XXXTentacion

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1998

Birthplace: Plantation, Florida, United States

Died: 2018

A rapper and singer, XXXTentacion, gained fame with the success of the song, Look at Me, and release of albums like 17 and ?. In his personal life, he faced multiple legal issues from the beginning. He was shot dead at the young age of 20. XXXTentacion had a cult following among the youth owing to his depression and alienation thematic driven music.

Mariska Hargitay

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1964

Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States

American actress Mariska Hargitay has earned wide acclaim and numerous awards for her work in the long running television series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Daughter of actress Jayne Mansfield, she made her debut with horror film, Ghoulies and appeared in numerous television shows like ER before bagging her big role. She has also established the Joyful Heart Foundation.

Tiffani Thiessen

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: Long Beach, California, United States

Tiffani Thiessen became a 1990s’ teen icon for her portrayals of Kelly Kapowski in Saved by the Bell and Valerie Malone in Beverly Hills, 90210. She became Miss Junior America and has been nominated for multiple Young Artist Awards. Her other notable projects include White Collar and Alexa and Katie.

Arjen Robben

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Bedum, Netherlands

Widely considered one of the best Dutch soccer players of all time, Arjen Robben is known for his long-range shots, ball control, speed, and dribbling skills. He helped his national team reach the finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which they lost to Spain.

Randolph Scott

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1898

Birthplace: Orange County, Virginia, United States

Died: 1987

Randolph Scott is best remembered as an iconic Western hero, known for films such as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and The Texans. The Western Performers Hall of Fame inductee worked with acclaimed directors such as Budd Boetticher and received a Memoriam Golden Boot. He had also served the U.S. Army.

John Hancock

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1737

Birthplace: Braintree, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 1793

Merchant and statesman, John Hancock, served as the president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776, owing to this position. A rich man, he used his wealth to support the colonial cause during the American Revolution. He also used his influence to ratify the United States Constitution in 1788.

Rutger Hauer

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1944

Birthplace: Breukelen, Netherlands

Died: 2019

Dutch actor Rutger Hauer, tagged as the Best Dutch Actor of the Century by the Dutch public, gained spotlight with his debut film, Turkish Delight, the most successful film in the history of Dutch cinema. Moving on, he gained international recognition with other Dutch films like Spetters, and etched his name in Hollywood with films like Nighthawks and Blade Runner.   

Subhas Chandra Bose

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1897

Birthplace: Cuttack, India

Died: 1945

An Indian nationalist known for his role in the country’s struggle for freedom from the British, Subhas Chandra Bose was a politician with radical views. He was part of the Indian National Congress in the late 1920s and 1930s. However, his association with Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan made him a controversial figure.

Édouard Manet

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birth Year: 1832

Birthplace: Paris, Francece

Died: 1883

Édouard Manet was a French painter who played a key role in the transition to Impressionism from Realism in the 19th-century. Manet was one of the first artists from his generation to paint modern life. His early masterworks, such as Olympia, served as rallying points for young and aspiring impressionist painters. His works continue to influence painters around the world.

Richard Dean Anderson

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1950

Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

David Hilbert

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1862

Birthplace: Königsberg or Wehlau, Province of Prussia (today Znamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)

Died: 1943

German mathematician David Hilbert was first drawn to math inspired by his mother, who was a budding math enthusiast. He contributed to a host of concepts, theories, and postulates, such as Hilbert space, Hilbert's program, and Hilbert's problems. He died in oblivion, with a handful of people at his funeral.

Lead Belly

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1888

Birthplace: Mooringsport, Louisiana, United States

Died: 1949

Michael Stevens

Listed In: Social Media Stars

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Michael Stevens is an American public speaker, educator, YouTuber, editor, and entertainer. He is credited with creating the popular education YouTube channel Vsauce, which he also hosts. His popularity increased in 2017, when he created a YouTube Premium series titled Mind Field. Michael Stevens is often counted among the most successful YouTubers in the world.

John Browning

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1855

Birthplace: Ogden, Utah, United States

Died: 1926

Jeanne Moreau

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: 2017

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Norah O'Donnell

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States

Emmy-winning TV journalist and CBS anchor Norah O'Donnell is best known to audiences for her shows such as CBS Evening News and 60 Minutes. Born to Irish-American parents, she spent a few years in Korea, as a child, where she gave videotaped English lessons. She is a skin cancer survivor

Chesley Sullenberger

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1951

Birthplace: Denison, Texas, United States

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Gail O'Grady

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Gil Gerard

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Jack Reynor

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Longmont, Colorado, United States

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Dan Duryea

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1907

Birthplace: White Plains, New York, United States

Died: 1968

Dan Duryea was an American actor best remembered for portraying negative roles. However, he was also renowned for his versatility as he played a wide variety of leading roles as well. He also became famous as a TV actor and played important roles in series like China Smith and The New Adventures of China Smith.

