Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today
Matiur Rahman (Bir Sreshtho)
Hafiz Uddin Ahmad (Bir Bikrom)
Tushar Imran
Swapna Barman
All Personalities (780 listed)
Nikolay Przhevalsky
Renowned Geographer, Central Asia Explorer & Naturalist (Discoverer of Przewalski's Horse)
Nita Ambani
Philanthropist, Chairperson of Reliance Foundation & International Olympic Committee Member
Noah Webster
Pioneer Lexicographer, Educator & Father of American Scholarship
Nouman Javaid
Singer, Songwriter & Composer
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Shahenshah-e-Qawwali, Sufi Maestro & Global Vocal Virtuoso
Obafemi Martins
Professional Footballer
Oliver Tambo
Historic South African Anti-Apartheid Leader, Longest-Serving ANC President & Statesman
Om Puri
Two-Time National Award-Winning Actor, Pioneer of Indian Parallel Cinema & International Film Icon
Orson Welles
Film Director, Actor, Screenwriter & Producer
Osas Ighodaro
Two-Time AMVCA Award-Winning Nollywood Actress, Host, Miss Black USA & Humanitarian Founder
Oscar de la Renta
Dominican-American Fashion Titan, Coty Hall of Fame Designer & Couturier to Global First Ladies and Royalty
Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet, Playwright, Wit & Author of The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Yanes
Celebrated Venezuelan Journalist, Chronicler, Author & Pioneer of Television Journalism
P. W. Botha
State President & Prime Minister of South Africa ("Die Groot Krokodil")
Pablo Casals
Legendary Master Cellist, Conductor, Composer & Universal Humanitarian
Pablo Picasso
Towering Spanish Visual Artist, Sculptor, Printmaker, Co-Founder of Cubism & 20th-Century Cultural Giant