List of Famous Taureans
Adam Silver
Adam Silver is an American businessman, lawyer and sports executive who is the fifth and current commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He joined the NBA in 1992 and has held various positions within the league, becoming chief operating officer and deputy commissioner under his predecessor and mentor David Stern in 2006. When Stern retired in 2014, Silver was named the new commissioner.
Maria da Conceição Tavares
Maria da Conceição de Almeida Tavares is a Portuguese naturalized Brazilian economist. She is also a titular professor at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and professor emerita of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).
J. A. Bayona
Juan Antonio García Bayona is a Spanish film director.
Takeshi Koba
Takeshi Koba is now the manager of Tokyo International University's baseball team and was formerly a professional baseball player and manager in Japan.
Juan Pablo Sorín
Juan Pablo Sorín is an Argentine former footballer and current sports broadcaster, who played as a left back or left midfielder. He had a successful club career in his native Argentina with River Plate, in Brazil with Cruzeiro, and with various teams in Europe, including Barcelona, Lazio, Paris Saint-Germain and Villarreal. At international level, he represented the Argentina national team at two FIFA World Cups, and was the captain of Argentine side at the 2006 FIFA World Cup; he also represented his nation in two editions of Copa América, and the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Dion Dublin
Dion Dublin is an English television presenter and former professional footballer. Born in Leicester and of Nigerian descent, he was capped four times for England. Dublin started his career as a centre-back with Norwich City Reserves, but made his name at Cambridge United as a centre-forward. He then went on to other clubs which include Manchester United, Coventry City, Millwall, Aston Villa, Leicester City and Celtic.
Neil Ruddock
Neil "Razor" Ruddock is an English former professional footballer and television personality, who is currently a coach at Enfield. As a footballer he played as a central defender from 1986 to 2003, and was voted the 17th "hardest footballer of all time".
Roxana Maracineanu
Roxana Mărăcineanu is a Romanian-born French politician, former swimming champion and television consultant serving as Minister Delegate in charge of Sports in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex since 2020. She previously served as Minister of Sports under Édouard Philippe from 2018 to 2020, when she became a junior minister under Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer.
Princess Mary, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, was a member of the British royal family. She was the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, and was also the aunt of the current British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. In the First World War, she performed charity work in support of servicemen and their families. She was given the title of Princess Royal in 1932. During the Second World War, she was Controller Commandant of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Mary and her husband, the 6th Earl of Harewood, had two sons, George, 7th Earl of Harewood and The Honourable Gerald Lascelles.
Donald Tusk
Donald Franciszek Tusk is a Polish politician who was President of the European Council from 2014 to 2019. He served as the 14th prime minister of Poland from 2007 to 2014 and was a co-founder and chairman of the Civic Platform political party. On 20 November 2019, Tusk was elected as the president of the European People's Party (EPP), Europe's largest transnational political party.