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)
Timothy Leary
American Clinical Psychologist, Harvard Researcher & 1960s Counterculture Icon
Tom Petty
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Musician, Singer-Songwriter & Frontman of The Heartbreakers and Traveling Wilburys
Tycho Brahe
Renaissance Danish Astronomical Titan, Alchemist & Pioneer of Empirical Observational Science
Tyler Posey
American Actor & Musician, Celebrated Worldwide as Scott McCall in MTV's Teen Wolf Series
Umberto Boccioni
Italian Futurist Painter, Sculptor & Creator of "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space"
Ursula K. Le Guin
Visionary American Author, Literary Pioneer of Speculative Fiction, Hugo & Nebula Laureate
Vaiben Louis Solomon
21st Premier of South Australia, Founding Father of Australian Federation & Constitutional Drafter
Viggo Mortensen
Three-Time Academy Award-Nominated Actor, Author, Poet & Star of "The Lord of the Rings" (Aragorn)
Vinicius de Moraes
Brazilian Lyricist, Poet, Diplomat & Co-Creator of Bossa Nova (The Girl from Ipanema)
Virender Sehwag
Legendary Indian Aggressive Opening Batsman, Two-Time Test Triple Centurion (309 & 319) & 2011 World Cup Winner
W. G. Grace
"The Father of Modern Cricket", Victorian Sporting Icon & Medical Doctor
Wacław Sierpiński
Renowned Polish Mathematician, Pioneer of Set Theory, Topology & Number Theory
Wayne Rooney
All-Time Manchester United Goalscorer, England Football Legend & Premier League Hall of Famer
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"