Ronaldinho

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Porto Alegre, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Regarded as one of the best football players of all time, Ronaldinho played a crucial role in Brazil’s victory in 2002 FIFA World Cup. Later, he helped FC Barcelona win two La Liga and a UEFA Champions League title. The two time FIFA world Player of the Year, who retired in 2018, was known for his technical skills and creativity.

Antoine Griezmann

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Mâcon, France

Antoine Griezmann is a French football player. A key member of the France national team, Antoine Griezmann helped his team win the 2018 FIFA World Cup by scoring a goal and assisting another in France's 4-2 win against Croatia. Also an esports enthusiast, Griezmann launched an esports organisation called Grizi Esport in 2020.

Gary Oldman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: New Cross, London, England

Gary Oldman is an English actor who can be best described as a chameleon, for his remarkable ability to imbibe the traits and mannerisms of the character he portrays. Whether playing a Cold War spy or a Sci-fi villain or Winston Churchill, this acting genius has earned the praise of millions of fans around the world.

Ayrton Senna

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: São Paulo, Brazil

Died: 1994

Ayrton Senna was a Brazilian racing driver. Widely considered one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time, Ayrton had won the prestigious F1 World Drivers' Championship thrice. Following his fatal accident in 1994, several safety improvements were introduced to the sports' set-up; higher crash safety standards, redesigned tracks, and improved crash barriers became part of the sport.

Scott Eastwood

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Monterey, California, United States

Actor and model Scott Eastwood is the son of veteran actor Clint Eastwood and was introduced to the show business when he was a young man. He began his career under the name “Scott Reeves” in order to avoid charges of nepotism. After establishing himself as an actor, he ventured into production as well.

Matthew Broderick

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States

American actor Matthew Broderick has starred in more than 50 films since the 1980s and has also acted in several television shows and theater production. Some of his notable films are War Games, The Cable Guy, Godzilla, The Producers, Finding Amanda and Manchester by the Sea. He was involved in a car crash in 1987 in which two persons were killed.

Adrian Peterson

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Palestine, Texas, United States

Adrian Peterson is an American football player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest running backs in the history of the National Football League (NFL), Peterson became the third-fastest player in NFL history to reach 10,000 rushing yards in 2013. He is currently playing for the Detroit Lions.

Timothy Dalton

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire, Wales

While he began his career as a Shakespearean stage actor, Timothy Dalton later gained fame with his iconic role as James Bond in the movies The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill. Known for his deep voice, he was often offered brooding characters. He also appeared as Rochester in the series Jane Eyre.

Jace Lee Norman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 2000

Birthplace: Corrales, New Mexico, United States

Jace Norman overcame dyslexia during his school days to become a known actor, particularly on the television. He began his acting career with Disney’s series, Jessie, and went on to star in the movie, Splitting Adam, sitcom, Henry Danger, and movie, Bixler High Private Eye. He won the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in the Favorite Male TV Star category four times in a row.

Eddie Money

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1949

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Died: 2019

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Ali Daei

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Ardabil, Iran

Iranian football legend Ali Daei has been one of the best strikers from his country. His international record of scoring 109 goals was broken by Cristiano Ronaldo later. Apart from serving the Iranian team for 13 years, he also represented teams such as Bayern Munich. Post-retirement, he coached several teams.

Lothar Matthäus

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Erlangen, Germany

German football coach and former player Lothar Matthäus, one of the world’s greatest midfielders, became the European Footballer of the Year after captaining the side to their 1990 FIFA World Cup win. He also led Germany to win the UEFA Euro 1980. He spent most of his senior career with Bayern Munich. 

Benito Juarez

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1806

Birthplace: San Pablo Guelatao, Mexico

Died: 1872

Benito Juarez was a Mexican lawyer and politician. He served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 to 1872, becoming the first president of Mexico who was of indigenous origin. He died of a heart attack in 1872. To date,  he is revered as "a preeminent symbol of Mexican nationalism and resistance to foreign intervention." 

