List of Famous Capricorns
Taher Mohamed
Taher Mohamed Ahmed Taher Mohamed Mahmoud is an Egyptian professional footballer, who plays for Egyptian club Al Ahly and the Egypt national team as an attacking midfielder.
Subhi al-Tufayli
Subhi al-Tufayli was the first Secretary-General or leader of Hezbollah for a year. Al-Tufayli is a Shia Islamist, but is a very vocal critic of Iran and the current Hezbollah leadership. He has been an active member of the Lebanese movement Amal Movement, and maintains his support of the organization.
Salah Goudjil
Salah Goudjil is an Algerian politician, belonging to the Secretariat of the Executive Committee of the National Liberation Front (FLN). He took part in the Algerian War of Independence against France. Goudjil has served as Minister of Transport and Fishing in various FLN cabinets.
Laura Alonso
Laura Alonso is an Argentine politician who served as head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Argentina from 2015 to 2019 during the presidency of Mauricio Macri. She also served as member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2009 to 2015. Previously, she was Executive Director of Poder Ciudadano, the Argentine chapter of Transparency International.
Naveen Andrews
Naveen William Sidney Andrews is a British-American actor. He is known for numerous roles, such as Sayid Jarrah in the television series Lost, Kip Singh in the film The English Patient and Sanjay in the 2002 remake of Rollerball. For his role on Lost, Andrews was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2006, a Primetime Emmy Award in 2005 and received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2006.
Umar Patek
Umar Patek is an Indonesian member of Jemaah Islamiyah who was wanted in the United States, Australia, and Indonesia on terrorism charges. There was a US$1 million reward offered by the Rewards For Justice Program for information leading to his capture. In June 2012 Patek was convicted for his involvement in the 2002 bombings in Bali, Indonesia, which killed 202 people.
Manuel Luís Goucha
Manuel Luís Sousa Goucha de Oliveira is a Portuguese television presenter (TVI). The presenter of a long-lasting morning show in RTP, followed by another in rival TVI, Goucha was also known for culinary TV programmes and books, as well as a brief spell as an actor. He also owns a restaurant. He is one of the most notorious Portuguese public figures who are openly homosexual.
Ace Magashule
Elias Sekgobelo "Ace" Magashule is a South African politician and an anti-apartheid activist who is the current Secretary General of the African National Congress. He served as the Premier of the Free State, one of South Africa's nine provinces, from 2009 until 2018.
José Fogaça
José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros is a Brazilian politician who has been the Mayor of Porto Alegre, Brazil, a state deputy, federal deputy and senator.
Lukas Pöstlberger
Lukas Pöstlberger is an Austrian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe. He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2012.