Daddy Yankee — Ramon Luis Ayala Rodriguez (born February 3, 1977), known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Hispanic reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Rio Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball, and aspired to become a …

Daati Ji Maharaj — Shree Sidh Shakti Peeth Shanidham Peethadheeshwar Shree Shree 1008 Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Daati Ji Maharaj i.e. Paramhans Daati Ji Maharaj. Paramhans Daati Ji Maharaj is an adept yogi, Through extensive meditation carried out by him over long period of time, he appeased Lord Shani and was bestowed the title of Shree Sidh Shakti Peeth Shanidham Peethadheeshwar. His …

Crystal Attenborough — The Northern Territory’s leading athlete, Crystal re-emerged for the 2005-06 Australian domestic season and has since established herself as one of the nation’s leading female sprinters. Australian Championships 100m: 2005 (U23) – 1st, 2006 – 2nd, 2007 – 3rd (2nd Australian), 2008 – 7th (5th Australian), 2009 – 6th 200m: 2005 – 4th, (1st U23), 2006 – …

Cristian Riveros — Cristian Miguel Riveros Nunez (born 16 October 1982 in Saldivar, Paraguay) is a Paraguyan footballer who currently plays for English Premier League club Sunderland. Alongside goalkeeper Justo Villar and centre-half Paulo da Silva, holding midfielder Cristian Riveros forms the defensive backbone of Gerardo Martino’s line-up. In the gruelling South American Zone qualifying competition for the 2010 FIFA …

Condoleezza Rice — Rice was born on 14 November 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama the only child of Angelena Ray Rice, a high school science, music and oratory teacher, and John Wesley Rice, Jr., a high school guidance counselor and Presbyterian minister. Her unusal first name, Condoleezza, derives from the music-related term (opera stage instruction), con dolcezza, which in Italian means, …

Coach Bhagwan Nagarkoche — Nanded (Maharashtra): At Sainik School, Sagroli in Eastern Maharashtra, they are adding another truism. It’s 5 am and young boys and girls collect at the school playground. A few quick warm up exercises and time for action — running a seven kilometre route as Coach Nagarkoche checks their timings. There is no great science. It is …

Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941), known as Richard Dawkins, is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford’s Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. Dawkins describes his childhood as “a normal Anglican upbringing”. Though he began having doubts …

Clemente Rodriguez — After failing to win a call-up during the qualifying competition for South Africa 2010, Clemente Rodriguez caught Diego Maradona’s eye with some exceptional performances for Estudiantes. The left-back, who can also operate down the right, was a feature of the side that won the Copa Libertadores last year and narrowly lost out to Barcelona in the final …

Chris Gayle — Christopher Henry Gayle (born 21 September 1979 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a West Indian cricketer who was captain of the West Indies cricket team and plays domestic cricket for Jamaica. He is a hard-hitting left-handed opening batsman with a wide-range of shots, and bowls useful part-time right-arm off spin. Gayle is a successful One Day International player, …

Chitra Visweswaran is famed as one of the leading Bharatnatyam dancer of India. A competent performer, teacher and choreographer, she heads her own dance institution, ‘Chidambaram Academy of Performing Arts (CAPA)’, at Chennai. Chitra’s association with dance began early at the tender age of three from her own mother, Smt. Rukmini Padmanabhan, an excellent dancer herself. She took up Western …