Tom Cruise

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: Syracuse, New York, United States

Actor-producer, Tom Cruise, is an international superstar, heartthrob of millions and is a recipient of numerous awards. The Mission: Impossible star has been one of the most bankable and versatile Hollywood actors since 1980s. Interestingly, he once aspired to be a priest but is now amongst the highest paid actors in the world.

Franz Kafka

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1883

Birthplace: Prague, Czech Republic

Died: 1924

Considered one of the major authors of the 20th century, Franz Kafka was a Bohemian short-story writer and novelist. Franz Kafka is credited for being one of the earliest German-speaking authors to explore themes like absurdity, existential anxiety, and alienation. The term Kafkaesque is now widely used in the English language to explain those situations experienced by his characters.

Olivia Munn

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Sebastian Vettel

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Heppenheim, Germany

Widely considered one of the greatest drivers in Formula One history, Sebastian Vettel holds a number of records, including most podium finishes and most consecutive race wins. Sebastian has a unique habit of naming his cars as he feels it is important to share a close relationship with the cars that he drives.

Patrick Wilson

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1973

Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Patrick Wilson is an American actor, director, and singer. He is known for his contribution across all the three major acting mediums. Well-known for playing demonologist Ed Warren in popular supernatural horror film, The Conjuring, Patrick Wilson is often cast in horror films, due to which he has earned a reputation as a scream king in Hollywood.

Connie Nielsen

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1965

Birthplace: Frederikshavn, Denmark

Danish actor Connie Nielsen is best known for her award-winning role of Lucilla in Gladiator. She also appeared in the film One Hour Photo and in the series Boss and The Following. She played Hippolyta in DC films such as Wonder Woman. Nielsen is a polyglot who speaks eight languages.

Thomas Gibson

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.

Thomas Gibson is best known for his Golden Globe-nominated performance as Greg in the hit sitcom Dharma & Greg. He has also played prominent roles in Chicago Hope and Criminal Minds. He is a skilled golf player, too, and participates in the annual AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Benedict Wong

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Manchester, England

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Kurtwood Smith

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: New Lisbon, Wisconsin

Kurtwood Smith is an American actor known for playing important roles in popular films and TV series, such as RoboCop and That '70s Show. Also known for his work on stage, Smith has won three Drama-Logue Awards. Also a renowned voice actor, Kurtwood Smith has voiced popular characters in TV series like Men in Black: The Series and Batman Beyond.

Laura Branigan

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1952

Birthplace: New York, United States

Died: 2004

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Elle King

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

American singer, Elle King, made her mark in showbiz when her debut single Good To Be A Man was released in March 2012 as a digital download. Her 2014 single Ex's & Oh's became one of the top songs in US. Under the Influence, America's Sweetheart, Good Girls, Different for Girls, Wild Love are some of her other popular songs.

Julian Assange

Listed In: Activists

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Townsville, Australia

Julian Assange made headlines all over the world in 2010 when WikiLeaks, a non-profit organization founded by him, gained international attention after publishing leaks, such as the Afghanistan war logs and Iraq war logs. After dodging arrest for several years, he was finally arrested in 2019 and is currently imprisoned in HM Prison Belmarsh.

Jan Smithers

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1949

Birthplace: North Hollywood, California, United States

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

George Sanders

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1906

Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia

Died: 1972

George Sanders was a British actor, music composer, singer-songwriter, and author. Characterized by his smooth bass voice and heavy English accent, Sanders often portrayed sophisticated but villainous roles. For his contribution to the film and TV industry, George Sanders was honored with a couple of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Andrea Barber

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

PartyNextDoor

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Mississauga, Canada

PartyNextDoor is a Canadian rapper, singer, and record producer. He grew up listening to rappers, such as Jodeci, Boyz II Men, Blackstreet, and 112 and was inspired to pursue a career in music. His first mixtape was a moderate hit. Since then, he has released a few albums and several singles. He has been nominated for the Grammy Awards twice. 

Jason Genao

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

Height: 5'1" (155 cm)

Shawnee Smith

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States

Actress and singer, Shawnee Smith, is best known for her role of Amanda Young in the Saw horror franchise. She began acting as a child and joined the Screen Actors Guild when she was just nine. Making her feature film debut as a young teenager, she went on to establish herself as a popular character actress in the ensuing years. 

Betty Buckley

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Big Spring, Texas Big Spring, Texas, United States

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Emma Coronel Aispuro

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California

Emma Coronel Aispuro is a former teenage beauty queen who took part in the Coffee and Guava Festival beauty pageant in 2007. She started hogging the limelight when it was reported that she had married Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, popularly known as El Chapo, who was once regarded as one of the world's most powerful drug trafficker.

Dorothy Kilgallen

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1913

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Died: 1965

Dorothy Kilgallen was an American television game show panelist and journalist. After starting her career as a reporter for the New York Evening Journal, Kilgallen began writing The Voice of Broadway, a newspaper column that became popular over a period of time. She also wrote articles on controversial and sensitive subjects like John F. Kennedy's assassination.

