Kurt Russell

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1951

Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

From being a successful child artist, Kurt Russell became a huge Disney teen star, then smoothly transitioned into more mature roles and gained recognition with television biographical movie, Elvis. The filmography of this charismatic movie star, today, has a series of blockbuster, critically applauded and award winning movies like Escape from New York, Backdraft, The Thing, Tombstone and Miracle. 

Rob Lowe

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1964

Birthplace: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

An actor, producer, and director who first rose to fame as a teenage star in the late 1970s, Rob Lowe has been active in both TV shows and films. His public image and film career declined after a sex tape scandal in the late 1980s, but he has been able to resurrect his career successfully.

Nat King Cole

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1919

Birthplace: Montgomery, Alabama, United States

Died: 1965

Jazz pianist/singer Nat King Cole, father of singer Natalie Cole, is best remembered for tracks such as Too Young and Mona Lisa. His last album, L-O-V-E, was recorded while he battled lung cancer. With The Nat King Cole Show, he became the first African-American to host his own show.

Gary Sinise

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1955

Birthplace: Blue Island, Illinois, United States

Gary Sinise is best known for his Golden Globe-winning performance as Harry S. Truman in Truman and his Academy Award-nominated role in Forrest Gump. Fans also loved him in the movie Apollo 13 and the series CSI: NY. He co-established the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and formed the Lt. Dan Band.

Hozier

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Bray, Ireland

Irish blues/rock singer Hozier is best known for his track Take Me to Church, which became a Billboard Hot 100-charter and rocked the charts of several other countries apart from Ireland, such as Belgium and Canada. His songs exhibit religious imagery. He was previously part of the choral group Anúna.

Katie Ledecky

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1997

Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States

Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky has also won 15 world championship gold medals, creating a record. At 15, she was the youngest American Olympic swimming team member at the 2012 London Olympics. The 6-foot-tall athlete is also a Stanford graduate and was the youngest Time 100 member in 2016.

Mia Hamm

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1972

Birthplace: Selma, Alabama, United States

John Boyega

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Peckham, London, England

John Boyega is a British-Nigerian actor known for his portrayal of Finn in the Star Wars films, such as The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker. He has also voiced Finn in a couple of video games and theme park attractions. Also known for his political activism, Boyega has participated in social movements like the Black Lives Matter rally.

Patrick Duffy

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1949

Birthplace: Townsend, Montana

Patrick Duffy is an American actor known for contributing immensely to the success of the popular TV soap opera Dallas where he portrayed the role of Bobby Ewing. Predominantly a TV actor, Duffy became a household name in the USA during the 1970s. A longtime member of Soka Gakkai International, Duffy is credited with popularizing Nichiren Buddhism in the USA.

Nicky Jam

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States

Nicky Jam is an American singer, actor, and songwriter. Widely regarded as one of the musicians who helped shape the Latino urban music movement, Jam specializes in reggaeton and Latin trap. Although his career took a sharp decline in the mid-2000s, due to his struggles with substance abuse and legal issues, Jam bounced back with successful singles, such as Travesuras.

Edin Džeko

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Rudolf Nureyev

Listed In: Dancers

Birth Year: 1938

Birthplace: Irkutsk, Russia

Died: 1993

Born into a Tatar Muslim family, Rudolf Nureyev grew up to gain fans both for his exceptional ballet skills and for his sharp cheek bones. One of the greatest male ballet dancers ever, he gained fame performing with stars such as Margot Fonteynhe. A closeted homosexual, he died of AIDS.

Katie Morgan

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Reseda, Los Angeles, California

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Pattie Boyd

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1944

Birthplace: Taunton

Pattie Boyd set the tone for British fashion of the 1960s. She married Beatles star George Harrison and inspired many of his songs. She then married Eric Clapton. Pattie’s photographs of Harrison and Clapton were exhibited as Through the Eye of a Muse. She also works for addiction recovery.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1537

Birthplace: Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Died: 1598

Japanese samurai and daimyō Toyotomi Hideyoshi of the Sengoku period, also known as the second Great Unifier of Japan, became the Chancellor of the Realm (Daijō-daijin) and Imperial Regent (kampaku). He constructed the Osaka Castle, banned slavery, and established the Tokugawa class system and the Council of Five Elders.

