Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today
Matiur Rahman (Bir Sreshtho)
Hafiz Uddin Ahmad (Bir Bikrom)
Tushar Imran
Swapna Barman
All Personalities (341 listed)
Sir Christopher Wren
Master Architect of the English Baroque, Surveyor of the King's Works & Mastermind of St Paul's Cathedral
Sir Isaac Newton
Mathematician, Physicist & Astronomer
Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose
Polymath, Physicist & Plant Physiologist
Sir Michael Gambon
Legendary Irish-English Actor, Revered as Professor Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter & 4-Time BAFTA Winner
Sir Richard Francis Burton
Victorian Polymath, Explorer, Linguist (Master of 29 Languages), Soldier, Diplomat & Translator of "One Thousand and One Nights"
Sir Roger Moore
English Actor & UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Pioneer Islamic Reformer, Philosopher & Founder of Aligarh Muslim University
Siraj Sikder
Revolutionary Politician, Marxist-Leninist Theorist & Founder of Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party
Sister Nivedita
Social Worker, Author & Educational Pioneer
Smita Patil
Two-Time National Award-Winning Actress & Pioneer of Indian Parallel Cinema
Soong Mei-ling
Madame Chiang Kai-shek, First Lady of the Republic of China & World War II Diplomatic Force
Stanislaus Kostka
Polish Jesuit Novice & Patron Saint of Students and Youth
Stephen Crane
Pioneer of American Literary Realism, Novelist, Poet & War Correspondent
Stephen Hawking
Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist & Author
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Nobel Laureate in Physics (1983), Mathematical Astrophysicist & Discoverer of the Chandrasekhar Limit
Süleyman Demirel
9th President of Turkey, 7-Time Prime Minister & Titan of Modern Turkish Democracy