List of Famous Taureans

Kanako Nishi is a Japanese writer and artist. She has won the Oda Sakunosuke Prize, the Kawai Hayao Literary Prize, and the Naoki Prize, and several of her books have been adapted for film.

Natalie Ann Jaresko is an American-born Ukrainian investment banker who served as Ukraine's Minister of Finance from December 2014 until April 2016. On 20 March 2017, she was appointed as executive director of the Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico.

Seth Andrew Klarman is an American billionaire investor, hedge fund manager, and author. He is a proponent of value investing. He is the chief executive and portfolio manager of the Baupost Group, a Boston-based private investment partnership he founded in 1982.

Blake Rutherford is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Chicago White Sox organization.

Susanne Laschet is the First Lady of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's largest state with 18 million inhabitants, as the wife of Prime Minister Armin Laschet.

Jean-Marc Janaillac is a French businessman best known for being a former CEO of Air France–KLM.

Sylvain Claude Wiltord is a French former professional footballer. Mainly a right winger, he also played as a centre-forward, second striker and on the left wing.

Milton Mendes is a Brazilian retired footballer who played mainly as a right back, and a coach who most recently managed Portuguese club Marítimo.

Grant George Hackett OAM is an Australian swimmer, most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history. He also collected a gold medal in Sydney for swimming in the heats of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. He was well regarded for his versatility, and has held the long course world records in the 200 m, 800 m, and 1500 m freestyle events. He dominated the 1500 m event for a decade, being undefeated in the event in finals from 1996 until the 2007 World Aquatics Championships. In total, he has won 10 long-course world championship gold medals.

Maurice José Harkless is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm before being drafted 15th overall, after his freshman season, in the 2012 NBA draft. Harkless has represented the Puerto Rican national team.