Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Katy Perry
Richard E. Byrd
Bob Knight
Khan Jahan Ali
Geoffrey Chaucer
All Personalities (275 listed)
Tripti Mitra
Doyen of Modern Indian Theatre, Leading Figure of IPTA and Bohurupee & Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellow
Tycho Brahe
Renaissance Danish Astronomical Titan, Alchemist & Pioneer of Empirical Observational Science
Umberto Boccioni
Italian Futurist Painter, Sculptor & Creator of "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space"
Ursula K. Le Guin
Visionary American Author, Literary Pioneer of Speculative Fiction, Hugo & Nebula Laureate
Vaiben Louis Solomon
21st Premier of South Australia, Founding Father of Australian Federation & Constitutional Drafter
Vinicius de Moraes
Brazilian Lyricist, Poet, Diplomat & Co-Creator of Bossa Nova (The Girl from Ipanema)
W. G. Grace
"The Father of Modern Cricket", Victorian Sporting Icon & Medical Doctor
Wacław Sierpiński
Renowned Polish Mathematician, Pioneer of Set Theory, Topology & Number Theory
William Grenville
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Statesman & Historic Abolitionist who Passed the Slave Trade Act 1807
William Higinbotham
Manhattan Project Physicist, Video Game Pioneer (Creator of Tennis for Two 1958) & First Chairman of Federation of American Scientists
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet & Actor (The Bard of Avon)
Wim Kok
Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1994–2002), Trade Union Leader & Master Architect of the "Polder Model"
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom & Statesman
Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar
Historic Persian Founder of the Saffarid Dynasty, National Hero & Champion of New Persian Language Revival
Yash Chopra
Doyen of Indian Cinema, Founder of Yash Raj Films & Celebrated "King of Romance"