Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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All Personalities (310 listed)
Banda Singh Bahadur
Legendary Sikh General, Commander of the Khalsa Army & Agrarian Reformer
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Founding Father & Statesman
Begum Rokeya
Pioneer Feminist, Writer & Social Reformer
Ben Bradlee
Legendary Executive Editor of The Washington Post, Watergate Champion & Presidential Medal of Freedom Laureate
Beryl Markham
Pioneering Aviator, First Person to Fly Solo Non-Stop Across the Atlantic East-to-West & Author of "West with the Night"
Bill Hayden
21st Governor-General of Australia (1989–1996), Leader of the Labor Party & Foreign Minister
Bing Crosby
American Singer, Actor & Multimedia Cultural Icon
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 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
Burt Lancaster
Academy Award-Winning American Actor, Film Producer & Hollywood Golden Age Legend
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
Carl Ferdinand Cori
1947 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Biochemist & Co-Discoverer of the "Cori Cycle"