Matt LeBlanc

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1967

Birthplace: Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Best known for his performance as Joey in the TV sitcom Friends, Matt LeBlanc was initially told he was too short to be in the modeling industry. Despite the discouragement, he went on to become a model and then established himself as an actor. He is also known for his performance in the sitcom Episodes, for which he won a Golden Globe.

Estelle Getty

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1923

Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States

Died: 2008

Estelle Getty is best known for her Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning performance as Sophia Petrillo in The Golden Girls. Fans also loved her in Mask and Stuart Little. She also wrote an autobiography, released an exercise video for the elderly, and helped set up a hospice for AIDS patients.

Lele Pons

Listed In: YouTubers

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: Caracas, Venezuela

Lele Pons is one of the many internet stars who started their journey on the now-defunct service, Vine. After becoming the first person to reach one billion loops on Vine, Pons started branching out and created comedy sketches for YouTube. She has since used her popularity to establish herself in the mainstream entertainment industry, appearing in films and TV series.

Walter Brennan

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1894

Birthplace: Lynn, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 1974

Actor and singer, Walter Brennan, was one of the best known Hollywood actors in the mid-20th century. The veteran actor was the recipient of three Academy Awards, becoming one of only three male actors to do so. In an extensive career spanning almost five decades, he had appeared in over a hundred films and TV shows.

Iman Abdulmajid

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1955

Birthplace: Mogadishu, Somalia

Iman is a Somali fashion model, entrepreneur, and actress. At the peak of her fashion modeling career, Iman served as a muse for influential designers like Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Gianni Versace, and Yves Saint Laurent. Also known for her philanthropic activities, Iman is involved in several charitable endeavors. She is closely associated with the non-profit organization, Children's Defense Fund.

Hulk

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Campina Grande, Paraiba

Givanildo Vieira de Sousa, better known as Hulk due to his strong built, is a Brazilian football player. He is currently one of the most important members of the Shanghai SIPG F.C., which competes in the Chinese Super League. Also a key player for Brazil, Hulk helped his national team win the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Finn Balor

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Bray, Ireland

Irish wrestler Fergal Devitt performs as Finn Bálor for the NXT brand under WWE. He has won titles such as the NXT Championship, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Also known as Prince Devitt, he co-founded NWA Ireland, his own promotion.

Shantel VanSanten

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Luverne, Minnesota, United States

Model and actress Shantel VanSanten has been featured in the magazines Teen Vogue and Seventeen. She began her modeling career as a teenager and eventually made her foray into acting. Initially, she played minor roles in TV series and then started taking up film projects as well. She has also appeared in a couple of music videos.

Meg Donnelly

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 2000

Birthplace: New York City, New York

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Gavrilo Princip

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1894

Birthplace: Obljaj

Died: 1918

Gavrilo Princip was a Bosnian Serb member of the Young Bosnia movement who wished to end the Austro-Hungarian reign in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He thus assassinated Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, at age 19. This eventually contributed to the start of World War I. 

Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1915

Birthplace: Hull, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 1944

Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was a US Navy lieutenant. The eldest of the famous Kennedy siblings, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was groomed by his father from a very young age to become the president of the United States. After his death during World War II at age 29, John F. Kennedy took it upon himself to materialize his father's dreams.

Alvin Kamara

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Norcross, Georgia, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Tera Patrick

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Great Falls, Montana, United States

Model and adult-film actor Tera Patrick is best known for her appearances in Playboy and Penthouse. She established a talent agency and has also appeared in a photo series for Time magazine. She has also been inducted into the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame, and has co-written a memoir.

Rita Marley

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Cuban-born Jamaican singer Alpharita Constantia Marley, or Rita Marley, was married to the reggae legend Bob Marley. She was initially part pf the group I Threes and contributed to the backing vocals for Bob Marley and the Wailers. She later released an autobiography, detailing her life with her husband.

Sarah Geronimo

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines

The defining moment of Filipino popstar Sarah Geronimo’s life came when she won the singing contest Star for a Night at 14. Known for her chartbusting tracks such as Tala and Kilometro, Sarah later secretly married actor Matteo Guidicelli. She is the most-streamed Filipina on Spotify Philippines.

Brad Renfro

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Died: 2008

Brad Renfro was living in a trailer park when director Joel Schumacher spotted him and cast him in The Client. Over the years, Renfro appeared in films such as Tom and Huck and Apt Pupil. He, however, struggled with drug abuse and died of a heroin overdose at 25.

