Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Emma Stone
Ethan Hawke
John Philip Sousa
Charles Dow
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
King Gustavus Adolphus
Heinrich Schütz
All Personalities (1084 listed)
Kamala Harris
49th Vice President of the United States, 1st Female, African American & South Asian American Vice President
Kano Jigoro
Educator & Founder of Judo
Karl Weierstrass
German Mathematician ("Father of Modern Analysis")
Kasper Schmeichel
Premier League Champion Goalkeeper & Denmark National Team Captain
Kate Capshaw
American Film Actress (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) and Fine Arts Portraitist
Kate Jackson
Actress, Director & Producer
Kathy Griffin
Two-Time Emmy- & Grammy Award-Winning Stand-Up Comedian, Actress & LGBTQ+ Advocate
Katsushika Hokusai
Edo-Period Master Ukiyo-e Artist & Printmaker (The Great Wave)
Katy Perry
Global Pop Music Superstar, 5-Time Billboard Hot 100 Diamond Single Artist & Super Bowl Icon
Kazi Nazrul Islam
National Poet of Bangladesh & Revolutionary
Kazuo Ishiguro
British Novelist, Screenwriter & Nobel Laureate in Literature (2017)
Keerthy Suresh
National Film Award-Winning Indian Actress & South Indian Cinema Star
Keith Emerson
Keyboardist, Composer & Virtuoso
Keith Urban
Four-Time Grammy Award Winner, Country Music Superstar, Guitar Virtuoso & ARIA Hall of Fame Inductee
Kelly Osbourne
British Singer-Songwriter, Television Personality, Fashion Critic & Author
Kelly Rutherford
American Television Actress & Fashion Icon