The top seed was Fabiano Caruana, who has dual Italian and American citizenship, but there were other notable players, including Hou Yifan of China, the 18-year-old women's world champion.
In the back of her tiny shop she gave piano lessons to several notable players, including the young Tito Puente and the pianist and bandleader Joe Loco, who in the 1950's was known for Latinizing popular American tunes like "Blue Moon".
Other notable players include NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabar, talkshow host Dr. Oz, the New York Times' Thomas Friedman, and former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
Since David's signing, there have been a number of other notable designated players, including the Red Bulls' Thierry Henry, one of the Premier League's greatest players, and Rafa Marquez, the captain of the Mexican national team.
The qualifying mark of 50 appearances means that many notable Scotland players including Jim Baxter, Hughie Gallacher, John Greig, Jimmy Johnstone, Billy McNeill, Bobby Murdoch and Lawrie Reilly are not on the roll of honour.
DCM partnered a number of notable Asian tech players including gaming giant Tencent, Japan's largest mobile gaming social network GREE and Japan's second largest mobile operator KDDI, to fund startups that are leveraging the Android ecosystem.
BYU also claims notable professional football players including two-time NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP Steve Young '84 & J.D. '96, Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer '90, and two-time Super Bowl winner Jim McMahon.
Other notable endpoint players include disruptive Cylance, which recently earned its horn and unicorn status raising $100 million, as well as Tanium, CarbonBlack, and Invincea.
Other notable soprano players included Dave Liebman, Joe Farrell, Gerry Niewood, Joshua Redman, John Lurie, Jane Ira Bloom, Jane Bunnett, Jan Gabarek, John Surman, Klaus Doldinger, Kenny Garrett, Steve Wilson, Sonny Fortune, Dick Oatts, Billy Drewes,Bill Kirchner, Bob Sheppard, Chris Cheek, Chris Potter, James Carter, George Brooks, Jeff Coffin and Paul Mc Candless.
The England team, however, had several notable players themselves, including Len Hutton, Denis Compton and Alec Bedser.
Anderson, working his mobile phone from a dugout in the City of Manchester Stadium, was instrumental in the hiring of Sven-Goran Eriksson to replace Stuart Pearce as manager, and signing eight players, including some notable hits, Elano and Vedran Corluka, along with one or two who did not make it at City – the £8.8m striker Rolando Bianchi returned to Italy after one season.
