LeBron James

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, United States

A basketball prodigy, Lebron James began playing since his school days and was later selected by Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2003 NBA draft. His career progressed at a rapid rate and he is considered to be one of the greatest players in NBA history. During his stint with Miami Heat, he helped them win two NBA Championships. Currently, he plays for Los Angeles Lakers 

Tiger Woods

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1975

Birthplace: Cypress, California, United States

Tiger Woods is considered as one of the greatest golfers of all time. He had a great run throughout the first decade of the 21st century. Later he had to deal with infidelity issues, marital problems and divorce and injuries, but was able to make a comeback. He holds numerous golf records and has won many World Golf Championship.

Rudyard Kipling

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1865

Birthplace: Mumbai, India

Died: 1936

English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard Kipling is best remembered for his fiction work The Jungle Book. He was born in India and many of his works are inspired by his life in the country. He was one of the most popular English writers in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Kristin Kreuk

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Vancouver, Canada

Kristin Kreuk is one of the most popular actresses from Canada. After establishing herself as a successful actress in both American and Canadian entertainment industries, Kristin Kreuk was made the spokesmodel for Neutrogena's new worldwide advertising campaign.

Ellie Goulding

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Hereford, England

Ellie Goulding has created chart-topping tracks such as Your Song and Lights. In 2010, she earned the BBC Sound of 2010 poll and the Brit Awards Critics' Choice Award, becoming the second artist to win both honors in the same year. She works with charities such as Children in Need.

Jeff Lynne

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Shard End

Jeff Lynne is an English multi-instrumentalist, record producer, singer, and songwriter. He is credited with co-founding the popular rock band Electric Light Orchestra. He is also credited with popularizing the band with his leadership skills following the exit of co-founder Roy Wood in 1972. In the 2020 Birthday Honours, Lynne was appointed OBE for services to music.

Eliza Dushku

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Watertown, Massachusetts, United States

Eliza Dushku is an American actress and model. She inspired a lot of people to stay sober by sharing her story of struggle with alcohol and drug addiction. Also a well-known activist, Dushku has raised funds for several charitable causes. She also works closely with the THRIVE-Gulu organization, which works towards helping the survivors of war.

Carson Wentz

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz helped his team top the NFC Playoffs, which led to their first Super Bowl win. He was the first NFL quarterback to throw for over 4,000 yards with no WR over 500 yards. His AO1 Foundation works for underprivileged people. He also loves hunting. 

Tyrese Gibson

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Watts, South Los Angeles, California, United States

Grammy-nominated singer/rapper Tyrese Gibson is best known for his chartbusting track Sweet Lady. Fans also loved him as Roman Pearce in the Fast & Furious franchise and as Robert Epps in the Transformers movies. He has also written a three-volume comic book series and two New York Times bestsellers.

Laila Ali

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1977

Birthplace: Miami Beach, Florida, United States

Laila Ali is an American former professional boxer. The daughter of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, Laila Ali competed from 1999 to 2007, during which she remained undefeated. She is also credited with saving wrestling legend Hulk Hogan's life by calling him when he was suicidal and depressed. After retiring from professional boxing, Laila Ali became a television personality.

Kevin Systrom

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1983

Birthplace: Holliston, Massachusetts, United States

Computer programmer and entrepreneur Kevin Systrom is one of the co-founders of the photo-sharing app Instagram. He resigned as the Instagram CEO in 2018. He was named to Forbes’s 30 under 30 list in 2014 and was one of the U.S’s richest entrepreneurs below 40 in 2016.

Davy Jones

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1945

Birthplace: Openshaw, Manchester, England

Died: 2012

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Kim Taehyung

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Daegu, South Korea

Kim Tae-hyung is a South Korean singer, actor, and songwriter. He is best known for his association with the popular boy group BTS, for which he is a vocalist. Renowned for his baritone singing voice, Kim is regarded as a role model by other Korean artists like Younghoon, Jaehyun, Byun Hyun-min, Yeosang, Jungseung, Mingi, and Yunmin.

Sandy Koufax

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1935

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Baseball left-handed pitcher Sanford Koufax played for the MLB team Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers for 12 seasons. He was the youngest Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and the first three-time Cy Young Award winner. He skipped pitching for a 1965 World Series game because it fell on Jewish festival Yom Kippur.

Michael Nesmith

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1942

Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States

Died: 2021

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Caity Lotz

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: San Diego, California, United States

Caity Lotz is an American actress, singer, and dancer. A trained martial artist, Lotz is best known for playing Sara Lance / White Canary in superhero TV series, such as Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Supergirl, and Batwoman. She is also credited with co-founding a women's empowerment organization called SheThority.

