- Steven Gerrard
Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May, 1980, Whiston, Merseyside) is an English football player. He is the captain of Liverpool, where he wears the number 8 shirt. He is the England vice captain, for which he usually wears the number 4. An inspirational and versatile midfielder known for his long-range shots and trademark defence-splitting passes, he is usually employed in the commanding "box-to-box" midfield role, … - Gilberto Silva
Gilberto Aparecido da Silva, commonly known as Gilberto Silva, is a Brazilian football (soccer) player. He has played most of his club football for the English club Arsenal, as a defensive midfielder. Gilberto was raised in a poor family and as a child he balanced playing football with various labour jobs. He began his football career in 1997 with América Mineiro, where good form earned him a move to Atlético Mineiro in 2000. - Iker Casillas
Iker Casillas Fernández is a Spanish football goalkeeper. He is currently the first choice goalkeeper for Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. He is also the first vice-captain of Spain, as well as one of the vice-captains of Real Madrid. - Grégory Coupet
Grégory Coupet is a French football goalkeeper. He is vice-captain for his club, Olympique Lyonnais and also represents the France national team. - Christoph Spycher
Christoph Spycher is a Swiss football national player. Since 2005, his club is Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga. He plays as a full-back. In the 2007-08 season he is vice captain at Eintracht. - Mehmet Aurélio
Marco Aurélio, full name: Marco Aurélio Brito dos Prazeres, also known as Mehmet Aurélio (born December 15, 1977 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Turkish football player of Brazilian descent. He is a midfielder currently playing for Fenerbahçe. Formerly a Brazilian national, he acquired Turkish citizenship in 2006 and consequently adopted the name Mehmet. - Hope Powell
Hope Powell OBE (born 8 December 1966) is the coach of the England women's national football team. As a player, Powell won 66 caps for England, mainly as an attacking midfielder, scoring 35 goals. She made her England debut at the age of 16, and would go on to play in the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, England's first World Cup appearance. She was also vice-captain of her country. At club-level, she won the FA Women's Cup three times, … - Jimmy de Wulf
Jimmy De Wulf is a Belgian professional football player. De Wulf plays as a central defender. De Wulf's career took off when Belgian top teams Club Brugge and Standard Liège discovered him at the age of 12, playing for his local team SV Blankenberge. Given the fact that Liège was lying much further away from Blankenberge than Bruges, De Wulf chose to join Club. During his youth, De Wulf has been selected many times to play for the national team. - Erlend Hanstveit
Erlend Hanstveit is a Norwegian footballer. Hailing from Osterøy, he joined Norwegian Premier League team Brann in June 1998 despite interest from big clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Leeds United and Manchester United. He gradually became a first team regular at Brann as well as the Norway national under-21 football team, playing 27 international U-21 matches in total. On January 28, 2004, on his 23rd birthday, Hanstveit made his debut for the senior national team. - Salvatore Lanna
Salvatore Lanna (born 31 July, 1976 in Carpi, Modena) is an Italian football (soccer) defender. He currently plays for Torino, in which he transferred in July 2007, after that he was one of the longest members of Chievo team. In international level, he was call-up two times by Giovanni Trapattoni in late 2002, but never made a debut. - Mario Custódio Nazaré
Mario Custódio Nazaré (born 01 April 1976 in Santos, São Paulo) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a centre-back and vice-captain for Corinthians in the Brazilian Série A. - Matthew Wood
Matthew Wood (born September 30 1980, Exeter, Devon) is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm off-break bowler. He made his first-class debut against Yorkshire in 2001 and scored 71 in a large Somerset total and has been a regular member of the side since. His maiden first-class century was 122 against Northamptonshire in 2001. Wood scored 297 against a Yorkshire side in 2005. - Kumar Sangakkara
- Brian Burke
Brian P. Burke (born June 30, 1955 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an executive in the National Hockey League and currently the general manager and executive vice president of the Anaheim Ducks. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Burke graduated from Providence College in 1977 with a BA in History. While attending Providence, he played for the Friars Division-I ice hockey team, where, during his senior year, he served as captain. The team was coached by Lou Lamoriello. - Derek Murphy
Mr Murphy was appointed to Council in 1998 and became chairman in July 2005. He is an Old Boy of the School attending from 1958 to 1964. He was Vice Captain of McKinley House, a School Prefect, Senior Cadet Under Officer, and a member of the A debating team and Athletics team, and winner of the Chelmsford Cup. He attended St John's College while studying Arts and Law at the University of Queensland and gained his Masters degree at University College, London. - Chris Hogg
