Judi Dench

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1934

Birthplace: Heworth, York, United Kingdom

Judi Dench is one of the most respected and decorated English actresses of all time. Counted among the most influential people in the United Kingdom, Dame Judi Dench is a patron of more than 180 charities, such as York Against Cancer. Since 1985, she has been serving as the president of Questors Theatre.

Kirk Douglas

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1916

Birthplace: Amsterdam, New York, United States

Died: 2020

The quintessential American action hero of the 1950s, Kirk Douglas remained one of the most bankable stars of Hollywood throughout the decade. Regarded as one of the greatest actors of classic Hollywood cinema, Kirk Douglas was a man of many talents. Also known as a writer and philanthropist, he was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981.

Kurt Angle

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States

Olympic gold-medal-winning wrestler Kurt Angle is a 13-time world champion. He became a Triple Crown champion and a Grand Slam champion with WWE before joining TNA. He has been named to the WWE, the TNA, and the International Sports Halls of Fame. He has also participated in Japanese wrestling championships.

John Cassavetes

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1929

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 1989

John Cassavetes is best remembered for his Academy Award-nominated performance in The Dirty Dozen and for his Academy Award-nominated screenplay and direction in Faces and A Woman Under the Influence, respectively. His movies explored the cinéma verité style of filmmaking and included frequent collaborations with his wife, Gena Rowlands.

John Malkovich

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1953

Birthplace: Christopher, Illinois, United States

John Malkovich is one of those rare actors who despite being highly regarded for his talent has been conspicuously missing from the headlines. From Hercule Poirot to Catholic Pope, Malkovich has portrayed each of his characters with zest and intensity that have earned him two Oscar nominations and a myriad of other prestigious awards.

McKayla Maroney

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Aliso Viejo, California, United States

Former U.S. gymnast McKayla Maroney soared to fame after winning the gold medal and an individual silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. A picture of her "not impressed" expression went viral as an internet meme. She was one of the gymnasts who accused doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse.

Redd Foxx

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1922

Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Died: 1991

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Donny Osmond

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Ogden, Utah, United States

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Beau Bridges

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1941

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

The son of Lloyd Bridges, Beau Bridges followed in the footsteps of his father to become an actor. An award-winning performer, Beau Bridges was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for contributing immensely to the American TV industry. Also a US Coast Guard veteran, Bridges received the prestigious Lone Sailor Award in 2011.

Grace Hopper

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1906

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 1992

Computer scientist and U.S. Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computing system. She pioneered the machine-independent programming language technique, and the FLOW-MATIC language used by her was later used to create COBOL. She received a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Simon Helberg

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Actor, comedian, and musician Simon Helberg is best known for his appearance in the TV sitcom The Big Bang Theory. The son of an actress, he developed an early interest in acting and received training at the Atlantic Theater Company. He is one of the world's highest-paid TV actors and has appeared in many super hit TV series.

Lori Greiner

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Bob Hawke

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1929

Birthplace: Bordertown, Australia

Died: 2019

The 23rd Prime Minister of Australia, Bob Hawke was the longest-serving Labour leader and electorally most successful leader in the history. During his tenure he instituted a unified wage accord among the country's fractious labour unions that resulted in achieving greater industrial harmony. He also holds the feat of being the third longest-serving Prime Minister of the country.

John Milton

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1608

Birthplace: Cheapside, London, England

Died: 1674

John Milton was an English poet whose epic poem Paradise Lost is widely regarded as one of the greatest works of literature. Milton's other celebrated work Areopagitica is counted among history's most impassioned and influential defenses of freedom of the press and freedom of speech. John Milton’s works have influenced other prominent writers, such as Thomas Hardy and George Eliot.

Eric Bledsoe

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Dick Butkus

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1942

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Dick Van Patten

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Kew Gardens, New York, United States

Died: 2015

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Jakob Dylan

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Two-time Grammy-winning artist Jakob Dylan is best known as the lead singer of the rock band The Wallflowers. He has also had a successful solo career, with his Billboard-charting album Women + Country. He is associated with several philanthropic causes, especially those related to health issues such as diabetes.

