Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today
Jeff Goldblum
Christopher Lloyd
Bob Odenkirk
Clinton Davisson
Jibanananda Das
Ye Jianying
Hachiro Kasuga
Paul Cézanne
All Personalities (268 listed)
Lucy Stone
Pioneering American Abolitionist, Suffragist, Orator & Co-Founder of the American Woman Suffrage Association
Mae Jemison
First African American Woman Astronaut, NASA Physician & STEAM Pioneer
Mahatma Gandhi
Leader of Indian Independence & Apostle of Nonviolence
Malala Yousafzai
Female Education Activist & Nobel Peace Laureate
Manfred Mann
South African-British Rock Keyboardist, Songwriter, Producer & Founder of the Earth Band
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom & Stateswoman
Marie Antoinette
Last Queen of France Before the Revolution & Archduchess of Austria
Marie Curie
Physicist, Chemist & Pioneer in Radioactivity
Martin Castrogiovanni
Argentine-Born Rugby Union Icon, Six Nations Legend, European Champion & Television Personality
Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Leader, Baptist Minister & Nobel Laureate
Martina Navratilova
18-Time Grand Slam Singles Champion, Hall of Fame Tennis Legend & Equality Icon
Matangini Hazra
Iconic Bengali Revolutionary, Freedom Fighter & Martyr of the Quit India Movement ("Gandhi Buri")
Miguel Ángel Asturias
1967 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Pioneer of Magical Realism & Social Justice Novelist
Mike Ditka
Pro Football Hall of Fame Tight End & Legendary Super Bowl XX Championship Head Coach of the Chicago Bears
Milkha Singh
Iconic Indian Olympic Sprinter, Asian & Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist ("The Flying Sikh")
Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1986–1988), 1966 Six-Point Movement Key Leader & 1971 Liberation War Organizer