Doja Cat

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Singer and rapper, Doja Cat, is best known for the music video for her song Mooo!, which went viral in 2018 and made her an international sensation. She subsequently went on to become a social media celebrity with millions of followers across platforms. She often kindles controversies because of her social media comments on sensitive issues.

Kim Kardashian

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

First gaining media attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian didn’t take long to become a celebrity in her own right. She came into the limelight in the early 2000s owing to a leaked sex tape and quickly became a social media celebrity with millions of followers across platforms.

Carrie Fisher

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1956

Birthplace: Burbank, California, United States

Died: 2016

Carrie Fisher was an American actress best known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films. Some of her other films notable film wereShampoo, Soapdish, The Blues Brothers, When Harry Met Sally and The Women. She had issues with bipolar disorder and drug addiction and spoke publicly about it. She died after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest while on a transatlantic flight.

Kane Brown

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

An American singer and songwriter, Kane Brown first came into prominence as a social media celebrity, thereby inspiring several social media users all over the world. In 2017, he became the first artist whose music peaked at number one positions on all five principal Billboard country charts simultaneously.

Alfred Nobel

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1833

Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden

Died: 1896

Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, and inventor. A prolific inventor, he held 355 different patents. Most popular as the inventor of dynamite, he was concerned with how he would be remembered after his death and bequeathed his fortune to the Nobel Prize institution. A wide traveler, he was proficient in several languages.

Judith Sheindlin

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1942

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Judith Sheindlin is a prosecution lawyer, television personality, and author. Since 1996, she has been presiding over her own arbitration reality court show Judge Judy, which has won four Daytime Emmy Awards. The longest-serving judge in the history of the courtroom-themed program, Judith Sheindlin was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Emmy for her work.

Celia Cruz

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1925

Birthplace: Havana, Cuba

Died: 2003

Celia Cruz was a Cuban-American singer who achieved popularity in Cuba as a singer of guarachas during the 1950s. Widely regarded as one of the 20th century's most famous Latin artists, Cruz was nicknamed the Queen of Salsa. She is also revered for popularizing Latin music in the USA. Celia Cruz also won numerous awards, including two Grammy Awards. 

Lee Chong Wei

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Bagan Serai, Malaysia

Malaysian former badminton player Datuk Lee Chong Wei held the first rank for 349 weeks as a singles player, thus becoming the only player from his country to be number one for over a year. He is a three-time Olympic silver medalist but quit the game after his cancer diagnosis.

Ken Watanabe

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1959

Birthplace: Koide, Japan

While tragic hero characters shot him to fame, the Japanese actor is recognized by global audience for his roles in The Last Samurai and Godzilla. Having started his career as a stage actor, Ken Watanabe is known for playing Samurai roles in Japanese films. He was also cast in the lead role in The King and I staged on Broadway.

Dizzy Gillespie

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1917

Birthplace: Cheraw, South Carolina, United States

Died: 1993

Jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and singer Dizzy Gillespie developed the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge, modifying it with innovative harmony and rhythm. He popularized the bebop style of music and was famous for his signature horn-rimmed spectacles. His contribution to modern jazz earned him the title of the Ambassador of Jazz.

Marzia Bisognin

Listed In: Instagram Stars

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Vicenza, Italy

Marzia Kjellberg née Bisognin, who was initially known as CutiePieMarzia, is a popular Italian beauty and fashion vlogger. She later moved to Japan, where she stays with her husband, famous Swedish YouTuber PewDiePie. Apart from launching a clothing line, she has also launched a home décor, pottery, and jewelry brand, Maì.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1929

Birthplace: Berkeley, California, United States

Died: 2018

Ursula K. Le Guin was an American author. In a career spanning almost six decades, Ursula wrote about political and social themes like race and sexuality. Throughout her career, Ursula had a major influence on speculative fiction. Her book A Wizard of Earthsea is credited with inspiring ideas like 'wizard school', which was later popularized in the Harry Potter series.

Nemanja Vidić

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Užice, Serbia

Retired Serbian footballer Nemanja Vidić is regarded as one of the most skilled defenders of the game. Starting his senior career with Red Star Belgrade, he later had a successful stint with Manchester United, winning 5 Premier League titles with them, among other honors. He was twice named Serbian Footballer of the Year.

Deng Lun

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province

Deng Lun soared to fame with the xianxia series Ashes of Love. The star of The Yin-Yang Master film franchise, Lun was named Esquire’s Most Commercially Valuable Artist of the Year. He has also appeared in the series Flowers in Fog and the reality show Go Fighting! 

Samuel Coleridge

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1772

Birthplace: Ottery St Mary, Devon, Great Britain, United Kingdom

Died: 1834

Samuel Coleridge was an English poet, philosopher, theologian, and literary critic. He is credited with co-founding the Romantic Movement in England along with his friend William Wordsworth. Despite struggling from bouts of depression and anxiety throughout his adult life, Samuel Coleridge had a major influence on American transcendentalism and writers like Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Will Estes

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Will Estes began his career as a child actor and appeared in quite a few commercials. His roles in Kirk and The New Lassie earned him Young Artist Award nominations. He later gained fame as Jameson "Jamie" Reagan in Blue Bloods and as JJ Pryor in American Dreams.

