- Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice (born November 14 1954) is the 66th United States Secretary of State, and the second in the administration of President George W. Bush to hold the office. Rice is the first African American woman, second African American (after Colin Powell, who served before her from 2001 - 2005), and second woman (after Madeleine Albright who served from 1997 to 2001, before Colin Powell) to serve as Secretary of State.
- Michael Moore
Michael Francis Moore (born April 23 1954) is an Academy Award-winning American director and producer of "Fahrenheit 9/11" and "Bowling for Columbine", two of the highest-grossing documentaries of all time. He is a vocal critic of globalization, large corporations, gun violence, the Iraq War, U.S. President George W. Bush and the American health care system. In 2005 Time magazine named him one of the world's 100 most influential people.
- Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert ; born September 30, 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel. Olmert became Prime Minister on April 14, 2006 but had been exercising the powers of the office since they were transferred to him on January 4, 2006 after Ariel Sharon suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke. Olmert's title for that period was Acting Prime Minister. Olmert has previously been the Vice Prime Minister of Israel, Finance minister, Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, …
- Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minster, and current Minister of Defense, deputy prime minister and leader of Israel's Labor Party. Barak served as the 10th Prime Minister of Israel from 1999 to 2001. After losing the 2001 election, Barak embarked on a business career. On June 12, 2007, he completed a political comeback by winning election to the Labor Party leadership. He was appointed as Israeli Minister of Defence, …
- Michael Jordan
Mike's wife Jill is a mathematician, recently achieving her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College. They are expecting their first child in late April or early May 2006. Mike is a graduate of Houghton College in New York and Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Liturgical Studies at Drew University in Madison, NJ.
- Richard Armitage
Richard Lee Armitage (born April 26, 1945) was the 13th United States Deputy Secretary of State, the second-in-command at the State Department, serving from 2001 to 2005.
- Omar Khadr
Omar Ahmed Khadr born September 19, 1986 in Ottawa, is a Canadian who was captured by American forces in Afghanistan when he was 15 years of age. His case has drawn considerable attention as a child soldier, and he is among the youngest prisoners held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantánamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.
- Yitzhak Rabin
"'"', <font color="white">a</font>(March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel with two periods in office, from 1974 until 1977 and from 1992 until his assassination in 1995. In 1994 during his second term Rabin won the Nobel Peace Prize together with Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat, for their efforts towards peace which culminated in the Oslo Accords.
- Jason Smith
Jason Matthew Smith is a professional ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League for the Philadelphia Flyers, He has played in the NHL since the 1993–94 season. He is a physical defender who has 158 points in 868 NHL games.
- Michael Ledeen
Michael Ledeen (born August 1, 1941) is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a contributing editor to "National Review". Ledeen was a founding member of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs and he served on the JINSA Board of Advisors. In 2003, the "Washington Post" alleged that he was consulted by Karl Rove, George W. Bush's closest advisor, as his main international affairs adviser.
- Andruw Jones
Andruw Rudolf Jones [pronounced "An-drew"] (born April 23, 1977, in Willemstad, Curaçao) is a Curaçaoan baseball player. Since 1996, Jones has played for the Atlanta Braves, a Major League Baseball franchise. In addition, Jones has spent his entire professional baseball career as a member of the Braves organization. During his first two-years with the Braves, Jones most often appeared as a right fielder.
- Bill Russell
William Felton "Bill" Russell (born February 12, 1934) is a retired American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. A five-time winner of the NBA Most Valuable Player Award and a twelve-time All-Star, the 6 ft 9 in Russell was the centerpiece of the Celtics dynasty that won eleven NBA Championships during Russell's thirteen-year career. Along with Henri Richard of the NHL's Montreal Canadiens, …
- Lofa Tatupu
Mosiula Mea'alofa Tatupu (born November 15, 1982 in Plainville, Massachusetts) is an American football linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks. He was selected in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft out of the University of Southern California. As a rookie in 2005, he was named to the Pro Bowl, while leading the NFC Champion Seahawks in tackles, with 104. He also had four sacks and three interceptions, …
- Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman (born June 6, 1939, in Bennettsville, South Carolina) is an American activist for the rights of children. She is president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund. Edelman's thinking was influenced by her father, Arthur Wright, a Baptist preacher who taught that Christianity required service in this world, and by civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph. A graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School, …
- Ivan Eland
Ivan Eland is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace & Liberty at The Independent Institute and Assistant Editor of The Independent Review. Dr. Eland is a graduate of Iowa State University and received an M.B.A. in applied economics and Ph.D. in national security policy from George Washington University.
