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Robert De Niro
Robert Anthony De Niro is an American actor, director, film producer, and restaurateur. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors of his generation. De Niro is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for eight BAFTA Awards and four Emmy Awards. He was honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2003, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2011, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2019, and the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2025.
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American filmmaker. One of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, he is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential directors in the history of cinema. He has received many accolades, including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. He has been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997, the Film Society of Lincoln Center tribute in 1998, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2007, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2010, and the BAFTA Fellowship in 2012. Five of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".
Luis Suárez
Uruguayan association football player
Kaká
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (; born 22 April 1982), commonly known as Kaká () or Ricardo Kaká, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Kaká was known for his explosive pace, dribbling, passing, and goalscoring, and is considered one of the greatest players of all time. With success for both club and country, he is one of the ten players to win the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the Ballon d'Or.
Mario Balotelli
Italian association football player
Edinson Cavani
Uruguayan association football player
Colin Firth
English actor and producer
Willem Dafoe
American actor (1955-)
Anita Ekberg
Swedish actress (1931–2015)
Cafu
Marcos Evangelista de Morais (born 7 June 1970), known as Cafu (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Widely regarded as one of the greatest full-backs of all time, he is known for his pace and energetic attacking runs along the right flank. He is the most-capped player for the Brazil national team with 142 appearances.
Michael Bublé
Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Regarded as a pop icon, he is often credited for helping to renew public interest and appreciation for traditional pop standards and the Great American Songbook. Bublé has sold over 75 million records worldwide, and won numerous awards, including five Grammy Awards and fifteen Juno Awards.
Jimmy Kimmel
James Christian Kimmel is an American television host and comedian. He is best known as the host and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which has aired on ABC since 2003. Kimmel has hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards three times, in 2012, 2016 and 2020, and the Academy Awards four times, in 2017, 2018, 2023, and 2024.
Martín Demichelis
Argentine footballer and coach
Juan Sebastián Verón
Argentine footballer
Jorginho (footballer, born December 1991)
Jorge Luiz Frello Filho, known as Jorginho, is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo. Born in Brazil, he represented the Italy national team.
Siniša Mihajlović
Serbian football player and manager (1969–2022)
Piotr Zieliński
Polish association football player
Emerson
Brazilian footballer (born 1976)
Goran Pandev
Macedonian association football player
Peter Capaldi
Scottish actor and filmmaker (born 1958)
Manu Ginóbili
Argentine basketball player
Emerson Palmieri
Italian-Brazilian association football player
Papu Gómez
Argentine association football player
Alessia Cara
Italian-Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
David Suazo
Honduran footballer and manager (born 1979)
Rafael Tolói
Italian association football player
Éder
Italian association football player
Fábio Aurélio
Brazilian association football player
Amad Diallo
Ivorian association football player
Amauri
Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira (born 3 June 1980), known as Amauri, is a former footballer who played as a striker. His previous clubs include Bellinzona, Parma, Napoli, Piacenza, Empoli, Messina, Chievo, Palermo, Juventus, Fiorentina and Fort Lauderdale Strikers. Although he was born in Brazil, he represented Italy once at international level in 2010, after acquiring Italian citizenship.
Mateo Retegui
Italian association football player
Michelle Hunziker
Swiss and Italian television presenter and former model
Jonas
Brazilian footballer
Florin Răducioiu
Romanian footballer
Zdeněk Zeman
Czech soccer coach (born 1947)
Ivan Zaytsev
Italian volleyball player
Cristian Daniel Ledesma
Argentine footballer
Debi Mazar
American actress
Alfred Gomis
Senegalian goalkeeper
Andrés Nocioni
Argentine basketball player
Alejandro Scopelli
Argentine association football player (1908-1987)
Osmany Juantorena
Cuban volleyball player
Pablo Prigioni
Argentine basketball player and coach
Julio Velasco
professional volleyball coach from Argentina
Fiona May
British-born Italian long jumper
Stefano Okaka
Italian footballer
Josefa Idem
German-born Italian canoeist and politician
Antonio Valentín Angelillo
Italian Argentine footballer (1937–2018)
Ederson Honorato Campos
Brazilian footballer
Gregor Fučka
Slovenian-Italian basketball player
Marcelinho Huertas
Brazilian basketball player
Luiz Felipe Ramos Marchi
Italian-Brazilian association football player
Jonathan Moreira
Brazilian footballer
Sani Bečirović
Slovenian basketball player
João Pedro Galvao
Brazilian-Italian footballer
Igor Markevitch
Russian conductor and composer (1912–1983)
Andrew Howe
Italian sprinter and long jumper
Andy Díaz
Cuban-born Italian triple jumper
Fabrizio Moretti
Brazilian-American musician
Lucille Teasdale-Corti
Canadian medical doctor and surgeon who worked in Uganda (1929–1996)