Sandra Lee

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1966

Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

George M. Cohan

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1878

Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Died: 1942

Montel Williams

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1956

Birthplace: Baltimore

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Tom Stoppard

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1937

Birthplace: Zlín, Czechoslovakia

Born in Czechoslovakia, legendary playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard had lost his father in the Japanese invasion of Singapore during World War II. The five-time Tony winner is best known for the absurdist tragicomedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. He also co-wrote the Academy Award-winning screenplay of Shakespeare in Love.

Audra McDonald

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Berlin, Germany

Audra McDonald is a singer and actress primarily known for her work on the Broadway stage. She has appeared in multiple musicals, operas, and dramas and is the recipient of six Tony Awards. She is a classically trained soprano and has performed with the Los Angeles Opera. She has also acted in many TV shows and films. 

Ian Anthony Dale

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Teemu Selänne

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Helsinki

Teemu Selänne is a Finnish retired ice hockey player who played as a winger. Dubbed the Finnish Flash, Teemu is the highest scoring player from Finland in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL). In 2017, he became only the second Finn after Jari Kurri to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1860

Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut

Died: 1935

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American novelist, humanist, poet, and short-story writer. Best remembered as a utopian feminist, Gilman served as an inspiration for several generations of feminists. A National Women's Hall of Fame inductee, Charlotte Perkins Gilman is also remembered for her semi-autobiographical work, The Yellow Wallpaper.

Harrison Schmitt

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1935

Birthplace: Santa Rita, New Mexico, United States

Harrison Schmitt is an American geologist, university professor, and former NASA astronaut. He also served as the US Senator from New Mexico from 1977 to 1983. In 1972, Schmitt became a crew member of Apollo 17 and subsequenly the second-youngest person to walk on the Moon. In 1973, Harrison Schmitt was honored with the NASA Distinguished Service Medal.

Judith Durham

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: Essendon, Australia

Judith Durham is an Australian musician, singer, and songwriter. In 1963, she became the lead singer of the popular folk-influenced pop quartet The Seekers, which became the first Australian pop band to achieve major sales and chart success in the United States and the United Kingdom. Her services to music earned her the title Victorian of the Year in 2015.

Raymond A. Spruance

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1886

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Died: 1969

Ryan McPartlin

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1975

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Ryan McPartlin is an American actor best known for playing Devon Christian Woodcomb in the popular action-comedy television series, Chuck. Apart from being an actor and model, Ryan McPartlin is also a certified personal trainer. A multi-talented personality, he also loves playing tennis, scuba diving, and snowboarding. 

T. J. Hockenson

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1997

Birthplace: Chariton, Iowa, United States

Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

Ken Russell

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1927

Birthplace: Southampton, United Kingdom

Died: 2011

Hunter Tylo

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

David Barry

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Armonk, North Castle, New York, United States

Peyton Reed

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1964

Birthplace: Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Shoshannah Stern

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Walnut Creek, California, United States

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Poly Styrene

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Bromley, England

Died: 2011

Gloria Allred

Listed In: Lawyers & Judges

Birth Year: 1941

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

A pioneering female lawyer, Gloria Allred is known for fighting cases involving violation of women’s rights and has turned into an icon for women and people from minority communities. A civil rights advocate, too, she has also been a TV and radio commentator and host.

Mia McKenna-Bruce

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1997

Birthplace: Bexley, Kent

Height: 5'0" (152 cm)

Harbhajan Singh

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Jalandhar, Punjab, India

Harbhajan Singh is an Indian professional cricket player. He was part of Indian cricket teams which won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. Renowned for his aggressive persona and style of play, Harbhajan Singh is considered one of the greatest Indian off-spin bowlers of all time. In 2009, he was honored with the Padma Shri award. 

Susan Peters

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1921

Birthplace: Spokane, Washington, United States

Died: 1952

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Lola Astanova

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Sara Waisglass

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1998

Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Chris Jones

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1994

Birthplace: Houston, Mississippi, United States

Height: 6'6" (198 cm)

Leos Janacek

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1854

Birthplace: Hukvaldy, Czechia

Died: 1928

Leos Janacek was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, and teacher. He is credited to have created an original, modern musical style inspired by Moravian and other Slavic folk music. He was deeply influenced by folklore and by the works of his contemporary and friend,  Antonín Dvořák. The Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra is named in his honor. 

Bolo Yeung

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: Guangzhou, China

Bolo Yeung is a Hong Kong retired competitive bodybuilder and martial arts film actor. He is best known for his performance in popular films like Enter the Dragon and Bloodsport. He has also played lead roles in films like Ironheart, which is regarded as a cult classic. As a bodybuilder, Yeung held the Mr. Hong Kong title for ten years.  

Tommy Tedesco

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1930

Birthplace: Niagara Falls, New York, United States

Died: 1997