Isaac Asimov

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1920

Birthplace: Petrovichi, Russia

Died: 1992

Isaac Asimov was an American writer. Best known for his science fiction works, Asimov was regarded as one of the Big Three writers along with Arthur C. Clarke and Robert A. Heinlein. Asimov is credited with influencing most sci-fi writers since the 1950s. Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman stated that one of Asimov's works inspired him to take up Economics.

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States

Cuba Gooding Jr., son of soul singer Cuba Gooding Sr., shot to fame with his Academy Award-winning role of Rod Tidwell in Jerry Maguire. He has played real-life characters O.J Simpson and Ben Carson on TV. His other notable projects include Pearl Harbor and As Good As It Gets.

Taye Diggs

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States

Taye Diggs is a popular American actor and singer. Such is his popularity that he is often mentioned in several TV series that has nothing to do with him. Video footage of him slipping off a chair became a popular internet meme, making him famous worldwide.

Dax Shepard

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1975

Birthplace: Michigan, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Tia Carrere

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1967

Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Tia Carrere’s first breakthrough was as Jade Soong in the soap General Hospital. Fans also loved her as Sydney Fox in Relic Hunter. She voiced Nani in the Lilo & Stitch franchise, appeared on the show Dancing with the Stars, and also won two Grammys for her Hawaiian music albums.

Ben Hardy

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Bournemouth, Dorset, England,United Kingdom

English actor, Ben Hardy, is best known for his appearance in the superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse. Interested in acting from childhood, he received training at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He began his professional career in the early 2010s, appearing in the play The Judas Kiss. He has since acted in many plays, TV shows, and films.

Renee Elise Goldsberry

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: San Jose, California, United States

Actress, singer, and songwriter, Renee Elise Goldsberry, is a popular figure in Broadway theater. She is best known for her role in the musical Hamilton, for which she won a Tony Award. She is also active in films and TV shows. As a singer and songwriter, she is the winner of one Grammy Award. 

Shelley Hennig

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Metairie, Louisiana, United States

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Barry Morris Goldwater

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1909

Birthplace: Phoenix

Died: 1998

Entrepreneur Barry Morris Goldwater was a five-term Arizona senator. He represented the Republican Party in the 1964 presidential election, which he lost by a landslide margin to Lyndon B Johnson. He impacted the conservative and libertarian movements. He was a skilled photographer and loved collecting kachina dolls.

Christy Turlington

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Walnut Creek, California, United States

Model Christy Turlington is best known for being part of Calvin Klein's Eternity campaign. Named to Time 100, she has worked with Maybelline and Versace, too. Her cover of British Vogue inspired George Michael's video Freedom. She owns the non-profit Every Mother Counts, which works for safe pregnancy and childbirth.

Paz Vega

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Seville, Spain

Spanish actor Paz Vega is best known for her roles in films such as Sex and Lucia, Spanglish, All Roads Lead to Rome, and Rambo: Last Blood. Fans loved her as Catalina Creel in the Mexican series Cuna de lobos and as Renata in the American series The OA. 

Roger Miller

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1936

Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Died: 1992

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Jack Hanna

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Alden Richards

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Quezon City, Philippines

While he considers Hello, Love, Goodbye, the highest-grossing Filipino film ever, as his best project so far, actor Alden Richards has had a long career, peppered with films, music, and more. He will now be seen with Bea Alonzo in a film based on the Japanese series Pure Soul.

Thérèse of Lisieux

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1873

Birthplace: Alençon, France

Died: 1897

French nun Thérèse of Lisieux, known as "The Little Flower of Jesus,” became one of the most well-known Catholic saints ever. She became the youngest Doctor of the Church and the third woman to receive the honor. A devoted Carmelite, she died of tuberculosis at age 24.

Anthony Carrigan

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1983

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Turner Tenney

Listed In: Social Media Stars

Birth Year: 1997

Birthplace: Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, United States

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Fernando Tatis Jr.

