Sebastian Stan

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Constanța, Romania

Sebastian Stan serves as an inspiration to many youngsters as he overcame his difficult beginnings to become a popular actor in the American film industry. A self-made man, he learned the art of acting at the prestigious Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London and went on to star in hit films like Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Endgame.

Alfred Hitchcock

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1899

Birthplace: Leytonstone, London, England

Died: 1980

Popularly known as the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock pioneered the Hitchcockian style of filmmaking. One of the most studied filmmakers in the world, Hitchcock is also one of the most influential in the history of cinema. In his career, that spanned six decades, he directed some of the greatest films of all time, such as Psycho and Vertigo.

DeMarcus Cousins

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Mobile, United States

Height: 6'10" (208 cm)

Alan Shearer

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Gosforth, England

Former Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer has also worked as a BBC football pundit and a football manager. The Euro 1996 Golden Boot-winner has also represented Southampton and Blackburn Rovers, winning the 1994-1995 Premier League with the latter. With 260 goals, he became the Premier League’s leading goal-scorer.

Debi Mazar

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1964

Birthplace: Jamaica, New York, United States

Debi Mazar is known for films such as Goodfellas and Little Man Tate and series such as L.A. Law and Civil Wars. She has also appeared in several videos by Madonna. She is married to Italian celebrity chef Gabriele Corcos and co-hosts the show Extra Virgin with him.

Dan Fogelberg

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1951

Birthplace: Peoria, Illinois, USA

Died: 2007

John Slattery

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

John Slattery is best known as Roger Sterling from the series Mad Men, a role that earned him multiple Emmy nominations. He has also appeared in Broadway and Off-Broadway plays. Fans also loved him as Howard Stark in Marvel movies such as Iron Man 2, Avengers: Endgame, and Ant-Man.

Samuel de Champlain

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1574

Birthplace: Hiers-Brouage, Marennes-Hiers-Brouage, France

Died: 1635

Samuel de Champlain was a French colonist, navigator, draftsman, soldier, and explorer who made between 21 and 29 trips across the Atlantic Ocean. He founded Quebec and New France and is considered an important figure in Canadian history. He is also referred to as the "Father of New France." As a businessman, he founded many trading companies.

John Logie Baird

Listed In: Engineers

Birth Year: 1888

Birthplace: Helensburgh

Died: 1946

Scottish inventor, electrical engineer, and innovator, John Logie Baird, is best known for demonstrating a working TV system in 1926. He then went on to invent the first viable purely electronic color TV picture tube and founded the Baird Television Development Company. He was inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame in 2015.

Ben Hogan

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1912

Birthplace: Stephenville, Texas, United States

Died: 1997

Ben Hogan was a professional golfer who is considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game. He won nine career professional major championships, tying with Gary Player for fourth all-time. He had a deep influence on golf swing theory. Famous for his legendary ball-striking ability, he also possessed fierce determination and an iron will.  

Yeo Jin-goo

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1997

Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

South Korean actor Yeo Jin-goo started as a child actor. He gained the nickname "Nation's Little Brother" and later went on to star in series such as Moon Embracing the Sun and movies such as Hwayi: A Monster Boy, and won a Blue Dragon Film Award for the latter.

Bert Lahr

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1895

Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

Died: 1967

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Demetrious Johnson

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Madisonville, Kentucky, United States

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Sridevi

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Sivakasi, Madras State, India

Died: 2018

Sridevi was an Indian film actress who appeared in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam language films. Considered one of the most popular actresses of all time, Sridevi was dubbed the First Female Superstar in India. With several prestigious awards under her belt, she was also regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation.

Danny Bonaduce

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1959

Birthplace: Broomall, Pennsylvania, United States

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Neville Brand

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1920

Birthplace: Griswold, Iowa, USA

Died: 1992

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Randy Shughart

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Lincoln

Died: 1993

US Army Delta Force soldier Randy Shughart is remembered for his heroic contribution to the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993, for which he was posthumously awarded the US Medal of Honor. His story was later related in the book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War and the 2001 movie Black Hawk Down.

Heike Makatsch

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Düsseldorf, Germany

The daughter of former German ice-hockey player Rainer Makatsch, Heike Makatsch initially apprenticed as a dressmaker. She began her entertainment career hosting shows such as Interaktiv. She later appeared in movies such as Love Actually and Am I Beautiful? She also earned an Emmy nomination for Margarete Steiff.

