Isla Fisher

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Muscat, Oman

Australian actress Isla Fisher attained widespread fame in 2005 when she starred in the commercially successful Hollywood film Wedding Crashers. Some of her other notable films are The Great Gatsby, Now You See Me, I Heart Huckabees, Bachelorette, Rango and Rise of the Guardians. She has also acted in television series and is an author of children’s books.

Daddy Yankee

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1977

Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Daddy Yankee is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is credited with coining the term Reggaeton. Referred to as the King of Reggaetón, Yankee has been cited as an inspiration by several performers, including Natti Natasha, J Balvin, and Ozuna. Also a noted philanthropist, Yankee donated $100,000 to provide food to 9,000 families affected by Hurricane Maria.

Warwick Davis

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Epsom, Surrey, England

Warwick Davis is an English actor, comedian, filmmaker, writer, and TV presenter. He is known for playing important roles in popular film series like Leprechaun, Star Wars, and Harry Potter films. Davis serves as an inspiration to those suffering from dwarfism. As the co-founder of a charity organization called Little People UK, Warwick Davis has touched the lives of many people.

Beau Biden

Listed In: Lawyers & Judges

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Died: 2015

A politician and attorney, Beau Biden was the eldest child of politician Joe Biden. As a little boy, he was severely injured in a car accident in which his mother and sister perished. He overcame several challenges to become a successful attorney. However, fate was cruel to him and he died of brain cancer at the age of 46.

Morgan Fairchild

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1950

Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Felix Mendelssohn

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1809

Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany

Died: 1847

Felix Mendelssohn was a German composer of the early Romantic period. He was also a skilled organist, pianist, and conductor. He composed symphonies, concertos, chamber music, and organ music. His collection of lyrical piano songs Songs Without Words is among his best-known works. He was the founder of the public university The Leipzig Conservatory. He died aged just 38. 

Nathan Lane

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1956

Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Blythe Danner

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Blythe Danner, mother of Gwyneth Paltrow, won two Emmys for playing Izzy in Huffstodt on Huff and a Tony for the play Butterflies Are Free. Fans loved her in Will & Grace, and Meet the Parents and its sequels. She works for oral cancer awareness and is an avid environmentalist.

Maura Tierney

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1965

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Maura Tierney is an actress who has been contributing immensely to the success of the American film and TV industry since the 1990s. She mainly plays supporting roles, many of which have been worthy of prestigious awards. Maura Tierney is a cancer survivor.

Norman Rockwell

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birth Year: 1894

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 1978

Painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell became famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life he created for The Saturday Evening Post. He was associated with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) for over six decades and produced covers for their publications and calendars. A prolific artist, he made more than 4,000 original works in his lifetime.

Sean Kingston

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Miami, Florida, United States

Jamaican-American singer and rapper Kisean Paul Anderson, better known as “Sean Kingston,” is best known for his chart-topping tracks Beautiful Girls and Eenie Meenie. He has campaigned for PETA and the non-profit Do Something. He launched the Professional Rapper Boxing League in 2020 and guest-starred in Black Dynamite.

Amal Clooney

Listed In: Activists

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Beirut, Lebanon

Amal Clooney is a Lebanese-British barrister, specializing in human rights and international law. Her clients include popular and influential personalities like Yulia Tymoshenko, Nadia Murad, and Julian Assange. Her work and philanthropic activities gained media coverage after her wedding to actor George Clooney. The Clooneys are well-known philanthropists and are founders of the Clooney Foundation for Justice.

Bridget Regan

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: San Diego County, California, United States

Bridget Regan is best known as Kahlan Amnell from Legend of the Seeker and as Rebecca Lowe/Rachel Turner from White Collar. She has also played major roles in Jane the Virgin and The Last Ship. Fans have also loved her in various TV films and plays. 

Kerry Von Erich

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Niagara Falls, New York, United States

Died: 1993

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Dennis Edwards

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: Fairfield, Alabama, United States

Died: 2018

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Gertrude Stein

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1874

Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: 1946

Gertrude Stein was an American playwright, novelist, poet, and art collector. She is remembered for publishing works about lesbian sexuality, which was considered a taboo at that time. Over the years, Gertrude Stein has been the subject of several works of art. In the 2011 movie Midnight in Paris, Stein was portrayed by Kathy Bates.