Lucy Punch

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1977

Birthplace: Hammersmith, London

Lucy Punch is an illustrious English actress, who hogged the limelight for her role in You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, Bad Teacher, Are You Ready For Love?, and Hot Fuzz.Though she appeared in a number of serious roles in films and on television, she stood out for her comic skills. 

Jack Lord

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1920

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Died: 1998

Jack Lord is best known as Steve McGarrett from the series Hawaii Five-O. He spent his youth painting landscapes and studied at New York University on a football scholarship. He later held art exhibitions, too. He was also the first to play Felix Leiter in the James Bond franchise.

Tracey Ullman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1959

Birthplace: Slough, Berkshire, England

British-American actor Tracey Ullman began her career with sketch-comedy shows such as Three of a Kind and later had her own Fox show, The Tracey Ullman Show, which featured 30-second segments of The Simpsons in between, making the latter a hit, too. She rose to become the third-richest comedian from Britain.

Fred Ward

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1942

Birthplace: San Diego, California, United States

Died: 2022

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Patti Smith

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Patti Smith is an American singer-songwriter. Referred to as the punk poet laureate, Smith became an influential figure of the punk rock movement with the release of her album Horses. Many world-renowned musicians, such as Madonna and Michael Stipe, have cited Smith as their inspiration. Even actresses like Ellen Page and Maria Doyle Kennedy have called Smith a major influence.

Bo Diddley

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: McComb, Mississippi, United States

Died: 2008

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Del Shannon

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1934

Birthplace: Grand Rapids

Died: 1990

Ben Johnson

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Falmouth, Jamaica

Ben Johnson is a Canadian retired sprinter who was adjudged the world's fastest man during the 1987–88 season after he broke the 60m and 100m indoor world records. He is best known for his performance in the 1984 Olympic Games, where he won two bronze medals. Ben Johnson also won a gold medal at the 1985 World Indoor Championships.

Meredith Vieira

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1953

Birthplace: East Providence

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1956

Birthplace: Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

Jeanette Nolan

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1911

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Died: 1998

Daniel Sunjata

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois, United States

Russ Tamblyn

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1934

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Russ Tamblyn is an American actor and dancer who received an Academy Award nomination for his work in the 1957 drama film, Peyton Place. Trained as a gymnast, Tamblyn's acrobatic skills were put to use in films, such as West Side Story. Apart from acting in films and TV series, Russ Tamblyn also worked as a choreographer during the 1980s.

Sean Hannity

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Sean Hannity is a conservative political commentator and talk show host. As one of the most-watched and most-listened-to hosts, he has played a key role in shaping American politics in the last decade or so. Due to his closeness to President Donald Trump, he is characterized as the shadow Chief of Staff.

Anna Wood

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Skeeter Davis

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1931

Birthplace: Dry Ridge

Died: 2004

Jena Sims

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Winder, Georgia

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Joseph Bologna

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1934

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Died: 2017

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Camila Giorgi

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Macerata, Italy

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Faye Marsay

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Loftus, North Yorkshire Loftus, England

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Meredith Monroe

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Houston, Texas, USA

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Betty Aberlin

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1942

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Paul Stookey

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1937

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Alfred Emanuel Smith

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1873

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 1944

James Burrows

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1940

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Dave England

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Ventura, California, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Andrea Tantaros

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Tu Youyou

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1930

Birthplace: Ningbo

Chinese phytochemist and malariologist Tu Youyou is best remembered for her Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the anti-malarial drug qinghaosu, or artemisinin. She is the first Chinese female Nobel laureate. A tuberculosis infection in her younger days had inspired her to step into medicine. She later studied traditional Chinese medicine, too.

Jed Johnson

Listed In: Architects

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: Alexandria

Died: 1996

Initially a sweeper at Andy Warhol's Factory, Jed Johnson later also edited some of Warhol’s films. He later drifted to interior designing and partnered with fellow architect Alan Wanzenberg on many designs. He died at 47, when a Trans World Airlines flight he was traveling in, crashed.

Akosua Busia

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1966

Birthplace: Ghana

Stephanie Del Valle

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Stephen Leacock

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1869

Birthplace: Swanmore, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Died: 1944

Asa Griggs Candler

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1851

Birthplace: Villa Rica, Georgia, United States

Died: 1929

Sister Bliss

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: London

British keyboardist Ayalah Deborah Bentovim, better known as Sister Bliss, is one of Britain’s most successful electronica musicians. Starting her career as a pioneering British DJ, she later established the band Faithless. She has also composed for films such as The Beach and Sex and the City 2.