Jack Ma

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1964

Birthplace: Hangzhou, China

Jack Ma’s journey from being a tourist guide to establishing the Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba is inspirational. Initially rejected by various companies, he is the second-wealthiest person in China as of 2020. After quitting his post of executive chairman of Alibaba in 2019, he focused on philanthropy and environmental causes. 

Colin Firth

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Grayshott, England, United Kingdom

One of the most decorated English actors of his generation, Colin Firth has had a major impact in both British and American film industries. Also one of the most bankable actors, his movies have grossed over $3 billion worldwide. Also renowned for his activism, Colin was named in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world list in 2011.

Arnold Palmer

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1929

Birthplace: Latrobe, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: 2016

Arnold Palmer was an American golfer who won 62 PGA Tour titles in a career spanning over 60 years. Nicknamed The King, Palmer is considered one of the most charismatic and greatest players in the history of professional golf. He is seen as the first superstar who helped popularize the sport in the television age, which started in the '50s.

Karl Lagerfeld

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1933

Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany

Died: 2019

German fashion magnate Karl Lagerfeld, son of businessman Otto Lagerfeld, had served as the creative director of Chanel and Fendi. He was also a talented photographer and caricaturist, and had a penchant for collecting books. He was known for his signature sunglasses, white hair, fingerless gloves, and detachable collars.  

Jack Grealish

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Birmingham, England

Jack Grealish is an English professional footballer. At present, he is affiliated with Premier League club Manchester City and the England national team. He plays as a  winger or attacking midfielder. He joined the Highgate United Youth Club as a boy and started playing professionally as a teenager. He is known for his ability to run and dribble past defenders. 

Ryan Phillippe

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: New Castle, Delaware, United States

Actor Ryan Phillippe has been active in the entertainment industry for almost three decades. Making his debut in the early 1990s with small roles in TV dramas, he gained international fame for playing a gay teenager in the show One Life to Live. He soon ventured into films and found success there as well.

Amy Irving

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1953

Birthplace: Palo Alto, California, United States

Amy Irving is an American actress known for her contribution across all three major acting mediums. The daughter of Priscilla Pointer and Jules Irving, Amy Irving followed in the footsteps of her parents to establish herself in the American entertainment industry. Over the years, she has played an important role in the success of several TV series and films.

Randy Johnson

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Walnut Creek, California, United States

Height: 6'10" (208 cm)

Cynthia Lennon

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1939

Birthplace: Blackpool, England

Died: 2015

Cynthia Lennon, the first wife of the Beatles singer John Lennon, met John at a calligraphy class. They divorced on the grounds of adultery, after John started dating Japanese artist Yoko Ono. Cynthia married thrice later, and even released a memoir and a biography, detailing her relationship with John Lennon.

Bill O'Reilly

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1949

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Bill O'Reilly is an American author, journalist, and former TV host. The host of Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor, O'Reilly played a major role in the success of Fox News Channel during his time at the channel. He is also credited with founding the No Spin News podcast, which he has been hosting since 2017.

Roger Maris

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1934

Birthplace: Hibbing, Minnesota, United States

Died: 1985

José Feliciano

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1945

Birthplace: Lares, Puerto Rico

José Feliciano is a Puerto Rican musician, composer, and singer. He achieved international fame in 1968 after the release of his album Feliciano! Since then, José Feliciano has released more than 50 albums worldwide. Feliciano was made an inductee of the International Latin Music Hall of Fame and the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000 and 2013 respectively.

Joe Perry

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1950

Birthplace: Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Chris Columbus

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States

Film director, producer, and screenwriter Chris Columbus has been active in the entertainment industry for over 35 years. He was interested in film-making from a young age and studied at Tisch School of the Arts. He started his career as a screenwriter and went on to make his directorial debut. He co-founded 1492 Pictures, a film production company.

Mikey Way

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Kearny, New Jersey, United States

Mikey Way gained fame as the bassist of the alternative rock band My Chemical Romance. He also served as the backing vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of the rock duo Electric Century. He has also voiced Snarl in Transformers: Power of the Primes and appeared in The Aquabats! Super Show!

Siobhan Fahey

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

Irish singer and musician Siobhan Fahey is best known as a founding member of the British/Irish girl group Bananarama. As part of the group, she delivered several top 10 hits. Later, she formed the musical act, Shakespears Sister, which went on to win an Ivor Novello Award. In her 60s now, she continues to be active in the music scene.

Philip Baker Hall

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1931

Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio, USA

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Judy Geeson

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: Arundel, Sussex, England

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Marie Laveau

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1801

Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Died: 1881

Occultist and herbalist Marie Laveau was known as the Vodoo Queen of New Orleans. Though a hairdresser, she was chiefly known for her spiritual practices which she used to heal the sick and the poor. She has inspired several books, such as Robert Tallant's The Voodoo Queen.

Kate Burton

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Geneva

Kate Burton is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Ellis Grey in the popular medical drama television series, Grey's Anatomy. The daughter of famous actors, Sybil Christopher and Richard Burton, Kate is also renowned for her stage work and has received three Tony Award nominations so far. 