Don Ho

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1930

Birthplace: Kaka'ako, Hawaii, United States

Died: 2007

Dawnn Lewis

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Elçin Sangu

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Izmir, Turkey

Elçin Sangu is a Turkish model and actress best known for her portrayal of Defne Topal in a romantic drama TV series titled Kiralık Aşk, for which she received several awards, including three Golden Butterfly Awards. Over the course of her career, Elçin Sangu has appeared in several TV advertisements and campaigns and is one of the highest-paid actresses in Turkey.

Kevin Tighe

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1944

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Hope, Arkansas, United States

Betty Lou Bredemus

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1934

Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Died: 2015

Feargal Sharkey

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Feargal Sharkey is a Northern Irish singer best known for his association with the popular rock band The Undertones where he was the lead vocalist. Also known for his contribution to the UK's commercial music industry, Sharkey was appointed OBE for services to music during the 2019 Birthday Honours. A fly fisherman, Sharkey also campaigns against the pollution of rivers.

Alvaro Rico

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: La Puebla de Montalbán, Toledo, Spain

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Pat Harrington Jr.

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1929

Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States

Died: 2016

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Jason McCourty

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Nyack, New York, United States

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Patrick Queen

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1999

Birthplace: Ventress, Louisiana, United States

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

James Morrison

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Rugby

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Devin McCourty

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Nyack, New York, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Frederick Sanger

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1918

Birthplace: Rendcomb

Died: 2013

Frederick Sanger remains one of only two people to have won the Nobel Prize twice in the same category. The British biochemist is remembered for his ground-breaking work on nucleic acids and the insulin molecule. The son of a Quaker medical missionary, Sanger, too, grew up believing in Quakerism.

Sam Champion

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Paducah, Kentucky, USA

Freya Mavor

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Steve Higgins

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Rod Hull

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1935

Birthplace: Isle of Sheppey, United Kingdom

Died: 1999

Domenico Dolce

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Polizzi Generosa, Italy

Domenico Dolce, part of the world-renowned fashion designer duo Dolce & Gabbana, was born into a family of Italian tailors. Dolce dropped out of fashion school to venture into independent work. He and his partner, Stefano Gabbana, whom he had met at a nightclub, were previously in an open relationship.

Johnny Gaudreau

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Salem, New Jersey, United States

Johnny Gaudreau, or Johnny Hockey, is the son of Guy Gaudreau and had learned playing ice hockey by following a trail of Skittles candy at the ice arena his father headed. Now part of the NHL team Calgary Flames, he has also won a gold at the World Junior Championships.

Lucy Stone

Listed In: Activists

Birth Year: 1818

Birthplace: West Brookfield, Massachusetts, U.S.

Died: 1893

Lucy Stone was an American abolitionist, suffragist, orator, and women's rights activist. She was the first woman to earn a college degree from Massachusetts. Stone played a key role in the formation of the Woman's National Loyal League as well as the American Woman Suffrage Association. In 1986, she was made an inductee of the National Women's Hall of Fame.

Giovanni Agnelli

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1866

Birthplace: Villar Perosa

Died: 1945

Ethel Roosevelt Derby

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1891

Birthplace: Oyster Bay (hamlet), New York

Died: 1977

Ethel Roosevelt Derby was an American nurse best remembered as the youngest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt. Ethel played an important role in preserving the legacy of her family home and the legacy of her father for future generations. Ethel Roosevelt Derby also played a prominent role during the First World War, serving as a nurse in France.

Jeanine Anez

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1967

Birthplace: San Joaquin, Bolivia

Servando Carrasco

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Coronado, California, United States

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Phil Taylor

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Stoke-on-Trent

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Presnel Kimpembe

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Beaumont-sur-Oise, France

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Koji Kondo

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Bobby Clarke

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1949

Birthplace: Flin Flon, Canada

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Byron Mann

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1967

Birthplace: Hong Kong

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Zoe Quinn

Listed In: Engineers

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: United States

Kathleen Battle

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: Portsmouth, Ohio, United States

American opera singer Kathleen Battle is said to be one of the greatest coloratura sopranos of her era. Initially a teacher, she got a breakthrough when conductor Thomas Schippers noticed her. A 5-time Grammy Award winner, she became a star of the Metropolitan Opera and later also won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement.