Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Theodore Roosevelt
Sylvia Plath
Roy Lichtenstein
Akbar the Great
All Personalities (310 listed)
Francisco Gento
Spanish Football Legend, Honorary President of Real Madrid & Only 6-Time European Cup Winner in History
François Mitterrand
Longest-Serving President of France (1981–1995), Socialist Statesman & Co-Architect of the European Union
François Truffaut
French Film Director, Screenwriter, Leader of the French New Wave & Auteur of "The 400 Blows"
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Composer, Virtuoso Pianist, Conductor & Pioneer of the Symphonic Poem
Frédéric Chopin
Polish Virtuoso Pianist, Romantic Composer & "Poet of the Piano"
Frederick III
German Emperor & King of Prussia, Acclaimed Liberal Reformer & Commander of the Franco-Prussian War
Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher, Cultural Critic, Poet & Classical Philologist
Galina Vishnevskaya
Legendary Russian Operatic Soprano, Bolshoi Theatre Prima Donna, People’s Artist of the USSR & Human Rights Advocate
Garrincha
Legendary Brazilian Footballer & Two-Time World Cup Champion
Gene Roddenberry
Visionary Television Screenwriter, Producer & Legendary Creator of "Star Trek"
Geoffrey Chaucer
"The Father of English Literature", Legendary Poet, Diplomat, Bureaucrat & Author of The Canterbury Tales
Georg Büchner
Revolutionary German Playwright, Poet, Scientist & Author of Woyzeck and Danton's Death
George C. Scott
Academy Award & Emmy-Winning American Actor, Stage Director & Iconic Star of Patton and Dr. Strangelove
Georges Bizet
Immense French Romantic Composer, Virtuoso Pianist & Creator of the Masterpiece Opera Carmen
Georges Danton
Titan of the French Revolution, First President of the Committee of Public Safety & Master Orator of the Cordeliers Club