Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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All Personalities (780 listed)
Akbar the Great
Third Mughal Emperor, Architect of Religious Harmony & Statesman
Al Jolson
"The World’s Greatest Entertainer", Star of "The Jazz Singer" (First Feature Talkie) & Vaudeville King
Alan Smith
English Premier League Footballer & England International
Alan Turing
Mathematician, Computer Scientist & Cryptanalyst
Albert Einstein
Theoretical Physicist & Nobel Laureate
Albert Szent-Györgyi
Hungarian-American Biochemist, Nobel Laureate in Medicine (1937) & Discoverer of Vitamin C
Albertina Sisulu
South African Anti-Apartheid Leader, Human Rights Champion & Revered "Mother of the Nation"
Aleks Marić
Australian Olympic Center, EuroLeague Champion & All-EuroLeague First Team Star
Alessandro Achillini
Renaissance Anatomist & Philosopher
Alexander III of Russia
Emperor of Russia ("The Peacemaker"), King of Poland & Grand Duke of Finland
Alfred Nobel
Swedish Chemist, Engineer, Inventor of Dynamite & Founder of the Nobel Prizes
Alfred Sisley
Impressionist Landscape Painter
Alfred Wegener
Meteorologist, Geophysicist & Originator of the Continental Drift Theory
Alfredo Pián
Argentine Formula One Driver, South American Motorsport Pioneer & Turismo Carretera Legend
Alia Shawkat
American Actress, Artist, Producer & Star of "Arrested Development" and "Search Party"