Jeremy Clarkson

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire

Jeremy Clarkson has come a long way from being a local journalist to becoming a recognized public personality, thanks to his appearance as a presenter in the popular TV show Top Gear. He is credited with making Top Gear one of the most successful shows in the UK. His tongue-in-cheek presenting style and writing often provoke a public reaction.

Jennifer Esposito

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1973

Birthplace: New York City, United States

Jennifer Esposito is an American actress who despite suffering from celiac disease, the details of which she has written in her book Jennifer's Way, went on to establish herself in the entertainment industry. Apart from being an actress and author, Jennifer also serves as the brand ambassador for Eclair Naturals, a body and skin care line.

Alessandra Ambrosio

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Brazilian-American model/actor Alessandra Ambrósio has been a Victoria's Secret Angel and also promoted the brand’s PINK line. Named one of People’s 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, she is also associated with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, co-owns a beachwear brand, and has appeared on various TV shows.

Thiago Alcântara

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: San Pietro Vernotico, Italy

Italian-born Brazilian-origin footballer Thiago Alcântara grew up watching his footballer father Mazinho. The talented midfielder has played for teams such as Barcelona and Bayern Munich and now represents Liverpool and the national team of Spain. An injury prevented him from playing in the World Cup 2014.

Dele Alli

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: Milton Keynes, England

Midfielder Dele Alli began training as part of the Milton Keynes Dons youth system at age 11. He became a professional with the Dons and then played for the Tottenham Hotspur. The two-time PFA Young Player of the Year awardee led England to the 2018 FIFA World Cup semi-finals.

Tricia Helfer

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: Donalda, Canada

Tricia Helfer is a Canadian actress and model. She gained international fame after portraying the enigmatic Cylon model Number Six in the Battlestar Galactica TV series. She began her career as a model and won the Ford Models' Supermodel of the World contest in 1992. Later on, she quit modeling to pursue a full-time acting career. 

Summer Walker

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Goldust

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Austin, Texas, United States

Height: 6'6" (198 cm)

Ethel Kennedy

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois

Died: 2024

Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy, vowed not to remarry after the assassination of her husband in 1968. She established the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She inspired the documentary Ethel, directed by her daughter Rory.

Joel Grey

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1932

Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Joel Grey is an American actor, dancer, singer, photographer, and director. He is best known for his portrayal of the Master of Ceremonies in the popular musical Cabaret, for which he won the 1967 Tony Award. He then reprised his role in the 1972 film adaptation, winning an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award for his performance.

Clyde Edwards-Helaire

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1999

Birthplace: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Bill Irwin

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1950

Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, USA

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Dakota Blue Richards

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1994

Birthplace: South Kensington, London, England

Dakota Blue Richards is an English actress best known for her portrayal of Lyra Belacqua in the popular fantasy adventure film The Golden Compass, for which she received nominations for several prestigious awards, including Young Artist Award. Also known for her humanitarian work, Richards has been an ardent supporter of Action for Children, which aims at helping vulnerable young people.

Meshach Taylor

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 2014

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Stephanie Pratt

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Los Angeles

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Peter Riegert

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Louise Lasser

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1939

Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Mark Teixeira

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Annapolis, Maryland, United States

Yoo Yeon-seok

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Jyotiba Phule

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1827

Birthplace: Satara, Maharashtra, India

Died: 1890

Jyotiba Phule was an Indian thinker, social activist, writer, and anti-caste social reformer. During his lifetime, he worked towards eradicating the caste system and untouchability in India. He was also a pioneer of women education in India and began his first school for girls in Pune in 1848. B. R. Ambedkar had often cited Jyotiba Phule as an inspiration.

Percy Lavon Julian

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1899

Birthplace: Montgomery, Alabama, United States

Died: 1975

Percy Lavon Julian was an American chemist whose work paved the way for the production of birth control pills and corticosteroids. Julian went on to start his own company which helped reduce the price of steroid intermediates. In 1973, Percy Lavon Julian was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences and became the first African-American to receive this honor.

Cleotha Staples

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1934

Birthplace: near Drew, Mississippi, United States

Died: 2013

The eldest child of The Staple Singers patriarch, Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Cleotha Staples was part of her family gospel group’s eight US top 40 hits. After facing racism, while they toured around performing, Cleotha and her group ventured into Black protest music. Respect Yourself was one of their Billboard-charting tracks.

Dodie Clark

Listed In: YouTubers

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Enfield, London

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Lisa Stansfield

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1966

Birthplace: Heywood, Greater Manchester

Oleg Cassini

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1913

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: 2006

Born to a Russian diplomat, designer Oleg Cassini was known as much for his affairs with femme fatales such as Grace Kelly and Marilyn Monroe as for his designs. Initially married to actor Gene Tierney, he had also kept his 34-year marriage to Marianne Nestor a secret till his death.

