Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today
Burt Lancaster
David Schwimmer
James K. Polk
Warren G. Harding
Eva Cassidy
James Thurber
George Bernard Shaw
All Personalities (991 listed)
Eva Cassidy
Beloved American Vocalist, Acoustic Guitarist & Song Interpreter
Eva Kaili
Greek Politician, Former Vice President of the European Parliament & Television News Anchor
Evan Fournier
Basketball Player & Two-Time Olympic Medalist
Evander Holyfield
Four-Time World Heavyweight Champion & Undisputed Cruiserweight Champion
Evangelista Torricelli
Italian Physicist, Mathematician & Inventor of the Barometer
Évariste Galois
Groundbreaking French Mathematical Prodigy, Father of Galois Theory & Abstract Group Theory Pioneer
Evelyn Waugh
English Satirist, Novelist, Travel Writer & Literary Master
Ezra Pound
Visionary Modernist Poet, Literary Critic, Leader of Imagism & Author of The Cantos
F. Murray Abraham
Academy Award-Winning American Actor, Classical Stage Thespian & Screen Legend
Fakir Lalon Shah
Spiritual Baul Saint, Mystic Philosopher, Lyricist & Humanist
Famke Janssen
Dutch Actress, Director & Hollywood Star (Jean Grey in X-Men, GoldenEye)
Farooq Leghari
8th President of Pakistan (1993–1997), Foreign Minister & Veteran Parliamentarian
Federico Fellini
Visionary Film Director & Screenwriter (Four-Time Academy Award Winner)
Federico Luppi
Legendary Argentine-Spanish Actor, Six-Time Silver Condor Winner & Star of "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Cronos"
Felisberto Hernández
Virtuoso Uruguayan Pianist, Pioneer of Fantastic Fiction & Precursor to Latin American Magical Realism
Felix Bloch
Nobel Laureate in Physics (1952), Co-Inventor of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) & 1st CERN Director