Diego Maradona

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Lanús, Argentina

Died: 2020

Nicknamed The Golden Boy, Diego Maradona is considered one of the greatest footballers of all time. Thanks to his popularity and controversial personal life, which includes drug abuse issues and addiction to cocaine, Diego Maradona became a world-renowned counterculture icon. He was also an iconic figure in popular culture.

John Adams

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1735

Birthplace: Braintree, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 1826

One of the Founding Fathers of America, John Adams was a statesman, attorney, and diplomat who served as the second president of the United States. He was a principal leader of the American Revolution. As a lawyer, he was devoted to the right to counsel and presumption of innocence. His administration has been favorably ranked by historians and scholars.

Devin Booker

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Devin Armani Booker is a star basketball player of the NBA team Phoenix Suns. His achievements include playing in the McDonald's All-American Game, representing the University of Kentucky, and becoming the youngest NBA player to score 50 points in consecutive games. In 2020, Devin made it to the NBA All-Star.

Henry Winkler

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1945

Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States

Henry Winkler delivered a Golden Globe-winning performance as Fonzie in Happy Days and an Emmy-winning performance in Barry. His other major projects include Childrens Hospital, Royal Pains, and Arrested Development. He is also known for playing Captain Hook on stage and for authoring the Hank Zipzer series of children’s books.

Fran Drescher

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Flushing, New York, United States

Fran Drescher is an American actress and comedian. Characterized by her thick New York accent and nasal voice, Fran Drescher serves as an inspiration to many cancer patients as she successfully fought off the disease after suffering from uterine cancer. She is also an outspoken LGBT rights activist and healthcare advocate.

Ashley Graham

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Lincoln, Nebraska

Ashley Graham has been breaking down barriers in the modelling industry, especially the plus-size model movement. She has always been a force for body positivity and has never shied away from responding to critics. She owns a successful line of size-inclusive lingerie. 

Nia Long

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

American actress, Nia Long, was first noticed when she starred in the television series Guiding Light from 1991 to 1994. She is mainly known for her work on television series, such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Third Watch, Boston Legal and Empire. She has also acted in movies like Friday, Made in America, Boiler Room, Big Momma's House and The Best Man.

Edge

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1973

Birthplace: Orangeville, Canada

Canadian wrestler Edge is a seven-time World Heavyweight champion. He competed in the 2020 Royal Rumble match after a 9-year hiatus due to neck injuries. He has appeared as Dwight Hendrickson in Haven and as Ketill Flatnose in Vikings. He was also part of the film Highlander: Endgame.

Grace Slick

Listed In: Lyricists & Songwriters

Birth Year: 1939

Birthplace: Highland Park, Illinois, United States

Grace Slick is a retired singer-songwriter. Slick played an important role in the psychedelic music scene that flourished in San Francisco during the mid-1960s. One of the earliest female rock stars, Slick played a key role in the development of rock music during the 1960s. She was named among the Greatest Women of Rock N Roll by VH1 in 1999.

Kevin Pollak

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

Kevin Pollak is an American actor, impressionist, comedian, and podcast host. He is best known for playing Moishe Maisel in the popular, Emmy Award-winning TV series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, for which he has received a couple of Screen Actors Guild Awards. Kevin Pollak is also an avid poker player who participated in the 2012 World Series of Poker.

Jun Ji-hyun

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

South Korean actor Jun Ji-hyun, or Gianna Jun, is best known for her Grand Bell Award-winning hit My Sassy Girl. Fans also loved her in the films The Thieves and The Berlin File and the SBS Drama Award-winning series My Love from the Star and Legend of the Blue Sea.

Harry Hamlin

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1951

Birthplace: Pasadena, California, United States

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Ivanka Trump

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States

Ivanka Trump is the daughter of the U.S. President Donald Trump and since 2017, she has been serving as Advisor to the President.  Before venturing into politics, she dabbled a bit in modelling, became a television personality, worked as executive vice-president of the Trump Organization and also launched her own eponymous fashion line. A published author, Ivanka also supports numerous charitable causes.

Nastia Liukin

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Moscow, Russia

Nastia Liukin made headlines with her 5-medal haul at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Born to an Olympic medalist gymnast father and a world champion gymnast mother, she was destined to make a career in the sport. She is now part of the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

Janel Parrish

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Janel Parrish soared to fame with the roles of Mona Vanderwaal in the Pretty Little Liars franchise and Margot Covey in the To All the Boys movie series. The Teen Choice Award-winning actor has also appeared as Young Cosette in the Broadway production of the play Les Misérables.

Ruth Gordon

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1896

Birthplace: Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 1985

Height: 5'0" (152 cm)

Timothy B. Schmit

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Oakland, California, United States

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

William Halsey Jr.

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1882

Birthplace: Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States

Died: 1959

Otis Williams

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1941

Birthplace: Texarkana, Texas, USA

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Marcus Mariota

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Marcus Mariota is an American football player. A quarterback, Mariota was an important member of Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL) as he led the Titans to three successive winning seasons. He currently plays for the Las Vegas Raiders. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Mariota serves as an inspiration to many aspiring football players from Hawaii.

