Thomas Felton

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Epsom, Surrey, England

Tom Felton is an English actor best known for playing Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series. After starting his career as a child artist, Felton has successfully established himself as an actor in the British film and TV industry. Also known for his skills as a musician, Tom Felton has released EPs, such as Time Well Spent.

Andrea Bocelli

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Lajatico, Italy

Widely regarded as an opera singer with the most beautiful voice, Andrea Bocelli is an Italian record producer and singer-songwriter. He serves as an inspiration to many as he went on to become one of the most popular Italian singers of all time, despite losing his vision at age 12. He has sold more than 90 million records worldwide.

Joan Jett

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States

Joan Jett, also known as The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, is the frontwoman of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, best known for their rendition of the Arrows song I Love Rock 'n Roll, which topped the Billboard Hot 100. Jett also released the hit Cherry Bomb with the Runaways. 

Michael Faraday

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1791

Birthplace: Newington Butts, London, United Kingdom

Died: 1867

Michael Faraday was an English scientist known for his contribution to the study of electrochemistry and electromagnetism. Considered one of the most influential scientists ever, Faraday's inventions of electromagnetic rotary devices established the basis for electric motor technology. His research also helped understand the concept of the electromagnetic field. Ernest Rutherford called him one of the greatest scientific discoverers ever.

Thiago Silva

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Thiago Silva is a Brazilian professional footballer. He plays as a center-back for Premier League club Chelsea and the Brazil national team. He is counted among the best central defenders of his generation. He began playing football as a teenager and had a brilliant youth career. He made his international debut in 2008 and has appeared in seven major tournaments. 

Tatiana Maslany

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Regina, Canada

Canadian actress Tatiana Maslany began her career as a child star and continued acting throughout high school. By the time she turned 20, she already had a decade of acting experience and found it easy to bag good roles in major TV shows. She also acts in films but is more popular as a TV actress.

Bonnie Hunt

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Bob Sapp

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1973

Birthplace: Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

David Coverdale

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1951

Birthplace: Cleveland, England, United Kingdom

David Coverdale is the former lead vocalist of the rock band Deep Purple. He later went solo and then formed the hard rock band Whitesnake. His is part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has featured his second wife, Tawny Kitaen, in many of his videos.

Kim Yoo-jung

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1999

Birthplace: mho-dong, Sokcho, South Korea

As a child actor, Kim Yoo-jung was known as "Korea's Little Sister.” She delivered powerful performances in series such as Dong Yi and May Queen, and in historical dramas such as Love in the Moonlight. The “Sageuk Fairy” was the youngest to be featured on Forbes Korea’s Power Celebrity list.

Scott Baio

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States.

Scott Baio is an American television director and actor; he directed 36 episodes of Charles in Charge, apart from playing the title role in the TV series. Also a humanitarian, Scott Baio established the Bailey Baio Angel Foundation, which supports families dealing with metabolic disorders. The foundation was started when Baio’s child Bailey tested false positive for a metabolic disorder.

Tommy Lasorda

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1927

Birthplace: Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: 2021

Tommy Lasorda was a popular baseball player who later also served as a manager of the MLB team LA Dodgers. His coaching career saw him win two World Series for the Dodgers. He also led the American baseball team to a gold medal win at the Sydney Games.

Catherine Oxenberg

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Billie Piper

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Swindon, Wiltshire, England

At age 15, Billie Piper became the youngest artist to enter the UK Singles Chart at number one after releasing her debut single Because We Want To. After establishing a successful music career, Billie decided to abandon her career to focus on acting. She then became the only performer to win all six Best Actress awards for the play Yerma.

Nick Cave

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Warracknabeal

Nick Cave is best known as the lead singer of the rock band Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. The ARIA Hall of Fame inductee is known for the intense themes of his songs, such as death. He has also written several books, including novels and anthologies of his poetry. 

Alejandro Villanueva

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Meridian, Mississippi, United States

Height: 6'9" (206 cm)

Debby Boone

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1956

Birthplace: Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

Debby Boone is an American singer, actress, and author. Her 1977 cover of You Light Up My Life peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and stayed there for ten weeks. The song also earned her a Grammy Award the following year. Apart from recording songs and appearing in musical theater productions, Boone also co-authors children's books.

