Paul Rudd

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Passaic, New Jersey, United States

Comedy films like This is 40, The 40-year-old virgin, Wanderlust and The object of my affection made Paul Rudd a bona fide comic actor. He has also acted in some serious films like The cider house rules and The great Gatsby and has been part of Marvel Cinematic Universe’s popular Ant-Man franchise and the highest-grossing film of all time Avengers: Endgame.

Peyton List

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1998

Birthplace: Florida, United States

Peyton List is best known as Emma Ross from the series Jessie and Bunk'd. Fans also loved her as Laina Michaels in The Thinning and The Thinning: New World Order, and as Tory Nichols in the Netflix series Cobra Kai. She is often confused with the 1986-born actor Peyton List.

Raphael

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birth Year: 1483

Birthplace: Urbino, Italy

Died: 1520

Italian painter and architect Raphael, along with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, formed the great trio who ushered in the High Renaissance. He is mostly known for his frescoes of the Vatican Palace and The School of Athens. He also designed the Chigi Chapel, among other structures in Rome.

Merle Haggard

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1937

Birthplace: Oildale, California, United States

Died: 2016

Country singer Merle Haggard initially gained fame performing with The Strangers. He had several brushes with the law in his younger days, before he launched his music career. His songs reflected the angst of the working class. He won several accolades, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Candace Cameron Bure

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Panorama City, Los Angeles, California, United States

Candace Cameron Bure is an American actress best known for bringing the popular fictional character, Aurora Teagarden, to life with her impressive performance in the film adaptation of the crime novel series based on Aurora Teagarden. Also known for her dancing skills, she finished third in the 18th season of the popular dancing TV reality series Dancing with the Stars.

Billy Dee Williams

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1937

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Actor, voice actor, and artist Billy Dee Williams first rose to fame for his role in the Star Wars franchise in the early 1980s. Making his Broadway theater debut as a child actor, he went on to pursue a career as an artist. Eventually, he started acting again and achieved success as both an actor and an artist.

Zach Braff

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1975

Birthplace: South Orange, New Jersey, United States

American actor Zachary Braff made his mark in the entertainment industry with the long running television series Scrubs and later with Alex, Inc. As a director and scriptwriter, his first movie Garden State was critically acclaimed and won numerous awards including a Grammy. The popular actor has done theatres and also voiced for many commercials and Disney animations like Chicken Little.

Marilu Henner

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1952

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Marilu Henner is best known as Elaine Nardo from the sitcom Taxi, a role that fetched her five Golden Globe nominations. She also appeared in movies such as Hammett and shows such as The Celebrity Apprentice. She has total recall memory and has spoken about it on various shows.

John Ratzenberger

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Seo Ye-ji

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

Seo Ye-ji is a Korean actress who has captured the world’s attention within her short movie career. Shifting from advertisements to short films to major motion pictures with great ease, Seo Ye-ji is noted for her grace and poise off screen and her diverse roles onscreen. Mostly seen in haute couture, she has helped local Korean brands get international attention.  

Michael Rooker

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1955

Birthplace: Jasper, Alabama, United States

Michael Rooker is an American actor. A black belt holder in Kyokushin style of karate, Michael Rooker often uses his martial arts skills to play his characters, such as Yondu Udonta in Guardians of the Galaxy, to perfection. He is also known for his performance in popular TV series like The Walking Dead.

James Watson

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Died: 2025

James Watson is a geneticist, molecular biologist, and zoologist. He is credited with co-authoring the academic paper that propounded the double helix structure of nucleic acids such as DNA for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962. In 1977, he was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1997, he was awarded the National Medal of Science.

Julie Ertz

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Mesa, Arizona, United States

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

André Previn

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1929

Birthplace: Berlin, Germany

Died: 2019

German-American pianist and composer André Previn was a prominent figure in jazz and classical music. He composed tracks for MGM and won four Grammys and four Academy Awards. He was the music director of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and the main conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, among others.

Lee Grant

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1925

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Lee Grant is best known for her Academy Award-winning role in Shampoo and her Academy Award-nominated roles in Detective Story, Voyage of the Damned, and The Landlord. She has also won Emmys for the soap Peyton Palace and the TV movie The Neon Ceiling. She has directed many documentaries, too.

Oscar Piastri

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 2001

Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Virginia Hall

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1906

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Died: 1982

Virginia Hall worked as a spy, with the U.K. and the U.S., in France during World War II, under the alias Marie and Diane. Her main objective was to conduct espionage for the Allies, against the Nazi regime and the Axis powers. After the war ended, she joined the CIA.

