Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson, born on July 9th, 1947, San Francisco, California, nicknamed The Juice, is a former National Football League (NFL) running back, broadcaster, actor, advertising spokesman, and convicted armed robber and kidnapper. Once a popular figure with the U.S. public, he became best known for his trial and acquittal for the murders of his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her lover Ron Goldman.