Mireille Enos

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1975

Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Mireille Enos is best known for her Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated role of Sarah Linden in The Killing. She has also appeared in significant roles in the series The Catch and Hanna, in movies such as World War Z, and in plays such as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Laura Vandervoort

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Daniella Alonso

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Carlos Correa

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1994

Birthplace: Ponce, Puerto Rico

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

David Stern

Listed In: Lawyers & Judges

Birth Year: 1942

Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States

Died: 2020

Best remembered for his contributions to the National Basketball Association, David Stern began his stint with the NBA as an outside counsel before becoming its General Counsel, eventually the Commissioner, holding the post for thirty years. Credited with broadening the NBA's audience, he made the game popular both in and outside USA and helped to found Women's National Basketball Association.

John Houseman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1902

Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania

Died: 1988

Romanian-born US actor and producer John Houseman is remembered for his Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning role in The Paper Chase. Primarily a character actor, he also gained fame as a theater director and producer and collaborated with director Orson Welles on many projects.

Harry Kewell

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Smithfield, Australia

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Michael Rainey Jr

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 2000

Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Having debuted to his acting career as a child artist, Michael Rainey Jr. went on to play the lead role of Tariq St Patrick in the television series Power Book II: Ghost which was premiered in 2020. The son of a Jamaican mother, the millennial American actor appeared in the film, Amateur, which revolves around an aspiring basketball player.

Shari Belafonte

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1954

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

John Woo

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: Guangzhou, China

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Nayeon

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Thomas Harris

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1940

Birthplace: Jackson, Tennessee, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Paul Muni

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1895

Birthplace: Lviv

Died: 1967

Paul Muni was an Austro-Hungarian American actor best remembered for his portrayal of Louis Pasteur in the 1936 biographical film The Story of Louis Pasteur, which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Muni is also remembered for his performance in the play Inherit the Wind, which earned him the prestigious Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.

Godfrey Gao

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Taipei, Taiwan

Died: 2019

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Ashley Eckstein

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

MyAnna Buring

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Sundsvall, Sweden

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Katie Lowes

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Queens, New York (state) New York, U.S.

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Arthur Lowe

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1915

Birthplace: Hayfield, Derbyshire, England, UK

Died: 1982

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Neil Cavuto

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Westbury, New York, United States

Paul Le Mat

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1945

Birthplace: Rahway, New Jersey, USA

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Ted Williams

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States

Anna Karina

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1940

Birthplace: Solbjerg, Denmark

Died: 2019

Anna Karina was a Danish-French film actress, singer, and director. She often collaborated with French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard and appeared in many of his films, including My Life to Live and Bande à part. She set up her own production company in 1972 and made her directorial debut with Vivre ensemble. She was also a published author. 

Martha Scott

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1912

Birthplace: Jamesport, Missouri, United States

Died: 2003

Carley Stenson

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK

Lute Olson

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1934

Birthplace: Mayville, North Dakota, United States

Died: 2020

Sabine Lisicki

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Troisdorf, Germany

Sabine Lisicki is a German tennis player who won the 2009 Family Circle Cup. In 2011, Lisicki made it to the semifinals of Wimbledon, becoming only the second female player to do so in Wimbledon history after entering the tournament as a wildcard. Lisicki is renowned for her powerful backhand and forehand. However, her career has been plagued by injuries.

Dan Bucatinsky

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1965

Birthplace: New York City, US

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Erich von Stroheim

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1885

Birthplace: Vienna, Austria

Died: 1957

Erich von Stroheim was an Austrian-American actor, director, and producer. He was known for being a visionary who gained fame for his avant-garde film projects in the silent era. His film Greed is counted amongst the finest and most important films ever made. He was also a well-respected character actor and a recipient of the French Legion of Honour. 

Rima Fakih

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Srifa, Lebanon

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Denard Robinson

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Harold Carmichael

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1949

Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Height: 6'8" (203 cm)

Emmanuel Petit

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Dieppe, France

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Kristina Rihanoff

Listed In: Dancers

Birth Year: 1977

Birthplace: Vladivostok, Russia

Kristina Rihanoff is a Russian professional ballroom dancer, author, choreographer, and instructor. She achieved popularity after competing in the popular British television dance contest, Strictly Come Dancing. Also known for her philanthropic efforts, Kristina Rihanoff works closely with a children's charity named The Dot Com Foundation, which helps children handle challenging situations.