Dean Lewis

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Sydney, Australia

Dean Lewis is an Australian singer and songwriter known for his 7× Platinum-certified single Waves and his 10× Platinum-certified single Be Alright. He released his debut studio album in March 2019. Over the years, he has won several awards, including three ARIA Music Awards and three APRA Awards. He has also received a couple of MTV Europe Music Award nominations.

Ronald McNair

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1950

Birthplace: Lake City, South Carolina, United States

Died: 1986

A doctorate in physics from MIT Cambridge, Ronald McNair worked on chemical lasers before joining NASA and in 1984 flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-B aboard Challenger, becoming the second African-American to do so. In January 1986, he was selected to fly on STS-51-L, but was killed along with rest of the crews when Challenger disintegrated soon after liftoff.

Manfred Mann

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1940

Birthplace: Johannesburg

Andrew Scott

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Zack Greinke

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1983

Birthplace: Orlando, Florida, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Whitey Ford

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Astoria, New York, United States

Died: 2020

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Liliane Bettencourt

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1922

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: 2017

Former L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt was the world’s richest woman at the time of her death. She had apparently gifted celebrity photographer François-Marie Banier cash and gifts worth a billion euros, leading her daughter to file a case against Banier later. Bettencourt was also involved in medical and cultural philanthropy.

Blanca Suárez

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Madrid, Spain

Spanish actor Blanca Suárez of Cable Girls fame also earned a Goya Award nomination for the psychological thriller The Skin I Live In. Her debut performance as Julia Medina in the Spanish drama-thriller series The Boarding School earned her initial fame. She was also GQ’s Woman of the Year in 2012.

Matt Dallas

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Glen Powell

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Austin, Texas, USA

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Leonard Rossiter

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1926

Birthplace: Liverpool, England, UK

Died: 1984

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Georg Solti

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1912

Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary

Died: 1997

Georg Solti was an operatic and orchestral conductor. He is best remembered for his association with opera companies in London, Frankfurt, and Munich. He also worked with the popular Chicago Symphony Orchestra where he served as a music director for a long time. Solti became the subject of a 1987 biographical TV documentary titled This Is Your Life.

Ricky Rubio

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: El Masnou, Spain

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Mandy Rice-Davies

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1944

Birthplace: Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Died: 2014

Mandy Rice-Davies was a British model and a showgirl, best remembered for her involvement in the Profumo affair that damaged the credibility of Harold Macmillan's Conservative government in early 1960s. Later, she opened a restaurant and a nightclub in Tel Aviv and publishing three books including her autobiography. She also appeared in a number of films and television productions.  

Patti Davis

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1952

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Damion Lee

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Height: 6'6" (198 cm)

Elvin Bishop

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1942

Birthplace: Glendale

Ajaz Patel

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Jeremy Miller

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Covina, California, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Everett McGill

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1945

Birthplace: Miami Beach, Florida, USA

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Louriza Tronco

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Height: 5'0" (152 cm)

Steve Cropper

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1941

Birthplace: Dora

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Leo Burnett

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1891

Birthplace: St. Johns, Michigan U.S.

Died: 1971

Edna Purviance

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1895

Birthplace: Paradise Valley, Nevada, United States

Died: 1958

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Nick Oliveri

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Los Angeles

Hélène Joy

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Perth, Australia

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Paula Kelly

Listed In: Dancers

Birth Year: 1942

Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Died: 2020

Mary Blair

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birth Year: 1911

Birthplace: McAlester, Oklahoma, United States

Died: 1978

LaTanya Richardson

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1949

Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Alphonse de Lamartine

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1790

Birthplace: Mâcon, France

Died: 1869

French poet and historian Alphonse de Lamartine is best remembered for his collection of poems Méditations poétiques. He was a chief force behind the formation of the Second Republic of France. The allowances he gave his sisters depleted his finances, and he died struggling and in oblivion.

Nikita Mikhalkov

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1945

Birthplace: Moscow, Russia

The son of Communist author Sergey Mikhalkov, Nikita Mikhalkov is best known for his Academy Award-winning direction in the movie Burnt by the Sun. He has also been a versatile actor and has been involved in Russian politics, too. He is also a 3-time winner of the State Prize of the Russian Federation.

Robert Plutchik

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birth Year: 1927

Birthplace: United States

Died: 2006

Known for his wheel of emotion, or the Plutchik wheel, psychologist Robert Plutchik believed there were 8 primary bipolar emotions, which elicited some reactionary behavior if stimulated. He also taught at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His theory is used in modern psychology to understand behavior and control emotions.

Josh Ritter

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Moscow

Steve Lukather

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Los Angeles

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)