Chris" Hogg (born 21 March 1985 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire) is an English footballer, currently vice captain of Hibernian. - Massimo Ambrosini
- Leslie Groves
Leslie Richard Groves (August 17, 1896 - July 13, 1970) was a United States Army officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and was the primary military leader in charge of the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb during World War II. Descended from French Huguenots who came to America in the 17th century, Leslie Groves was the son of a U.S. Army chaplain. - Eugene Cernan
Eugene Andrew Cernan (born March 14, 1934) is a former American astronaut of Czech and Slovak ancestry. He has been into space three times: as co-pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966; as lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 in May 1969; and as commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972. In that final lunar landing mission, Cernan became "the last man on the moon" since he was the last to re-enter the Apollo Lunar Module during its third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA). - John Langdon
John Langdon (June 26, 1741-September 18, 1819) was a politician from New Hampshire and one of the first two United States Senators from that state. Langdon was an early supporter of the American Revolutionary War and later served in the Continental Congress. After being in Congress for 12 years, including serving as the first President pro tempore of the Senate, Langdon became Governor of New Hampshire. He turned down a nomination for Vice Presidential candidate in 1812, … - Charles Hardy
Sir Charles Hardy (c.1714 - May 18, 1780) born Portsmouth, England, was a British naval officer and colonial governor. The son of a Vice Admiral, Charles Hardy became a Captain in the Royal Navy on August 10, 1741, at the age of 27. He was appointed governor and commander-in-chief of the British colony of Newfoundland in 1744. There is no evidence that he ever visited the colony of Newfoundland. - Marc Garneau
Marc Garneau was famous for being the first male Canadian astronaut to spent time in space. Marc was born in Quebec city on February 13, 1949. When Marc grew up, he wanted to learn more about the Canadian Forces Command. So, he attended the Canadian forces Command and Staff college of Toronto. Later, Marc had a space training and trained for one year and went in space in march 1984. Up in space, Marc did not go to the moon but had two missions. - Thomas Hastings
Admiral Sir Thomas Hastings, KCB DL (1790–1870) was a British artist, innovator, instructor, and distinguished officer of the Royal Navy. He was renowned as an expert gunner, and some believe him to be the first officer to take a truly scientific approach to gunnery. While a lieutenant in 1812, he painted "Storm at Sea". On April 29, 1812, Hastings participated in an attack led by Captain Ussher on French privateers of Málaga, in which he performed admirably, … - Charles Clinton
Charles Clinton was a French and Indian War Colonel, the father of American Revolutionary War General James Clinton and U.S. Vice President George Clinton, and the grandfather of New York Governor DeWitt Clinton. Charles Clinton was born in Corbay, County Longford, Ireland the son of James Clinton and Elizabeth Smith, the daughter of a Captain in Oliver Cromwell's army. In May 1729, the Clinton family (Charles, wife, two daughters, … - Larry MacPhail
Leland Stanford "Larry" MacPhail, Sr. (February 3, 1890 - October 1, 1975) was an American executive and innovator in Major League Baseball. Prior to World War I MacPhail was an executive of a department store in Nashville, Tennessee and during World War I, he served as an artillery captain in France and Belgium. - Mitsuo Fuchida
Mitsuo Fuchida (December 3, 1902 - May 30, 1976) was a Captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a pilot before and during World War II. He is perhaps best known for leading the first air wave attacks on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Fuchida was responsible for the coordination of the entire aerial attack working under the overall fleet Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo. - John Ashby
Sir John Ashby (c. 1640 - July 12, 1693) was an English Admiral during the Nine Years War, serving as one of the highest decorated flag officers of the war. Born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England around 1640, Ashby joined the Royal Navy sometime in his late teens or early twenties. In 1665, he was serving as a Lieutenant on HMS "Adventure", and in 1668 Ashby was made a Captain commanding "Deptford" and later "Defiance". - George Tryon
Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon, KCB (4 January 1832- 22 June 1893) was a British admiral who died when his flagship HMS "Victoria" collided with HMS "Camperdown" during manoeuvres off Tripoli, Lebanon. Born at Bulwick Park, Northamptonshire, England and educated at Eton he entered the Royal Navy in 1848 as a cadet. After a period serving on the North American station, he saw action in the Crimean War on "Vengeance" and later ashore in the Naval Brigade. - Abraham Lincoln
