Bradley Cooper

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1975

Birthplace: Abington Township, Pennsylvania, United States

One of the highest-paid actors in the world, Bradley Cooper has been active in Hollywood for over two decades, playing roles ranging from comedic to dramatic. He was named on Time's list of 100 most influential people in the world in 2015. He supports the charity, Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.

Hayao Miyazaki

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1941

Birthplace: Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan

Considered one of the most prominent filmmakers in the history of animated films, Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese animator and manga artist. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, Miyazaki has gained worldwide acclaim as a maker of animated films and a masterful storyteller. Miyazaki has served as an inspiration to several world-renowned animators and directors, including James Cameron and Wes Anderson.

Diane Keaton

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Died: 2025

Best known for her dressing style and idiosyncratic personality, Diane Keaton is one of the earliest actresses to take precautionary action to avoid being typecast in the entertainment industry. Widely regarded as one of the greatest actresses of the 1970s, Diane is also one of the most respected and celebrated actresses of all time.

January Jones

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

Best known for her Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning performance as Betty Draper in Mad Men, January Jones has also appeared in The Last Man on Earth and X-Men: First Class. She has modeled for Versace; appeared on the covers of GQ, Grazia, and Cosmopolitan; and been a spokesperson for Oceana.

Suki Waterhouse

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Hammersmith, London

Suki Waterhouse is an English model and actress who was selected as the Mercier Muse for the popular French makeup brand Laura Mercier. Waterhouse used her popularity as a model to launch a direct-to-consumer accessories brand called Pop & Suki, which she co-founded with Poppy Jamie. Since its launch, the brand has been worn by celebrities like Lady Gaga.

Robert Duvall

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1931

Birthplace: San Diego, California, United States

As an actor and filmmaker, Robert Duvall has had a remarkable career spanning more than 60 years. In recognition of his service to performing arts, President George W. Bush honored him with the National Medal of Arts at the White House in 2005. Apart from being an actor, he is also a skilled Argentine Tango dancer.

Clancy Brown

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1959

Birthplace: Urbana, Ohio, United States

Best known for his villainous roles, American actor Clancy Brown is the son of renowned publisher and politician Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr. He soared to fame with his performance as Captain Byron Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption. He also voiced Mr. Krabs in the Nickelodeon animated series Spongebob Squarepants.

Deadmau5

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Niagara Falls, Canada

Six-time Grammy-nominated Canadian electronic music artist and DJ Joel Thomas Zimmerman, better known as Deadmau5, soared to fame with his house music albums. He gained recognition for his collaborations with Steve Duda as part of the groups WTF? and BSOD. He also produced techno music under the pseudonym Testpilot.

Jane Wyman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1917

Birthplace: St. Joseph

Died: 2007

Jane Wyman was an American actress, dancer, and singer. In an illustrious acting career spanning over 70 years, Wyman received three Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award for Best Actress. One of the leading ladies of Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s, Jane Wyman is also credited with popularizing two-piece bathing suit, a predecessor to the bikini.

Deepika Padukone

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark

Deepika Padukone is one of the highest-paid Indian actresses. She is also known for her off-screen work, which involves supporting charitable organizations. She founded The Live Love Laugh Foundation, which aims at creating awareness on mental health. In 2018, she was named in Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people in the world.

Vinnie Jones

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1965

Birthplace: Watford, United Kingdom

Before being an actor, Vinnie Jones had a brilliant career as a footballer and had even led the Welsh national football team and excelled as a midfielder. He was later mostly seen playing criminals on screen. Fans adore him for his roles in X-Men: The Last Stand, Elementary, and Arrow.

Shea Whigham

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Shea Whigham is an American actor known for appearing in several popular films, such as Fast & Furious, The Wolf of Wall Street, Joker, American Hustle, and Kong: Skull Island. He is credited with co-founding a theatre troupe called The Rorschach Group, which he co-founded early in his acting career.

Umberto Eco

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birth Year: 1932

Birthplace: Alessandria, Italy

Died: 2016

Italian novelist Umberto Eco is best remembered for his novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum. He also taught at the University of Bologna and had released quite a few children’s books and translations. He was also known for his work on semiotics and medieval studies.

Carrie Ann Inaba

Listed In: Dancers

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Alvin Ailey

Listed In: Dancers

Birth Year: 1931

Birthplace: Rogers, Texas, United States

Died: 1989

Konrad Adenauer

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1876

Birthplace: Cologne

Died: 1967

German politician, Konrad Adenauer, served as the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963. He was also the co-founder and the first leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He played a key role in leading his country from the ruins of World War II to becoming a  prosperous nation.

