and Scarlett Skye Souray.
- Nicholas Soames
Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames (born 12 February 1948) is a British Conservative politician, widely known as Nicholas "Fatman" Soames. He is Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex and was Minister of State for the Armed Forces. His main political interests are defence, international relations, rural affairs and industry. He was born in Croydon and is a grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, the son of Lord Soames and Baroness Soames, …
- Rob Edwards
Rob Edwards is a Wales international footballer. Rob started his career as an apprentice at Birmingham based club Aston Villa. However, after making only 9 appearances for the Villans, plus loan spells at Derby County and Crystal Palace, Edwards made the short journey across the Midlands to Wolverhampton Wanderers on 20 July 2004 for £250,000. Edwards's Molineux career made a slow start. At times he was left out in favour of Keith Lowe or Mark Clyde.
- David Craig
David Craig (born 11 June, 1969 in Glasgow) is a Scottish footballer who currently plays in defence for Dumbarton in the Scottish Second Division.
- Mark Streit
Mark Streit (born December 11, 1977 in Englisberg, Switzerland) is a Swiss professional ice hockey player, and captain of Swiss National Hockey Team. He plays defence for the Montreal Canadiens, and until recently was the only skater in the NHL from Switzerland. The other two are goalies, Martin Gerber and David Aebischer. On March 16th 2006, the three Swiss players were playing on the same ice for the first time ever, …
- Paul Keetch
Paul Stuart Keetch (born 21 May 1961, Hereford) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom.
- Alexandre Song
Alexandre Song Billong (born September 9, 1987) is a Cameroonian footballer who currently plays for Arsenal. He can play in either defence or as a defensive midfielder.
- Barry Smith
Barry Martin Smith (born 19 February, 1974 in Paisley) is a Scottish footballer who currently plays in defence for Valur in the Icelandic Landsbankadeild. Smith began his career with Scottish Premier League side Celtic but joined fellow Scottish side Dundee, where he made his name. After playing with the Dens Park side for ten-and-a-half seasons, Smith reached his testimonial year. There was various golf outings and dinners as per custom.
- Willie Rennie
Willie Rennie (born September 27, 1967) is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Dunfermline and West Fife, winning the by-election held on February 9 2006. Rennie was born in Fife and grew up in Strathmiglo. While a student at the University of Paisley, Rennie ran the Scottish Young Liberal Democrats and after graduation went on to work for the party in Cornwall. He was Chief Executive of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 1997 to 2001.
- Michael Duff
Michael Duff, born January 11, 1978 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a Northern Irish international footballer who plays in the centre of defence or at right-back. Despite being Northern Irish he grew up in Bedale in the Yorkshire Dales, and as a school boy represented North Yorkshire and joined the Darlington Football Club School of Excellence before moving to Cheltenham in 1994. He started his professional football career at Cheltenham Town in 1997, …
- Jeff Schultz
Jeff Schultz (born February 25,1986 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman drafted by the Washington Capitals in the first round, 27th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Schultz spent four seasons (2002-03 to 2005-06) in the Western Hockey League with the Calgary Hitmen. He played seven games in the 2005-06 playoffs for the Capitals' top minor-league affiliate, the Hershey Bears; he has also been playing in the 2006-07 season for the Bears.
- Jimmy Hood
Jimmy Hood (born 16 May 1948, Lesmahagow) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is a Labour member of Parliament, and represented Clydesdale until 2005, when he was elected to represent the new constituency of Lanark and Hamilton East. He was first elected in 1987. He was educated at the Lesmahagow High School, the Motherwell Technical College and University of Nottingham. He worked for 23 years as a mining engineer from 1964, …
- Cory Sarich
Cory Sarich (born August 16, 1978, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is 6'4" tall, weighs 210 lbs, shoots right and plays defence for the Calgary Flames.
- Jonathan Fortune
Jonathan Jay Fortune (born August 23, 1980 in Islington, London) is a professional footballer currently playing for Stoke City on loan from Charlton Athletic. Fortune plays in the centre of defence and his squad number for Charlton Athletic is 24. After coming through the Charlton youth ranks and two loan spells at Mansfield Town, Fortune made his Charlton debut during the 2001-02 season and has been a regular figure in the Charlton first team since.
