Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today
Burt Lancaster
David Schwimmer
James K. Polk
Warren G. Harding
Eva Cassidy
James Thurber
George Bernard Shaw
All Personalities (482 listed)
Bishan Singh Bedi
Legendary Indian Cricket Captain, Master Left-Arm Spin Virtuoso & Padma Shri Honoree
Bob Azzam
Egyptian-Born International Singer, Bandleader & Creator of the Global Hit "Ya Mustafa"
Bob Feller
Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher ("The Heater from Van Meter"), World Series Champion & WWII Hero
Bob Hoskins
Acclaimed English Actor, Golden Globe & BAFTA Award Winner, Cannes Best Actor & Academy Award Nominee
Bob Kane
Pioneering Comic Book Artist, Writer & Co-Creator of Batman for DC Comics
Bob Knight
Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, 3-Time NCAA National Champion, Olympic Gold Medal Coach & Motion Offense Architect
Botong Francisco
National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts, Legendary Muralist & Painter
Burt Lancaster
Academy Award-Winning American Actor, Independent Film Producer & Cultural Pioneer
Canaletto
Supreme Venetian Landscape & Veduta Master Painter Whose Panoramic Views of Venice Defined 18th-Century European Art
Captain James Cook
Legendary British Royal Navy Captain, Maritime Explorer, Navigator & Cartographer
Captain M. Mansur Ali
3rd Prime Minister of Bangladesh & National Leader Martyred in Jail Killing
Carl Ferdinand Cori
1947 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Biochemist & Co-Discoverer of the "Cori Cycle"
Carlo Gnocchi
Italian Priest, Educator, WWII Military Chaplain, Humanitarian & Beatified Founder of the Pro Juventute Foundation
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
20th President of Chile, General & Founder of the Carabineros de Chile
Carlos Lamarca
Brazilian Army Captain, Marksmanship Champion & Guerrilla Leader Against Military Dictatorship
Carlos Marighella
Brazilian Marxist Political Leader, Anti-Dictatorship Revolutionary & Author