Odell Beckham Jr.

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Odell Beckham Jr. is an American football player who plays in the National Football League (NFL). With several NFL records under his belt, Beckham Jr. is widely regarded as one of the most popular and productive players of all time. His one-handed touchdown catch in a Sunday Night Football game is considered the greatest catch ever made in NFL history.

Tilda Swinton

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: London, England

One of the most popular Scottish actresses of her generation, Tilda Swinton is known for portraying negative roles in both blockbusters and independent arthouse films. An Academy Award-winning actress, Tilda is also known for her impressive fashion sense; she was named by The Guardian as one of the fifty best-dressed over 50 in 2013.

Vivien Leigh

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1913

Birthplace: Darjeeling, India

Died: 1967

British actress Vivien Leigh gained popularity with her award winning performance in films Gone with the Wind and A Street Car named Desire and her Musical Broadway Tovarich. The beautiful actress, who went on to feature in films like That Hamilton Woman and Ship of Fools, had a troubled personal life and suffered from physical and mental health issues.

Bryan Adams

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1959

Birthplace: Kingston, Canada

Canadian rock guitarist and singer Bryan Adams, known for his cult classics Everything I Do and Summer of '69, has won 20 Juno Awards and a Grammy. The Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee is also an avid animal rights activist and a professional photographer who has held several exhibitions.

Famke Janssen

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1964

Birthplace: Amstelveen, Netherlands

Famke Janssen is a Dutch actress best known for playing important roles in popular Hollywood films like the X-Men film series and the Taken film trilogy. A former fashion model, Janssen achieved international recognition when she played Bond girl Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye. Over the course of her acting career, Famke Janssen has recieved several awards, including the Saturn Award.

Sam Rockwell

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: Daly City, California, United States

Actor Sam Rockwell has been active in Hollywood since the late 1980s. He had a moderately successful career during his early years and became internationally famous only in recent years. He won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the movie, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

Sam Shepard

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: Fort Sheridan, Illinois, United States

Died: 2017

Ten-time Obie Award-winning playwright, author, director, and actor Samuel Shepard had also won a Pulitzer Prize for the play Buried Child. He was also the drummer of the rock band The Holy Modal Rounders. Fans remember him for his Academy Award-nominated performance as Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff.

Art Garfunkel

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1941

Birthplace: Forest Hills, New York, United States

Eight-time Grammy winner Art Garfunkel is part of the folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, along with Paul Simon. He has had a successful solo career, too. One of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, he also earned a Golden Globe nomination for playing Sandy in Carnal Knowledge.

Virat Kohli

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: New Delhi, India

Counted amongst world’s best batsmen, Virat Kohli is the former captain of Indian national cricket team. Under his captaincy, Indian cricket rose to great heights and he is the most successful Indian Test captain till date. He shot to fame when he led India’s Under-19 team to victory at the 2008 Under-19 World Cup. Since then, Virat Kohli has proved his talent in all forms of the game.

Kevin Jonas

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Teaneck, New Jersey, United States

Musician, singer, and songwriter Kevin Jonas rose to fame as a member of the pop-rock band, the Jonas Brothers, with his younger brothers, Joe and Nick. Also an actor, he has appeared in many Disney Channel productions. He is involved in business ventures as well and is the founder of a construction company, JonasWerner.

Luke Hemsworth

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia

The oldest of the famous Hemsworth brothers, Luke Hemsworth is also an actor like his younger siblings. A famous TV actor in Australia, Luke Hemsworth has also appeared in American films, such as Hickok, Encounter, and Crypto. A popular figure in Australia, Luke was chosen as the newest face of Tourism Australia in 2018.

Kasper Schmeichel

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Roy Rogers

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1911

Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Died: 1998

Roy Rogers was an American singer, television host, and actor. Credited with co-founding one of America's earliest Western singing groups, Sons of the Pioneers, Rogers is widely regarded as one of the most famous Western stars of his generation. One of the earliest actors to popularize Western films, Roy Rogers was often referred to as the King of the Cowboys.

Tatum O’Neal

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Tatum O’Neal is an American actress, who at the age of 10, became the youngest person to receive a competitive Oscar in the history of the Academy Awards; she won the award for her performance in the comedy-drama film, Paper Moon. She then went on to establish herself as a successful actress in the film and TV industry.

Eliud Kipchoge

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Kapsisiywa, Nandi County, Kenya

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Jason Kelce

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United States

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

William Theodore Walton III

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1952

Birthplace: La Mesa, California, United States

Died: 2024

William Theodore Walton III, popularly known as Bill Walton, is a former basketball player. In 1977, he helped the Portland Trail Blazers win an NBA championship and won another NBA championship in 1986 while playing for the Boston Celtics. In 1993, Walton was made an inductee to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Gram Parsons

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: Winter Haven, Florida, United States

Died: 1973

Natalie Schafer

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1900

Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

Died: 1991

Jon-Erik Hexum

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Englewood, New Jersey, United States

Died: 1984

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Bubba Watson

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Bagdad, Florida, United States

Bubba Watson professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He is a left-handed golfer, one of the few on the tour. He won titles at the Masters Tournament in 2012 and 2014. He is counted among the longest drivers on the PGA Tour. Besides golf, he is also a member of the boy band Golf Boys. 

