Beyonce Knowles

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States

Beyonce Knowles is a singer, songwriter, and actress. She developed an interest in music as a child. As a teenager, she became the lead singer of Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. She is one of the world's best-selling recording artists and one of the highest-earning black musicians of all time

Damon Wayans

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Harlem, New York, United States

An important member of the popular Wayans family, Damon Wayans is a stand-up comedian and actor. Over the years, Damon Wayans has been a prominent and influential member of popular sketch comedy series, such as In Living Color and Saturday Night Live.

Wes Bentley

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States

Wes Bentley is an American actor known for portraying prominent characters in popular films like The Hunger Games. He became one of the subjects in the 2009 documentary My Big Break, which focuses on his fame and struggles with drug and alcohol addiction. He took professional help to deal with his addiction and is currently on the path to recovery.

Linda McCartney

Listed In: Photographers

Birth Year: 1941

Birthplace: Scarsdale, New York, United States

Died: 1998

Linda McCartney, the first wife of Paul McCartney, formed the band Wings with her husband, after the Beatles disbanded. An animal rights activist, she wrote several vegetarian cookbooks, apart from launching Linda McCartney Foods. She was also a skilled photographer and published a photo book. She died of breast cancer.  

Dick York

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Died: 1992

Actor Dick York is best remembered for his role as Darrin Stephens in the ABC fantasy sitcom Bewitched. He began his career as a teenager by starring in a radio show. He became immensely popular as a radio actor and ventured into films and TV shows as well. In his later years, he founded a charity to help the homeless.

Max Greenfield

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States

Max Greenfield is best known for his Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated performance as Schmidt in the series New Girl. Fans also loved him in Veronica Mars and The Neighborhood and as the voice of Roger in Ice Age: Collision Course. Greenfield is also associated with the non-profit Young Storytellers Foundation.

Mark Ronson

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1975

Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom

Seven-time Grammy-winning music producer and DJ Mark Ronson shot to fame with Amy Winehouse’s album Back to Black and single Rehab, and his own single Uptown Funk, featuring Bruno Mars. He won both the Grammy and the Golden Globe for co-writing Shallow. He supports disadvantaged children and budding artists.

Henry Ford II

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1917

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Died: 1987

James Bay

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Mike Piazza

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States

Currently the manager of the Italian national baseball team, Mike Pizza played in the Major League Baseball (MLB) for sixteen seasons, winning a total of ten Silver Slugger Awards. Beginning his career with Los Angeles Dodgers, he exploded on the national season in the very next year, eventually joining New York Mets, recording 427 home runs during his spectacular MLB career.

Jason David Frank

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1973

Birthplace: Covina, California, United States

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Phill Lewis

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: Uganda

Phill Lewis is best known as Mr. Moseby from the series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and The Suite Life on Deck. Fans also loved him as Yes, Dear, Special Agent Oso, and Scrubs. He has also directed series such as Mike & Molly and 2 Broke Girls.

Khandi Alexander

Listed In: Dancers

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Whitney Cummings

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Paul Harvey

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1918

Birthplace: Tulsa

Died: 2009

Tom Watson

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1949

Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Tom Watson is a retired professional golfer considered one of the leading golf players in the world in the 1970s and 1980s. During his illustrious career, he won eight major championships and headed the PGA Tour money list five times. He is counted among the greatest links players of all time and has won three Senior British Open Championship titles. 

Mitzi Gaynor

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1931

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Drew Pinsky

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Pasadena, California, United States

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Michael Berryman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Howard Morris

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1919

Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States

Died: 2005

Lewis Howard Latimer

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1848

Birthplace: Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 1928

Lewis Howard Latimer was born to former slaves and went on to become a skilled patent draftsman. He had worked with Alexander Graham Bell on the patent of his telephone, and with the Edison Electric Light Company. He had also invented a modification of the process of making carbon filaments. 

Mark Tuan

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Mark Tuan gained fame as part of the South Korean K-pop band Got 7, which has released chartbusting singles such as Girls Girls Girls. He has also appeared on the reality show WIN: Who is Next. He has also contributed to the COVID-19 relief in Hubei and the BLM movement.

Ione Skye

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Hampstead, London, England

Ione Skye is a British-born American actress and painter. After having made her acting debut as a teenager, Skye went on to establish herself as an actress, playing important roles in films like Gas Food Lodging. In 2006, she was named in VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars list. Skye has been open about her struggle with drug addiction and alcoholism.

Andrew McCollum

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1983

Birthplace: California

Charlotte Le Bon

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Charlotte Le Bon is an artist and actress. Following in the footsteps of her mother and her stepfather, Charlotte started modeling at the age of 16. She then established herself as a TV presenter and achieved popularity for her work in Le Grand Journal. She then became an actress and received a César Award nomination for her performance in Yves Saint Laurent.

