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Louis-Jacques DaguerreLouis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was a French artist and photographer, recogni…more
Joe LouisJoseph Louis Barrow, better known as Joe Louis, was an American professiona…more
F. Scott FitzgeraldFrancis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short sto…more
James GandolfiniJames Joseph Gandolfini, Jr. was an American actor and producer. Gandolfini…more
Ted HughesEdward James "Ted" Hughes, OM was an English poet and children's writer. Cr…more
Jimmy StewartJames Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart was an American film and stage actor, known …more
John ThompsonSir John Sparrow David Thompson, KCMG, PC, QC was a Canadian lawyer, judge,…more
Shelley WintersShelley Winters was an American actress who appeared in dozens of films, as…more
Pete MaravichPeter Press "Pistol Pete" Maravich was an American professional basketball …more
Stanley KubrickStanley Kubrick was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cine…more
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, orator, writer,…more
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of …more
Richard Francis BurtonCaptain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS was an English geographer, exp…more
Peter SellersPeter Sellers was an actor, screen writer and film directormore
Strother MartinStrother Douglas Martin, Jr., was a popular American character actor who of…more
Howard FloreyHoward Walter Florey, Baron Florey of Adelaide OM FRS FRCP was an Australia…more
Basil RathbonePhilip St. John Basil Rathbone, MC was a South African-born English actor. …more
Arthur Conan DoyleSir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KGStJ, DL was a British writer and physicia…more
Steve AllenStephen Valentine Patrick William "Steve" Allen was an American television …more
Mark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an A…more
Rachel CarsonRachel Louise Carson was an American marine biologist and conservationist w…more
Edmund HillarySir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE was a New Zealand mountaineer, explo…more
Red AuerbachArnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach was an American basketball coach of the Washing…more
Dick ClarkRichard Augustus Wagstaff "Dick" Clark, Jr. was an American radio and telev…more
George GallupGeorge Horace Gallup was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques …more
Fridtjof NansenFridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian…more
James CagneyJames Francis Cagney, Jr. was an American actor and dancer, both on stage a…more
Lou CostelloLouis Francis Cristillo, known by the stage name Lou Costello, was an Ameri…more
Bela LugosiBéla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó, better known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian-A…more
Orville RedenbacherOrville Clarence Redenbacher was an American businessman most often associa…more
Robert KochRobert Heinrich Herman Koch was a celebrated German physician and pioneerin…more
Charles "Lucky" LucianoCharles "Lucky" Luciano, was a Sicilian-born American mobster. Luciano is c…more
Alex HaleyAlexander Murray Palmer "Alex" Haley was an American writer. He is best kno…more
Henri MatisseHenri-Émile-Benoît Matisse was a French artist, known for his use of colo…more
Joseph ConradJoseph Conrad was a Polish author who wrote in English after settling in En…more
Pierre BertonPierre Francis de Marigny Berton, CC OOnt (July 12, 1920 – November 30, …more
Brendan BehanBrendan Francis Behan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and …more
Louis LeakeyLouis Seymour Bazett Leakey, also known as L. S. B. Leakey, was a British p…more
Gil HodgesGilbert Ray Hodges, ne Hodge was an American first baseman and manager in M…more
Kim Jong-ilKim Jong-il was the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of K…more
Margaret HamiltonMargaret Brainard Hamilton (December 9, 1902 – May 16, 1985) was an Ameri…more
Wilson PickettWilson Pickett was an American R&B, soul and rock and roll singer and songw…more
Nikita KhrushchevNikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was a Russian politician who led the Soviet U…more
José P. LaurelJosé Paciano Laurel y García, PLH was the president of the Second Philipp…more
Fats WallerThomas Wright "Fats" Waller was an influential American jazz pianist, organ…more
Rick JamesRick James was an American musician and composer. Influenced by singers suc…more
Orson WellesGeorge Orson Welles was an American actor, director, writer and producer wh…more
Louis JordanLouis Thomas Jordan was a pioneering American musician, songwriter and band…more
Grover ClevelandStephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th President of the United Stat…more
Tom BradleyThomas J. "Tom" Bradley was the 38th Mayor of Los Angeles, serving from 197…more
