Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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All Personalities (310 listed)
Edogawa Ranpo
Father of Japanese Detective Fiction, Master of Psychological Mystery & Founder of MWJ
Elsa Lanchester
Two-Time Academy Award-Nominated Actress (The Bride of Frankenstein & Mary Poppins)
Emily Post
World-Renowned Author, Cultural Columnist & America's Foremost Authority on Etiquette
Erasmus of Rotterdam
Giant of Northern Renaissance Humanism, Philosopher, Theologian, Satirist & Classical Scholar
Ernest Rutherford
Nuclear Physicist, Chemist & Nobel Laureate
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich
Brazilian Zoologist, Biodiversity Academic & World Authority on Neotropical Land Planarians
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
Fakir Lalon Shah
Spiritual Baul Saint, Mystic Philosopher, Lyricist & Humanist
Farooq Leghari
8th President of Pakistan (1993–1997), Foreign Minister & Veteran Parliamentarian
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
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Founding Father & First President of Ivory Coast, African Statesman & Architect of the \"Ivorian Miracle\"
Francis Borgia
4th Duke of Gandía, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus & Saint