List of Famous Pisceans
Sergei Shirokov
Sergei Sergeyevich Shirokov is a Russian professional ice hockey winger currently with Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Prior to signing with Vancouver in 2009, Shirokov played with CSKA Moscow for four seasons in the Russian Superleague and Kontinental Hockey League. He returned to CSKA Moscow in 2011 after two years with the Vancouver Canucks and Manitoba Moose.
Tetsuya Yoroizaka
Tetsuya Yoroizaka is a Japanese long-distance runner. He competed in the 10,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.
Kenko Matsuki
Kenko Matsuki / Shizuhiro Matsuki is a Japanese politician and a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.
Noureddine Maurice Bentoumi
Noureddine Bentoumi is an Algerian cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 50 kilometre freestyle event at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Imke Courtois
Imke Courtois is a Belgian footballer and sports analyst. She plays for Standard Liège in the Belgian Women's First Division. She previously played for the Belgium women's national football team.
Paulo Paim
Paulo Paim is a Brazilian steelworker turned politician. He served as a federal deputy from Rio Grande do Sul for the Workers' Party from 1987 to 2002. On 2002, he was elected Senator from the same state. Re-elected in 2010, he is currently the only Afro-Brazilian Senator. He also served as Vice-President of trade union center Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) from 1984 to 1986.
Sayyid Al-Qemany
Sayyid Al-Qemany is an Egyptian secular writer and thinker. His works emphasize the importance of critical thinking, and he is an opponent of Islamic fundamentalism, supporting separation of religion and state, and tolerance. In 2009, he won the Egyptian Culture Ministry's prize for achievement in the social sciences, a cash award of 200,000 Egyptian pounds. A judicial and media campaign was launched calling for the prize to be withdrawn by those who claimed Al-Qemany was a heretic who has harmed Islam and Muslims with his writings.
Xiao Sa
Hsiao Sa (Xiao Sa) (Chinese: 蕭颯; pinyin: Xiāo Sà; Wade–Giles: Hsiao1 Sa4; born March 4, 1953) is the pen name of Hsiao Ching-yu/Hsiao Ch’ing-yü (Chinese: 蕭慶餘), a Taiwanese educator and writer.
Masahiro Shinoda
Masahiro Shinoda is a retired Japanese film director, originally associated with the Shochiku Studio, who came to prominence as part of the Japanese New Wave in the 1960s.
Valdir de Moraes Filho
Valdir de Moraes Filho, commonly known as Valdir Bigode, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker.