Kevin Norwood Bacon

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Kevin Norwood Bacon is an American actor well-known for his work in the film and TV industry. One of the most versatile and talented actors of his generation, Bacon was named in The Guardian as one of the best actors to have never received an Oscar nomination. Also a philanthropist, Kevin Bacon established a charitable foundation called SixDegrees.org in 2007.

Sophia Bush

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Pasadena, California, United States

American actress, Sophia Bush, garnered recognition when she starred in the television series One Tree Hill, which ran from 2003 to 2012. Later she went on to act in a number of films like John Tucker Must Die, Stay Alive, The Hitcher and The Narrows. She is also an activist and raises awareness about issues like cancer, poverty and environmental degradation.

Maya Hawke

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1998

Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

John D. Rockefeller

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1839

Birthplace: Richford, New York, United States

Died: 1937

Widely regarded as the richest person in modern history and the wealthiest American ever, John D. Rockefeller was a business magnate who founded the Standard Oil Company. He was America’s first billionaire. He also defined the structure of modern philanthropy as the foundations created by him had a major effect on scientific research, medicine, and education.

Milo Ventimiglia

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1977

Birthplace: Anaheim, California, United States

Milo Ventimiglia is best known for acting in American television series Gilmore Girls, Heroes and This Is Us. His role in This is Us has been critically acclaimed and he has won three Emmy awards for it. He has also acted in films like The Art of Racing in the Rain, Devil’s Gate, Gamer, The Divide, Rocky 6 and Pathology.

Virgil van Dijk

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Breda, Netherlands

Dutch footballer Virgil van Dijk plays as a defender for Liverpool and has won several titles, such as a Premier League, with them. Starting his senior career with Groningen, he later played for teams such as Celtic and Southampton. He is the only defender to be named the UEFA Men's Player of the Year.

Anjelica Huston

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1951

Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States

Born to actor-director John Huston and ballerina Enrica Soma, Anjelica Huston was no stranger to the world of entertainment as a child. Initially a model, she later became full-time actor and won an Academy Award for her role in Prizzi's Honor. She later became a regular in Wes Anderson’s films.

Michael Weatherly

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Michael Weatherly is an American actor, director, and producer. He is best known for portraying Anthony DiNozzo in the TV series NCIS. Michael Weatherly became involved in a controversy in 2019 when actress Eliza Dushku accused him of sexual harassment on the set of the legal drama television series Bull. Dushku was subsequently fired from the series.

Nelson Rockefeller

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1908

Birthplace: Bar Harbor, Maine, United States

Died: 1979

Grandson of businessman John D. Rockefeller, Nelson Rockefeller was the U.S. vice president from 1975 to 1977 and the New York governor from 1959 to 1973. An arts connoisseur, he was the president of the Museum of Modern Art. He had also worked with Franklin Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.

Son Heung-min

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Chuncheon-si, South Korea

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Toby Keith

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Clinton, Oklahoma, United States

Died: 2024

Toby Keith is a record producer, country music singer, songwriter, and actor. He is credited with founding a record label named Show Dog Nashville which was renamed Show Dog-Universal Music in 2009 after merging with Universal South Records. Also a philanthropist, Keith supports many non-profit organizations like Ally's House. In 2021, he was honored with the National Medal of Arts.

Beck

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Beck is an American musician and record producer. He came into prominence for creating musical collages of several genres. Beck has been applauded by music lovers and critics as being one of the most idiosyncratically creative musicians of alternative rock. Two of his albums were named in the 500 greatest albums of all time list by Rolling Stone magazine. 

Wolfgang Puck

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1949

Birthplace: Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria

Wolfgang Puck is an Austrian-American restaurateur. In 1973, Puck moved to the US and opened a restaurant named Spago in 1982. He then established himself as a respected restaurateur by opening several other restaurants. In 2013, he was inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame. Also an actor, Puck has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Marty Feldman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1934

Birthplace: London

Died: 1982

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Jeffrey Tambor

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1944

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

Kathleen Robertson

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1973

Birthplace: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Artemisia Gentileschi

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birth Year: 1593

Birthplace: Rome, Italy

Died: 1652

Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi was a prominent artist of the 17th century. She was the first female member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno and was known for her depiction of the female form. She was raped by painter Agostino Tassi and participated in a 7-month trial.

Robert Knepper

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1959

Birthplace: Fremont, Ohio, United States

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Ariel Camacho

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Guamuchil, Sinaloa

Died: 2015

Ariel Camacho was a Mexican singer and songwriter best remembered for leading his Regional Mexican band, Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes del Rancho. He died in a car accident at the age of 22. Following his death, his album El Karma became immensely popular. His band continues to make albums in his honor. 

Hugo Boss

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1885

Birthplace: Metzingen, Germany

Died: 1948

Hugo Boss was a German businessman and fashion designer. He is credited with founding one of the most popular fashion houses in the world, Hugo Boss AG. Apart from maintaining his business endeavors, Hugo Boss was also a member of the Nazi Party and remained loyal to the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany.