Jordi Alba

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Martina Stoessel

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1997

Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Better known as Tini, Argentine actor-singer Martina Stoessel is the daughter of director-producer Alejandro Stoessel. Fans loved her award-winning performance in the Disney telenovela Violetta, which catapulted her to international fame. She made her musical debut with a chart-topping album and now makes music aided by her father’s production.

Rhys Darby

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: New Zealand

Rhys Darby is a New Zealand comedian and actor. He is known for his portrayal of Murray Hewitt in the TV series Flight of the Conchords. As a comedian, Darby is renowned for his physical comedy routines accompanied with sound effects and mime. In 2012, Darby was honored at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival with the Fred (Dagg) Award.

Sean McDermott

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Slavoj Žižek

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birth Year: 1949

Birthplace: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher whose works in subjects, such as continental philosophy, Marxism, Hegelianism, and psychoanalysis, has gained him international influence. Often dubbed a celebrity philosopher and Elvis of cultural theory, Žižek was named in Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers list in 2012. His work has had an impact on widespread public audiences and academic.

Modest Mussorgsky

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1839

Birthplace: Karevo, Russia

Died: 1881

Modest Mussorgsky was a Russian composer best remembered for being part of a renowned 19th-century Russian composers group known as The Five. An innovator of Russian music, Mussorgsky worked towards achieving a Russian musical identity that challenged the already established Western music, which was generally considered conventional at that time.

Sonequa Martin-Green

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Russellville, Alabama, United States

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Ronald Koeman

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Zaandam, Netherlands

Dutch formerfootball  player Ronald Koeman was one of the stars of the Netherlands national team during his playing days. After his retirement, he became a professional football manager and is currently the head coach of La Liga club Barcelona. Tremendously successful as a head coach, he was made the manager of Barcelona in 2020.

Sergey Lavrov

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1950

Birthplace: Moscow, Russia

Sergey Lavrov is a Russian diplomat and politician. Since 2004, he has been serving as the foreign minister of Russia. An alumnus of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), he began his diplomatic career in 1972. Considered a brilliant diplomat, he was later appointed to the post of minister of foreign affairs. He is multi-lingual. 

Miles Bridges

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1998

Birthplace: Flint, Michigan, United States

Height: 6'6" (198 cm)

Joseph Fourier

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1768

Birthplace: Auxerre, Burgundy, Kingdom of France (now in Yonne, France)

Died: 1830

Joseph Fourier was a French physicist and mathematician best remembered for commencing the investigation of the Fourier series, which is used widely to solve problems of heat transfer and vibrations. Fourier's law of conduction and Fourier transform are named in his honor. Fourier is also said to have discovered the greenhouse effect.

Tom Flores

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1937

Birthplace: Fresno, California, United States

American quarterback Tom Flores had an illustrious career with teams such as the Oakland Raiders and the Buffalo Bills. He later became one of only 2 people to become a Super Bowl champion as a player, a head coach, and an assistant coach. He has also worked as a Raiders radio announcer.

Rani Mukerji

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Mumbai

Rani Mukerji is an Indian actress best known for her work in the Hindi film industry. One of the most successful actresses of her generation, Mukerji has featured in the highest-paid and most popular actresses of the 2000s lists. She has also received several awards like Filmfare Awards and Screen Awards. Rani Mukerji is also known for her humanitarian work.

Brad Hall

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Santa Barbara, California, United States

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

RJ Cyler

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Sabrina Le Beauf

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Bismillah Khan

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1913

Birthplace: Dumraon, Bihar

Died: 2006

Bismillah Khan was a reputed classical musician, credited with popularizing the shehnai, an Indian oboe like woodwind instrument, at home and abroad. Until his time, shehnai was considered a folk instrument played only at traditional ceremonies, an idea he demolished with his concert performance in 1937, eventually taking it to the global audience with his appearance at Edinburgh International Festival.