- Amory Lovins
Amory Bloch Lovins is a "consultant experimental physicist" with an MA in physics from Oxford. He is Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a MacArthur Fellowship recipient (1994), and author and co-author of books which make arguments for and popularize energy-efficiency principles to public and corporate audiences. Lovins' works include "Winning the Oil Endgame", "Factor Four" with Hunter Lovins and Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, …
- Rob Blake
Robert Bowlby "Rob" Blake (born December 10 1969, in Simcoe, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey defenceman in the NHL, playing for the Los Angeles Kings.
- Chris Chelios
Chris Chelios (born Christos Kostas Tselios January 25, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Greek American defenceman for the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL, earning many awards during his long career. Chelios is currently the oldest active player in the NHL, has played the most games by an active player in the NHL, and is the active leader in penalty minutes. On November 24, 2006, he played in his 1,496th NHL game, more than any American-born player, …
- James Forrestal
James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 - May 22, 1949) was a Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. Forrestal's death resulted from a fall out of a Bethesda Naval Hospital window which has led to speculation and much controversy. He was a supporter of naval battle groups centered on aircraft carriers. In 1954, the Navy's first supercarrier was named the USS "Forrestal" in his honor.
- Brian Rafalski
Brian Rafalski (born September 28, 1973, in Dearborn, Michigan) is an American professional ice hockey player who will play defense for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League in the upcoming season, having been signed as an unrestricted free agent from the New Jersey Devils. After enduring a long struggle to enter the NHL, Rafalski has won 2 Stanley Cups and become an effective defenseman in the league.
- Sergei Gonchar
Sergei Gonchar (Сергей Гончар, "Sergej Gončar"; born 13 April 1974 in Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union now Russia) is a Russian ice hockey player who currently plays in the NHL. He was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 1st round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft as the 14th overall selection. On 3 March 2004 Gonchar was traded to the Boston Bruins for Shaone Morrisonn and two draft picks in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
- Derian Hatcher
Derian Hatcher (born June 4 1972 in Sterling Heights, Michigan) is a professional ice hockey player. He plays defense for the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL. He is the younger brother of former NHL player Kevin Hatcher.
- 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.
- 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.
- Steve Ralston
Steve Ralston (born June 14, 1974 in Oakville, Missouri) is an American soccer player, who currently plays right midfield and right defense in Major League Soccer for the New England Revolution. Ralston was drafted 18th overall in the 1996 MLS College Draft by the Tampa Bay Mutiny out of Florida International University, and proceeded to become the first MLS player to win the Rookie of the Year Award. Ralston played for the Mutiny for six years, …
- Aaron Ward
Aaron Ward (born 17 January, 1973 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is an ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Boston Bruins of the NHL. Ward was drafted 5th overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft out of the University of Michigan. Ward has played 632 career NHL games, scoring 35 goals and 80 assists for 115 points. Ward has won three Stanley Cups, two while playing for the Detroit Red Wings and one with the Hurricanes.
- Jermaine Phillips
Jermaine Phillips (born March 27, 1979 in Roswell, Georgia) is an American football safety on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. Jermaine attended the University of Georgia and was drafted in the 5th round (157 overall) by the Buccaneers in the 2002 NFL Draft. He took over the starting role when long time Buc John Lynch (who signed with the Denver Broncos) was released because of salary cap issues before the start of the 2004 season.
