List of Famous Taureans
Ahmed al-Assir
Ahmad Al-Assir is the former Imam of the Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque in Sidon, South Lebanon. With his increasing involvement in regional politics after the Syrian Civil War began and his interaction with the media, he has become a notorious personality in Lebanon's current political landscape. Al-Assir is a Salafi. He frequently agitates against Iran and Hezbollah, whom he accuses of being a threat to the fragile sectarian balance and democracy of Lebanon.
Carlos Manuel Baldomir
Carlos Manuel Baldomir is an Argentine former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2014. He held the WBC, The Ring, and lineal welterweight titles in 2006, and challenged once for the WBC super welterweight title in 2007. On July 31, 2019 Carlos Baldomir was sentenced to 18 years in prison for molesting his 8 year old daughter, for a period of 2 years. In March 2020 false rumors spread that Baldomir had been killed in a prison riot after a picture was shared online of a deceased prisoner that bore a striking resemblance to the disgraced boxer.
Alexey Chervotkin
Aleksey Aleksandrovich Chervotkin is a Russian cross-country skier who competes internationally with the Russian national team.
Mirjam Puchner
Mirjam Puchner is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer from St Johann im Pongau in Salzburg. She made her World Cup debut on 12 January 2013 in St. Anton, Austria. Puchner attained her first World Cup podium in March 2016 at St. Moritz, Switzerland, where she won the downhill event at the season finals.
Ameen Bokhari
Amin Bukhari, is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper for Saudi Professional League side Al-Ain on loan from Al-Nassr.
Oleksandr Abramenko
Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Abramenko is a Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist freestyle skier, specializing in aerials. He is the 2015–16 Aerials World Cup winner. He competed at the 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, winning the Olympic gold medal in the men's aerials event at Pyeongchang. Abramenko is also 2019 World Championships silver medalist.
Jesús Arellano
José de Jesús Arellano Alcocer, is a retired Mexican football player. He last played for CF Monterrey in the Primera División de México, with whom he has played most of his career.
Mamadou Doucouré
Mamadou Doucouré is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Borussia Mönchengladbach. Born in Senegal, Doucouré represents France internationally.
Alan Pauls
Alan Pauls is an Argentinian writer, literary critic and screenwriter. An early essay he did on Betrayed by Rita Hayworth by Manuel Puig is said to show his interest in him as an "experimental writer." Although Pauls has expressed skepticism about the avant-garde as any form of program, preferring to see it as a "toolbox." Among his own experimental works is Wasabi from 1994. He also had a longstanding interest in film and his later work El pasado was adapted to film in 2007. He wrote a "History of" trilogy with the titles being History of crying, History of hair, and History of money. He has additionally served as a visiting professor at Princeton University.
Helene A. von Damm
Helene Antonia von Damm is a former United States diplomat and Ambassador to Austria who also worked as an assistant to President Ronald Reagan.