Richard Wright

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1908

Birthplace: Roxie, Mississippi, United States

Died: 1960

Adrienne Maloof

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Adrienne Maloof is an American businesswoman and television personality. As the co-owner of the several business holdings of Maloof Companies, Adrienne Maloof has been playing an important role in controlling the Companies' marketing operations for the past 20 years. Also a well-known philanthropist, Maloof has supported several charity organizations, such as the Good News Foundation and School On Wheels.

Antonin Artaud

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1896

Birthplace: Marseille, France

Died: 1948

Antonin Artaud was a French writer, poet, dramatist, and theater director. Known for his raw, surreal, and transgressive themes, he was a major figure in 20th-century theater. He outlined his theories in the Theatre of Cruelty movement, expressed in the form of essays and plays. He died of cancer at the age of 51.  

Lacey Sturm

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Homestead, Florida, United States

Former lead singer of the hard-rock band Flyleaf, Lacey Sturm is known for her trademark screams and her tracks such as I'm So Sick and All Around Me. Her album Life Screams made her the first solo female performer to top the hard-rock album charts. She has also penned a memoir.

Xavier Woods

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Columbus, Georgia, United States

Xavier Woods is an American wrestler best known for his association with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He is part of the famous tag team The New Day, which holds the record for the longest tag team title reign in the history of WWE. Apart from winning tag team championship titles, Xavier Woods has also won the prestigious Slammy Award.

John DiMaggio

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: North Plainfield, New Jersey, United States

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Richard S. Castellano

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1933

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 1988

Anton Bruckner

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1824

Birthplace: Ansfelden, Austria

Died: 1896

Austrian composer Anton Bruckner was born to a schoolmaster father who was also an organist. Bruckner learned to play the violin by 4. In spite of being a musical legend, he often criticized his own work and re-worked on his pieces, leading to many versions of the same piece.

Kyle Mooney

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Dawn Fraser

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1937

Birthplace: Balmain, Australia

Dawn Fraser is an Australian freestyle champion swimmer. She won the Olympic individual event the women's 100-meter freestyle three times in her career. She also won six Commonwealth Games gold medals. Much respected for her athletic abilities, she was also known for her controversial behavior. She became a swimming coach after her retirement. She is also a former politician.

Hank Baskett

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Clovis, New Mexico, United States

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Carlos Ponce

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1972

Birthplace: Santurce, Puerto Rico

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Raúl Albiol

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Vilamarxant, Spain

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

John McCarthy

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1927

Birthplace: Boston

Died: 2011

Taya Kyle

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: Portland, Oregon

Taya Kyle is an American political commentator and author. Since the death of her husband US Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, Taya Kyle has been working towards the welfare of military veterans' family. In 2014, she established the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation as part of her work. In the 2014 movie American Sniper, Taya Kyle was played by Sienna Miller.

Janine Chang

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Munich, Germany

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Hildur Guðnadóttir

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Reykjavík, Iceland

Hildur Guðnadóttir is an Icelandic composer and musician. A classically trained cellist, Guðnadóttir has recorded with popular bands like Throbbing Gristle, Pan Sonic, Stórsveit Nix Noltes, and Múm. Hildur Guðnadóttir is best known for her work in films like Joker, for which she received the Academy Award under the Best Original Score category.

Yannick Carrasco

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Vilvoorde, Belgium

Belgian football winger and wing-back Yannick Ferreira Carrasco plays for the Belgium national team and Atlético Madrid. His achievements so far include winning Ligue 2 (2012–13) with Monaco; and La Liga (2020–21) and UEFA Europa League (2017–18) with Atlético Madrid. He played for Belgium national team during UEFA European Championship (2016, 2020) and 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Daniel Burnham

Listed In: Architects

Birth Year: 1846

Birthplace: Henderson

Died: 1912

American architect Daniel Burnham was one of the pioneering designers of the skyscrapers that populate cities such as Chicago. Part of the Beaux-Arts movement, he had been the director of the World’s Columbian Exposition. He also formed his own firm, Burnham & Root with John Wellborn Root.

Terence Newman

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Salina, Kansas, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Dadabhai Naoroji

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1825

Birthplace: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Died: 1917

Dadabhai Naoroji was an Indian scholar and political leader. Dubbed the Grand Old Man of India, Naoroji is remembered for co-founding the Indian National Congress where he served as the president on three occasions. He also played an important role in India's fight for freedom, popularizing the Indian wealth drain theory through his book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India.

Sarah Solemani

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Camden, London, England

English actress, writer and activist Sarah Solemani is best-recognised for starring in the British television sitcom Him & Her; and for playing Miranda, best friend of Renee Zellweger, in the blockbuster hit romantic-comedy film Bridget Jones's Baby. She advocates for the rights of sex workers; writes regularly for Glamour and Red, and has contributed to Harper's Bazaar and The Guardian.

Leonard Frey

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1938

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 1988

Blackie Lawless

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1956

Birthplace: Staten Island, New York, United States

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Eric LeGrand

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Avenel, New Jersey, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)