Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Art Garfunkel
Sam Rockwell
Eugene V. Debs
Ida Tarbell
Christiaan Eijkman
All Personalities (1084 listed)
Willy Kambwala
Professional Footballer & Central Defender
Wim Kok
Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1994–2002), Trade Union Leader & Master Architect of the "Polder Model"
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom & Statesman
Wolfgang Ketterle
German Physicist, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Physics & Pioneer of Bose-Einstein Condensation and Atom Lasers
Wriddhiman Saha
Elite Indian International Test Cricketer, Master Wicketkeeper & Multi-Time IPL Finalist
Wyclef Jean
3-Time Grammy-Winning Haitian Musician, Rapper, Record Producer & Fugees Co-Founder
Wynton Marsalis
9-Time Grammy-Winning Virtuoso Jazz & Classical Trumpeter, Composer & Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center
Xulfi (Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan)
Composer, Music Producer & Multi-Instrumentalist
Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar
Historic Persian Founder of the Saffarid Dynasty, National Hero & Champion of New Persian Language Revival
Yash Chopra
Doyen of Indian Cinema, Founder of Yash Raj Films & Celebrated "King of Romance"
Ye Jianying
Marshal of the People’s Republic of China, Head of State & Key Architect of the Reform Era
Yevgeny Plushenko
Four-Time Olympic Medalist, Three-Time World Champion & Master of Figure Skating
Yi Jianlian
Legendary Chinese Professional Basketball Player, Former NBA First-Round Draft Pick & 4-Time Olympian
Yılmaz Erdoğan
Award-Winning Turkish Filmmaker, Actor, Screenwriter & Poet