Doutzen Kroes

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Gytsjerk, Friesland, Netherlands

Dutch supermodel and actor Doutzen Kroes has been a Victoria's Secret Angel and the face of L'Oréal Paris. Known as the Helen of Troy of advertising, she has also been dragged into controversies for promoting an unscientific liver cleanse diet and for her comments against the COVID-19 vaccine on Instagram.

Julia Jones

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Chita Rivera

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1933

Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States

Died: 2024

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Richard Gilliland

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1950

Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Derek Walcott

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1930

Birthplace: Castries, Saint Lucia

Died: 2017

Derek Walcott was a Saint Lucian playwright and poet who was honored with the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was also the recipient of several literary awards like Obie Award, Royal Society of Literature Award, OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, and Queen's Medal for Poetry. In 2016, he was made Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Lucia.

Léo Major

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1921

Birthplace: New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.

Died: 2008

J. T. Barrett

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Wichita Falls, Texas, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Frances Bay

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1919

Birthplace: Mannville, Alberta, Canada

Died: 2011

Height: 5'0" (152 cm)

Arlene Golonka

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1936

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Died: 2021

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Naim Suleymanoglu

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1967

Birthplace: Ptichar, Bulgaria

Died: 2017

Nicknamed The Pocket Hercules for his 4’10” frame, Bulgarian weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu was one of the world’s greatest in the sport. While he initially won 2 World Championships for Bulgaria, he later won 3 Olympic gold medals and 5 World Championships for Turkey. He has also joined the Nationalist Movement Party.

Stendhal

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1783

Birthplace: Grenoble, France

Died: 1842

French author Marie-Henri Beyle, better known by his pseudonym, Stendhal, had used a number of other pseudonyms, too. He had lost his mother early in life and had also served in the French army briefly. He is remembered for novels such as The Red and the Black.

Rachel Crow

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1998

Birthplace: Mead, Colorado

Height: 5'1" (155 cm)

Ariadna Gil

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain

Ariadna Gil is a Spanish actress best known for playing Violeta in the 1992 Spanish comedy-drama film, Belle Époque, for which she received the Best Lead Actress award at the prestigious Goya Awards. Although she predominantly acts in Spanish films, Ariadna Gil has also played important roles in films of various other languages, such as English, Catalan, and French.

Sir Arthur Lewis

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birth Year: 1915

Birthplace: Castries, Saint Lucia

Died: 1991

Potter Stewart

Listed In: Lawyers & Judges

Birth Year: 1915

Birthplace: Jackson

Died: 1985

Chachi Gonzales

Listed In: Dancers

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Draya Michele

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Ed Roberts

Listed In: Activists

Birth Year: 1939

Birthplace: San Mateo, California, United States

Died: 1995

Ed Roberts was an American activist best remembered for his contribution to the disability rights movement. Roberts, who became the first student to attend the University of California, Berkeley in a wheelchair, played an important role in inspiring and motivating people with physical disabilities. In 2011, Ed Roberts was inducted into the California Hall of Fame.

Marjorie Wallace

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1954

Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Shaheen Jafargholi

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1997

Birthplace: Swansea, Wales

Shaheen Jafargholi is a Welsh singer and actor who achieved popularity in 2009 when he took part in the televised talent show competition Britain's Got Talent where he finished seventh. Since his participation in Britain's Got Talent, Shaheen Jafargholi has released a studio album and has appeared in a couple of TV series.

Pat Haden

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1953

Birthplace: Westbury, New York, United States

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Jalen Hurd

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States

Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

Jacqueline Wong

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Jerry Kramer

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1936

Birthplace: Jordan, Montana, United States

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Marija Gimbutas

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birth Year: 1921

Birthplace: Vilnius

Died: 1994

Vincent Ferrer

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1350

Birthplace: Valencia, Spain

Died: 1419

Initially a professor of theology, Vincent Ferrer later traveled across Europe to preach. He became known for his austere lifestyle. The Catholic saint is now revered as the patron saint of builders, fishermen, prisoners, and others. He had a major role in ending the Great Western Schism.

Gertrude B. Elion

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1918

Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States

Died: 1999

The daughter of Jewish immigrants in New York, Gertrude B. Elion excelled in chemistry at Hunter College, where she studied for free, but was initially unable to find a job due to gender bias. The renowned biochemist and pharmacologist later won a Nobel and became a pioneer in medical research.

Giant Baba

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1938

Birthplace: Sanjo, Niigata, Japan

Died: 1999

Height: 6'10" (208 cm)

David Arnold

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: Luton, England, United Kingdom