Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Stephen F. Austin
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Bob Feller
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Tajuddin Ahmad
Syed Nazrul Islam
Captain M. Mansur Ali
All Personalities (482 listed)
Aurangzeb
6th Mughal Emperor (Alamgir), Military Commander & Imperial Ruler
Ayub Bachchu
Legendary Bangladeshi Rock Musician, Singer-Songwriter, Guitar Virtuoso & Founder of Iconic Band LRB (Love Runs Blind)
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Last Mughal Emperor of India, Symbolic Leader of the 1857 Indian Uprising & Immortal Classical Urdu Poet
Banda Singh Bahadur
Legendary Sikh General, Commander of the Khalsa Army & Agrarian Reformer
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Founding Father & Statesman
Bangalore Nagarathnamma
Carnatic Vocalist, Cultural Activist & Builder of Saint Tyagaraja Samadhi Memorial
Begum Rokeya
Pioneer Feminist, Writer & Social Reformer
Ben Bradlee
Legendary Executive Editor of The Washington Post, Watergate Champion & Presidential Medal of Freedom Laureate
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court & Author of the Historic Dred Scott Dissent
Benvenuto Cellini
Italian Renaissance Master Sculptor, Goldsmith & Autobiographer
Bert Patenaude
Soccer Forward & Scorer of the First Hat-Trick in FIFA World Cup History (1930)
Beryl Markham
Pioneering Aviator, First Person to Fly Solo Non-Stop Across the Atlantic East-to-West & Author of "West with the Night"
Bettisia Gozzadini
Pioneering Italian Jurist & The First Woman in World History to Teach at a University
Bill Hayden
21st Governor-General of Australia (1989–1996), Leader of the Labor Party & Foreign Minister
Bill Walton
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer, 2x NBA Champion & Legendary Broadcaster
Bing Crosby
American Singer, Actor & Multimedia Cultural Icon