Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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All Personalities (672 listed)
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
Sister Nivedita
Social Worker, Author & Educational Pioneer
Sivakumar
Veteran Tamil Cinema Actor, Visual Artist, Orator & Cultural Philanthropist
Smita Patil
Two-Time National Award-Winning Actress & Pioneer of Indian Parallel Cinema
Snoop Dogg
Global Hip-Hop Icon, Rapper, Record Producer, Entrepreneur & Cultural Ambassador
Soong Mei-ling
Madame Chiang Kai-shek, First Lady of the Republic of China & World War II Diplomatic Force
Stanislaus Kostka
Polish Jesuit Novice & Patron Saint of Students and Youth
Stephen Hawking
Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist & Author
Stephen Leacock
Humorist, Author, Satirist & Political Economist