Reviews Lincoln's early years as a farmer and his significant impact on U.S. agriculture, including the establishment of the USDA and the beginnings of the National Agricultural Library. Also includes various full text documents and agricultural Acts from the 1860s. - Tamon Yamaguchi
Tamon Yamaguchi was a Vice Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Serving during the Second World War, he died during the Battle of Midway, choosing to go down with his flagship the "Hiryū". Born in the Japanese Shimane prefecture, Tamon Yamaguchi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1912. - Alfred Carpenter
Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter VC (September 17, 1881 - December 27, 1955) (VC, Croix de Guerre and Legion d'Honneur (France)) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Born in Barnes, SW London, son of Commander Alfred Carpenter and grandson of Commander Charles Carpenter. - Edward S. Bragg
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg (February 20, 1827 - June 20, 1912) was a Democratic politican, lawyer and Union Army general from from Wisconsin. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1877 to 1883 and 1885 to 1887. Born in Unadilla, New York, Bragg attended district schools as a child, the local academy and Geneva College (today Hobart College) in Geneva, New York. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1848, … - Stepan Makarov
Stepan Osipovich Makarov was a famous Russian vice-admiral, a highly accomplished and decorated commander of the Russian Navy, and a distinguished oceanographer, awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences, and author of several books. Stepan Makarov was born in Nikolaev, now Mykolayiv, Ukraine in a family of a fleet praporshchik (прапорщик по Адмиралтейству, an auxiliary officer). - Mineichi Koga
(25 September 1885 - 31 March 1944) was a Japanese fleet admiral and commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Born in Saga Prefecture, Koga entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and graduated in 1906. After further attendance at the Naval Staff College, Koga he held shore staff posting following his graduation in 1915. In 1920, seeing no action during World War I, Koga became a resident officer in France. - H. W. Hill
H. W. Hill was a Naval officer who served with the United States Navy during World War II. In 1934, Commander Hill was the commisioning commander of. Captain Hill was assigned to the War Plans Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, in 1940. In 1942, Hill was in command of escorting a World War II Arctic convoy that was reported on by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. In response to 4th of July greetings from the British Convoy Commander, “Many happy returns of the day. - Clancy Fernando
Admiral W.W.E.Clancy Fernando VSV (In Sinhalese:) (1938-1992) was the SLN Commander of the Navy from 1 November 1991 - 16 November 1992. Admiral Fernando who is a Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya medal holder, was born in 1938 and appointed as a Cadet Officer in the Royal Ceylon Navy December 1957. After being trained in Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, United Kingdom he was promoted to Midshipman in 1959, … - Seiichi Ito
Seiichi Ito was a Japanese admiral and commander of the IJN 2nd Fleet during World War II. Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Ito graduated from the Japanese Naval Academy in 1911 as a midshipman, and later Naval Staff College in 1923 as a lieutenant commander, in various posts throughout the decade before eventually commanding several cruisers between 1933 and 1936, most prominently as Captain of the battleship "IJN Haruna". - William Rooke Creswell
Vice-Admiral Sir William Rooke Creswell, KCMG, KBE, RN (20 July1852 – 20 April1933) was a Royal Navy Admiral, and is considered to be the 'father' of the Royal Australian Navy. Born at Gibraltar on 20 July 1852, he was 13 years old in 1865 when he began his naval career as a cadet on the Royal Navy's training ship Britannia. He was promoted to mid-shipman in 1867and in 1871 became a sub-lieutenant. - Charles Kingsmill
Admiral Sir Charles E. Kingsmill (July 7 1855 - July 15 1935) was the first Director of the Canadian Naval Service (which later became the Royal Canadian Navy). Charles Edmund Kingsmill was born at Guelph, Ontario in 1855. In 1870 he joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman. He was promoted Sub-Lieutenant in 1875, Lieutenant in 1877, Commander in 1891, and Captain in 1898. During his career in the Royal Navy, he commanded HM Ships "Goldfinch" (1890-91), … - Boshiro Hosogaya
Boshiro Hosogaya (1890-1964) was a Japanese Admiral during World War II from 1941-1945. Hosogaya was born in Nagano prefecture in 1890. Graduating from the Japanese Naval Academy in 1908, and later the Naval Staff College in 1920, Hosogaya held various posts in naval bases and warships during the early 1920s to early 1930s. He was appointed Captain of the Battleship IJN Mutsu in 1934.
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