Brittany Daniel

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Gainesville, Florida, United States

Brittany Daniel is best known for her Young Artist Award-winning role of Jessica Wakefield in the teen series Sweet Valley High, which also starred her twin sister, Cynthia. She was also seen as Kelly Pitts in The Game. Her other notable projects are White Chicks and Last of the Romantics.

Shinji Kagawa

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Kobe, Japan

Shinji Kagawa is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder. He has the distinction of having played for top-notch European football clubs, such as Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund. Known for agility on the field, Shinji Kagawa is currently part of the Greek club, PAOK Thessaloniki, after his contract with Spanish team, Zaragoza, was terminated. 

Bobby Jones

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1902

Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Died: 1971

Bobby Jones was an American amateur golfer and lawyer. One of the most important personalities in the history of golf, Jones founded or co-founded the Augusta National Golf Club as well as the Masters Tournament. He also helped design the Augusta. Bobby Jones’ innovations, which he brought to the Masters Tournameny, have been used in professional golf tournaments around the world.

Lesley-Anne Down

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1954

Birthplace: Wandsworth, London, England

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Billy Corgan

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1967

Birthplace: Elk Grove Village, Illinois, United States

Billy Corgan is an American professional wrestling promoter, singer, and songwriter. He is credited with forming the popular alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. He is also credited with founding Resistance Pro Wrestling and currently owns the National Wrestling Alliance promotion, for which he also serves as the promoter. Having struggled with several mental disorders, Corgan promotes abuse support networks.

Cynthia Daniel

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Gainesville, Florida, United States

Cynthia Daniel is a photographer and former actress. The twin sister of Brittany Daniel, Cynthia followed in the footsteps of her sister to become an actress. However, she retired from acting in 1997 and chose to become a photographer, even as her twin sister Brittany Daniel continued to pursue acting.

Saina Nehwal

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Hisar, Haryana, India

A former world no.1, Saina Nehwal holds the feat of being the only Indian female player and overall the second Indian player to achieve this ranking. She is the first Indian female to have bagged in an Olympic medal in badminton. She was also awarded India's third highest civillian award, the Padma Bhushan.  

Frank Hamer

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1884

Birthplace: Wilson County, Texas

Died: 1955

Frank Hamer was an American Texas Ranger and law enforcement officer. He is credited with leading the 1934 group that tracked down and executed criminals, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. Well-known for his investigative skill, marksmanship, and toughness, Frank Hamer was recognized as the archetypal Texas Ranger in the Southwest. His life and work inspired the 2019 film, The Highwaymen.

Amelia Heinle

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1973

Birthplace: Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Carrie Symonds

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: East Sheen, South London

Carrie Symonds, the fiancée of British prime minister Boris Johnson, is the first unmarried partner of a prime minister to stay at 10 Downing Street. A former Conservative Party press officer, she now works with Oceana. She was the youngest victim to testify against serial sexual offender John Worboys. 

John Sebastian

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1944

Birthplace: Greenwich Village, New York, United States

Stephen Gately

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

Died: 2009

Irish singer Stephen Gately, who soared to fame in the 1990s with the globally popular band Boyzone, was born to working-class parents in Dublin. He later revealed he was gay, when a friend black-mailed he would reveal Gately’s sexuality. He died of a heart condition at age 33.

Mark Boone Junior

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1955

Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Jim Bridger

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1804

Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia, United States

Died: 1881

Known as the ultimate American mountain man, Jim Bridger is remembered for his exploration of the Western United States. It is believed, the illiterate fur trader was the first white man to explore the Great Salt Lake and one of the first to visit Yellowstone. He also worked as a forest guide.

