List of Famous Arians
Abu Izzadeen
Abu Izzadeen (Arabic: أبو عز الدين, Abū ‘Izz ad-Dīn, born Trevor Richard Brooks on 18 April 1975, is a British spokesman for Al Ghurabaa, a British Muslim organisation banned under the Terrorism Act 2006 for the glorification of terrorism. He was convicted on charges of terrorist fund-raising and inciting terrorism overseas on 17 April 2008, and sentenced to four and a half years in jail. He was released in May 2009, after serving three and a half years, including time on remand. In January 2016, he was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for breaching the Terrorism Act by leaving the UK illegally.
Facundo Campazzo
Facundo "Facu" Campazzo is an Argentine professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). At a height of 1.81 m tall, he plays at the point guard position. He is also a member of the senior Argentine national team.
Aleksei Zharkov
Aleksei Dmitrievich Zharkov was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. He was a People's Artist of Russia (1994).
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, was the eighth child and youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Leopold was later created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow. He had haemophilia, which led to his death at the age of 30.
Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher, a researcher at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Arts and international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities of the University of London. He is also Global Eminent Scholar at Kyung Hee University in Seoul and Global Distinguished Professor of German at New York University. He works in subjects including continental philosophy, psychoanalysis, political theory, cultural studies, art criticism, film criticism, Marxism, Hegelianism and theology.
Masashi Sada
Masashi Sada is a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and a film producer.
Jill Gascoine
Jill Viola Gascoine was an English actress and novelist. She was Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in the 1980s television series The Gentle Touch and its spin-off series C.A.T.S. Eyes. In the 1990s, she also became a novelist and published three books.
Adam Milne
Adam Fraser Milne is a New Zealand professional cricketer who plays limited overs cricket for the New Zealand national cricket team. He is a right-arm fast bowler.
Berta Vázquez
Birtukan Tibebe, better known as Berta Vázquez, is a Ukrainian-born, actress, model and singer, currently based in Spain. As a child, she moved from Kyiv to live with a host family in Spain and began her career in dance. She would later transition to acting and music.
Buster Douglas
James "Buster" Douglas is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1981 and 1999. He reigned as undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1990 after defeating Mike Tyson to win the title. His victory over Tyson is regarded as one of the greatest upsets in sports history.