Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Theodore Roosevelt
Sylvia Plath
Roy Lichtenstein
Akbar the Great
All Personalities (620 listed)
Azmeri Haque Badhon
Actress & Dental Surgeon
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Last Mughal Emperor of India, Symbolic Leader of the 1857 Indian Uprising & Immortal Classical Urdu Poet
Banda Singh Bahadur
Legendary Sikh General, Commander of the Khalsa Army & Agrarian Reformer
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Founding Father & Statesman
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States & Nobel Laureate
Barry Keoghan
BAFTA Award-Winning & Academy Award-Nominated Irish Actor, Acclaimed for The Banshees of Inisherin, Saltburn, and The Batman
Baruj Benacerraf
Immunologist & Nobel Prize Laureate
BD Wong
Tony Award-Winning American Actor, Film Star & Groundbreaking Asian-American Pioneer
Beatrice Faumuina
World Champion Discus Thrower (1997), Two-Time Commonwealth Gold Medalist & ONZM
Begum Rokeya
Pioneer Feminist, Writer & Social Reformer
Ben Bradlee
Legendary Executive Editor of The Washington Post, Watergate Champion & Presidential Medal of Freedom Laureate
Ben Foster
Actor & Dramatic Method Artist
Bengali-Fodé Koita
Guinean International Footballer, Africa Cup of Nations Striker & Ligue 1 / Süper Lig Star
Benjamin Netanyahu
9th Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present) & Sayeret Matkal Captain
Bernard Tomic
Australian Professional Tennis Player, Four-Time ATP Tour Champion & Wimbledon Quarterfinalist
Beryl Markham
Pioneering Aviator, First Person to Fly Solo Non-Stop Across the Atlantic East-to-West & Author of "West with the Night"