Ariana Grande

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Boca Raton, Florida, United States

A talented youngster, Ariana Grande first stepped into the world of entertainment through Broadway musical 13 and later shot to fame with television series Victorious and its spinoff, Sam & Cat. Her television series also kick started her musical career which flourished with the release of her five commercially successful and critically applauded albums and collaborations with various other artists.

Aubrey Plaza

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Aubrey Plaza is an American actress, writer, producer, and comedian. She is best known for her portrayal of April Ludgate in the sitcom Parks and Recreation for which she earned a couple of nominations at the ALMA Award. Plaza is also known for playing Allison in the 2020 film Black Bear which earned her the Imagen Award for Best Actress.

Jacob Elordi

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1997

Birthplace: Brisbane, Australia

Australian heartthrob Jacob Elordi was a film buff since an early age and wanted to become an actor like his idol, Heath Ledger. Following a debut in a musical and few more acting assignments, he ultimately hit it big with Netflix teen film The Kissing Booth and HBO series Euphoria. Jacob Elordi is also a budding young activist and has spoken out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Jennette McCurdy

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Long Beach, California, United States

An American actress, singer, songwriter, filmmaker, writer, and YouTuber, Jennette McCurdy is truly an inspiration to several young girls and women; despite suffering from conditions like obsessive-compulsive disorder, anorexia, and bulimia, McCurdy has managed to establish herself as a successful entertainer. As a writer, she has contributed immensely to publications like The Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Seventeen.

Derek Jeter

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: Pequannock Township, New Jersey, United States

Derek Jeter is an American former baseball player whose popularity had made him one of the most marketed sportsmen of his generation during his playing career. Since 2017, he has been playing a key role as part owner and the chief executive officer of the Miami Marlins. Also a well-known philanthropist, Jeter created a charitable organization called Turn 2 Foundation.

Nick Offerman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Joliet, Illinois

Nick Offerman, best known for his award-winning performance as Ron Swanson in Parks and Recreation, is also a professional wood craftsman. He has voiced characters in films such as Hotel Transylvania 2 and Ice Age: Collision Course, hosted a Netflix documentary and a reality series, and written three semi-autobiographical books.

Paolo Maldini

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: Milan, Italy

Paolo Maldini is an Italian former professional footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest ever defenders. He played primarily as a left-back and central defender and was affiliated with Milan and the Italian national team. Currently, he is serving as the technical director for Milan. He is also the co-owner of the USL Championship club Miami FC.  

Shannon Sharpe

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Michael Vick

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Newport News, Virginia, United States

Michael Vick is a former American football player who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons during which he represented successful teams like the Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles, and New York Jets. Michael Vick is also known for his philanthropic efforts; he has established a couple of nonprofit organizations namely The Vick Foundation and Michael Vick Foundation.  

Peter Lorre

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1904

Birthplace: Ružomberok, Slovakia

Died: 1964

Hungarian-American actor Peter Lorre went from stage-acting in Vienna to working in films in Germany. He soared to fame with the films M and The Man Who Knew Too Much. He left Germany during the Nazi rule. Fans loved him as Le Chiffre in the TV version of Casino Royale.

Chris O'Donnell

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Winnetka, Illinois, U.S.

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Salvador Allende

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1908

Birthplace: Santiago, Chile

Died: 1973

Salvador Allende was a physician who later became the Chilean president, this becoming the first Marxist president of a Latin American nation. His policies included nationalization and collectivization. He committed suicide after delivering a farewell speech over radio, to escape General Augusto Pinochet’s coup to oust him from the government.

Dakota Meyer

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Columbia, Kentucky, United States

Retired United States Marine, Dakota Meyer, is a veteran of the War in Afghanistan. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Ganjgal, becoming the second-youngest living Medal of Honor recipient. Following his retirement, he sought help for post-traumatic stress disorder. He advocates for legalizing the medical use of cannabis.

Iman Shumpert

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Berwyn, Illinois, United States

Iman Shumpert is an American basketball player who has played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for popular teams like New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Sacramento Kings, and the Houston Rockets. While representing the Cleveland Cavaliers, Iman Shumpert helped his team win NBA championship in 2016.

Chris Isaak

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1956

Birthplace: Stockton, California, United States

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Chesty Puller

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1898

Birthplace: West Point, Virginia, United States

Died: 1971

Chesty Puller was a U.S. Marine Corps officer who was part of the Banana Wars in Haiti and Nicaragua, and later served in World War II and the Korean War. He became the most decorated U.S. Marine, winning five Navy Crosses and an Army Distinguished Service Cross.

Ryan Tedder

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Amanda Cerny

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Amanda Cerny is an American model, actress, and Internet personality. She is best known for posting interesting videos on her YouTube channel. Cerny came into prominence in October 2011, when she was featured in Playboy magazine as the Playmate of the Month. Amanda Cerny has also been featured in Cardi B's song I Like It and in the sitcom Workaholics. 

Patty Smyth

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Patty Smyth is best known as the leading vocalist of the rock band Scandal. She also had a successful solo career and co-wrote and sang the Junior soundtrack Look What Love Has Done, which earned her Grammy and Academy Award nominations. Patty is married to legendary tennis star John McEnroe.