Michael Beach

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Ezra Pound

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1885

Birthplace: Idaho, United States

Died: 1972

American poet Ezra Pound was a significant figure in the modernist poetry movement who developed imagism and gained fame with works such as Ripostes and The Cantos. He later promoted social credit theory. During World War II, he supported fascism, participating in radio broadcasts against the U.S. and Jews. 

Gavin Rossdale

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1965

Birthplace: Marylebone, London, England

Gavin Rossdale is a British singer-songwriter. He is credited with co-founding the popular rock band Bush. In 2013, he was honored with the Ivor Novello Award for his contribution to music. Although he identifies himself as heterosexual, Gavin Rossdale admitted to having a liaison with Marilyn and called it experimentation and part of growing up.

Dick Vermeil

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1936

Birthplace: Calistoga, California, USA

Clémence Poésy

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Ed Lauter

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1938

Birthplace: Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA

Died: 2013

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Charles Martin Smith

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1953

Birthplace: Van Nuys, California, USA

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Homi Bhabha

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1909

Birthplace: Mumbai, India

Died: 1966

Padma Bhushan-winning physicist Homi Bhabha revolutionized the Indian nuclear program singlehandedly. Born into an affluent family, he was educated at Cambridge. Initially geared toward a career in mechanical engineering, he later drifted to physics, eventually contributing to the formation of TIFR. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is named after him.

Joanna Shimkus

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada

Canadian retired actress Joanna Shimkus is best known for her role in the film  The Lost Man, in which she starred opposite her future husband, Sidney Poitier. She made her movie debut in the mid-1960s and was active in the film industry for around a decade before she got married and retired to raise her children.

Louis Malle

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1932

Birthplace: Thumeries

Died: 1995

Louis Malle was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his film Le Monde du silence, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1957. He was also the recipient of two Golden Lion awards, one of the only four directors to have achieved this feat. He was active in both French cinema and Hollywood.

Sarah Carter

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Toronto

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Fiona Dourif

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Woodstock, New York, USA

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Larry Wilmore

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Los Angeles

Juliet Stevenson

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1956

Birthplace: Essex, England, UK

Charles Atlas

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1892

Birthplace: Acri, Cosenza, Italy

Died: 1972

Italian-American bodybuilder Charles Atlas was known for co-creating a popular mail-order bodybuilding course. Beaten up and bullied as a skinny kid, he later used the Dynamic-Tension method to build his muscles. He then participated in vaudeville and later won titles such as the World’s Most Handsome Man.

Matthew Morrison

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Fort Ord, California Fort Ord, California, United States

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Cale Makar

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1998

Birthplace: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Andrea Mitchell

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

Hiba Abouk

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Madrid, Spain

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Eva Marcille

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Ruth Hussey

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1911

Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.

Died: 2005

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Harry R. Truman

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1896

Birthplace: Ivydale, West Virginia, United States

Died: 1980

Initially a bootlegger, Harry R. Truman later leased a 50-acre plot in the woods near the active volcano Mount St. Helens and opened the Mount St. Helens Lodge. He became famous after refusing to evacuate the place after warnings that the volcano would erupt, and was later presumed dead.

Ilias Chair

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1997

Birthplace: Antwerp, Belgium

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Veronica Macedo

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Caracas, Venezuela

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Ben Bailey

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: New Jersey, United States

Height: 6'6" (198 cm)

Paul Valery

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1871

Birthplace: Sète, France

Died: 1945

Paul Valery was a French poet, philosopher, and essayist. Thanks to his immense contribution to literature, Valery received several nominations for the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature. The title of the 2013 Japanese animated historical drama film The Wind Rises was inspired by one of Paul Valery's verses. Also, his poem Palme inspired James Merrill's celebrated poem, Lost in Translation.

Francisco I. Madero

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1873

Birthplace: Parras de la Fuente, Mexico

Died: 1913

Apart from being the president of Mexico, Francisco I. Madero was also a social reformist. Born into an affluent landowning family, Madero grew up to challenge the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz and was one of the initiators of the Mexican Revolution. He was assassinated in a right-wing coup.

Ed Delahanty

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1867

Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Died: 1903

Agustín Lara

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1897

Birthplace: Tlatlauquitepec Municipality

Died: 1970

Agustín Lara was a Mexican composer and songwriter. Apart from gaining popularity in Mexico, Lara's work has also been appreciated in places like the Caribbean, United States, Spain, Italy, Japan, and Central and South America. Many of his songs have been recorded by several international singers like Enrico Caruso. Lara's life inspired the 1959 film The Life of Agustín Lara.

Giuseppe Farina

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1906

Birthplace: Turin, Italy

Died: 1966

Giuseppe Farina, or Nino Farina, was not just a Formula One racer but also boasted of a doctorate degree in engineering. He became the first winner of the world driving championship as per the modern point system. He died in a car accident while on his way to watch a race.