James Taylor

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Five-time Grammy Award-winning folk singer James Taylor is best known for his hits You've Got a Friend and Fire and Rain. One of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, he has sold over 100 million records worldwide and has also won the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Jaimie Alexander

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Jaimie Alexander is best known as Sif from the 2011 movie Thor, a role she reprised in the series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and voiced in a subsequent video game. She is also known as Jessi from the series Kyle XY. She faced major accidents while filming for Thor and Blindspot. 

Liza Minnelli

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

The daughter of popular actress and singer Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli followed in her mother's footsteps to become an award-winning actress and singer. Known for her powerful contralto singing voice and energetic stage presence, Liza Minnelli is the recipient of an Academy Award and Tony Award. Also a known philanthropist, Minnelli spends much of her time with various nonprofit organizations.

Jack Kerouac

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1922

Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 1969

Jack Kerouac is remembered as a prominent figure of the Beat Generation. His works, consisting of several novels and poems, with their focus on spirituality, drugs, travel, sex, and jazz, paved the way for the hippie movement. He is best known for his pathbreaking novel On the Road

Stromae

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Etterbeek, Brussels, Belgium

Stromae is a Belgian musician, singer, songwriter, and rapper. He achieved popularity with the release of his song Alors on danse in 2009, which topped several music charts in many European countries. He has won several prestigious awards, such as the World Music Awards. Stromae is often promoted as the face of the New Beat generation.

Aaron Eckhart

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: Cupertino, California, United States

Aaron Eckhart is an American actor best known for playing important roles in popular films like Erin Brockovich and The Dark Knight. From being a struggling actor to becoming an international star, Aaron Eckhart has had quite an interesting journey so far. Considered a sex symbol, Eckhart was named in People magazine's list of 100 Most Beautiful People in 2006.

Jason Beghe

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Jason Beghe is best known for playing Hank Voight in Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., and other series of the Chicago franchise. He has also been part of films such as Phantom. He was once a follower of Scientology but later quit it and became a strong critic of the faith. 

Malina Weissman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 2003

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Courtney B. Vance

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Titus Welliver

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Titus Welliver, son of painter Neil Welliver, is best known for his roles of Jimmy O’Phelan in Sons of Anarchy, Silas Adams in Deadwood, and Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch in Bosch. He has also appeared in films such as Argo and Transformers: Age of Extinction and has narrated several audiobooks.  

Al Jarreau

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1940

Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Died: 2017

Marlon Jackson

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Gary, Indiana, United States

Barbara Feldon

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1933

Birthplace: Bethel Park

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Darryl Strawberry

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

Jake Weber

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: London, England

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Andrea Brillantes

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 2003

Birthplace: Taytay, Rizal, Phillipines

Andrea Brillantes is a Filipina actress and recording artist best known for her leading role in the TV series Annaliza. She started acting as a child and first appeared in the children's comedy show Goin' Bulilit. As a young woman, she has acted in dramas and fantasies, portraying versatile roles. She has received one Urduja Heritage Film Award. 

Wally Schirra

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1923

Birthplace: Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

Died: 2007

Wally Schirra was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, and naval aviator. He achieved popularity in 1959, when he became one of the seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury. In 1962, he was part of Mercury-Atlas 8 and became only the ninth human to travel into space. Wally Schirra was portrayed by Lance Henriksen in the film, The Right Stuff.

Neal Katyal

Listed In: Lawyers & Judges

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Neal Katyal is an American academic and lawyer. Born to immigrant parents from India, Katyal has argued the most number of Supreme Court cases for any minority lawyer in American history. He was honored with the Edmund Randolph Award by the US Justice Department. He was also named in Legal Times' 90 Greatest Lawyers over the Last 30 Years list.

Jason Lively

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: Carroll County, Georgia

Actor, Jason Lively, began his career as a ten-year-old child, appearing in the pilot episode of The Dukes of Hazzard. A few years later, he made his film debut and went on to appear in some other TV shows and films. As of today, he is semi-retired from acting and runs his own business. Actress, Blake Lively, is his sister.

Shreya Ghoshal

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Murshidabad, West Bengal, India

National Award-winning singer Shreya Ghoshal grew up in Rajasthan and later moved to Mumbai, where her electrical engineer father was posted. After gaining attention with the talent show Sa Re Ga Ma, the classically trained artist was catapulted to fame with her playback singing in Devdas, and never looked back.

Tammy Duckworth

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: Bangkok, Thailand

A war veteran who lost both her legs during the Iraq War, Tammy Duckworth is a symbol of courage and resilience. Her never-say-die spirit enabled her to become the first woman with a disability and the first Thai-American woman to earn a seat in Congress. She is the first member of Senate to give birth while in office.

Gordon MacRae

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1921

Birthplace: East Orange, New Jersey, USA

Died: 1986

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Carlton Leach

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1959

Birthplace: Canning Town, Essex

Atif Aslam

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1983

Birthplace: Wazirabad, Pakistan

Popular Pakistani singer Atif Aslam has been equally successful in both India and Pakistan. Known for his distinctive vocal belting technique of singing, the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz-winning singer has sung Bollywood hits such as Tera Hone Laga Hoon. He is also a trained computer engineer and once aspired to be a cricketer.

Steve Harris

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1956

Birthplace: Leytonstone

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Vaslav Nijinsky

Listed In: Dancers

Birth Year: 1889

Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine

Died: 1950

Vaslav Nijinsky was a ballet dancer and choreographer. He is counted among the greatest male dancers of the early 20th century. He was known for the intensity of his characterizations. He was brilliant and could dance en pointe, a rare skill few male dancers of his era possessed. He suffered from mental health issues in his later life. 

Dale Murphy

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1956

Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States

Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

Edward Albee

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Virginia, United States

Died: 2016

Jerami Grant

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1994

Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States

Height: 6'8" (203 cm)

George Berkeley

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birth Year: 1685

Birthplace: County Kilkenny, Ireland

Died: 1753

George Berkeley was an Anglo-Irish philosopher who is credited with popularizing a theory called immaterialism, which claims that material substance like tables and chairs can't exist without being perceived by the mind. Berkeley influenced several philosophers like David Hume. Also remembered for his humanitarian work, George Berkeley worked towards creating homes for abandoned children in London.

Gustav Kirchhoff

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1824

Birthplace: Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia

Died: 1887

Gustav Kirchhoff was a German physicist who is credited with coining the term black-body radiation. He is best remembered for his contribution to the basic understanding of spectroscopy, electrical circuits, and the emanation of black-body radiation. In 1862, he received the prestigious Rumford Medal. The Bunsen-Kirchhoff Award is named after Gustav Kirchhoff and German chemist Robert Bunsen.

Dont'a Hightower

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Lewisburg, Tennessee, United States

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

William Henry Perkin

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1838

Birthplace: London, England

Died: 1907

William Henry Perkin is best remembered for his chance discovery of the dye mauveine, made of aniline purple. He had apparently discovered the dye while attempting to synthesize quinine. The Royal Medal-winning British chemist also studied salicyl alcohol and flavoring agents and synthesized the first artificial perfume.

Gianni Agnelli

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1921

Birthplace: Turin, Italy

Died: 2003

Teimour Radjabov

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Baku, Azerbaijan

Luenell

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1959

Birthplace: Tollette, Arkansas, United States

Dave Eggers

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Dave Eggers is an American writer, publisher, and editor. He is credited with founding a non-profit publishing house named McSweeney's Publishing and a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization called ScholarMatch. Eggers is also credited with co-founding other non-profit organizations like 826 Valencia and Voice of Witness. His novels A Hologram for the King and The Circle have been adapted into movies.

Agathe von Trapp

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1913

Birthplace: Pola, Istria, Austria-Hungary (present-day Pula, Croatia)

Died: 2010

Anna Zak

Listed In: Social Media Stars

Birth Year: 2001

Birthplace: Sochi, Russia

Anna Zak is an Israeli Internet personality, singer, and model. With more than a million followers on Instagram and four million followers on TikTok, Anna is considered one of the most influential social media stars in Israel. In 2017, she was named the most influential Instagrammer in Israel, ahead of personalities like Bar Refaeli.

Mark Moseley

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: Laneville, Texas, United States

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Matt Millen

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania, USA

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Janja Garnbret

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1999

Birthplace: Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Leonard Chess

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1917

Birthplace: Motal

Died: 1969

Isabella Beeton

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1836

Birthplace: London

Died: 1865

Robin Cavendish

Listed In: Lawyers & Judges

Birth Year: 1930

Birthplace: Middleton, Derbyshire, England

Died: 1994

Robin Cavendish was an English medical aid developer and advocate for disabled people. He is credited with aiding the development of medical devices aimed at providing independence to paralyzed people. One of Britain's longest-lived responauts, Cavendish was given three months to live at the age of 28. He lived for 64 years and his story inspired the 2017 film Breathe.

Elaine de Kooning

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birth Year: 1918

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Died: 1989

Elaine de Kooning, an accomplished landscape and portrait artist, remained active in Abstract Expressionist and Figurative Expressionist movements during post-Second World War era. Elaine admired artwork of Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist Willem de Kooning, her future husband, and honed her skills under his tutelage. Figure served as subject of representational portraiture for Elaine, who was perhaps best-known for her portraits.

Falguni Pathak

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1964

Birthplace: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Known as the Dandiya Queen, Falguni Pathak rocked the 1990s with her chartbusting tracks such as Chudi Jo Khanki Haathon Mein, which still light up Navratri celebrations in India. She is also known for her signature androgynous looks. Though she’s based in Mumbai, her songs reflect the Gujarati folk culture.

Charles of Valois

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1270

Birthplace: Vincennes

Died: 1325

Mecole Hardman

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1998

Birthplace: Bowman, Georgia, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

William Buckland

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1784

Birthplace: Axminster, Devon, England

Died: 1856

William Buckland was an English theologian, palaeontologist, and geologist. He is best remembered for his service as the Dean of Westminster. He is credited with writing the first full account of a dinosaur fossil, which he named Megalosaurus. William Buckland pioneered the usage of fossilized faeces to reconstruct ecosystems. Buckland was the recipient of the prestigious Copley Medal.