Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Stephen F. Austin
Larry Holmes
Bob Feller
Colin Kaepernick
Tajuddin Ahmad
Syed Nazrul Islam
Captain M. Mansur Ali
All Personalities (991 listed)
Elvin Jones
Legendary Post-Bop Jazz Drummer (Classic John Coltrane Quartet & A Love Supreme)
Émile Bayard
Artist, Illustrator & Painter
Emilia Clarke
Four-Time Primetime Emmy-Nominated Screen Icon ("Daenerys Targaryen" in Game of Thrones) & MBE
Emily Post
World-Renowned Author, Cultural Columnist & America's Foremost Authority on Etiquette
Eminem
15-Time Grammy & Academy Award-Winning Hip-Hop Legend & Songwriter
Emperor Meiji
122nd Emperor of Japan & Monarch of the Meiji Restoration
Erasmus of Rotterdam
Giant of Northern Renaissance Humanism, Philosopher, Theologian, Satirist & Classical Scholar
Ernest Rutherford
Nuclear Physicist, Chemist & Nobel Laureate
Eros Ramazzotti
Italian Pop-Rock Superstar & Multi-Platinum International Vocalist
Ethel Waters
Legendary Jazz, Blues Vocalist & Oscar-Nominated Actress
Étienne de La Boétie
Renaissance Political Philosopher, Judge & Author of Discourse on Voluntary Servitude
Etta Moten Barnett
Pioneering African-American Contralto Singer, Actress & Cultural Ambassador
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich
Brazilian Zoologist, Biodiversity Academic & World Authority on Neotropical Land Planarians
Eugene V. Debs
Pioneering Trade Unionist, Socialist Leader & Five-Time U.S. Presidential Candidate
Eumir Marcial
Olympic Boxer & Professional Fighter