Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Billy Graham
Johnny Rivers
Dean Jagger
Will Durant
Steve McQueen
Bahadur Shah Zafar
All Personalities (1084 listed)
Jorge Batlle
38th President of Uruguay, Prominent Latin American Statesman, Lawyer & Democratic Reformer
José Batlle y Ordóñez
Two-Time President of Uruguay (1903–1907, 1911–1915), Architect of Latin America's First Welfare State & Secular Democracy
José Lobatón
Venezuelan Major League Baseball Player, World Series Champion Catcher & Postseason Hero
Joseph Rotblat
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1995), Nuclear Physicist & Founder of Pugwash Conferences
Juan Marichal
Dominican MLB Hall of Fame Pitcher, 10-Time All-Star & Pioneer of Latin American Baseball
Judy Parfitt
BAFTA-nominated British Stage, Film & Television Actress (Call the Midwife)
Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
Novelist, Dandy & Literary Critic
Julia Roberts
Actress & Producer
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA & Youth Leader
Jun Maeda
Visual Novel Writer, Composer, Lyricist & Anime Creator
Junko Tabei
Pioneering Japanese Mountaineer, First Woman to Summit Mount Everest (1975) & Conquer the Seven Summits
Justin Chatwin
Canadian Film & Television Actor (War of the Worlds, Shameless)
K. R. Narayanan
Tenth President of India, Diplomat, Scholar & First Dalit Head of State
k.d. lang
4-Time Grammy Award-Winning Canadian Singer-Songwriter & LGBTQ+ Cultural Icon
Kader Khan
Legendary Bollywood Screenwriter, Dialogue Maestro & Prolific Actor (300+ Films)
Kamal Haasan
Indian Actor, Director, Screenwriter & Cultural Polymath