Stieg LarssonKarl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson was a Swedish journalist and writer. He is…more
Johnny UnitasJohn Constantine Unitas, known as Johnny Unitas or "Johnny U", and nickname…more
Frank CostelloFrank "the Prime Minister" Costello was an Italian-American gangster and cr…more
Manuel RoxasManuel Acuña Roxas was the fifth President of the Philippines, the last of…more
Warren G. HardingWarren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States, a Repu…more
Louis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong, nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter,…more
John CandyJohn Franklin Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian. Candy rose to fame a…more
Emilio G. SegrèEmilio Gino Segrè was an Italian physicist and Nobel laureate who discover…more
Victor FlemingVictor Lonzo Fleming was an American film director, cinematographer, and pr…more
James GarfieldJames Abram Garfield served as the 20th President of the United States, aft…more
Elpidio QuirinoElpidio Rivera Quirino was a Filipino politician, and the sixth President o…more
William Randolph HearstWilliam Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper publisher who built the n…more
William Schwenck GilbertSir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and…more
Jacques PlanteJoseph Jacques Omer Plante was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltende…more
J. Edgar HooverJohn Edgar Hoover was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga…more
Dave DeBusschereDavid Albert DeBusschere was an American professional National Basketball A…more
Charles M. SchulzCharles Monroe Schulz, nicknamed Sparky, was an American cartoonist, best k…more
George SteinbrennerGeorge Michael Steinbrenner III was an American businessman who was the pri…more
Jackie RobinsonJack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was an American baseball player who became…more
Bettie PageBettie Mae Page was an American model who gained a significant profile in t…more
Alexander FlemingSir Alexander Fleming, FRSE, FRS, FRCS was a Scottish biologist, pharmacolo…more
Frank SinatraFrancis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer, actor, and filmmaker…more
Hannah ArendtJohanna "Hannah" Arendt was a German-born political theorist. Though often …more
Pablo PicassoPablo Ruiz y Picasso, also known as Pablo Picasso, was a Spanish painter, s…more
Clara BowClara Gordon Bow was an American actress who rose to stardom in silent film…more
Douglas AdamsDouglas Noel Adams was an English writer, humorist, and dramatist. Adams is…more
Rutherford B. HayesRutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States. As p…more
Fulgencio BatistaFulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was the elected President of Cuba from 1940 t…more
Jim ThorpeJames Francis "Jim" Thorpe was an American athlete of Native American and E…more
Moss HartMoss Hart was an American playwright and theatre director.more
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Russian-Jewish origi…more
Carlo GambinoCarlo Gambino was an Italian-born American gangster, notable for being boss…more
William FaulknerWilliam Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate f…more
Lee MarvinLee Marvin was an American film and television actor. Known for his distinc…more
Andre The GiantAndré René Roussimoff, best known as André the Giant, was a French profe…more
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker was an American poet, short story writer, critic and satiris…more
Gnassingbé EyadémaGeneral Gnassingbé Eyadéma was the President of Togo from 1967 until his …more
Georges BizetGeorges Bizet, registered at birth as Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was …more
Bing CrosbyHarry Lillis "Bing" Crosby, Jr. was an American singer and actor. Crosby's …more
Roy CampanellaRoy Campanella, nicknamed "Campy", was an American baseball player, primari…more
Robert MenziesSir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, FAA, FRS, QC, was an Australian poli…more
Janet LeighJeanette Helen Morrison, known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an Americ…more
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of w…more
Thomas DeweyThomas Edmund Dewey was the 47th Governor of New York. In 1944 he was the R…more
Ray NitschkeRaymond Ernest "Ray" Nitschke was a professional football player who played…more
John Paul IIPope John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojtyła was pope of the Catholic Chur…more
Richard WagnerWilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist,…more
Jack HaleyJohn Joseph Haley, known as Jack Haley was an American vaudevillian, stage,…more
Federico FelliniFederico Fellini was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for h…more
Ginger RogersGinger Rogers was an American actress, dancer and singer who appeared in fi…more