Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Emma Stone
Ethan Hawke
John Philip Sousa
Charles Dow
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
King Gustavus Adolphus
Heinrich Schütz
All Personalities (537 listed)
Glenn Frey
American Musician, Singer-Songwriter, Guitarist & Co-Founder of the Eagles
Godfrey Chitalu
Greatest Zambian Footballer of All Time ("Ucar"), Scored a Record 107 Goals in a Single Year
Gottlob Frege
German Mathematician, Logician & Father of Analytic Philosophy
Gough Whitlam
21st Prime Minister of Australia (1972–1975), Reformist Statesman & Architect of Modern Australia
Gram Parsons
Visionary Pioneer of Country Rock & "Cosmic American Music" (The Byrds)
Guido Reni
Master High-Baroque Painter of the Bolognese School & Classical Draftsman
Guillermo Valencia
Colombian Modernismo Poet, Diplomat, Statesman & Author of "Ritos"
Gustav Kirchhoff
Pioneer German Physicist & Formulator of Kirchhoff's Circuit Laws
Gustavo Gutiérrez
Peruvian Theologian, Dominican Priest & Founding Father of Liberation Theology
Hachiro Kasuga
Pioneering Japanese Enka Singer & Cultural Legend ("The Father of Modern Enka")
Hal Roach
Film & Television Producer
Han Suyin
Author & Physician
Hannah Höch
Avant-Garde Dada Artist, Pioneer of Photomontage & Feminist Cultural Trailblazer
Hans Leo Hassler
German Late Renaissance / Early Baroque Composer & Organist Who Synthesized Italian and German Polyphony
Hans Merensky
South African Geologist, Prospector, Philanthropist & Discoverer of the Bushveld Platinum Complex
Hans Sachs
Celebrated Nuremberg Meistersinger, Poet, Playwright & Voice of the Reformation