Could've hired/2 hired (B-spec; 1 was deleted along with a save file at one point due to stupid moves in the game by me):
-S. McMahon
-K. Busch
-M. Harmon (Commander Jethro Gibbs from NCIS - Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) is almost as always victim to his "Gibbs-slaps")
-C. Almeida (host of The HUB's Pictureka! in the U.S.)
-D. Carey (current host of The Price is Right in the U.S.)
-W. Brady (current host of Let's Make a Deal in the U.S.)
-J. Gibbs (NASCAR team owner or character played by Mark Harmon on NCIS)
-C. Thornton (almost DID!) (Ciji from WCG Ultimate Gamer Season 1)
-A. West (the original Batman from the '60s!)
-T. Gibson (Greg Montgomery from Dharma & Greg, Special Agent Aaron Hotchner from Criminal Minds)
-R. Fields (ex-Price is Right announcer at the end of Season 38, now sub-announces for Wheel of Fortune in Season 28; sadly, longtime announcer Charlie O'Donnell passed away in October)
-J. Gordon
-T. Stewart
-L. Scott (Lucas from One Tree Hill or Landon from personal works)
-A. Stone (Amanda from personal works)
-K. Pereira
-O. Munn
-N. Chang (1/2 of the team from the 17th U.S. season of The Amazing Race to make series history - the first all-female team to win the $1,000,000 grand prize in the season finale just a month ago)
-R. Olivieri ("DON'T EAT ME!" - the original Nick Szalinski from the 1989 film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, which is why I refuse to eat Cheerios to this day after seeing the movie)
-J. Horvath (Jamie from personal works)
Raced against:
-S. Weaver (Ellen Ripley from the Alien series!)
-B. Avila (PAINFULLY lost my first B-spec race--the FR Challenge!)
-K. Jennings (74-day Jeopardy! champ w/highest all-time American game show winnings record)
-S. Smith (Amanda from the SAW series)
-J. Johnson
-P. Johansson (Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan (James Lafferty)'s dad/ex-mayor Dan Scott from One Tree Hill in the U.S.; since at least Season 8 he's made guest appearances)
-D. Hoffman
-(x). Araki (if H: the creator of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - if I ever see an opponent named J. Kujo racing against me in GT5 or 6...)
-(x). Probst (if J: host of Survivor - "The tribe has spoken.")
-S. Moore (U.S. pro wrestler once trained by Matt and Jeff Hardy)
-S. Reid (Sophia from personal works - youngest character ever created (she's 19))
-J. Yamamoto (Jennifer from personal works - driving a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C5) '00 when I raced in the Muscle Car Championship!)
-H. Wilder (Hayden or "Player 1" from personal works)
-N. Campbell (supermodel or Sidney Prescott from the Scream series)