Joel McCrea

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1905

Birthplace: South Pasadena, California, USA

Died: 1990

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

AJ Pritchard

Listed In: Dancers

Birth Year: 1994

Birthplace: Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent

AJ Pritchard is a British television personality, dancer, and choreographer. Pritchard became a household name in the UK after appearing in popular TV shows, such as Britain's Got Talent, Strictly Come Dancing, and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! In 2018, he appeared in the celebrity version of Hunted in an attempt to help Stand Up to Cancer.

Eugene V. Debs

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1855

Birthplace: Terre Haute

Died: 1926

Eugene V. Debs, one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World, was a renowned socialist and a five-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party. He is remembered for founding the American Railway Union. He was convicted of sedition, but his sentence was later commuted.

Elke Sommer

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1940

Birthplace: Berlin, Germany

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Judy Reyes

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1967

Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Han Ji-min

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Heukseok-dong, Dongjak District,Seoul, South Korea

Han Ji-min is a South Korean actress who achieved international recognition after portraying Park-ha / Hong Bu-yong in the romantic comedy television drama, Rooftop Prince, for which she received several awards, including three SBS Drama Awards. She is also popular for taking part in fund drives and volunteer work as part of her work with the organization, Join Together Society.

Abedi Pele

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1964

Birthplace: Kyebi, Ghana

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Penny Wong

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Penny Wong is an Australian politician. She has been a senator for South Australia since 2002. Currently, she is leader of the opposition in the senate. She is a qualified lawyer and has previously worked as a political advisor. She is a member of the LGBTQAI+ community and played a key role in the legalization of same-sex marriage in Australia. 

Herb Edelman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1933

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 1996

Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

Marco Verratti

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Pescara, Italy

Best known as a central midfielder for Paris Saint-Germain and the Italian national team, Marco Verratti was part of his country’s 2014 FIFA World Cup squad. He began his career with Pescara and worked his way up with hard work. He was knighted by the Italian government.

Seth Gilliam

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: New York, USA

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Flume

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Sydney, Australia

Australian electronic musician and DJ Harley Edward Streten, is better known as Flume, a moniker he chose inspired by his favorite Bon Iver song. From being a saxophonist in his school band, Flume ended up releasing a debut album that topped the Australian and New Zealand charts.

Peter Noone

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Davyhulme, Lancashire, England

Initially known as Herman in the beat, rock, and pop group Herman’s Hermits, English musician Peter Noone later gained fame as a solo singer-songwriter, pianist, and guitarist. Known for tracks such as Oh! You Pretty Things and his signature crooked teeth, he later led the group the Tremblers, too.

Harris Yulin

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1937

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Jerry Stackhouse

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: Kinston, North Carolina, United States

Height: 6'6" (198 cm)

Jonny Greenwood

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Oxford

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Tamzin Outhwaite

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Ilford, London, England, UK

Tamzin Outhwaite is best known as Melanie Owen from the soap EastEnders. She has been part of theater and also amazed audiences with the TV series Red Cap and New Tricks. She has also presented Dateline. During the COVID-19 lockdown, she filmed weekly YouTube segments of Dun Breedin at home.

Corin Nemec

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Kellen Winslow

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: East St. Louis, Illinois, United States

Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

Anna Leonowens

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1834

Birthplace: Ahmednagar, India

Died: 1915

Indian-born British author Anna Leonowens is best remembered for her memoir The English Governess at the Siamese Court, which related her experience as a governess of the children of King Mongkut of Siam. The musical The King and I and the novel Anna and the King of Siam were inspired by her life.

Will Durant

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1885

Birthplace: North Adams, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 1981

Will Durant was an American writer, philosopher, and historian. He is credited with writing The Story of Philosophy which helped popularize philosophy in the USA. Will is also remembered for co-writing an 11-volume set of books titled The Story of Civilization along with his wife Ariel. Will and Ariel were awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

BoA

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Guri-si, South Korea

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Ryan Adams

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Bryan Lourd

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: New Iberia, Louisiana, United States

Talent agent Bryan Lourd has served as the managing director and co-chairman of the Creative Artists Agency since 1995. He has also been part of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. He also mediated between parties during the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike.

Sebastian Arcelus

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: New York City

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Leonardo Nam

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Korean-origin Argentine-Australian actor Leonardo Nam is best remembered for his role as Morimoto in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. In his initial days in New York, he worked in bars and slept on pavements, before bagging his breakthrough role in The Perfect Score.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1850

Birthplace: Janesville, Wisconsin, United States

Died: 1919

Bob Barr

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Chris Addison

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Cardiff

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)