Miguel Ángel Silvestre

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Castellón de la Plana, Spain

Spanish actor Miguel Ángel Silvestre is best known as Alberto from Velvet, Lito from Sense8, and Franklin Jurado from Narcos. Fans also loved him on the Spanish show Sin tetas no hay paraíso and in the film The Pelayos. He had earlier ditched a budding tennis career, following an injury.

Eliza Coupe

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Plymouth, New Hampshire, United States

Eliza Coupe is an American comedian and actress. She is known for playing important roles in TV series like Happy Endings, Scrubs, Future Man, and Quantico. After being diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia in childhood, Eliza Coupe went on to study improvisational comedy at ImprovOlympic and The Groundlings. She then established herself as a successful film and TV actress.

William M. Branham

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1909

Birthplace: Cumberland County

Died: 1965

Sterling Sharpe

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1965

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Diora Baird

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1983

Birthplace: Miami, Florida, United States

Diora Baird is best known for her modeling campaigns for Guess and for her performances in movies such as Wedding Crashers, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, and My Best Friend's Girl. Though she was in a heterosexual marriage earlier, she later came out as a lesbian.

Barry Levinson

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1942

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Ivan Dixon

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1931

Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

Died: 2008

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Shaheen Afridi

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 2000

Birthplace: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Shaheen Afridi is a Pakistani cricketer and plays as a fast bowler. He represents the Pakistan national cricket team and also plays for franchise cricket teams like Dhaka Dynamites and Lahore Qalandars. He made his international debut in 2018

Rick Cosnett

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1983

Birthplace: Chegutu, Zimbabwe

Spencer List

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1998

Birthplace: Florida

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Kay Adams

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Myleene Klass

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Myleene Klass is a British singer, musician, TV presenter, model, and businesswoman. Klass achieved popularity when she became part of the pop group Hear'Say. Her popularity increased when she started hosting television shows like Popstar to Operastar and BBQ Champ. Myleene Klass is also known for her charity work; she has been the face of charity campaigns like ChildLine.

Michele Bachmann

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1956

Birthplace: Waterloo, Iowa, United States

Politician Michele Bachmann is a member of the Republican Party. She represented Minnesota in the United States House of Representatives and is the first Republican woman to represent the state in Congress. She is a lawyer by qualification and a founder of the House Tea Party Caucus. She has been criticized for her homophobic views and anti-abortion stance.

Roy Thinnes

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1938

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Kari Jobe

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Waco

Sinqua Walls

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Louisiana, United States

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Lauren Ridloff

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Leonora Carrington

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birth Year: 1917

Birthplace: Clayton-le-Woods, Lancashire, England

Died: 2011

Leonora Carrington was a Mexican artist, novelist, and surrealist painter. During the 1970s, Carrington played an important role in Mexico's women's liberation movement as she was one of the founding members of the movement. Carrington, who was fascinated by symbolism and myth, studied alchemy, Popol Vuh, post-classic Mayan mystical writings, and the kabbalah.

Anthony Fokker

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1890

Birthplace: Blitar, Indonesia

Died: 1939

Though a high-school drop-out, Dutch aviation designer and entrepreneur Anthony Fokker showed his interest in mechanics quite early. He designed over 40 types of fighter aircrafts for the Germans during World War I. The aircraft that completed the first nonstop flight across the U.S. was also made by him.

Gerry Mulligan

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1927

Birthplace: Queens Village, New York, United States

Died: 1996

Bert Blyleven

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1951

Birthplace: Zeist, Netherlands

Paul Daniels

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1938

Birthplace: South Bank, Middlesbrough, England

Died: 2016

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Spencer Dinwiddie

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

Hilary Rhoda

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Chevy Chase

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Ari Meyers

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Shaun Toub

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Tehran, Iran

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Bret Boone

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: El Cajon, California, USA

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Valentina

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 2009

Birthplace: Rennes, France

Gustave Moreau

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birth Year: 1826

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: 1898

French Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau is best remembered for his erotic paintings of mythological and religious figures. His works were deeply influenced by Théodore Chassériau, his teacher, and later by the Italian Renaissance. The Apparition and Jupiter and Sémélé remain two of his best-known works.

Clayton Christensen

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1952

Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Died: 2020

Known for his popular book The Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton M. Christensen was an academic and consultant. His 6’8” frame helped him be an important part of the Oxford basketball team. A Harvard MBA, he later taught at his alma. He topped the Thinkers 50 list twice.

Don Prudhomme

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1941

Birthplace: San Fernando, California, United States

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1940

Birthplace: Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico

Died: 2011

Suchitra Sen

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1931

Birthplace: Pabna, Bengal Presidency, British India

Died: 2014