Thursday, August 27, 2015

Paolo Rossi, an Italian former footballer, who played as a forward. In 1982, he led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the Golden Boot as top goalscorer, and the Golden Ball for the player of the tournament

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Paolo Rossi ( Italian pronunciation:  [ˈpaolo ˈrossi] ; born 23 September 1956) is an Italian former footballer , who played as a forward ....
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Robert H. Jackson, an American photographer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Photography for his photograph of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby

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Robert "Bob" Hill Jackson (born April 8, 1934) is an American photographer . In 1964, Jackson, then of the Dallas Times-Herald ,...
Monday, July 20, 2015

Igor Volk, a retired cosmonaut and test pilot in the Soviet Union. He is also an inventor

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Igor Petrovich Volk ( Russian : Игорь Петрович Волк ; born April 12, 1937 in Zmiiv , Kharkiv Oblast , USSR ) is a retired cosmonaut and te...
Saturday, July 4, 2015

Bobby Charlton, an English former football player, regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, and an essential member of the England team who won the World Cup in 1966, the year he also won the Ballon d'Or

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Sir Robert " Bobby " Charlton CBE (born 11 October 1937) is an English former football player, regarded as one of the greatest...
Thursday, July 2, 2015

The Bryan brothers, identical twin brothers Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan and Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan, American professional doubles tennis players, and the most successful duo of all time

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The Bryan brothers are identical twin brothers Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan and Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan , American ...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Stanley Matthews, "The Wizard of the Dribble" and "The Magician". He is the only football player to have been knighted while still playing, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year awards

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Sir Stanley Matthews , CBE (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer . Often regarded as one of the greatest players ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to have flown in space. In order to join the Cosmonaut Corps, Tereshkova was only honorarily inducted into the Soviet Air Force and thus she also became the first civilian to fly in space

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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is the first woman to have flown in space , having been selected from more than four hundred applicants a...
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Monday, June 8, 2015

Lionel Messi, an Argentine professional footballer who plays for FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Often considered the best player in the world and rated by some in the sport as the greatest of all time, Messi is the first football player in history to win four FIFA/Ballons d'Or

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Lionel Andrés " Leo " Messi Cuccittini is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Spanish club FC Barcelona and t...
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Luis Figo, a Portuguese retired footballer that won Ballon d'Or in 2000, FIFA World Player of the Year in 2001, and in 2004 was named in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players

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Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo , OIH ( Portuguese pronunciation:  [luˈiʃ ˈfiɣu] ; born 4 November 1972), is a Portuguese retired footbal...
Thursday, May 28, 2015

Gianni Rivera, an Italian former football midfielder, who was mostly utilised as an offensive playmaker; he was awarded the Ballon d'Or, one of the most prestigious individual awards in football, in 1969

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Giovanni "Gianni" Rivera is an Italian former football midfielder , who was mostly utilised as an offensive playmaker ; h...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a French professional tennis player. He is one of only two players to have Grand Slam wins against each of the Big Four (namely Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray)

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is a French professional tennis player currently ranked World No. 13. He was born in Le Mans , to a French mother, Ével...
Friday, May 15, 2015

Lars Eriksson, a former football goalkeeper from Sweden. He participated in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, 1994 FIFA World Cup and Euro 1992

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Lars Eriksson (born September 21, 1965 in Stockholm ) is a former football goalkeeper from Sweden . He participated in the 1990 FIFA World ...