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1999

Birthplace: San Pedro De Macoris, Dominican Republic

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Pernell Whitaker

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1964

Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Died: 2019

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Peter Gadiot

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: London, England

Peter Gadiot is best known as James Valdez from the series Queen of the South and as Cyrus from Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. He is a trained stage actor, too. He engages in extreme stunts, such as climbing atop Mt. Kilimanjaro, to raise money for social causes

Gabrielle Carteris

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Height: 5'1" (155 cm)

Kate Bosworth

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1983

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Kate Bosworth is an American model and actress known for playing Anne Marie Chadwick in the 2002 sports film Blue Crush. Apart from acting, Bosworth is also interested in fashion; she co-designed a jewelry line called JewelMint. Also known for her work as an activist, Kate Bosworth was named in People magazine's 25 Women Changing the World list in 2018.

Pauline Chalamet

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: United States

Anna Lee

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1913

Birthplace: Ightham, Kent, England

Died: 2004

David Cone

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Joanna Pacula

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Tomaszow Lubelski, Poland

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Karina Smirnoff

Listed In: Dancers

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Kharkiv, Ukraine

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Trombone Shorty

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Abbie Eaton

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Hull, England, UK

Renata Notni

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Cuernavaca, Mexico

David Bailey

Listed In: Photographers

Birth Year: 1938

Birthplace: Leytonstone

David Bailey is an English portrait and fashion photographer. He is credited with co-creating the Swinging London movement along with Brian Duffy and Terence Donovan during the 1960s. Bailey is also known for his work with the famous Vogue magazine. The character played by David Hemmings in the 1966 mystery thriller film Blowup was inspired by David Bailey.

Todd Haynes

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Edgar Martínez

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

David Gyasi

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Hammersmith, London, England

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Francois Pienaar

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1967

Birthplace: Vereeniging, South Africa

Francois Pienaar is a former rugby player who captained the South African national team from 1993 to 1996. He is best-known for helping his team win the 1995 Rugby World Cup. In 2004, he was ranked 50th in a list named Top 100 Great South Africans. In 2005, he was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame.

Oscar Micheaux

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1884

Birthplace: Metropolis, Illinois, United States

Died: 1951

Maxi Rodríguez

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Rosario, Argentina

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Craig James

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Jacksonville, Texas

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Kristen Hager

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Red Lake, Canada

Swedish-Canadian actor Kristen Hager is best known for her roles in films such as Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem and Wanted. Fans also loved her as Nora Sergeant in the Syfy series Being Human and as Mae Barber in the thriller series Condor.

Naoki Urasawa

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

Award-winning Japanese manga artist Naoki Urasawa is best known for his thriller Monster and the sci-fi 20th Century Boys. Fans love his intricate and psychologically complicated plots. He also teaches at the Nagoya Zokei University and is a skilled rock musician who once performed as Bob Lennon.

Sister Nancy

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: Kingston

Sister Nancy is a Jamaican singer and dancehall DJ. She is the first female dancehall DJ to achieve international recognition. Sister Nancy was the most popular female dancehall DJ in the world for over two decades. One of her most popular singles Bam Bam is often referred to as the reggae anthem.

Folke Bernadotte

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1895

Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden

Died: 1948

Folke Bernadotte was a Swedish diplomat and nobleman. He is best remembered for negotiating the release of over 30,000 prisoners from German concentration camps during World War II. Folke Bernadotte was assassinated at the age of 53 by a Zionist paramilitary organization called Lehi.

Cole Caufield

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 2001

Birthplace: Mosinee, Wisconsin, United States

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

William Haines

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1900

Birthplace: Staunton, Virginia, United States

Died: 1973

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Carla Juri

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Locarno, Switzerland

Carla Juri is a Swiss actress best known for her role in the biographical film Paula. She studied theater in London and Los Angeles and traveled across Berlin, London, and Rome to find jobs early in her career. She started acting professionally in the mid-2000s and has since appeared in many critically acclaimed films and TV shows. 

James Wolfe

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1727

Birthplace: Westerham, United Kingdom

Died: 1759

Jagmeet Singh

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Scarborough, Toronto, Canada

Jagmeet Singh is a Canadian politician and lawyer. Since 2017, Singh has been serving as the leader of the popular Canadian political party, New Democratic Party. Jagmeet Singh serves as an inspiration to other Canadian politicians of Indian origin as he is the first member from a visible minority group to lead a prominent federal political party in Canada.

Fionn O Shea

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1997

Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

Adam Masina

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1994

Birthplace: Khouribga, Morocco

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Melis Sezen

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1997

Birthplace: Istanbul, Turkey