Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today
Art Garfunkel
Sam Rockwell
Eugene V. Debs
Ida Tarbell
Christiaan Eijkman
All Personalities (537 listed)
King John of England
King of England (1199–1216) Who Granted the Magna Carta (1215), Bedrock of Modern Constitutional Liberty & Human Rights
King Mongkut (Rama IV)
Visionary King of Siam (Thailand) Who Modernized Science, Astronomy & Western Diplomacy to Preserve Siamese Sovereignty
Kingsley Amis
Booker Prize-Winning English Novelist, Poet, Satirist & Critic (Author of "Lucky Jim")
Kiran Sankar Roy
Revered Indian Freedom Fighter, Barrister, Leader of Bengal Provincial Congress & Home Minister of West Bengal
Kishore Kumar
Legendary Playback Singer, Actor, Composer & Director
Konrad Lorenz
Austrian Zoologist, Ethologist & Nobel Laureate in Physiology/Medicine
Kyōka Izumi
Celebrated Japanese Novelist, Short-Story Writer & Master of Surrealism
L. S. Lowry
Renowned English Artist, Famous for Industrial Mill Scenes & "Matchstick Men"
Lakshmi Sahgal
Legendary Revolutionary, Commander of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment (INA) & Pioneer Physician
Leland Hayward
Legendary American Theatrical Producer & Hollywood Talent Agent
Leo Tolstoy
Novelist, Essayist & Moral Philosopher
Leon Trotsky
Marxist Revolutionary, Political Theorist & Founder of the Red Army
Leonardo da Vinci
High Renaissance Polymath, Painter & Engineer
Lev Yashin
Legendary Soviet Football Goalkeeper ("The Black Spider"), Only Goalkeeper in History to Win the Ballon d’Or
Levi Eshkol
3rd Prime Minister of Israel, Statesman, National Water Carrier Architect & Defense Modernizer
Liaquat Ali Khan
First Prime Minister of Pakistan, Freedom Fighter & "Quaid-e-Millat"