Vlade Divac

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: Prijepolje, Serbia

Vlade Divac is a Serbian former basketball player and one of only seven players in the history of NBA to record 13,000 points, 3,000 assists, 9,000 rebounds, and 1,500 blocked shots. In 2010, he was made an inductee of the FIBA Hall of Fame. In 2019, Vlade Divac was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Elizabeth Blackwell

Listed In: Physicians

Birth Year: 1821

Birthplace: Bristol

Died: 1910

Fran Tarkenton

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1940

Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Bob Griese

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1945

Birthplace: Evansville, Indiana, USA

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

James A. Michener

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1907

Birthplace: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: 1997

Robert Earl Jones

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1910

Birthplace: Tate County, Mississippi, United States

Died: 2006

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Michael Cimino

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1939

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 2016

Dave Davies

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Muswell Hill

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Alvar Aalto

Listed In: Architects

Birth Year: 1898

Birthplace: Kuortane

Died: 1976

Finnish architect Alvar Aalto initially had his studies interrupted by the Finnish Civil War, which saw him fighting for the White Army. His first architectural design was for his parents’ house. He had experimented with furniture and glassware, too. His works showcase a move from classicism to functionalism.

Raghuram Rajan

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Raghuram Rajan is an Indian economist who served as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 2013 to 2016. He also served as the 15th Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India. For his significant contribution in the field of economics, Raghuram Rajan was honored with the Fischer Black Prize by the American Finance Association in 2003.

John Fiedler

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1925

Birthplace: Platteville, Wisconsin, United States

Died: 2005

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Simone Weil

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birth Year: 1909

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: 1943

Paris-born philosopher and activist Simone Weil could speak in Sanskrit and Greek as a student. Called The Martian by her classmates, due to her peculiar nature, she died of cardiac failure at 34, refusing to eat more than the people of German-occupied France, in spite of being diagnosed with tuberculosis. 

Marty Jannetty

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Columbus, Georgia, United States

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Horace Greeley

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1811

Birthplace: Amherst, New Hampshire, United States

Died: 1872

Horace Greeley was an American publisher and newspaper editor. He is credited with founding the New-York Tribune, for which he also served as an editor. He is also credited with popularizing the New-York Tribune, which became the highest-circulating newspaper in America. Long active in politics, Greeley helped found the Republican Party in 1854. 

Keith Gordon

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Shelley Berman

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1925

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Died: 2017

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Tim Heidecker

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Henry Heimlich

Listed In: Physicians

Birth Year: 1920

Birthplace: Wilmington

Died: 2016

Rougned Odor

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1994

Birthplace: Maracaibo, Venezuela

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Sara Carbonero

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Corral de Almaguer, Spain

Sara Carbonero is a Spanish-Portuguese TV personality and sports journalist. She is best known for her association with the popular free-to-air TV channel Telecinco, where she worked as a presenter. Carbonero made headlines in 2010 when she covered the 2010 FIFA World Cup, including the match between Switzerland and Spain that featured her then-boyfriend Iker Casillas whom she later married. 

Emile Griffith

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1938

Birthplace: Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Died: 2013

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Paul Auster

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States

Died: 2024

Kim Joon

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Gwacheon, South Korea

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Stephen McHattie

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Waheeda Rehman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1938

Birthplace: Chengalpattu

Height: 5'1" (155 cm)

Luis Coronel

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: Tucson, Arizona

Born in Tucson, Arizona, Regional Mexican music artist Luis Coronel caught the attention of Del Records at 16, when he uploaded a video of himself singing to his girlfriend on YouTube. The singer, known for hits such as Tu Boca Me Hipnotiza, had previously been an amateur boxer.

Antonio José de Sucre

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1795

Birthplace: Cumaná

Died: 1830

Antonio José de Sucre was a Venezuelan political leader who served as the President of Peru from 23 June to 17 July 1823. He also served as the second president of Bolivia from 29 December 1825 to 18 April 1828. Antonio José de Sucre also played an influential role as an independence leader through his work alongside Simón Bolívar.

Henning Mankell

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden

Died: 2015

Henning Mankell was a Swedish dramatist, children's author, and crime writer. He is best reemembered for penning a series of mystery novels which featured the popular character, Inspector Kurt Wallander. Henning Mankell is also remembered for highlighting injustices in Sweden and social inequality issues through his plays and books. He was a recipient of many awards like the Gumshoe Award.

Tre Mann

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 2001

Birthplace: Gainesville, Florida, United States

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Michele Greene

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Dory Funk Jr.

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1941

Birthplace: Hammond, Indiana, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Walter Bagehot

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1826

Birthplace: Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Died: 1877

Born to Stuckey's Bank MD Walter Bagehot was initially part of his father’s shipping and banking business. He later became the editor-in-chief of The Economist and married the publication’s founder James Wilson’s daughter. He penned path-breaking works such as Lombard Street and The English Constitution and co-established National Review.

Kamil Glik

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

E. P. Thompson

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1924

Birthplace: Oxford, England

Died: 1993

British historian E. P. Thompson is best remembered for his iconic works such as The Making of the English Working Class. He was also a poet, a novelist, and a biographer. An anti-nuclear activist, too, he played a significant role in the formation of the New Left.