Robin Williams

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1951

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Died: 2014

One of the finest comedians of all time, Robin Williams began his career as a stand-up comedian and soon moved to act in television and films. Though widely recognised for his comedic skills, the immensely talented Williams proved his versatility by taking up and successfully performing more serious roles in films like Good Will Hunting and The Fisher King.

Ernest Hemingway

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1899

Birthplace: Oak Park, Illinois, United States

Died: 1961

Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist and short-story writer who had a strong impact on 20th-century fiction. He published seven novels and six short-story collections and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Old Man and the Sea are some of his classic works. He ended his own life in July 1961.

Don Knotts

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1924

Birthplace: Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

Died: 2006

Widely regarded as one of the most beloved American actors of all time, Don Knotts achieved popularity after portraying Barney Fife in the popular TV series The Andy Griffith Show. Knotts is often considered a major influence on other actors and entertainers. In 1979, he was ranked 27th on TV Guide's list of 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. 

Chrishell Stause

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Draffenville, Kentucky, United States

Chrishell Stause is an American actress who made her debut with the television show, All My Children and won over the hearts of people with her brilliant portrayal of Amanda Dillon. Later on, her performance in the NBC soap opera, Days of Our Lives, was also highly appreciated.  She is also a real estate agent and her work was showcased in the Netflix show, Selling Sunset.

Josh Hartnett

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

From working at a video store, Josh Hartnett rose to being a Hollywood star. His filmography includes the war dramas Pearl Harbor and Black Hawk Down, thrillers such as The Black Dahlia, and horrors such as 30 Days of Night. He also appeared in the award-winning horror series Penny Dreadful.

Cat Stevens

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom

British singer, Cat Stevens, has released more than 15 studio albums and has churned out many hit songs. He converted to Islam in 1977 and adopted the name Yusuf Islam. He was slammed for reportedly backing the death fatwa on author Salman Rushdie. He has also been accused of allegedly having ties with terrorist organisations, a charge he has vehemently denied.

Edward Herrmann

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States

Died: 2014

Edward Herrmann is best remembered for his portrayal of Richard Gilmore in Gilmore Girls and Max in The Lost Boys. Fans also loved him as Franklin D. Roosevelt in Annie and Eleanor and Franklin. He had also narrated scores of shows on The History Channel and PBS, such as Nova.

Betty Gilpin

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: USA

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Jon Lovitz

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Diane Guerrero

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: New Jersey, USA

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Romeo Santos

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Rory Culkin

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Rory Culkin is an American actor. The younger brother of Macaulay and Kieran Culkin, Rory followed in the footsteps of his brothers to establish himself in the film and TV industry. However, unlike Macaulay Culkin, Rory successfully transitioned from being a child artist to an actor.

DeAndre Jordan

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States

Height: 6'11" (211 cm)

Jaime Murray

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Hammersmith, London, England

Jaime Murray is best known as Stacie Monroe from Hustle, Lila West from Dexter, and Gaia from the miniseries Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. Fans also loved her in Hustle, Once Upon a Time, and Ringer. Also a talented model, she has appeared in magazines such as GQ and Cosmopolitan.

Ali Landry

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1973

Birthplace: Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, United States

Ali Landry won the Miss USA 1996 title and then appeared as Rita Lefleur in the sitcom Eve. Fans loved her as the Doritos Girl in a Super Bowl ad. Once named one of People’s 50 most beautiful people in the world, she is married to director Alejandro Gómez Monteverde.

CC Sabathia

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Vallejo, California, U.S.

David Dastmalchian

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1977

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

George Wallace

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1952

Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: London, England

Charlotte Gainsbourg, daughter of French singer Serge Gainsbourg and English actor Jane Birkin, made her singing debut at age 12. She is best known for her César Award-winning roles in La Bûche and An Impudent Girl. Her performance in Antichrist won her an award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Damian Marley

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Kingston

The son of reggae legend Bob Marley and musician and Miss World 1976 Cindy Breakspeare, Damian Marley is a renowned Jamaican DJ and rapper. Known as Junior Gong, the 4-time Grammy Award winner stepped into the professional music scene at age 13 and now calls himself a “Spiritual Revolutionary.”

Sarah Greene

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Cork, Ireland

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Michael Connelly

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1956

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Justin Bartha

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Fort Lauderdale

Maggie Lindemann

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1998

Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Sara Sampaio

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Porto, Portugal

Sara Sampaio is a Portuguese actress and model renowned for her work as a Victoria's Secret Angel. One of the most popular Portuguese models of her generation, Sampaio has been honored with Portuguese Golden Globes under the Best Female Model category on several occasions. In 2014, she became the first Portuguese model to appear in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. 

Marshall McLuhan

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birth Year: 1911

Birthplace: Edmonton, Canada

Died: 1980

Canadian philosopher Herbert McLuhan revolutionized media theory with his concept of "global village." He predicted the World Wide Web three decades before its invention and is also remembered for coining the expression “the medium is the message.” His works include Understanding Media, The Gutenberg Galaxy, and The Mechanical Bride. 

Peter Doocy

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States

Journalist Peter Doocy is a White House correspondent for Fox News. An alumnus of  Villanova University, he contributed to Fox News as a Palestra reporter while still in college. He began his professional career with Fox News in 2009 and covered numerous significant stories, including Hurricane Sandy and the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Vanessa Lengies

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Jasmine Cephas Jones

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Mollie Sugden

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1922

Birthplace: Keighley, Yorkshire, England

Died: 2009

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Jessica Barden

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Antonina Krivoshapka

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Norman Jewison

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1926

Birthplace: Toronto, Canada

Died: 2024

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Frances Cleveland

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1864

Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, United States

Died: 1947

Frances Cleveland became the youngest First Lady of the U.S., as the wife of President Grover Cleveland, at 21. Following the president’s death, she married Thomas J. Preston, Jr., becoming the first widow of a president to remarry. She opposed women’s suffrage and was part of the National Security League.

Paul Burke

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1926

Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Died: 2009

Alysia Reiner

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Gainesville, Florida, USA

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Jamie Waylett

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Kilburn, London, England

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

David Carr

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Bakersfield, California, United States

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Marcelo Bielsa

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1955

Birthplace: Rosario, Argentina

Renowned football manager and the current head coach of Leeds United, Marcelo Bielsa is best known for remarkably improving the performance of the players he coaches. As a manager, his high point arrived when he helped the Argentinean national team bag the 2004 Olympics gold medal and later guided the Chile’s national team to qualify for the 2010 world cup.

Garry Trudeau

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States

Pulitzer Prize-winning American cartoonist, Garry Trudeau is best known for creating the Doonesbury comic strip which reflected social and political life in the US. He is also the creator and executive producer of the Amazon Studios political comedy series Alpha House. Trudeau has contributed articles to The New Republic, The New Yorker, New York,  Rolling Stone, and The Washington Post.

Bob Orton

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1929

Birthplace: Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Died: 2006

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Isaac Stern

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1920

Birthplace: Krzemieniec, Ukraine

Died: 2001

James Enos Clyburn

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1940

Birthplace: Sumter, South Carolina, United States

Jeff Fatt

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1953

Birthplace: Casino, Australia

Jeff Fatt is an Australian actor and musician. Fatt was one of the most popular members of a children's music group called The Wiggles; he was part of the group from its inception in 1991 to 2012. In 2011, Jeff Fatt was honored with the ARIA Hall of Fame Award along with other members of the Wiggles.

Terry Long

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1959

Birthplace: Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Died: 2005

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Billy Napier

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Cookeville, Tennessee, United States

Godfrey

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Jon Dorenbos

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Humble, Texas, United States

Former American footballer Jon Dorenbos played with Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans, Philadelphia Eagles and New Orleans Saints before his football career was cut-short following a surgery for aortic aneurysm. After the Eagles won Super Bowl LII Dorenbos received as honorary ring from the club. Dorenbos is also a professional magician and finished third on eleventh season of America's Got Talent. 

Tay Zonday

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Sara Carter

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1898

Birthplace: Copper Creek, Virginia

Died: 1979