David Denman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1973

Birthplace: Newport Beach, California, USA

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Woody Strode

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1914

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Died: 1994

One of the first Black football players of the NFL, Woody Strode was also a talented decathlete. He had dabbled in professional wrestling, too, but later gained fame solely for his film roles, such as that of gladiator Draba in Spartacus, for which he earned a Golden Globe nomination.

Tee Martin

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama, USA

Jim Corbett

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1875

Birthplace: Nainital, Uttarakhand, India

Died: 1955

Nate Thurmond

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1941

Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, United States

Died: 2016

Height: 6'11" (211 cm)

Katherine Kelly Lang

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

James Lafferty

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Hemet, California, United States

James Lafferty is an American actor, producer, and director. He is best known for playing Nathan Scott in the popular drama television series One Tree Hill, which ran from September 23, 2003 to April 4, 2012. Also an ardent basketball player, James Lafferty is a supporting partner of the professional basketball team Wilmington Sea Dawgs.

Illeana Douglas

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1965

Birthplace: Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Wendy Raquel Robinson

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1967

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Alperen Şengün

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 2002

Birthplace: Giresun, Turkey

Height: 6'10" (208 cm)

Barbara Harris

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1935

Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois, United States

Died: 2018

Miriam Shor

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Verdine White

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1951

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Janet Margolin

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 1993

Cheryl Crane

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Walter Payton

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1954

Birthplace: Columbia, Mississippi, United States

Died: 1999

NFL running back Walter Payton, nicknamed "Sweetness,” played for the Chicago Bears for 13 seasons, winning titles such as the Super Bowl. He was named the NFL MVP in 1977 and was a nine-time Pro Bowl. Before dying of bile duct cancer, he became an advocate for organ donations. 

Michael Welch

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Maria Sakkari

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Athens, Greece

The daughter of former WTA player Angelikí Kanellopoúlou, Sakkari was introduced to tennis at age six. Greek tennis sensation Maria Sakkari has had a career-high ranking of number 6 in singles. Known for her aggressive style, Sakkari was born and raised in Athens but moved to Barcelona at 18 to train.

Geoffrey Zakarian

Listed In: Food Experts

Birth Year: 1959

Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jerry Paris

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1925

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

Died: 1986

Mitzi Shore

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1930

Birthplace: Marinette, Wisconsin, United States

Died: 2018

Fernando

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Alto Paraíso, Brazil

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

John B. Goodenough

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1922

Birthplace: Jena, Germany

Died: 2023

John B. Goodenough is an American solid-state physicist and materials scientist. He is credited with developing the lithium-ion battery. In 2019, he became the oldest person to receive a Nobel Prize when he was honored with the prestigious award for his work on lithium-ion batteries. He is also a recipient of the Copley Medal and the National Medal of Science.

Nolan Smith

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Henry Knox

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1750

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 1806

Juan Pablo Di Pace

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Buenos Aires

Juan Pablo Di Pace is an Argentine singer and actor best known for his portrayal of Jesus Christ in the American biblical drama television series A.D. The Bible Continues, which earned him a couple of MovieGuide Awards in 2016. Juan Pablo Di Pace is also renowned for his theatre work in the UK and Spain.

Thurston Moore

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Coral Gables, Florida, United States

Height: 6'6" (198 cm)

Mamoudou Athie

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Mauritania

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Paulinho

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: São Paulo, Brazil

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Bryce Young

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 2001

Birthplace: Pasadena, California, United States

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Steve Goodman

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Died: 1984

Hugo Rodallega

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: El Carmelo, Colombia

Hugo Rodallega is a Colombian football player who played for the Colombia national football team from 2005 to 2011. He is currently a part of Esporte Clube Bahia where he plays as a forward and winger. Hugo Rodallega is best known for his association with Wigan Athletic Football Club for which he scored 24 goals in Premier League matches.

Eric Hoffer

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1902

Birthplace: New York City

Died: 1983

Social philosopher and author Eric Hoffer was rendered half-blind at 7 due to an accident but regained his sight at 15. Orphaned in his 20s, he took up odd jobs, and once even contemplated suicide. His first book, The True Believer, catapulted him to fame, and he never looked back.

Thomas Eakins

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birth Year: 1844

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: 1916

Thomas Eakins was an American photographer, realist painter, fine arts educator, and sculptor. Often counted among the most prominent American artists of all time, Eakins painted several hundred portraits during his lifetime. As an educator, Thomas Eakins played an important role in influencing the American art during his generation.