Stephen Jay Gould

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1941

Birthplace: Bayside, New York, United States

Died: 2002

Stephen Jay Gould was an American evolutionary biologist, paleontologist, and historian of science. One of the most widely read and influential authors of popular science, Gould was named a Living Legend in April 2000 by the US Library of Congress. He is also counted among the most frequently cited scientists, as far as evolutionary theory is concerned.

Henry Purcell

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1659

Birthplace: Westminster

Died: 1695

Yma Súmac

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1922

Birthplace: Cajamarca, Peru

Died: 2008

Big Daddy Kane

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Ben Wallace

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: White Hall, Alabama, United States

Height: 6'9" (206 cm)

Joey Votto

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1983

Birthplace: Toronto, Canada

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Edmond O'Brien

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1915

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Died: 1985

Edmond O'Brien was an American film director and actor. During his illustrious career, that spanned almost four decades, O'Brien recieved several prestigious awards like an Academy Award and Golden Globe Awards. He also has a couple of stars on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Jared Diamond

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1937

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Jared Diamond is an American historian, geographer, author, and ornithologist. He is best known for his books, The Third Chimpanzee, Collapse, Upheaval, and The World Until Yesterday. His 1997 book Guns, Germs, and Steel earned him the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. In 1999, he was awarded the National Medal of Science. Jared Diamond is currently working as a professor at UCLA.

Adele Astaire

Listed In: Dancers

Birth Year: 1896

Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Died: 1981

Billy O'Reilly

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1949

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Giannina Facio

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1955

Birthplace: San Jose, Costa Rica

Giannina Facio is a Costa Rican actress best known for her association with English filmmaker and husband, Sir Ridley Scott. Apart from being an actress, Facio is also a producer. Some of the films which she has produced include Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House and Tristan & Isolde.

Mary Oliver

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1935

Birthplace: Maple Heights

Mirko Cro Cop

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: Vinkovci, Croatia

Mirko Cro Cop is a Croatian former mixed martial artist, amateur boxer, and kickboxer. He is best known for his association with Pride Fighting Championships. Cro Cop is widely regarded as one of the greatest Heavyweight MMA fighters and kickboxers of all time.

Charles Kuralt

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1934

Birthplace: Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Died: 1997

Robert Wise

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1914

Birthplace: Winchester, Indiana, United States

Died: 2005

Elsa Schiaparelli

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1890

Birthplace: Rome, Italy

Died: 1973

Elsa Schiaparelli was an Italian fashion designer who designed the wardrobes for many films like Topaze and Moulin Rouge. Widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the world of fashion, Schiaparelli was considered the greatest rival of Coco Chanel.

Coco Rocha

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Alex Horne

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: UK

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Johnathon Schaech

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Edgewood, Maryland, United States

Johnathon Schaech is an American actor best known for playing James Mattingly II in the 1996 comedy film That Thing You Do, which marked Tom Hanks' directorial debut. Also a producer and writer, Johnathon Schaech has co-written several screenplays for films, such as Road House 2. He has also released a book named Rick Dempsey's Caught Stealing.

Kyle Bornheimer

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1975

Birthplace: Mishawaka, Indiana, United States

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Ashley Monroe

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Charles Sanders Peirce

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1839

Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 1914

Charles Sanders Peirce was an American philosopher, mathematician, logician, and scientist. He is best remembered for his immense contributions to logic. Philosopher Paul Weiss called him America's greatest logician. Charles Sanders Peirce is also regarded by some as the father of pragmatism.

Luke Treadaway

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Luke Treadaway is best known for his Olivier Award-winning portrayal of Christopher in the National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. He has also appeared in films such as Clash of the Titans and Attack the Block, and series such as Mist: Sheepdog Tales.

James Duval

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1972

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Manju Warrier

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India

Manju Warrier is an Indian actress, producer, director, dancer, and singer known for her work in the Malayalam film industry. One of the most celebrated actresses of her generation, Warrier has received many awards like Filmfare Awards South, Kerala State Film Award, and a National Film Award. She is a founding member of an organization named Women in Cinema Collective.

Jayam Ravi

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Chennai

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Elyse Levesque

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Regina, Canada

Bob Lanier

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, United States

Height: 6'11" (211 cm)

Roy Ayers

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1940

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

One of the greatest vibraphone players of all time, Roy Ayers was a pioneer of jazz-funk and acid jazz. Born to a trombone player father and a pianist mother, he was destined to be a musician. He soared to fame with tracks such as Everybody Loves the Sunshine.

Jack Gilinsky

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Jack Gilinsky is an American singer best known as one-half of the popular pop-rap duo Jack & Jack alongside his childhood friend Jack Johnson. After achieving success on Vine, the duo started releasing singles and gained prominence as musicians. In 2019, they released their debut studio album. In 2020, Jack Gilinsky came up with his debut solo single, My Love.