Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today
Joaquin Phoenix
Frank Ocean
Edith Head
Charlie Daniels
All Personalities (672 listed)
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
Bob Odenkirk
Emmy-Winning Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter & Producer ("Saul Goodman")
Bob Ross
Painter, Art Instructor & Television Icon
Brad Haddin
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Champion, 5-0 Ashes Winning Vice-Captain & Master Wicketkeeper
Bryan Singer
American Film Director, Producer & Screenwriter, "The Usual Suspects" & "X-Men"
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
Candice Swanepoel
South African Supermodel, Victoria's Secret Angel, Entrepreneur & Global Philanthropist for Mothers2Mothers
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"
Carlo Gnocchi
Italian Priest, Educator, WWII Military Chaplain, Humanitarian & Beatified Founder of the Pro Juventute Foundation
Carlos Lamarca
Brazilian Army Captain, Marksmanship Champion & Guerrilla Leader Against Military Dictatorship
Caroline Unger
Historic Austrian Contralto Singer (Premiered Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony)
Carrie Fisher
American Actress, Screenwriter, Best-Selling Author & Advocate ("Princess Leia" in Star Wars)
Cary Elwes
English Actor, Bestselling Author & Screenwriter Celebrated for Iconic Roles in Cult Classics