Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Art Garfunkel
Sam Rockwell
Eugene V. Debs
Ida Tarbell
Christiaan Eijkman
All Personalities (1084 listed)
Sir Arthur Whitten Brown
British Aviator, Navigator & Transatlantic Flight Pioneer
Sir Bobby Charlton
English Football Legend, 1966 FIFA World Cup Winner, 1966 Ballon d'Or & Manchester United Icon
Sir Bryn Terfel
Grammy-Winning Welsh Bass-Baritone Opera Singer & Concert Performer
Sir Charles Wheatstone
English Physicist, Pioneer of the Electric Telegraph, Inventor of the Stereoscope & Concertina
Sir Christopher Wren
Master Architect of the English Baroque, Surveyor of the King's Works & Mastermind of St Paul's Cathedral
Sir Isaac Newton
Mathematician, Physicist & Astronomer
Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose
Polymath, Physicist & Plant Physiologist
Sir Michael Gambon
Legendary Irish-English Actor, Revered as Professor Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter & 4-Time BAFTA Winner
Sir Philip Pullman
Celebrated English Novelist, Author of "His Dark Materials" Trilogy & Astrid Lindgren Award Winner
Sir Richard Francis Burton
Victorian Polymath, Explorer, Linguist (Master of 29 Languages), Soldier, Diplomat & Translator of "One Thousand and One Nights"
Sir Roger Moore
English Actor & UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Pioneer Islamic Reformer, Philosopher & Founder of Aligarh Muslim University
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Computer Scientist & Inventor of the World Wide Web
Siraj Sikder
Revolutionary Politician, Marxist-Leninist Theorist & Founder of Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party
Sisqó
American R&B Singer, Dancer, Actor & Lead Vocalist of Dru Hill ('Thong Song')
Sister Nivedita
Social Worker, Author & Educational Pioneer