Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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All Personalities (780 listed)
Archie Thompson
Socceroos Legend, World Record Holder for 13 Goals in a Single International Match & A-League All-Time Great
Arsène Wenger
Legendary Arsenal Football Manager ("The Professor"), Architect of "The Invincibles" & FIFA Chief of Global Development
Arthur Henderson
1934 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, British Foreign Secretary & Leader of the Labour Party
Arthur Miller
Pulitzer Prize-Winning American Playwright & Essayist
Arthur Rimbaud
French Symbolist Poet, Precursor of Modern Surrealism & Author of "A Season in Hell"
Ashok Chavan
Statesman & Political Leader
Ashwani Kumar
Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India, Former Union Minister of Law and Justice & Eminent Parliamentarian
Asim Azhar
Singer, Songwriter & Musician
Asin Thottumkal
Pan-Indian Screen Actress, Three-Time Filmfare Award Winner & Kalaimamani Laureate
Asoka Mehta
Illustrious Indian Freedom Fighter, Socialist Pioneer, Economist & Planning Commission Architect
Athena Chu
Iconic Hong Kong Actress & Singer, Star of Stephen Chow’s A Chinese Odyssey & Asian Cinema Luminary
Atul Prasad Sen
Celebrated Bengali Lyricist, Composer, Poet & Lawyer, Composer of Bengali Anthem "মোদের গরব, মোদের আশা"
Auguste Lumière
French Pioneer of Cinema, Co-Inventor of the Cinématographe & Biomedical Innovator
Ayub Bachchu
Legendary Bangladeshi Rock Musician, Singer-Songwriter, Guitar Virtuoso & Founder of Iconic Band LRB (Love Runs Blind)
Azmeri Haque Badhon
Actress & Dental Surgeon
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Last Mughal Emperor of India, Symbolic Leader of the 1857 Indian Uprising & Immortal Classical Urdu Poet