Steve Lawrence

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1935

Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States

Alexis Dziena

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Steve Eisman

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: New York City

Steven Eisman is best known for betting against collateralized debt obligations at the Morgan Stanley unit FrontPoint Partners LLC. He thus gained from the collapse of the 2007–2008 American housing bubble. He has worked with Neuberger Berman, had founded the now-defunct Emrys Partners, and has campaigned against for-profit colleges.

Rocky Carroll

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

HowToBasic

Listed In: YouTubers

Birth Year: 1994

Birthplace: Sydney, Australia

Known for his YouTube channel HowToBasic, Australian YouTuber Warrun has faced major controversies due to the massive wastage of food in his videos. His content majorly consists of him throwing or mixing food, mostly eggs, and creating a mess. His controversial “how to” tutorials also got him banned twice.

Riele Downs

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 2001

Birthplace: Toronto, Canada

Canadian child actor Riele Downs soared to fame as Charlotte from the Nickelodeon series Henry Danger. She is the older sister of Reiya Downs of Degrassi: Next Class fame. While she began acting at the tender age of 3, Riele has also been interested in dance.

John Stith Pemberton

Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers

Birth Year: 1831

Birthplace: Knoxville, Georgia, United States

Died: 1888

John Pemberton was an American pharmacist best remembered for his invention of Coca-Cola. A Confederate States Army veteran, Pemberton suffered from a wound sustained during the Battle of Columbus. The injury led him to experiment with different kinds of toxins and painkillers, which in turn helped him invent the recipe to make Coca-Cola.

Sourav Ganguly

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1972

Birthplace: Behala, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Considered India's most successful Test captain, legendary cricketer Sourav Ganguly, nicknamed Maharaj, was also arguably one of the best one-day batsmen of his time. Also known as the God of the Off Side, he now heads the BCCI as its president. He was initially also a talented footballer.

Lee Tergesen

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1965

Birthplace: Ivoryton, Connecticut, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Lance Gross

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Oakland, California, USA

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

George W. Romney

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1907

Birthplace: Colonia Dublán, Mexico

Died: 1995

George W. Romney was a  Republican Party politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969. He was a front runner for the Republican nomination for president of US in the 1968 election, but he lost to Richard Nixon. Also a businessman, he was chairman and president of American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962.

Schuyler Fisk

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Jake McDorman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States

Jake McDorman is best known as Brian Finch from the comedy-drama Limitless and Evan Chambers from the teen drama Greek. He has also played prominent roles in the sitcoms Are You There, Chelsea? and Murphy Brown, and been part of movies such as the Clint Eastwood-directed war drama American Sniper.

Jack Lambert

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1952

Birthplace: Mantua, Ohio, United States

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Mary Ellen Trainor

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1952

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

Died: 2015

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Kim Darby

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Andrew Fletcher

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Nottingham

Philip Johnson

Listed In: Architects

Birth Year: 1906

Birthplace: Cleveland

Died: 2005

Philip Johnson was an American architect who organized the Modern architecture's first exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1932. A highly influential and respected architect, Johnson was honored with the prestigious AIA Gold Medal in 1978. The following year, he was honored with the first Pritzker Architecture Prize.

Joan Osborne

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: Anchorage

Valarie Pettiford

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Queens, New York, USA

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Craig Stevens

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1918

Birthplace: Liberty, Missouri, United States

Died: 2000

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Jerry Vale

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1930

Birthplace: New York, United States

Died: 2014

Marianne Williamson

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1952

Birthplace: Houston

Louis Jordan

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1908

Birthplace: Arkansas

Died: 1975

Robbie Keane

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland

The most capped footballer of the Irish national team, Robbie Keane is also Ireland’s top goal-scorer, with 68 international goals. Starting his career at 17, he was initially part of the English league system and played for teams such as Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. He later also represented LA Galaxy.

Marlon Humphrey

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: Hoover, Alabama, United States

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Jamal Woolard

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1980

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

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Mal Meninga

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Bundaberg

Mal Meninga became the only player to be part of four Kangaroo Tours, two of them as the captain. Named to the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame, the former police cadet helped Australia retain the Ashes in 1990. He also briefly dabbled in politics and is now a coach.

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1838

Birthplace: Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Died: 1917

German general and inventor Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin is best-remembered for inventing the Zeppelin rigid airships and pioneering development of rigid airships during early 20th century. Zeppelin eventually founded the German aircraft manufacturing company called Luftschiffbau Zeppelin that played an instrumental role in the design and manufacture of rigid airships and emerged as the leading manufacturer of large lighter-than-air vehicles.

Käthe Kollwitz

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birth Year: 1867

Birthplace: Königsberg, Russia

Died: 1945

Noted for series like Weavers’ Revolt and Peasants’ War, sculptor and graphic artist, Käthe Kollwitz, came in contact with the urban poor when she moved into Berlin's working class area. Touched by their plight, she soon started portraying them through her etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, and drawings, quickly becoming a powerful advocate for those suffering from social injustice, war, and inhumanity.