Kylie Jenner

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1997

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

An elite socialite and fashion model, Kylie Jenner is the head of Kylie Cosmetics and creator of the hugely popular line of lipsticks, Kylie Lip Kit. Thrown into the limelight in her teens, courtesy the reality series Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Jenner has since gone on to become a highly successful businesswomen and social media influencer.

Antonio Banderas

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Málaga, Spain

One of the most popular Spanish-American actors of all time, Antonio Banderas has made a name for himself in Hollywood. Apart from being a successful actor, he is also an accomplished businessman. A perfume industry veteran, Antonio Banderas has been working with the fragrance and beauty company Puig for several years and is the brand's most popular representative.

Ja Morant

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1999

Birthplace: Dalzell, South Carolina, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Angie Harmon

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1972

Birthplace: Highland Park, Texas, United States

Starting out as a child model, Angie Harmon won a modeling contest organized by Seventeen magazine when she was 15. After winning a Spectrum Model Search contest, she pursued a modeling career. She then became an actress and gained international recognition for her performance in series like Baywatch Nights and Law & Order. She also practices taekwondo and boxing.

Herbert Hoover

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1874

Birthplace: West Branch, Iowa, United States

Died: 1964

The 31st president of the United States, Herbert Hoover, was sworn into the office in 1929, the year the Great Depression struck the American economy. Earlier, Hoover was a successful mining engineer and had earned a reputation of a humanitarian who fed numerous Europeans during and after WWI. His policies during the depression, though, could not provide relief to people.

Bernardo Silva

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1994

Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal

Portuguese footballer Bernardo Silva, who began his career with Benfica and then moved on to AS Monaco, now represents Manchester City as an attacking midfielder, or winger. Best known for his dribbling skills, he has won 4 Premier League titles with Manchester City and a UEFA Nations League with Portugal.

Ryan Eggold

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Lakewood, California, United States

Best known for his role in the NBC crime drama series The Blacklist, actor Ryan Eggold began his career as a stage actor. Developing an early interest in acting, he studied theater arts at the University of Southern California before making his professional debut. Besides acting, he also writes music and plays guitar and piano for the band Eleanor Avenue.

Jimmy Dean

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Plainview, Texas, United States

Died: 2010

Jimmy Dean was an American television host, country music singer, businessman, and actor. He is credited with creating and popularizing a food company named Jimmy Dean Foods. He was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, although he was still alive when he was nominated for the honor in 2010.

Lucas Till

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Fort Hood, Texas, United States

Lucas Till is an American actor best known for playing Havok in the X-Men movie series. He is also known for his portrayal of Angus MacGyver in the popular action-adventure television series MacGyver, for which he has received a couple of nominations at the Teen Choice Awards. Also a producer, Lucas Till has co-produced films like All Superheroes Must Die.

Brenton Thwaites

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Cairns, Australia

Australian actor Brenton Thwaites is best known for his appearance in the soap opera Home and Away. Even though his initial plans involved becoming a policeman or a firefighter, destiny had other plans for him. He started acting in plays as a teenager and moved to TV shows. He has since migrated to US where his career continues to thrive.

Devon Aoki

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Devon Aoki is an American fashion model and actress. At the age of 16, she became the face of Versace, replacing Naomi Campbell. Over the years, Aoki has been featured in advertising campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent, Hugo Boss, L'Oreal, and Chanel among many other well-known brands and is widely regarded as an icon of the fashion industry.

Roy Keane

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Cork, Ireland

One of the most successful footballers from Ireland, Roy Keane became one of the stars of Manchester United. A talented midfielder, he has helped the team win multiple FA Cups and Premier League championships. Post-retirement, he has also managed teams such as Sunderland and Ipswich Town.

Ronnie Spector

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: East Harlem, New York, United States

Ronnie Spector was once the lead singer of the Ronettes, which released hits such as Be My Baby and Baby, I Love You. The “bad girl of rock and roll” was in an abusive marriage with record producer Phil Spector, who was later convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson.

Suzanne Collins

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: Hartford

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Lee Sung-kyung

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Goyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Lee Sung-kyung shot to fame as a supermodel before appearing in Korean dramas such as Cheese in the Trap and The Doctors. She then delivered an award-winning performance in the series Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo, playing her first lead role. She has also collaborated with popular music artists.

Rosanna Arquette

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1959

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Ian Anderson

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Dunfermline, England

Jack Haley

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1897

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 1979

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Javier Zanetti

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1973

Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Javier Zanetti is an Argentine retired professional football player. He is best known for his contribution to Inter Milan's successful 2009–10 season, during which the club achieved a treble. Counted among the greatest players of his generation, Javier Zanetti also helped his national football team win a silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Don Swayze

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Texas, U.S.