- André Flahaut
André Flahaut is a Belgian politician. He was born on 18 August 1955 in Walhain, then in the province of Brabant and now in the province of Walloon Brabant. Flahaut studied political sciences and public administration at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He joined the Socialist Party in 1973. From 1989 to 1995 he served in various posts in the administration of Walloon Brabant. He has served in the local council of Walhain, …
- Con Coughlin
Con Coughlin is a British journalist and author. He is currently the executive foreign editor of the Daily Telegraph and is the author of various non-fiction books relating to the middle east, and the War on Terror. He is considered one of the world's leading right wing authorities on the Middle East. He is the son of the Daily Telegraph's former legal affairs correspondent. After his education at public school and Oxford University, he joined the Daily Telegraph in 1980, …
- James Nicholson
James Nicholson (1737 - 2 September 1804) was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. The son of Joseph and Hannah Scott Nicholson, he was born in Chestertown, Maryland. James Nicholson served in the colonial Navy with the British in the assault on Havana in 1762, and was commissioned Captain in the Continental Navy 10 October 1776. He commanded "Defense", "Trumbull", and "Virginia", and when blockaded at Baltimore, …
- Andrei Markov
Andrei Markov (born December 20, 1978 in Voskresensk, U.S.S.R.) is a Russian ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League. He was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 6th round, 162nd overall, in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft as a center. While playing in Russia, Markov made the switch to defense in order to see more ice time. After being considered one of the best defensemen in Russia in 2000, …
- Quintin Mikell
Quintin Mikell (born September 16, 1980) is a professional American football player, a defensive back for the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles. Mikell joined the Eagles as an undrafted free agent out of Boise State University in 2003. He was a backup safety behind Pro Bowlers Michael Lewis and Brian Dawkins for the 2004 NFC Championship team and played in Super Bowl XXXIX. Mikell played high school football for the Willamette Wolverines in Eugene, Oregon.
- Brooks Orpik
Brooks Orpik (b. September 26, 1980 in San Francisco, California) is an American ice-hockey defenceman. He graduated from Boston College in 2002; while at BC, his sqauds won the 2001 National Championship and 1998 and 2000 Hockey East titles. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins as the 18th overall pick of the 2000 NHL entry draft and has so far spent his professional career in the Penguins organization.
- Niklas Kronwall
Niklas Kronwall, is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL. He is sometimes jokingly referred to as 'Nick Jr' (in reference to fellow Swede and Red Wing Nicklas Lidström). His brother Staffan Kronwall plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL.
- Hal Gill
Harold Priestley "Hal" Gill III (b. April 6, 1975, Concord, Massachusetts) is a professional ice hockey defenceman who plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. After being drafted in the eighth round, 207th overall at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins, Gill spent 4 years playing college hockey for Providence College before entering the NHL in the 1997-98 NHL season where he played over 600 regular season games for the Bruins.
- Mike Commodore
Michael "Mike" Commodore (born November 7, 1979 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada) is a professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL. Commodore was drafted 42nd overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. After completing three collegiate seasons for the University of North Dakota and winning a NCAA championship in the process, Commodore decided to leave early for the NHL.
- Oguchi Onyewu
Oguchialu Chilioke "Oguchi" Onyewu or "Gooch" (born May 13, 1982 in Washington, D.C.) is an American soccer player who plays in defense for Standard Liège and the United States. Onyewu's parents moved to the United States from Nigeria to attend Howard University in Washington, D.C. Onyewu has two brothers, Uche and Nonye, and two sisters, Chi-Chi and Ogechi. Growing up in Silver Spring and later Olney, Maryland, …
- Matt Niskanen
Matt Niskanen (born December 6, 1986 in Virginia, Minnesota, USA) is an American professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Dallas Stars in the first round, 28th overall, in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Niskanen currently attends the University of Minnesota Duluth. In 2005-06, his freshman season on the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs hockey team, he recorded 14 points in 38 games.
- Ed Jovanovski
Ed Jovanovski is a Canadian professional hockey player of Ethnic Macedonian origin who plays in the National Hockey League for the Phoenix Coyotes. Jovanovski, whose parents immigrated to Canada from Yugoslavia, was drafted first overall by the Florida Panthers in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft and appeared in the Stanley Cup playoff finals with the Panthers in 1996. Known for his smooth skating, offensive flair and heavy body checks, Jovanovski was traded on January 17, …
- Marc Staal
Marc John Staal, (born January 13, 1987 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) is an ice hockey player born to Henry and Linda Staal. Staal plays for the Sudbury Wolves in the Ontario Hockey League where he is the team's captain. He was drafted by the New York Rangers in 2005 NHL Entry Draft in the 1st round, 12th pick overall. Staal played for Team Canada in the 2006 and 2007 IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championships bringing home gold both times.