Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today
Art Garfunkel
Sam Rockwell
Eugene V. Debs
Ida Tarbell
All Personalities (991 listed)
Johnny Damon
Two-Time World Series Champion MLB Outfielder (Red Sox & Yankees)
Johnny Marr
Songwriter, Guitar Virtuoso & Co-Founder of The Smiths
Jon Anderson
Legendary English Singer-Songwriter, Ethereal Lead Vocalist & Co-Founder of Progressive Rock Titans Yes
Jon Favreau
Visionary Filmmaker, Iron Man Director & Creator of The Mandalorian and Marvel Cinematic Universe Architect
Jon Heder
American Actor, Star of Indie Comedy Cult Classic "Napoleon Dynamite" & Voice Artist
Jonas Salk
Virologist & Medical Researcher
Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish Literary Satirist, Essayist, Poet & Author of Gulliver's Travels
Jonita Gandhi
Multi-Lingual Chart-Topping Playback Singer & Global Performing Sensation
Jonny Greenwood
Lead Guitarist of Radiohead & Oscar-nominated Film Composer (There Will Be Blood)
Jordan Love
NFL Quarterback
Jorge Batlle
38th President of Uruguay, Prominent Latin American Statesman, Lawyer & Democratic Reformer
José Batlle y Ordóñez
Two-Time President of Uruguay (1903–1907, 1911–1915), Architect of Latin America's First Welfare State & Secular Democracy
José Lobatón
Venezuelan Major League Baseball Player, World Series Champion Catcher & Postseason Hero
Joseph Rotblat
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1995), Nuclear Physicist & Founder of Pugwash Conferences
Juan Marichal
Dominican MLB Hall of Fame Pitcher, 10-Time All-Star & Pioneer of Latin American Baseball
Judy Parfitt
BAFTA-nominated British Stage, Film & Television Actress (Call the Midwife)