Referees

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Pierluigi Collina

(Association football referee, Writer, Economist)

Birthdate: February 13, 1960

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Bologna

Named "Best Referee of the Year" by FIFA for six consecutive times, Pierluigi Collina has a degree in economics from University of Bologne. His aptitude for the job was discovered when at seventeen he took up a course in refereeing and shortly began officiating in numerous high profile matches. Although retired, he is still involved with football in various capacities.

Tim Donaghy

(Basketball Referee)

Birthdate: January 7, 1967

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Havertown, Pennsylvania, United States

Theodore Long

(Wrestling Referee)

Birthdate: September 15, 1947

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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Howard Webb

(Referee)

Birthdate: July 14, 1971

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Rotherham

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Mills Lane

(Boxer)

Birthdate: November 12, 1937

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States

Mike Dean

(Football Referee)

Birthdate: June 2, 1968

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, United Kingdom

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Mario Yamasaki

(Mixed martial arts referee, Judoka)

Birthdate: April 22, 1964

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: São Paulo, Brazil

Lauren Holtkamp

(Basketball referee)

Birthdate: November 24, 1980

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Jefferson City, Missouri, United States

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Gypsy Joe

(Wrestler)

Birthdate: December 2, 1933

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Villalba, Puerto Rico

Died: June 15, 2016

Viktor Kassai

(Football official and a former referee who is the current head of refereeing department of the Bulgarian Football Union)

Birthdate: September 10, 1975

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Tatabánya, Hungary

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Stéphanie Frappart

(Association football referee)

Birthdate: December 14, 1983

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Le Plessis-Bouchard, France

Richard Green

(Boxing referee, Boxer)

Birthdate: 1937 AD

Birthplace: Louisiana, United States

Died: July 1, 1983

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Joe Cortez

(Boxer Referee)

Birthdate: October 13, 1943

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Harlem, New York, United States

Einer Ulrich

(Tennis player)

Birthdate: May 6, 1896

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark

Died: February 28, 1969

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Stanley Rous

(6th President of FIFA)

Birthdate: April 25, 1895

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Mutford, East Suffolk, England

Died: July 18, 1986

Ravshan Irmatov

(Holds the record for officiating the most FIFA World Cup matches)

Birthdate: August 9, 1977

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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Scott LeDoux

(Boxer)

Birthdate: January 7, 1949

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: United States

Died: August 11, 2011

Bakary Gassama

(Football referee)

Birthdate: February 10, 1979

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: The Gambia

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Markus Merk

(Football referee)

Birthdate: March 15, 1962

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Kaiserslautern, Germany

Charles William Miller

(Football player - Forward)

Birthdate: November 24, 1874

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil

Died: June 30, 1953

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Mohamed Lahyani

(He is a Gold Badge Chair Umpire certified by the Association of Tennis Professionals)

Birthdate: June 27, 1966

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Tafraout, Morocco

Kenneth Aston

(Teacher)

Birthdate: September 1, 1915

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Essex, England

Died: October 23, 2001

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Shannon Eastin

(Sports official)

Birthdate: 1970 AD

Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Edgardo Codesal

(Football referee, who controlled the final match of the 1990 World Cup held in Italy)

Birthdate: June 2, 1951

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Montevideo, Uruguay

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Lim Kee Chong

(Football referee)

Birthdate: May 15, 1960

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Mauritius

Nawaf Shukralla

(Referee)

Birthdate: October 13, 1976

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Bahrain

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Wolfgang Stark

(German football referee)

Birthdate: November 20, 1969

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Landshut

Ahmed Al-Kaf

(Football referee)

Birthdate: 1983 AD

Birthplace: Oman

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Lou Marsh

(Athlete)

Birthdate: February 17, 1879

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Canada

Died: March 4, 1936

Ivan Lee

(Referee)

Birthdate: March 31, 1981

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

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Coffi Codjia

(Football referee)

Birthdate: December 9, 1967

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Cotonou, Benin

Stéphane Lannoy

(Referee)

Birthdate: September 18, 1969

Sun Sign: Virgo

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Jawahir Roble

(Referee)

Birthdate: 1995 AD

Birthplace: Somalia

Eddy Maillet

(Referee for FIFA since 2001)

Birthdate: October 19, 1967

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Victoria, Seychelles

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Ivo Ferriani

(Bobsledder at the 1988 Winter Olympics)

Birthdate: March 5, 1960

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Italy

Thun Sophea

(Referee)

Birthdate: 1979 AD

Birthplace: Unknown

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Bernard Camille

(Football referee who is a listed international referee for FIFA since 2011)

Birthdate: October 6, 1975

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Seychelles

Mohamed Kouradji

(Football referee)

Birthdate: March 14, 1952

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Constantine, Algeria

Died: July 9, 2020

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Gladys Lengwe

(Association football referee)

Birthdate: February 6, 1978

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Zambia