Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today
Art Garfunkel
Sam Rockwell
Eugene V. Debs
Ida Tarbell
All Personalities (991 listed)
Jeff Probst
Four-Time Emmy Award-Winning Television Host, Executive Producer of Survivor & Author
Jefferson Farfán
Legendary Peruvian International Striker, World Cup Hero & Four-Time Dutch Eredivisie Champion
Jenny Lind
Opera Singer & Philanthropist
Jenny McCarthy
Television Personality, Actress, Author & Panelist on The Masked Singer
Jeon Ji-hyun (Jun Ji-hyun)
Megastar Actress & Global Hallyu Icon
Jeon Ji-yoon
South Korean Singer, Rapper, Songwriter & 4Minute Member (JENYER)
Jeongyeon
K-Pop Vocalist, Global Superstar & Core Member of TWICE
Jeremy Hunt
Senior British Statesman, Former Chancellor of the Exchequer & Foreign Secretary
Jerry Collins
Legendary All Blacks Flanker & Captain, Rugby World Cup Star & Hurricanes Icon
Jerry Orbach
Emmy-Nominated American Actor, Broadway Musical Legend & Beloved Star of "Law & Order" (Detective Lennie Briscoe)
Jibanananda Das
Foremost Modern Bengali Poet, Author of "Banalata Sen" & "Rupasi Bangla"
Jim Cummings
Legendary Voice Actor, the Voice of Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Darkwing Duck & Tasmanian Devil
Joan Fontaine
Academy Award-Winning British-American Screen Legend (Hitchcock’s "Suspicion" & "Rebecca")
Joaquim Chissano
2nd President of Mozambique (1986–2005), African Peacemaker & Mo Ibrahim Prize Laureate
Joaquin Phoenix
Academy Award-Winning Actor, Producer & Humanitarian Activist
Joel McCrea
Classic Hollywood Screen Legend (Sullivan's Travels, Foreign Correspondent)