Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today
Art Garfunkel
Sam Rockwell
Eugene V. Debs
Ida Tarbell
Christiaan Eijkman
All Personalities (1084 listed)
Humayun Ahmed
Novelist, Dramatist, Screenwriter & Filmmaker
Ian Rush
Welsh Football Superstar, Liverpool FC All-Time Record Goalscorer (346 Goals) & European Golden Boot Winner
Ida Tarbell
Pioneering Investigative Journalist, Muckraker & Author of The History of the Standard Oil Company
Ike Turner
Rock and Roll Pioneer, Guitarist, Bandleader & Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee
Ila Mitra
Legendary Communist Leader, Peasant Rights Pioneer & Heroine of the Historic Tebhaga Movement (\"Rani Ma\")
Ileana D'Cruz
Acclaimed Film Actress, Filmfare Award Winner & Mental Health Advocate
İlkay Gündoğan
World-Class Football Midfielder, Manchester City Treble-Winning Captain & German National Star
Indira Gandhi
First Female Prime Minister of India & Global Stateswoman
Indra Nooyi
Corporate Executive & Business Leader
Irfan Pathan
Former Indian All-Rounder, 2007 ICC World T20 Final Player of the Match & Cricket Commentator
Isaac de Benserade
French Baroque Poet, Playwright & Court Librettist to the "Sun King" Louis XIV
Isao Takahata
Animation Director, Producer & Studio Ghibli Co-Founder
Ismail al-Azhari
1st Prime Minister of Sudan (1954–1956), Father of Sudanese Independence & President of the High Council of State
Ivan Bunin
First Russian Nobel Laureate in Literature (1933), Master of Realist Prose & Poetry
Ivan Turgenev
Russian Master Novelist, Short Story Writer & Playwright ('Fathers and Sons')