Kasturba Gandhi

Listed In: Activists

Birth Year: 1869

Birthplace: Porbandar

Died: 1944

Kasturba Gandhi was an Indian freedom fighter and political activist. Best remembered as the wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Kasturba took part in Indian independence movements along with her husband. Her life and career inspired a play titled Kasturba which was written by Narayan Desai and directed by Aditi Desai. The play was staged several times in India.

Viola Liuzzo

Listed In: Activists

Birth Year: 1925

Birthplace: California, Pennsylvania

Died: 1965

Masaru Ibuka

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1908

Birthplace: Nikkō City, Japan

Died: 1997

Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese industrialist best remembered for co-founding Sony Group Corporation along with Akio Morita. From 1950 to 1971, Ibuka served as the company's president. When he retired in 1976, Morita was named chairman of Sony. Ibuka was the recipient of several prestigious awards such as the IEEE Founders Medal and the Medal of Honor with Blue Ribbon.

Johnny Sheffield

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1931

Birthplace: Pasadena, California, United States

Died: 2010

Julien Kang

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Julien Kang is a South Korean actor and model best known for his appearance in popular variety shows, such as We Got Married and Our Neighborhood Arts and Physical Education. He first achieved popularity for playing Kang Gu-ra in the 2012 TV series Goodbye Dear Wife, where he starred opposite Ryu Si-won. 

Charles Evans Hughes

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1862

Birthplace: Glens Falls, New York, U.S.

Died: 1948

Dean Acheson

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1893

Birthplace: Middletown, Connecticut, United States

Died: 1971

Jill Gascoine

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1937

Birthplace: Lambeth, London, England

Died: 2020

Actor and novelist Jill Gascoine is best remembered for her role as Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in the series The Gentle Touch and its spin-off, C.A.T.S. Eyes. She wrote three novels and also appeared in films such as King of the Wind. She was also a kidney cancer survivor.

George Canning

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1770

Birthplace: Marylebone

Died: 1827

Kelli Garner

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Bakersfield, California, USA

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Oliver Riedel

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Schwerin, Germany

Height: 6'7" (201 cm)

Will Tudor

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: London, England

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Erislandy Lara

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1983

Birthplace: Guantanamo, Cuba

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Erina Mano

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture

Edward Everett

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1794

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts

Died: 1865

Edward Everett was an American politician, diplomat, educator, pastor, and orator. Widely regarded as one of the great orators of the Civil War and antebellum eras, Everett is remembered for his two-hour speech at the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg in 1863, where Abraham Lincoln delivered his popular Gettysburg Address. Edward Everett also taught ancient Greek literature at Harvard University.

James Parkinson

Listed In: Physicians

Birth Year: 1755

Birthplace: Shoreditch

Died: 1824

The man who lent his name to Parkinson’s disease, which he described as paralysis agitans in Essay on the Shaking Palsy, James Parkinson was a leading English surgeon. An avid paleontologist and geologist too, he often collected specimens and fossils. He and his son also offered the first description of appendicitis.

Mohit Suri

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: India

Hugh Leo Carey

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1919

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 2011

Lights

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Timmins, Ontario, Canada

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

DJ Fresh

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1977

Birthplace: Worthing

Piers Sellers

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1955

Birthplace: Crowborough

Died: 2016

Starting his career with NASA as a research meteorologist, Piers Sellers later became a NASA astronaut. The British-American astronaut and climate scientist was a Space Shuttle mission expert and had visited the International Space Station thrice. He also appeared in the documentary Before the Flood, partially produced by Leonardo DiCaprio.

Rachele Mussolini

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1890

Birthplace: Predappio, Italy

Died: 1979

Alberto Ginastera

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1916

Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died: 1983

K. L. Saigal

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1904

Birthplace: Jammu Kashmir, India

Died: 1947

K. L. Saigal, the first superstar of Hindi cinema, was revered and idolised for his singing and acting styles. He gained-attention starring and singing in the Hindi film Puran Bhagat. He then starred in several films, most notably in the Hindi film Devdas. He was the first non-Bengali who was given consent by Rabindranath Tagore to sing the latter’s songs.  

Guy Verhofstadt

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1953

Birthplace: Dendermonde

Guy Verhofstadt is a Belgian politician best known for serving as the Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008. From 1985 to 1992, he served as the Deputy Prime Minister as well as the Minister of Budget. From 2009 to 2019, Verhofstadt also served as the leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.