Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today
Kevin Kline
F. Murray Abraham
Rosa Parks
Gene Roddenberry
Jackie Robinson
Daniel Webster
All Personalities (349 listed)
Nikola Tesla
Electrical & Mechanical Engineer, Futurist
Noah Webster
Pioneer Lexicographer, Educator & Father of American Scholarship
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Shahenshah-e-Qawwali, Sufi Maestro & Global Vocal Virtuoso
Om Puri
Two-Time National Award-Winning Actor, Pioneer of Indian Parallel Cinema & International Film Icon
Oscar de la Renta
Dominican-American Fashion Titan, Coty Hall of Fame Designer & Couturier to Global First Ladies and Royalty
Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet, Playwright, Wit & Author of The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Yanes
Celebrated Venezuelan Journalist, Chronicler, Author & Pioneer of Television Journalism
Pablo Casals
Legendary Master Cellist, Conductor, Composer & Universal Humanitarian
Parineeti Chopra
National Film Award-Winning Bollywood Actress & Singer
Paul Allen
Co-Founder of Microsoft, Tech Visionary, Investor & Philanthropist
Paul Cézanne
French Post-Impressionist Master Painter ("The Father of Modern Art")
Paul Dirac
1933 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Theoretical Physicist, Predictor of Antimatter & Creator of the Dirac Equation
Paul Kagame
4th President of Rwanda, Leader of Post-Genocide Economic Miracle & AU Reformer
Pelé
The King of Football ("O Rei"), Three-Time FIFA World Cup Champion & Global Sports Icon
Peter Boyle
Emmy Award-Winning American Character Actor (*Young Frankenstein*, *Taxi Driver*, *Everybody Loves Raymond*)
Peter Tosh
Reggae Pioneer, Co-Founder of The Wailers, Grammy Award Winner & Rastafari Human Rights Icon