Middle East Sports People

Vera Igorevna Zvonarёva (Russian: Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, pronounced [ˈvʲɛra zvɔnarˈjɔva]  ( listen); born September 7, 1984, Moscow, Russia) is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional...

Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko (Ukrainian: Микола Володимирович Давиденко, Mykola Volodymyrovych Davydenko; Russian: Николай Владимирович Давыденко; born June 2, 1981 in Severodonetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a...

Joe Sacco (born October 2, 1960) is a Maltese-American comics artist and journalist. He achieved international fame through the 1996 American Book Award-winning Palestine, and his graphic novel on the Bosnian War, Safe Area Goražde.

Brian Murphy (born 1959) is the U.S. religion editor at the Associated Press and the author of a number of non-fiction books on religion, including "The New Men," a chronicle of American seminarians in Rome, and "The Root of Wild...

Paul Marshall Johnson, Jr. (May 8, 1955 - c. June 18, 2004) was an American helicopter engineer who lived in Saudi Arabia. He was a native of Stafford and Eagleswood, both of New Jersey. In 2004, he was taken hostage...

Samuel Paul "Sam" Bowie (born March 17, 1961, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania) is a retired American basketball player in the National Basketball Association who is probably best known for being selected before Michael Jordan in the 1984 NBA Draft. He was...

Richard Carl (Rick) Mount (born January 5, 1947 in Lebanon, Indiana) is a former American basketball player in the American Basketball Association (ABA). He was the first high school athlete to be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine.[citation...

Adrian Lewis Peterson (born March 21, 1985 in Palestine, Texas), nicknamed "A.D."(for "All Day") or "Purple Jesus", is a professional football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. Peterson was selected by the Vikings with the...

Sepahan (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال فولاد مبارکه ی سپاهان اصفهان) is an Iranian football club based in Esfahan, Iran. They compete in the Iran Pro League and became IPL Champions in the 2002-03 season, the first league champion outside of Tehran....

Kerry Michael Collins (born December 30, 1972 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania) is an American football quarterback for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers with the fifth overall pick of the 1995 NFL...