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)
William Styron
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist & Essayist, Author of Sophie’s Choice and Darkness Visible
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
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
Yokozuna
WWE Hall of Fame Legend, Two-Time WWF World Heavyweight Champion & 1993 Royal Rumble Winner
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Founding Father & 1st President of the United Arab Emirates ("Father of the Nation")
Zhu Xi
Supreme Song Dynasty Neo-Confucian Philosopher Whose Synthesis of Confucianism Shaped East Asian Thought for 700 Years