List of Famous people named Wesley
Wesley Snipes
Wesley Trent Snipes is an American actor, film producer, martial artist and author. His prominent film roles include New Jack City (1991), White Men Can't Jump (1992), Passenger 57 (1992), Demolition Man (1993), U.S. Marshals (1998) and the Marvel Comics character Blade in the Blade film trilogy (1998–2004), The Expendables 3 and for his role on The Player (2015). Snipes was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his work in The Waterdance and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his performance in the film One Night Stand.
Wesley Sneijder
Wesley Sneijder is a Dutch retired professional footballer. He was named UEFA midfielder of the season and one of the three best midfielders in the world for 2010 by FIFA. A product of the Ajax Youth Academy, he started his professional career playing for Ajax, with whom he won four trophies and was awarded the Johan Cruyff Trophy in 2004. He was sold to Real Madrid for €27 million in 2007, winning La Liga in his first season with the club, and transferred to Inter Milan for €15 million in 2009. At Inter, he won Serie A, the UEFA Champions League, the FIFA Club World Cup, and two Coppa Italia. After being sold to Galatasaray for €7.5 million in 2013, he helped the club win the Süper Lig in his first season, following with the capture of the Turkish Super Cup, after a 1–0 win against rivals Fenerbahçe. After an unsuccessful stint with Nice, he concluded his footballing career at Qatar Stars League team Al Gharafa.
Wesley Safadão
Wesley Oliveira da Silva, also known as Wesley Safadão, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, producer and businessman. He began singing at the age of fifteen, and began his professional career by joining a family band, which later released its first album. At sixteen years of age, Safadão became a lead singer. He has released eight albums and two DVDs, the last three CDs and the two DVDs being released by the Brazilian record label Som Livre. He is frequently invited to partner with artists from different musical genres, covering a broad range of musical genres. He has frequented various Brazilian television programs such as Domingão do Faustão, Encontro Com Fátima, Altas Horas, Caldeirão do Huck, Esquenta, Profissão Repórter, TV Xuxa, Vídeo Show and Mais Você.
Wesley Fofana
Wesley Fofana is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Leicester City.
Wesley Saïd
Wesley Saïd is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 2 club Toulouse FC
Wesley Johnson
Wesley JaMarr Johnson is an American professional basketball player who last played for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for Syracuse University and Iowa State University. He was selected with the fourth overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Wesley Matthews
Wesley Joel Matthews Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Marquette Golden Eagles. He is the son of former NBA player Wes Matthews.
Wesley Warren, Jr.
Wesley Warren Jr. was an American man who attracted worldwide attention for his problems with scrotal elephantiasis, which caused his scrotum to grow to a weight of 132.5 pounds (60.1 kg) and hang down a little below his knees. After launching a campaign to raise the money for an operation to resolve the problem, for which he raised only $2,000, he underwent surgery in April 2013 after visiting Dr. Joel Gelman of the University of California, Irvine's Center for Reconstructive Urology, who was aware that Warren could not afford the surgery and so performed it for free. Warren's struggles with his condition and his subsequent operation were filmed by a British television crew for a documentary The Man with the 10-Stone Testicles, which aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on June 24, 2013. He died of complications from diabetes on March 14, 2014.
Wesley Goodman
Wesley Goodman is an American Republican politician who served as the Ohio State Representative for the 87th District from 2016 until his resignation in 2017. His former district consists of Crawford, Morrow and Wyandot counties, as well as portions of Marion and Seneca counties.
Wesley L. Fox
Wesley Lee Fox was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps colonel with 43 years of service. Fox was a combat veteran — receiving the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War, and is considered to be one of the Marine Corps' legendary heroes. After retiring from the Marines Corps, he wrote a book about his career — Marine Rifleman: Forty-Three Years in the Corps; and, he served for 8 years as Deputy Commandant for the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets.