Paul Giamatti

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1967

Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Paul Giamatti is an American actor known for playing important roles in popular films like The Illusionist and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Paul Giamatti became the subject of a famous campaign called Wax Paul Now, which inspired a short film. The short film was premiered in October 2019 at the Virginia Film Festival.

Judith Barsi

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: San Fernando Valley, California, United States

Died: 1988

A beloved child actress of the 1980s, Judith Barsi started acting when she was just five years old. She appeared in many commercials and TV shows before getting a chance to act in films as well. The child met a tragic end when she and her mother were murdered by her father who then died by suicide.

Björn Borg

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1956

Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden

Regarded as one of the best tennis players from Sweden, Björn Borg won 11 Grand Slam singles titles during his playing career. He started off as a teenage sensation and helped popularize tennis during the 1970s. The 2017 film Borg vs McEnroe was inspired by his rivalry against John McEnroe.

Jason Isaacs

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Liverpool

Robert Englund

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Glendale, California, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Steve Vai

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Carle Place, New York, United States

Three-time Grammy-winning guitarist and singer Steve Vai began his career as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa and played for his band till he launched his solo career. Guitar World named him the “10th Greatest Guitarist. His music was featured in music videos such as Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Robert Falcon Scott

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1868

Birthplace: Plymouth, Devon, England

Died: 1912

Robert Falcon Scott was an explorer and Royal Navy officer. He is remembered for leading two expeditions to the Antarctic regions, the second of which was the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition. Although Scott and his companions died during the second expedition, they helped discover the first Antarctic fossils, which proved that the place was once forested.

DeAndre Hopkins

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Central, South Carolina, United States

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Nathan Hale

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1755

Birthplace: Coventry, Connecticut, United States

Died: 1776

Nathan Hale was an American soldier, Patriot, and spy who worked for the Continental Army. He played an important role during the American Revolutionary War, volunteering for an intelligence-gathering mission. Nathan Hale was captured and executed by the British in 1776. Hale is regarded as an American hero for his important contribution during the American Revolutionary War. 

Kim Hyun-joong

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

South Korean actor and singer Kim Hyun-joong gained recognition as part of the boy band SS501. He also appeared in K-dramas such as Playful Kiss and Boys Over Flowers. He has also released Korean and Japanese solo albums. He also often donates generously for earthquake relief and education. 

Pete Hegseth

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Pete Hegseth is an American author and television host. Before starting his TV career, Hegseth was an accomplished US Army National Guard officer and was honored with the prestigious Army Commendation Medal for his services. Also a skilled swimmer, Pete Hegseth swam across the Hudson River in support of military veterans in 2019 and 2020.

Ryan Higa

Listed In: YouTubers

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Hilo, Hawaii, United States

Ryan Higa is an American internet personality, comedian, actor, and musician. Best known for posting comedy videos on his YouTube channel nigahiga, Higa received the Best Video Blogger nomination at the 2014 Shorty Awards. From 2009 to 2011, nigahiga was the most subscribed YouTube channel. Ryan Higa is also credited with creating a K-pop band called Boys Generally Asian (BgA).

Drew McIntyre

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Ayr, Scotland

Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

Diego Velázquez (Painter)

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birth Year: 1599

Birthplace: Seville, Spain

Died: 1660

Diego Velázquez was a Spanish painter who served as the most important artist in King Philip IV's court. The leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age, Velázquez's work served as a model for impressionist and realist painters of the 19th century. In the 20th century, personalities like Salvador Dalí and Pablo Picasso re-interpreted some of Velázquez's most iconic images.

Harvey Fierstein

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1954

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Tony-winning Harvey Fierstein is best known for his stage performances in plays such as the Torch Song Trilogy and Hairspray, and for his roles in movies such as Mrs. Doubtfire and Independence Day. He has also voiced Yao in Mulan and Mulan II. He is an LGBT rights activist, too.

Thomas Mann

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1875

Birthplace: Lübeck, Germany

Died: 1955

German author Thomas Mann, known for his epic novels, was part of the Hanseatic Mann family of authors. He depicted his own family in his novel Buddenbrooks. He won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature. During Hitler’s reign, he fled to Switzerland and then to the U.S.

Kim Hyuna

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Seoul

South Korean singer and model Kim Hyun-ah, better known as Hyuna, gained fame as a member of Wonder Girls and 4Minute. With the launch of her solo career, she delivered hits such as Ice Cream and became the first female K-pop artist with 100 million views for a YouTube video.

Sukarno

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1901

Birthplace: Surabaya, Indonesia

Died: 1970

Sukarno was an Indonesian politician who played a major role in the Indonesian struggle for independence. An important leader of the country's nationalist movement, Sukarno declared Indonesian independence from the Dutch Empire and became Indonesia's first president in 1945. He was successful in resisting Dutch re-colonization efforts and went on to serve as the Indonesian president until 1967.

Staci Keanan

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1975

Birthplace: Devon, Pennsylvania, United States

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Natalie Morales

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1972

Birthplace: Taipei, Taiwan

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Colin Quinn

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1959

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Levi Stubbs

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1936

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Died: 2008

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Jonathan Nolan

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: London, England

Jonathan Nolan is a British-American television producer, director, screenwriter, and author. He is credited with creating the CBS science fiction crime drama Person of Interest. He is also credited with co-creating HBO's popular science fiction Western television series Westworld. Along with his brother Christopher Nolan, Jonathan has co-written popular films, such as The Dark Knight and Interstellar.

V. C. Andrews

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1923

Birthplace: Portsmouth, Virginia, United States

Died: 1986

Uncle Kracker

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Aisling Franciosi

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

Irish actor Aisling Franciosi is best known as Katie Benedetto from the series The Fall and as Kate Crawford from the TNT series Legends. She was also seen as Lyanna Stark in Game of Thrones and as Clare Carroll in The Nightingale, and won an AACTA award for the latter.

Neha Kakkar

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Starting her training in singing at age 4, Neha Kakkar later participated in Indian Idol but was eliminated before she could make her mark on the show. She later soared to fame with the track Second Hand Jawaani from Cocktail and never looked back. She has also performed in minor roles.

Patrick Rothfuss

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1973

Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Sasha Luss

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Magadan, Russia

Russian model Sasha Luss is known for her association with top-notch brands such as Prada and Louis Vuitton. Although she initially dreamed of being a ballerina, an ankle injury stopped her ballet career short. She has also starred in the titular role in the spy thriller Anna. 

Aram Khachaturian

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1903

Birthplace: Tbilisi, Georgia

Died: 1978

Marsha Blackburn

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1952

Birthplace: Laurel, Mississippi, United States

Kirk Kerkorian

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1917

Birthplace: Fresno, California, United States

Died: 2015

Chantal Akerman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1950

Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium

Died: 2015

Chantal Akerman was a Belgian screenwriter, film director, and artist. she also served at the City College of New York as a film professor. Best known for her work in the 1975 arthouse film Jeanne Dielman, which was described as a masterpiece by The New York Times, Chantal Akerman had a profound influence on avant-garde cinema.  

Billie Whitelaw

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1932

Birthplace: Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Died: 2014

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Nina Sosanya

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Islington, London, England

Nina Sosanya is best known as Lucy Freeman from W1A, Laura Porter from Marcella, and Kate McKenzie from Last Tango in Halifax. A talented theater actor, she has also performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has been part of films such as Love Actually and has narrated audiobooks, too.

Tom Araya

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Viña del Mar, Chile

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Vani Ganapathy

Listed In: Dancers

Birth Year: 1950

Birthplace: Kolkata, India

Indian classical dancer Vani Ganapathy now owns a Bangalore-based dance school called Sanchari. She is also known as veteran actor Kamal Haasan’s first wife and appeared with Haasan in a dance sequence in the Tamil film Melnaattu Marumagal. She was also Haasan’s costume designer for a while.

Kenneth Connor

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1918

Birthplace: Islington, London, England

Died: 1993

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Amanda Pays

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1959

Birthplace: London, England, UK

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Frida Gustavsson

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Alba August

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Cheryl Ford

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Homer, Louisiana, United States

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Leslie Carter

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Tampa, Florida, United States

Died: 2012

Bill Dickey

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1907

Birthplace: Bastrop, Louisiana, United States

Died: 1993

Cam Neely

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1965

Birthplace: Comox, Canada

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Tommie Smith

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1944

Birthplace: Clarksville, Texas, United States

Winner of the 200-meter sprint finals at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, Tommie C. Smith finished the race in 19.83 seconds, thus becoming first to break the 20 seconds barrier. Today however he is better remembered for raising a black gloved fist over his head at the victory stand in protest against the injustice meted out to the blacks.

Bobby Mitchell

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1935

Birthplace: Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States

Died: 2020

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Lola Forner

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Alicante, Spain

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Isaiah Berlin

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1909

Birthplace: Riga, Latvia

Died: 1997

British historian and philosopher Isaiah Berlin is best remembered for his concepts of liberal theory and value pluralism. He is also considered a pioneer of intellectual history. Initially a philosophy lecturer, he later deviated to political science. He also penned iconic works such as The Hedgehog and the Fox.

Hirokazu Koreeda

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: Nerima City, Tokyo, Japan

Hirokazu Koreeda is a Japanese film director, producer, and screenwriter. He loved movies from an early age and began his career as an assistant director on documentaries for TV. Eventually, he turned to screenwriting and direction and found tremendous success. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d'Or.