Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today
Stephen F. Austin
Larry Holmes
Bob Feller
Colin Kaepernick
Tajuddin Ahmad
Syed Nazrul Islam
Captain M. Mansur Ali
All Personalities (482 listed)
Oscar Yanes
Celebrated Venezuelan Journalist, Chronicler, Author & Pioneer of Television Journalism
Osman II
16th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ("Genç Osman") & Reformer
Pablo Casals
Legendary Master Cellist, Conductor, Composer & Universal Humanitarian
Pablo Picasso
Towering Spanish Visual Artist, Sculptor, Printmaker, Co-Founder of Cubism & 20th-Century Cultural Giant
Pat Conroy
Eminent American Southern Novelist, Bestselling Author of "The Prince of Tides" & "The Great Santini"
Patricia Bath
Ophthalmologist, Inventor of the Laserphaco Probe & First Black Female Doctor to Win a Medical Patent
Paul Allen
Co-Founder of Microsoft, Tech Visionary, Investor & Philanthropist
Paul Cézanne
French Post-Impressionist Master Painter ("The Father of Modern Art")
Paul Delaroche
Leading French Academic Historical Painter (*The Execution of Lady Jane Grey*)
Paul Dirac
1933 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Theoretical Physicist, Predictor of Antimatter & Creator of the Dirac Equation
Pelé
The King of Football ("O Rei"), Three-Time FIFA World Cup Champion & Global Sports Icon
Peter Boyle
Emmy Award-Winning American Character Actor (*Young Frankenstein*, *Taxi Driver*, *Everybody Loves Raymond*)
Peter Debye
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry & Renowned Theoretical Physicist (Debye Model)
Peter Tosh
Reggae Pioneer, Co-Founder of The Wailers, Grammy Award Winner & Rastafari Human Rights Icon
Philip Noel-Baker
Statesman, Olympic Silver Medalist & Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1959)
Philippe de Mornay
Huguenot Statesman, Theologian, Diplomat & "The Huguenot Pope"