Jesse Metcalfe

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Carmel Valley, California, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

PnB Rock

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Michael Dorn

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1952

Birthplace: Luling, Texas, USA

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Hikaru Nakamura

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Fritz Haber

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1868

Birthplace: Wrocław

Died: 1934

Fritz Haber was a German chemist who was honored with the prestigious Nobel Prize in Chemistry for inventing the Haber-Bosch process. The process is used widely to synthesize ammonia from hydrogen gas and nitrogen gas. For his pioneering work in weaponizing poisonous gases like chlorine during World War I, Haber is referred to as the father of chemical warfare.

Joe Lando

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Prairie View, Illinois, United States

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Kelly Oubre Jr.

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Height: 6'7" (201 cm)

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1909

Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States

Died: 2000

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Peter Kropotkin

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birth Year: 1842

Birthplace: Moscow, Russia

Died: 1921

Russian philosopher Peter Kropotkin was a passionate advocate of anarcho-communism. He was also an activist, revolutionary, economist, and sociologist. He was arrested and imprisoned for his activism in 1874. However, he managed to escape and lived in exile for over 40 years in different countries across Europe. He returned to Russia after the Russian Revolution in 1917. 

Broderick Crawford

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1911

Birthplace: Philadelphia

Died: 1986

Tip O'Neill

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1912

Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 1994

AleXa

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Tre Cool

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1972

Birthplace: Frankfurt, West Germany

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Michael Nouri

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1945

Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Ruth Williams Khama

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1923

Birthplace: Blackheath, London

Died: 2002

Ruth Williams Khama served as the First Lady of Botswana between 1966 and 1980. The wife of Seretse Khama, Ruth married Seretse at a time when inter-racial marriage was uncommon. Their wedding attracted huge media attention with some calling it one of the greatest love stories ever. Her marriage inspired films like A Marriage of Inconvenience and A United Kingdom.

Deacon Jones

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1938

Birthplace: Eatonville, Florida, United States

Died: 2013

Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

Felicity Huffman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: Bedford, New York

Buck Henry

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1930

Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

Sonia Gandhi

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: Lusiana, Lusiana Conco, Italy

Sonia Gandhi is an Indian politician and president of one of the most prominent Indian political parties, The Indian National Congress. As the president of Indian National Congress, which has been one of India's most successful political parties in the country's post-independence history, Sonia Gandhi remains one of the most powerful women in India.

Reiko Aylesworth

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1972

Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois, United States

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Kara DioGuardi

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Ossining, New York, United States

C. Rajagopalachari

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1878

Birthplace: Thorapalli, Tamil Nadu, India

Died: 1972

Bharat Ratna-winner C. Rajagopalachari, nicknamed Rajaji or C.R., was the last Governor-General of India and the first Indian to hold the post. He had also served as an INC leader, the Governor of West Bengal, and the Premier of the Madras Presidency. He launched the Swatantra Party and propagated peace.

Elle Evans

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Paris, Texas, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Pixie Davies

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 2006

Birthplace: London, England

Choi Min-ho

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Nam District, Incheon, South Korea

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Emmett Kelly

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birth Year: 1898

Birthplace: Sedan, Kansas, US

Died: 1979

Jean-Claude Juncker

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1954

Birthplace: Redange, Luxembourg

Jean-Claude Juncker is a Luxembourgish politician. From 1989 to 2009, he served as the minister for finances. In 1995, he became the 23rd prime minister of Luxembourg and served in this position until 2013. At the end of his prime ministership, Jean-Claude Juncker was one of the world's longest-serving democratically elected leaders. 

Joan Armatrading

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1950

Birthplace: Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Dia Mirza

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Telangana, India

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Joseph Pilates

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1883

Birthplace: Mönchengladbach, Germany

Died: 1967

Joseph Pilates was a German physical trainer. He is credited with developing and popularizing the Pilates method of physical training. Originally a bodybuilder and gymnast, Pilates studied the movements of animals, especially cats, and modeled his fitness training based on this. He was featured in a documentary movie titled A Movement of Movement.

Clarence Birdseye

Listed In: Engineers

Birth Year: 1886

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Died: 1956

Donald Byrd

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1932

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Died: 2013