Walter Mondale

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Ceylon, Minnesota, United States

Died: 2021

The 42nd vice president of the US, Walter Mondale is a lawyer by profession. Walter Mondale's interesting political career and his involvement in the infamous Apollo 1 accident, which occurred on 27 January 1967, have inspired several works of art, including the 1998 miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, where Mondale was played by John Slattery.

Warrick Dunn

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1975

Birthplace: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Pamela Sue Martin

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1953

Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Kristin Cavallari

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Denver, Colorado, United States

Known for her “valley girl’ accent, Kristin Cavallari gained fame with the MTV reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. Apart from gracing the cover of Seventeen, she has also been featured in Rolling Stone. She is now a fashion designer with her own brands Uncommon James and Little James.

Chuck Noll

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1932

Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Died: 2014

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Suzy Amis

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Suzy Amis Cameron is the wife of Titanic director James Cameron. Suzy is an environmental activist and had initially been an actor and a model. She appeared as Lizzy Calvert in Titanic, as Eddie in The Usual Suspects, and as the titular character in The Ballad of Little Jo.

Sam Phillips

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1923

Birthplace: Florence, Alabama, United States

Died: 2003

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Larkana, Pakistan

Died: 1979

Pakistani barrister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto served as the prime minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977. He had also been the president of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973. He founded and chaired the Pakistan People's Party. His reign witnessed the formation of Bangladesh and the signing of the Simla Agreement.

Ted Lange

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: Oakland, California, U.S.

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Alex English

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1954

Birthplace: Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Height: 6'8" (203 cm)

Chris Stein

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1950

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Constanze Mozart

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1762

Birthplace: Zell im Wiesental, Germany

Died: 1842

Kathrine Switzer

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Amberg, Germany

Kathrine Switzer was a 20-year-old Syracuse University student when she registered for the Boston Marathon in 1967. Though women were practically barred from competing, she competed as KV Switzer, avoiding mentioning her gender. Attacked at the event, she made history and became a champion for women’s rights.

Virginia Halas McCaskey

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1923

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Brooklyn Sudano

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Hosea Williams

Listed In: Activists

Birth Year: 1926

Birthplace: Attapulgus

Died: 2000

Jason Mitchell

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Maxim Baldry

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: Redhill, United Kingdom

Best known for his performances as Viktor Goraya in the series Years and Years and Stepan in the film Mr. Bean's Holiday, Russian-origin English actor Maxim Baldry also played Liam Donovan in the British series Hollyoaks. The London-born actor spent his youth in Moscow and Warsaw, before returning to London.

Robert Ellis Silberstein

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: Elberon, Long Branch, New Jersey

Businessman and music executive Robert Ellis Silberstein, or Bob Ellis, is best remembered as the manager of popular music artists such as Diana Ross, Status Quo, Meat Loaf, and Billy Preston. He was also married to Diana Ross for a while. He taught before he joined the music industry.

George Reeves

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1914

Birthplace: Woolstock, Iowa

Died: 1959

George Reeves was an American actor best known for playing the iconic superhero, Superman, in the popular television series, Adventures of Superman. A committed role model, George Reeves avoided smoking cigarettes around children and eventually quit smoking. His death, at the age of 45, was mourned by many and it remains a controversial subject.

Sam Wyche

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1945

Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Died: 2020

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Heather Dubrow

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1938

Birthplace: Kamiriithu, Kenya

Jim Otto

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1938

Birthplace: Wausau, Wisconsin, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Bela G. Lugosi

Listed In: Lawyers & Judges

Birth Year: 1938

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Charlie Rose

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1942

Birthplace: Henderson, North Carolina, United States

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Zebulon Pike

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1779

Birthplace: Lamberton, New Jersey

Died: 1813

American army officer Zebulon Pike is best remembered for his exploration of areas around the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. While traversing through the southern Colorado region, he was detained by Spanish colonial authorities. He lent his name to the famed Pikes Peak in Colorado.

Agnes von Kurowsky

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1892

Birthplace: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: 1984

Agnes von Kurowsky was an American nurse who served during the First World War in an American National Red Cross hospital in Milan. She is credited with inspiring Ernest Hemingway's character Catherine Barkley in his 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms. Agnes von Kurowsky and Ernest Hemingway's love story was portrayed in the 1996 movie In Love and War.

Phillip Dorsett

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Mercury Morris

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Jeane Dixon

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1904

Birthplace: Medford, Wisconsin, United States

Died: 1997

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1956

Birthplace: Detmold, Germany

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the current president of Germany, has also been his nation’s Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs. A Social Democratic Party of Germany member, he went from being a factory worker’s son to studying law and politics and then eventually stepping into politics. He has also worked for the German military.

Eric Fisher

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Rochester, Michigan, United States

Height: 6'7" (201 cm)

Brian Tracy

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1944

Birthplace: Charlottetown, Canada