Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Matiur Rahman (Bir Sreshtho)
Hafiz Uddin Ahmad (Bir Bikrom)
Tushar Imran
Swapna Barman
All Personalities (341 listed)
Rabindranath Tagore
Poet, Polymath & Nobel Laureate
Rafic Hariri
Prime Minister of Lebanon, Business Magnate & Architect of Beirut Post-War Reconstruction
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
35th Chief Justice of India & Eminent Constitutional Jurist
Rashidi Yekini
Nigeria’s All-Time Record Goalscorer, 1993 African Footballer of the Year & World Cup Legend
Richard Doll
Eminent British Epidemiologist & Physician (Proved Link Between Smoking & Lung Cancer)
Richard E. Byrd
Pioneering American Naval Officer, Aviator, Polar Explorer & Medal of Honor Recipient Who Flew Over the South Pole
Rita Hayworth
Iconic Golden Age Hollywood Actress, Dancer, Glamour Legend & Star of Gilda
Robert Jordan
Master American Epic Fantasy Author & Creator of The Wheel of Time Series
Robert Mundell
Nobel Memorial Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences & "The Father of the Euro"
Ronald McNair
American Physicist, Laser Pioneer, 5th-Degree Black Belt & Heroic NASA Challenger Astronaut
Rosa Parks
Pioneering Civil Rights Activist & "The Mother of the Freedom Movement"
Roy Lichtenstein
Pioneering American Pop Artist, Painter, Sculptor & Creator of "Whaam!" and "Drowning Girl"
Ruby Dee
Legendary American Actress, Poet, Playwright, Civil Rights Activist & SAG Lifetime Honoree
Samora Machel
Founding Father & First President of Independent Mozambique, Anti-Colonial Revolutionary & Pan-African Hero
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
English Romantic Poet, Literary Critic, Philosopher & Co-Author of "Lyrical Ballads"
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
Renowned Avant-Garde Bengali Novelist, Hungry Generation Movement Pioneer & Sahitya Akademi Award Winner