Rachael MacFarlane

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Kent, Connecticut, United States

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Jill Schoelen

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Burbank, California, United States

Kristyna Pliskova

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Louny, Czechoslovakia

Kristýna Plíšková is a Czech tennis player who holds the record for the highest number of aces served in a WTA Tour match, which she set while playing against Monica Puig Marchán at the 2016 Australian Open. Kristýna Plíšková has won one singles title on the WTA Tour so far.

Roger Hodgson

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1950

Birthplace: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

English singer-songwriter Roger Hodgson is the former co-lead vocalist of the progressive rock band Supertramp. Known for hits such as Dreamer, Bloody Well Right, and Give a Little Bit, he later went solo. He also appeared as a mentor on Canadian Idol and was later knighted by the French government.

John D. Rockefeller III

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1906

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 1978

Solomon Burke

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1940

Birthplace: Philadelphia

Died: 2010

American preacher and singer Solomon Burke shaped the sound of rhythm and blues as one of the founding fathers of soul music in the 1960s. Known for his 'prodigious output', Burke has been called 'a key transitional figure bridging R&B and soul'. During his professional career that lasted 55 years, Burke released 38 studio albums and had 35 singles.

Nizar Qabbani

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1923

Birthplace: Damascus

Died: 1998

Nizar Qabbani was a Syrian writer, diplomat, publisher, and poet. Renowned for incorporating themes like eroticism, religion, love, feminism, and Arab nationalism into his poetry, Qabbani's poems have achieved worldwide acclaim; they have been translated into many languages, including English and Russian. Regarded as Syria's National Poet, Qabbani is also one of the most respected poets in the Arab world.

Françoise Dorléac

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1942

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: 1967

Actor-model Françoise Dorléac, elder sister of Catherine Deneuve, had first appeared on stage at age 10. Known for her vivacious personality, she made quite a name for herself with movies such as Cul-de-sac and Where the Spies Are, before an unfortunate car accident claimed her life at age 25. 

Jade Jones

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Bodelwyddan, Wales

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Conor Woodman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: Galway

Irish author, director, and broadcaster Conor Woodman is best known for hosting the TV show Around the World in 80 Trades. Starting his career as a financial analyst, he eventually became an investigative journalist. With time, he branched out into film-making as well. Also a fiction writer, he is planning to launch a novel series soon.

Rochelle Humes

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Barking, London, England

Rochelle Humes is an English television presenter and singer. She is best known for her association with the British-Irish girl group, The Saturdays, which was active from 2007 to 2014. She then established herself as a TV presenter and achieved fame after co-presenting shows like Ninja Warrior UK and The Hit List.

Bamboo Mañalac

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Quezon City, Philippines

DJ Premier

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1966

Birthplace: Houston

Sabiha Gökçen

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1913

Birthplace: Bursa, Turkey

Died: 2001

Henry Ossian Flipper

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1856

Birthplace: Thomasville, Georgia, United States

Died: 1940

Then first Black to have graduated from West Point’s Military Academy, Henry Ossian Flipper was born to slave parents. He also became the first African-American to command US Army troops. He was dismissed unjustly on embezzlement charges and later worked as a civil engineer. His name was cleared posthumously.

Alessandra de Osma

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Lima, Peru

Mike Dunleavy Sr.

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1954

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Adrian Chiles

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1967

Birthplace: Hagley, Worcestershire, England, UK

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Siamand Rahman

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Oshnavieh, Iran

Died: 2020

Iranian Paralympic powerlifter Siamand Rahman was not just a 2-time Paralympic champion but had also won the Asian Para Games and the IPC Powerlifting World Championships thrice each. He scripted history by breaking the 300kg barrier but stunned the world with his death due to cardiac arrest at 31.

Derartu Tulu

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1972

Birthplace: Bekoji, Ethiopia

Derartu Tulu is an Ethiopian retired long-distance runner who took part in several events like road running and marathon. She won a gold medal each at the 1992 and 2000 Olympics. She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics. Tulu is also known for winning a gold and silver medal at the World Championships.