Claressa Shields

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Flint, Michigan, United States

Boxer and mixed martial artist, Claressa Shields, reigned as the undisputed female middleweight champion from 2019 to 2020. She has previously held multiple WBA, WBC, and IBF female middleweight titles. She is also the first American boxer to win consecutive Olympic medals. She was named the Female Fighter of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America in 2018.

Natalie Zea

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1975

Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States

Natalie Zea started with stage performances and then gained fame with the role of Gwen Hotchkiss in the soap Passions. Fans also loved her as Karen Darling in Dirty Sexy Money and as Winona Hawkins in Justified. She has also appeared in commercials for brands such as Dove and Snickers.

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1920

Birthplace: Tungipara, Bangladesh

Died: 1975

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, is known as the "Father of the Nation" and “Bangabandhu" in Bangladesh. He was an Awami League leader and led the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. He was the first president of Bangladesh and later also served as the Bangladeshi PM.

Kyle Korver

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Lakewood, United States

Height: 6'7" (201 cm)

Bryan Dechart

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Danny Ainge

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1959

Birthplace: Eugene, Oregon, USA

Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

Olesya Rulin

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Moscow, Russia

Olesya Rulin is a Russian-American actress best known for acting in the High School Musical film franchise. Even though she was interested in the show business from a young age, she began her career as a nurse assistant. She eventually became an actress and found tremendous success with the release of the High School Musical films.

Paul Kantner

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1941

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA

Died: 2016

Gottlieb Daimler

Listed In: Engineers

Birth Year: 1834

Birthplace: Schorndorf, Germany

Died: 1900

Gottlieb Daimler was a German engineer, industrialist, and industrial designer. A pioneer of automobile development and internal combustion engines, Daimler is credited with inventing the liquid petroleum-fueled engine. In 1978, Gottlieb Daimler was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame.

Ken Mattingly

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1936

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Ken Mattingly is a retired aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and rear admiral in the US Navy. He was part of Apollo-16 and is one of 24 astronauts to have flown to the Moon. Mattingly is the recipient of numerous awards, including the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. In 1983, he was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame.

Cordarrelle Patterson

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

William Gibson

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: Conway, South Carolina, United States

William Gibson is an American-Canadian essayist and speculative fiction writer. He is widely credited with pioneering cyberpunk, a science fiction subgenre. His early works, which he produced during the late-1970s and early-1980s, helped create an iconography for the information age even before the dawn of the Internet in the 1990s. William Gibson is also credited with coining the term cyberspace.

Daisy Head

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Fulham, London, England

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Marisa Coughlan

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Yanic Truesdale

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Canadian-American actor Yanic Truesdale is best known for his portrayal of Michel Gerard in the TV series Gilmore Girls. He discovered his love for acting when he was a teenager and studied at the National Theatre School of Canada. He began his career with roles in TV series and has since appeared in a few TV films as well.

Sammy Baugh

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1914

Birthplace: Temple, Texas, United States

Died: 2008

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

James Irwin

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1930

Birthplace: Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States

Died: 1991

James Irwin was an American astronaut, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and a US Air Force pilot. He was part of the Apollo 15 mission and became only the eighth person ever to walk on the Moon. He was the recipient of several prestigious awards. In 1983, James Irwin was made an inductee of the International Space Hall of Fame.

Alfred Newman

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1900

Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Died: 1970

Homer Plessy

Listed In: Activists

Birth Year: 1862

Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Died: 1925

Tracy Wolfson

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1975

Birthplace: USA

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Tamar Braxton

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1977

Birthplace: Severn, Maryland, United States

Tamar Braxton is an American television personality and singer. She is one of the founding members of the popular R&B singing group, The Braxtons. Over the course of her career, Tamar Braxton has received nominations for prestigious awards, such as the Daytime Emmy Award and Grammy Award. She has also appeared in popular reality TV series like Celebrity Big Brother.