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)
Wacław Sierpiński
Renowned Polish Mathematician, Pioneer of Set Theory, Topology & Number Theory
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
Wolfgang Ketterle
German Physicist, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Physics & Pioneer of Bose-Einstein Condensation and Atom Lasers
Wyclef Jean
3-Time Grammy-Winning Haitian Musician, Rapper, Record Producer & Fugees Co-Founder
Wynton Marsalis
9-Time Grammy-Winning Virtuoso Jazz & Classical Trumpeter, Composer & Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center
Yash Chopra
Doyen of Indian Cinema, Founder of Yash Raj Films & Celebrated "King of Romance"
Ye Jianying
Marshal of the People’s Republic of China, Head of State & Key Architect of the Reform Era
Zac Efron
Emmy Award-Winning American Actor, Musical Icon & Hollywood Leading Man
Zhu Xi
Supreme Song Dynasty Neo-Confucian Philosopher Whose Synthesis of Confucianism Shaped East Asian Thought for 700 Years
Ziggy Marley
8-Time Grammy & Daytime Emmy-Winning Jamaican Reggae Icon, Songwriter & Philanthropist