Don Swayze is an American actor known for his work in popular films and TV series. Over the years, he has also appeared in several stage shows. Don Swayze is also an avid skydiver and cyclist. He races cross country mountain bikes during his free time. He is also credited with establishing Swayze Ranch, an animal therapy ranch in California.

Anwar Ibrahim

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Bukit Mertajam

Anwar Ibrahim is a Malaysian politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition twice. Interested in politics from an early age, he joined the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) as a young man. He rose through the ranks to become the finance minister and the deputy prime minister. He is a controversial figure and has been jailed for sodomy.

Norma Shearer

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1902

Birthplace: Montreal, Canada

Died: 1983

Norma Shearer was a Canadian-American actress who often played sexually liberated ingénues in films. Shearer is often revered as a feminist pioneer as she played bold characters that challenged the norm of the society during the 1930s. In 2008, she was inducted into  Canada's Walk of Fame. 

Tom Laughlin

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1931

Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Died: 2013

Rhonda Fleming

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1923

Birthplace: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States

Died: 2020

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Charlie Dimmock

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1966

Birthplace: Southampton, England

English gardening expert and television presenter Charlie Dimmock gained fame as a member of the team on Ground Force, a gardening makeover program. A gardening enthusiast from a young age, she studied horticulture in college. Besides hosting TV shows on gardening, she has also written many books on the subject. She is involved in many charitable ventures.

Bobby Hatfield

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1940

Birthplace: Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, United States

Died: 2003

Dalvin Cook

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Miami, Florida, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Riddick Bowe

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1967

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

Josh Gates

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1977

Birthplace: Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, United States

Josh Gates is an American television producer and presenter who specializes in hosting and executive producing paranormal reality television series like Destination Truth, Ghost Hunters, and Stranded. Josh Gates also has his own production company named Ping Pong Productions which he uses to produce such television shows as Ghost Nation. 

Roxanne McKee

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Canada

Before gaining fame as Doreah from the iconic HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones, Roxanne McKee was known to her fans as Louise Summers from Hollyoaks. Named one of FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women in the World, she also won the Sexiest Female award at the British Soap Awards twice.

Michael Bivins

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Leo Fender

Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers

Birth Year: 1909

Birthplace: Anaheim, California, United States

Died: 1991

JoAnna Garcia Swisher

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Tampa, Florida, United States

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Noah Beery Jr.

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1913

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 1994

Andrew Sullivan

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Godstone

Andrew Sullivan is a British-American blogger, editor, and author. A political commentator, Sullivan has contributed immensely to several publications like The New Republic, where he was an editor. From 2016 to 2020, he also worked for New York magazine, where he was a writer-at-large. In 1996, Andrew Sullivan’s book Virtually Normal won the Mencken Award under Best Book category.

Andre Drummond

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Mount Vernon, New York, United States

Basketball player Andre Drummond currently plays for the NBA team Cleveland Cavaliers. He has competed for the Detroit Pistons earlier. He is a two-time NBA All-Star and a four-time NBA rebounding leader. He was also part of the gold-medal-winning U.S. team at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Martha Hyer

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1924

Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Died: 2014

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Juan Manuel Santos

Listed In: Activists

Birth Year: 1951

Birthplace: Bogotá

Juan Manuel Santos is a Colombian politician who served as the 32nd president of Colombia. He is credited with co-founding the Social Party of National Unity, which he led to prominence. For his efforts to put an end to Colombia's more than 50-year-long civil war, Santos was honored with the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.

Betsey Johnson

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1942

Birthplace: Wethersfield

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Diane Venora

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1952

Birthplace: East Hartford, Connecticut

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Kate O'Mara

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1939

Birthplace: Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Died: 2014

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Eddie Fisher

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: 2010

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Gus Johnson

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1967

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Saïd Benrahma

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Aïn Témouchent, Algeria

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Lynn Cohen

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1933

Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Died: 2020

Jason Preston

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1999

Birthplace: Orlando, Florida, United States

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Mike E. Smith

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1965

Birthplace: Dexter, New Mexico, United States

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

V. V. Giri

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1894

Birthplace: Berhampur

Died: 1980

V. V. Giri served as the fourth president of India and was in the office from 1969 to 1974. For his immense contributions to the development of public affairs, V. V. Giri was honored with the Bharat Ratna. However, his presidency is often criticized as he was considered a rubber stamp president who subordinated himself to the prime minister.

Matt Prater

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Mayfield Heights, Ohio, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Anna Julia Cooper

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1858

Birthplace: Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Died: 1964

Anna Julia Cooper was an American author, sociologist, educator, Black liberation activist, and speaker. She was one of the most important African-American scholars in US history. In 1924, Anna Julia Cooper earned her PhD from the University of Paris, becoming only the fourth African-American woman to receive a doctoral degree.