Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Joaquin Phoenix
Frank Ocean
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All Personalities (341 listed)
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Nobel Laureate Pathologist, Histologist & "Father of Modern Neuroscience"
Sarah Bernhardt
Legendary French Stage Actress ("The Divine Sarah"), World’s First Global Celebrity
Sarah Josepha Hale
Pioneering American Editor, Author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" & "The Mother of Thanksgiving"
Satyajit Ray
Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Author & Graphic Artist
Sergei Bondarchuk
Soviet-Russian Filmmaker, Academy Award Winner for "War and Peace", Actor & People's Artist of the USSR
Severo Ochoa
Biochemist, Molecular Biologist & Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Laureate (1959)
Shammi Kapoor
Legendary Indian Actor, "The Elvis Presley of India" & Pioneer of Bollywood Musical Romances
Shamsur Rahman
Supreme Modern Bengali Poet, Journalistic Pioneer & Voice of Bangladesh’s Freedom
Shantanu Biswas
Renowned Bangladeshi Playwright, Theatre Director, Composer & Cultural Luminary
Sheikh Russel
Youngest Son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman & Symbol of Children's Rights
Shigeru Yoshida
Historic 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (1946–1947, 1948–1954), Architect of the "Yoshida Doctrine" & Post-War Economic Miracle
Shujeo Shyam
Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra Lyricist & Composer, Freedom Fighter, Ekushey Padak Laureate & National Film Award-Winning Music Director
Sid Gillman
Pro Football Hall of Fame Coach, Innovator of the Modern Downfield Passing Game & AFL Champion
Sippie Wallace
"The Texas Nightingale", Legendary Classic Blues Singer, Songwriter & Pianist
Sir Bobby Charlton
English Football Legend, 1966 FIFA World Cup Winner, 1966 Ballon d'Or & Manchester United Icon
Sir Charles Wheatstone
English Physicist, Pioneer of the Electric Telegraph, Inventor of the Stereoscope & Concertina