Meryl Streep

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1949

Birthplace: SummitSummit, New Jersey, United States

Often described as the "best actress of her generation," Meryl Streep is acclaimed for her versatility. After debuting in the 1970s, she built a solid reputation by portraying challenging roles in dramatic films. In a career spanning over half a century, she has received numerous awards, including three Academy Awards and eight Golden Globe Awards.

Cyndi Lauper

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1953

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Cyndi Lauper is an American singer-songwriter, activist, and actress. Apart from her distinctive appearance, Lauper is also known for her achievements; having won three of the four major entertainment awards (Grammy, Emmy, Tony), she is consistently named in lists like 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. Cyndi Lauper is also celebrated for her humanitarian work and charitable efforts.

Kris Kristofferson

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1936

Birthplace: Brownsville, Texas, United States

Died: 2024

Kris Kristofferson is a popular singer-songwriter and actor. Over the years, Kris has played a major role in the success of many famous singers, having contributed to their musical albums as a songwriter. For his achievements in the field of music, Kris Kristofferson was made a Country Music Hall of Fame inductee in 2004.

Erin Brockovich

Listed In: Activists

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Lawrence, Kansas

Legal consultant, environmental activist, and consumer activist Erin Brockovich is known for suing California-based Pacific Gas & Electric Company, alleging them of contamination of water with hexavelent chromium, in 1993. Her story inspired the Julia Roberts-starrer 2000 movie Erin Brockovich. She has written two books and hosted TV shows, too.

Kurt Warner

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Burlington, Iowa, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Freddie Prinze

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1954

Birthplace: Hell's Kitchen, New York, United States

Died: 1977

Freddie Prinze, father of Freddie Prinze Jr., was best known as Chico Rodriguez from Chico and the Man. A trained ballet dancer, Freddie had dropped out of high school to become a stand-up comedian. He shot himself to death, though a jury later ruled it an accidental and medicine-induced death.

Tracy Pollan

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Long Island, New York, United States

Tracy Pollan is an American actress, best known for playing Ellen Reed on the popular sitcom, Family Ties. She is also credited with co-authoring a cookbook titled The Pollan Family Table. Apart from housing family recipes, the book also contains invaluable cooking techniques and kitchen tips.

Lindsay Wagner

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1949

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Lindsay Wagner is best known for her Golden Globe-nominated and Emmy-winning role of Jaime Sommers in the sci-fi series The Bionic Woman. She had previously played the same role in the series The Six Million Dollar Man and later reprised it in several TV films, making it a cultural icon.

Bruce Campbell

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

Bruce Campbell is an American actor, filmmaker, and writer. Best known for his portrayal of Ash Williams in the Evil Dead franchise, Campbell is also known for his work in several cult films like Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat, Maniac Cop, Crimewave, and Bubba Ho-Tep. Since 2014, he has been organizing the Bruce Campbell Horror Film Festival.

Amy Brenneman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1964

Birthplace: New London, Connecticut, United States

Amy Brenneman is an American actress best known for playing Detective Janice Licalsi in the police procedural drama TV series NYPD Blue, for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She is credited with creating a legal drama television series titled Judging Amy where she also played the title role. She is also credited with co-founding Cornerstone Theatre Company.

Lee Min-ho

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

Lee Min-ho is a South Korean actor, model, and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Gu Jun-pyo in the popular television series Boys Over Flowers, for which he received the prestigious Baeksang Arts Award. Widely regarded as a top Hallyu star, Lee Min-ho is one of South Korea's most-followed actors on social media.

Dan Brown

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1964

Birthplace: Exeter, New Hampshire, United States

Dan Brown is an American author best known for writing a series of Robert Langdon novels; three such novels, namely The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and Inferno, have been made into films, with Tom Hanks portraying Robert Langdon in all three movies. Also known for his charity work, Dan Brown donates money to several charitable causes.

Todd Rundgren

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Todd Rundgren is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is credited with forming popular rock bands, such as Utopia and Nazz. Regarded as a pioneer in the fields of progressive rock, electronic music, Internet music delivery, and music videos, Todd Rundgren's works, such as A Wizard, a True Star remain influential in the world of music.

Ralph Waite

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: White Plains, New York, United States

Died: 2014

Ralph Waite is best remembered for his Emmy-nominated roles of John Walton Sr. in The Waltons and Slater in Roots. Fans also loved him in series such as NCIS and Bones, and in movies such as Cliffhanger. He was a U.S. Marine and also ran for Congress as a Democrat.

Clyde Drexler

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Height: 6'7" (201 cm)

Vijay

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: Jaffna

Vijay is an Indian film actor, playback singer, and philanthropist. He is best known for his contribution to the Tamil film industry. With a significant fan following worldwide, Vijay is one of the most popular and highest-paid actors in south India. Also known for his philanthropic efforts, Vijay is credited with founding a social welfare organization named Vijay People Organization.

Donald Faison

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States

Donald Faison is best known for his NAACP Image Award-nominated roles of Chris Turk in Scrubs and Phil Chase in The Exes. Fans also loved him as Murray Duvall in both the film and series Clueless. He has also appeared in the music videos of several popular artists.

Billy Wilder

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1906

Birthplace: Sucha Beskidzka, Poland

Died: 2002

Billy Wilder was an Austrian-born American film producer, screenwriter, and director. Widely considered one of the most versatile and brilliant filmmakers of Classical Hollywood cinema, Wilder became the first person to win Oscars as a screenwriter, director, and producer for his 1960 film The Apartment.

Dustin Johnson

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Columbia, South Carolina, United States

In 2021, golfer Dustin Johnson made it to the Forbes list of the world’s highest-paid athletes. He has won numerous top championships, including the FedEx Cup and the Masters Tournament of 2020. He is also a six-time World Golf Championship winner, with only legendary golfer Tiger Woods ahead of him.

Graham Greene

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1952

Birthplace: Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Carson Daly

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1973

Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Octavia Butler

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Pasadena, California, United States

Died: 2006

One of the finest African-American sci-fi authors, Octavia Butler was raised single-handedly by her widowed mother. Best known for the Patternist series and the short story Bloodchild, she often mingled mythology and spirituality in her work. She was the first sci-fi author to receive a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.

Lecy Goranson

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois, United States

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Erich Maria Remarque

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1898

Birthplace: Osnabrück, Germany

Died: 1970

German novelist Erich Maria Remarque is best remembered for his landmark novel All Quiet on the Western Front. Born in the late 1890s, he was conscripted into the German Imperial Army during World War I. His wartime experiences later motivated him to write what would become his seminal work. He also authored many other poignant novels.

Oh Yeon-seo

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Jinju, South Korea

Oh Yeon-seo is a South Korean actress and singer who was part of a now-defunct girl group called LUV. Oh Yeon-seo is known for playing important roles in popular TV dramas, such as My Husband Got a Family, Shine or Go Crazy, and A Korean Odyssey. She has also won several awards, such as MBC Drama Awards.

Amrish Puri

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1932

Birthplace: Nawanshahr, Jullundur, Punjab, British India

Died: 2005

Abbas Kiarostami

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1940

Birthplace: Tehran, Iran

Died: 2016

Abbas Kiarostami was an Iranian screenwriter, film director, film producer, photographer, and poet. Over the course of his illustrious career, Kiarostami was honored with numerous awards such as the Jury Special Award at the Tehran International Film Festival and Best Film Award at the Iranian Film Festival for Children and Young Adults. 

Giuseppe Mazzini

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1805

Birthplace: Genoa, Italy

Died: 1872

Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian journalist, politician, and activist. He played a major role in the Italian revolutionary movement and in the unification of Italy. His efforts gave rise to an independent and unified Italy, which replaced many separate states that were dominated by foreign powers. Mazzini is widely regarded as the most influential European revolutionary.

Joe Dempsie

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1906

Birthplace: Englewood, New Jersey

Died: 2001

Anne Morrow Lindbergh was an American aviator and writer. She is best remembered for her exploratory flights along with her husband and pioneer aviator, Charles Lindbergh. Anne was the first woman to earn a US glider pilot license in 1930. In 1996, Anne Morrow Lindbergh was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.

Brit Hume

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Champ Bailey

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Folkston, Georgia, USA

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Anwar Hadid

Listed In: Social Media Stars

Birth Year: 1999

Birthplace: California, United States

Anwar Hadid is an American model and TV personality. The brother of famous models Bella and Gigi Hadid, Anwar Hadid is very popular Instagram where he has millions of followers. Also a musician, Hadid made headlines when he started going out with English singer and songwriter, Dua Lipa, after bonding over music with the latter.

Ed Bradley

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1941

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: 2006

Jung Yong-hwa

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Seoul-born Jung Yong-hwa started his career as a street performer in Japan with his band CNBlue. He deviated from pop-rock and experimented with ballads and R&B in his solo career later. He also plunged into acting with You’re Beautiful and appeared on the reality show We Got Married.

Dan Wheldon

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Emberton, Buckinghamshire, England

Died: 2011

Dan Wheldon was a British racing driver best remembered for winning the IndyCar Series Drivers' Championship title in 2005 for Andretti Green Racing (AGR). He is also remembered for winning the Indianapolis 500 twice. Dan Wheldon was killed at the age of 33 while competing in the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship when his car collided with a fence post.

Jeffrey Earnhardt

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Mooresville, North Carolina, United States

Tim Russ

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1956

Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Cam Akers

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1999

Birthplace: Clinton, Mississippi, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Katherine Dunham

Listed In: Dancers

Birth Year: 1909

Birthplace: Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States

Died: 2006

Dancer, choreographer, and social activist Katherine Dunham was also a qualified anthropologist. She experimented with various ritual dances, and her innovations included a ballet performance based on Caribbean dance. She also pioneered the Dunham Technique of dance pedagogy and used the pen-name Kaye Dunn to write several works.

Laila Rouass

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Stepney, London, England

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Catherine Disher

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: England, United Kingdom

Jasmine Sanders

Listed In: Instagram Stars

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Frankenthal, Germany

Jasmine Sanders is a German-American social media influencer and model. She started her career by modeling for brands like Nike and ALDO shoes. She then began appearing in runway shows before featuring in publications like Vogue, Allure, Esquire, and Glamour. Jasmine Sanders has also appeared on popular TV shows such as America's Next Top Model and Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club. 

Klaus Maria Brandauer

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: Bad Aussee, Styria, Austria

Klaus Maria Brandauer is an Austrian actor and director with an extensive career spanning six decades. He is known internationally for his roles in the films The Russia House and Out of Africa. He is multilingual and has a working knowledge of German, English, Hungarian, and French. He also works as a professor at the Max Reinhardt Seminar.  

Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1932

Birthplace: Esfahan, Iran

Died: 2001

Joie Lee

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City, New York

Micheal Richardson

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

H. Rider Haggard

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1856

Birthplace: Bradenham, England

Died: 1925

Hermann Minkowski

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1864

Birthplace: Kaunas, Lithuania

Died: 1909

Hermann Minkowski was a mathematician who served as a professor at the University of Göttingen, the University of Königsberg, and the University of Zurich. He is credited with creating and developing the geometry of numbers. He is also credited with using geometrical methods to resolve problems in the theory of relativity, mathematical physics, and number theory.

Bill Blass

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1922

Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Died: 2002