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Gérard Depardieu
French actor (born 1948)
Khadija bint Khuwaylid
First wife of Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, First believer in Islam and Prophet Muhammad’s most beloved wife
Franck Ribéry
French footballer (born 1983)
Ali Bongo Ondimba
President of Gabon (2009–2023)
Omar Bongo
Gabonese politician (1935–2009)
Nicolas Anelka
French football manager (born 1979)
Alexander Litvinenko
ex-KGB agent and FSB lieutenant-colonel (1962-2006)
Clarence Seedorf
Dutch association football player and manager (born 1976)
Maurice Béjart
French-born Swiss ballet dancer and choreographer (1927–2007)
Kyrie Irving
American basketball player
Patrick Mboma
Cameroonian association football player
Thomas Partey
Ghanaian footballer (born 1993)
Berke
Berke Khan (died 1266/1267; also Birkai; Turki/Kypchak: برکه خان, ᠪᠡᠷᠬᠡ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ ) was a Mongol military commander and the ruler of the Golden Horde, a division of the Mongol Empire, who effectively consolidated the power of the Blue Horde and White Horde from 1257 to 1266. He was a grandson of Genghis Khan from his son Jochi.
Öz Beg Khan
Khan of the Golden Horde
2017 Westminster attack
terror attack which occurred on 22 March 2017 in Westminster, Greater London, England, UK
Lil Jon
American rapper and record producer (born 1971)
Yasiin Bey
American rapper
Soni Razdan
British actress
Seljuk
Ruler of Seljuk Turks
Frédéric Kanouté
Malian-French footballer (born 1977)
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer (1924–2007)
Polina Zherebtsova
Russian writer
Kumba Ialá
Bissau-Guinean politician (1953-2014)
Nogai Khan
General and de facto ruler of the Golden Horde
al-Khansāʼ
Tumāḍir bint ʿAmr ibn al-Ḥārith ibn al-Sharīd al-Sulamīyah (), usually simply referred to as al-Khansāʾ (, meaning "snub-nosed", an Arabic epithet for a gazelle as metaphor for beauty) was a 7th-century tribeswoman, living in the Arabian Peninsula. She was one of the most influential poets of the pre-Islamic and early Islamic periods.
Central Cee
British rapper (born 1998)
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist (1930-2023)
Jaylen Brown
American basketball player
Samori Ture
African warlord and religious leader, founder of the Wassoulou Empire (1830–1900)
Frithjof Schuon
Swiss philosopher, poet and painter (1907-1998)
Elijah Muhammad
American religious leader (1897-1975)
Philippe Troussier
French footballer and manager
Sonny Bill Williams
New Zealand rugby league and rugby union footballer, and heavyweight boxer
Yann M'Vila
French association football player (born 1990)
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer (1914–1985)
Julien Faubert
French footballer (born 1983)
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist (1938–2020)
Raekwon
Corey Woods (born January 12, 1970), better known by his stage name Raekwon ( ), is an American rapper. He rose to prominence as a founding member of the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, which achieved mainstream success following the release of their debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), in 1993. Raekwon would subsequently pursue a solo career, releasing his first solo album, entitled Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..., in 1995. The album received critical acclaim, and is regarded by many critics as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time, as well as a staple of 1990s rap.
Salwa Eid Naser
Bahraini sprinter
Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (1920–2013)
Ghostface Killah
American rapper (born 1970)
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist (1940–2022)
Iyasu V
Emperor of Abyssinia (1895-1935) and temporary loyalist of Garad Diiriye Guure
Fred Kerley
American sprinter
Naledi Pandor
South African politician
Sean Stone
American actor, director
Bernard Hopkins
American boxer
Bruno Metsu
French association football player and manager (1954–2013)
Tuda Mengu
Khan of the Golden Horde
Mert Nobre
Brazilian association football player
Robert Bauer
German association football player
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
American basketball player
August Wilson
American playwright (1945-2005)
Larry Johnson
American basketball player (born 1969)
Prince Buster
Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (1938-2016)
Piyale Pasha
Ottoman admiral (15..–1578)
Rafael Marques
Brazilian association football player
Richard Thompson
British recording artist; singer, songwriter, guitarist
Q-Tip
American rapper, singer and record producer
Kılıç Ali Paşa
Occhiali (born Giovanni Dionigi Galeni;  – 21 June 1587), also known as Uluj Ali, was an Italian privateer and admiral who served as the commander of the Regency of Algiers and Grand Admiral (Kapudan Pasha) of the Ottoman fleet.