Robert Davi

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1951

Birthplace: New York City, United States

Robert Davi is best known as Jake Fratelli from The Goonies, Johnson from Die Hard, and Franz Sanchez from Licence to Kill. He also appeared as Bailey Malone in the series Profiler. A trained classical singer, he has released a Billboard-charting jazz album. He has also been a radio host.

Pearl Buck

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1892

Birthplace: Hillsboro

Died: 1973

Nobel Prize- and Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Pearl Buck was raised in China by her missionary parents. She grew up to teach English literature in Chinese universities and later penned books such as East Wind, West Wind and The Good Earth, which were based on her experiences in China.

Dhee

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1998

Birthplace: Colombo, Sri Lanka

Lord Kelvin

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1824

Birthplace: Belfast

Died: 1907

Lord Kelvin was a British mathematical physicist and engineer. He studied at the Glasgow University and proceeded to teach there as well. Besides his academic career, he also had a career as an electric telegraph engineer and inventor. He received the Royal Society's Copley Medal in 1883. Absolute temperatures are stated in units of kelvin in his honor.

Eleanor Parker

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1922

Birthplace: Cedarville, Ohio, United States

Died: 2013

Eleanor Parker, best known as Baroness Elsa von Schraeder from The Sound of Music, had also delivered Academy Award-nominated performances in the films Caged, Detective Story, and Interrupted Melody. She had also been part of stage productions such as Applause and the Broadway version of All About Eve.

Joel Campbell

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: San José, Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Sean Hayes

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Deron Williams

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Cuco

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1998

Birthplace: Hawthorne, California, United States

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Abner Doubleday

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1819

Birthplace: Ballston Spa, New York, United States

Died: 1893

Terri Nunn

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Baldwin Hills, California United States

Terri Nunn is an American actress and singer best known for fronting the popular new wave band Berlin. A multi-talented personality, Nunn also appears in movies and TV shows, such as RuPaul's Drag Race. In 2008, she contributed immensely to Carrie Borzillo's book Cherry Bomb by imparting sex and dating advice.

Gretchen Wilson

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1973

Birthplace: Pocahontas, Illinois, United States

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Gedde Watanabe

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1955

Birthplace: Ogden, Utah, United States

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Ana Ularu

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania

Ana Ularu is a Romanian actress best known for playing the role of Matilda in the action film Outbound. She began her acting career in the mid-1990s and appeared in a handful of minor roles in TV shows. As her career progressed, she started acting in films as well. She has received a Locarno International Film Festival Award.

Mick Jones

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1955

Birthplace: London, England

J. J. Barea

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Greg LeMond

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Lakewood, California, United Stated

Greg LeMond is an American former road racing cyclist and anti-doping advocate. Widely regarded as the greatest American cyclist ever, LeMond is a three-time Tour de France winner and a two-time Road Race World Championship winner. Greg LeMond is also regarded as an icon of the sport's globalization and is counted among the greatest all-round cyclists of the present era.

Ricky Jay

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Died: 2018

The grandson of Max Katz, who once headed the Society of American Magicians, Ricky Jay started his career as an opening act for prominent entertainers such as singer Tina Turner. He gradually established himself as the greatest sleight-of-hand artist of his time. He has also appeared in films such as Boogie Nights.

Rudy Gobert

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Saint-Quentin, France

Height: 7'1" (216 cm)

Natsuki Hanae

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Indila

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Paris, France

Adila Sedraïa, or Indila, began her career as a composer and even wrote songs for artists such as Axel Tony and Admiral T. She earned a label deal after collaborating with Youssoupha on the song Dreamin’ and reached No. 2 on the French charts with her debut track Dernière danse.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Moscow, Russia

Mikhail Khodorkovsky is a Russian businessman and philanthropist. Currently, he is in exile and lives in London. In 2003, he was believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia. The same year, he was arrested by Russian authorities and charged with fraud. President Vladimir Putin pardoned him in 2013, following which he left on his exile. 

Chad Pennington

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Claudio Abbado

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1933

Birthplace: Milan, Italy

Died: 2014

Hal Greer

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1936

Birthplace: Huntington, West Virginia, United States

Died: 2018

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Big Bill Broonzy

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1893

Birthplace: Lake Dick, Arkansas, United States

Died: 1958

Joseph Ducreux

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birth Year: 1735

Birthplace: Nancy, France

Died: 1802

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1866

Birthplace: Hampshire, England

Died: 1923

Violette Szabo

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1921

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: 1945

Violette Szabo was a British-French spy who worked as a Special Operations Executive agent during World War II. During her second mission in occupied France, Violette Szabo was captured by the Germans. She was tortured, interrogated, and deported to Ravensbrück, where she was executed on 5 February 1945 at the age of 23.

Shahpur Bakhtiar

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1914

Birthplace: Shahrekord, Iran

Died: 1991

Shahpur Bakhtiar was an Iranian politician best remembered for serving as the 45th Prime Minister of Iran from 6 January 1979 to 11 February 1979. Bakhtiar also wrote many articles and books, including Ma Fidélité and 37 Days after 37 Years. Shahpur Bakhtiar was killed in France on 6 August 1991 after he had escaped a couple of assassination attempts.

Ayoub El Kaabi

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Casablanca, Morocco

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)