- Neil Thompson
Neil Thompson (born October 2, 1963, in Beverley, England) is an English former footballer who played in defence who the likes of Scarborough, Ipswich Town and Barnsley. Thompson is also a football coach and had spells at York City, Scarborough and Boston United as player-manager.
- Michael Dobbs
Michael Dobbs (born 1948) is a British politician and author of books and TV, mainly political fiction. As a politician, Dobbs has held the posts of Chief of Staff and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. He has a doctorate in nuclear defence studies.
- Mark Perry
Mark George Perry (born February 7, 1971 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish footballer who currently plays in defence for Highland League side Keith.
- Joe Costello
Joe Costello is an Irish Labour Party politician. He is a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin Central and is currently the Labour Party Spokesperson for Defence. Costello was born in Geevagh, County Sligo and was educated at Summerhill College, Sligo, St Patrick's College, Maynooth and University College, Dublin. He worked as a secondary school teacher before becoming a full time public representative. He first became involved in politics in 1985 when he joined the Labour Party.
- Matthew Rycroft
Matthew Rycroft CBE (born 1968) is a British diplomat. As of 2006, he is the Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Rycroft was born in Southampton on 16 June 1968, before moving to Cambridge at the age of eleven. He studied Mathematics and Philosophy at Oxford, and joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office upon graduation, in 1989. After short spells in Geneva and on the NATO desk in Whitehall, Rycroft spent four years at the British embassy in Paris.
- Geoff Smith
Geoff Smith (born 7 March, 1969 in Edmonton, Alberta) was a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League from 1989 to 1999. *Position: Defence *Shoots: Left *Height: 6 ft 2 in *Weight: 200 lb
- Randy Jones
Randy Jones (born July 23, 1981 in Quispamsis, New Brunswick, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League.
- Willie Miller
William Ferguson Miller, MBE (born May 2, 1955 in Glasgow) is a former professional football player who played only for Aberdeen. He played in defence. He also won 65 international caps for Scotland and is a member of the Scotland Football Hall of Fame. He signed for Aberdeen at the age of seventeen and was made captain four years later. He was involved in Aberdeen's most successful period under the management of Sir Alex Ferguson.
- David Livermore
David Livermore (born 20 May 1980 in Edmonton) is an English footballer who currently plays for Hull City. He has previously played for Millwall, where he was captain, and as a trainee at Arsenal. His preferred position is central midfield, but he can also play in defence, either in the centre or at left-back. Livermore joined Hull City in bizarre circumstances, having spent only ten days as a Leeds United player after signing for them from Millwall in the summer of 2006.
- Jim Paterson
Jim Paterson (born 25 September 1979 in Bellshill) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Motherwell. He plays on the left side of defence or midfield. He previously played for Dundee United before moving to Fir Park in 2004
- Alan Archibald
Alan Maxwell Archibald (born December 13, 1977 in Glasgow) is a Scottish footballer who currently plays in defence for Partick Thistle in the Scottish First Division.
- Denis Gauthier
Denis Gauthier, Jr (born 1 October 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a professional ice hockey defenceman with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League.
- Bill Jeffrey
William Alexander (Bill) Jeffrey, born 28th February, 1948, is a British civil servant, currently Permanent Secretary for Defence in the UK. Jeffrey was educated at Allan Glen's School, Glasgow, and Glasgow University. He joined the Home Office in 1971. In April 2005 he joined the Cabinet Office as Security and Intelligence Coordinator, where he was the Prime Minister's principal adviser on security, intelligence, and counter-terrorism strategy.
- Francis George
K Francis George is a Member of the Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha), representing the Idukki constituency of Kerala. He was Leader of the Kerala Congress Parliamentary Party in 1999. Francis George represents the new breed of political figures in India who have entered public service with professional backgrounds, education and varied interests.
- David Sinclair
David Sinclair (born October 6, 1969 in Dunfermline) is a Scottish former footballer who played in defence.