Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Joaquin Phoenix
Frank Ocean
Edith Head
Charlie Daniels
All Personalities (727 listed)
Devin Booker
NBA Superstar Shooting Guard & Olympic Gold Medalist
Diego Maradona
Football Legend & World Cup Champion
Dileep
Leading Malayalam Film Actor, Producer, Mimicry Artist & Box Office Superstar
Dizzy Gillespie
American Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader & Founding Pioneer of Bebop and Afro-Cuban Jazz
Dmitri Sychev
Russian International Striker, Russian Footballer of the Year & UEFA Euro 2008 Bronze Medalist
Domenico Scarlatti
Italian Baroque Composer, Keyboard Virtuoso & Master of 555 Harpsichord Sonatas
Dominick Dunne
Investigative Journalist & Bestselling Author
Domitian
Roman Emperor (81–96 AD), Final Ruler of the Flavian Dynasty & Empire-Wide Architectural Builder
Dr. Muhammad Yunus
Economist, Social Entrepreneur & Nobel Peace Laureate
Drake
Global Hip-Hop Icon, 5-Time Grammy Award Winner & Best-Selling Music Artist of the Streaming Era
Dražen Petrović
Hall of Fame Basketball Legend, EuroLeague Champion & NBA All-NBA Guard ("The Mozart of Basketball")
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th President of the United States & Five-Star General
Dylan Thomas
World-Renowned Welsh Poet, Playwright, BBC Broadcaster & Author of "Do not go gentle into that good night"
Ed Robertson
Celebrated Canadian Musician, Lead Singer & Songwriter of Barenaked Ladies, Composer of The Big Bang Theory Theme
Eddie Daniels
Heroic South African Anti-Apartheid Freedom Fighter, Robben Island Political Prisoner & Nelson Mandela’s Trusted Comrade
Eddie Kaye Thomas
American Film, Television & Stage Actor (Paul Finch in American Pie, Toby in Scorpion)