Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today
Joaquin Phoenix
Frank Ocean
Edith Head
Charlie Daniels
All Personalities (672 listed)
Monta Ellis
NBA Most Improved Player, Explosive Scorer & Star of the Golden State Warriors "We Believe" Era
Montgomery Clift
4-Time Oscar-Nominated Hollywood Icon, Broadway Prodigy & Method Acting Pioneer
Moss Hart
Pulitzer Prize-Winning American Dramatist, Legendary Broadway Director & Memoirist
Mother Teresa
Catholic Nun, Humanitarian & Nobel Peace Laureate
Moustapha Alassane
Pioneer Animator, Film Director & Satirist
Muammar Gaddafi
Libyan Revolutionary Leader (1969–2011), Primary Co-Founder of the African Union & Author of "The Green Book"
Muhammad Ali
Heavyweight Boxing Champion & Civil Rights Icon
Muthuswami Dikshitar
Carnatic Classical Musical Trinity Composer, Poet, Sanskrit Polymath & Veena Virtuoso
Na Woon-gyu
Founding Father of Korean Cinema, Director, Screenwriter & Creator of "Arirang" (1926)
Nadia Boulanger
Historic French Music Pedagogue, Conductor, Composer & Organist (Mentor to 20th-Century Masters)
Nanette Fabray
Tony and Three-Time Primetime Emmy Award-Winning American Actress, Singer & Deaf Rights Advocate
Napoleon Hill
Pioneering American Self-Help Author, Philosopher of Personal Success & Author of "Think and Grow Rich"
Nasif Estéfano
Argentine Formula One Driver, Turismo Carretera Champion & "El Califa" of South American Racing
Natalie Merchant
Eminent American Singer-Songwriter, Former Lead Vocalist of 10,000 Maniacs & Multi-Platinum Solo Artist
Natasha Bassett
Australian Screen Actress, Filmmaker & Star of Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" (2022)