Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Johnny Carson
Michael Crichton
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Bishan Singh Bedi
All Personalities (309 listed)
Bing Crosby
American Singer, Actor & Multimedia Cultural Icon
Bishan Singh Bedi
Legendary Indian Cricket Captain, Master Left-Arm Spin Virtuoso & Padma Shri Honoree
Bob Odenkirk
Emmy-Winning Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter & Producer ("Saul Goodman")
Brad Haddin
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Champion, 5-0 Ashes Winning Vice-Captain & Master Wicketkeeper
Burt Lancaster
Academy Award-Winning American Actor, Film Producer & Hollywood Golden Age Legend
Canaletto
Supreme Venetian Landscape & Veduta Master Painter Whose Panoramic Views of Venice Defined 18th-Century European Art
Candice Swanepoel
South African Supermodel, Victoria's Secret Angel, Entrepreneur & Global Philanthropist for Mothers2Mothers
Carl Ferdinand Cori
1947 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Biochemist & Co-Discoverer of the "Cori Cycle"
Carlos Lamarca
Brazilian Army Captain, Marksmanship Champion & Guerrilla Leader Against Military Dictatorship
Carrie Fisher
American Actress, Screenwriter, Best-Selling Author & Advocate ("Princess Leia" in Star Wars)
Catherine Deneuve
Iconic French Screen Legend, 14-Time César Nominee & Muse of European Auteurs
Celia Cruz
Cuban-American Salsa Legend, "The Queen of Salsa" & Presidential Medal of the Arts Laureate
César Isella
Argentine Folk Singer-Songwriter, Leader of Los Fronterizos, Composer of "Canción con todos" & UNESCO Artist
César Luis Menotti
World Cup-Winning Argentine Football Manager ("El Flaco") & Tactical Ideologue
Charles Babbage
English Mathematician, Mechanical Engineer & "Father of the Computer"
Charles Glover Barkla
Nobel Laureate in Physics (1917) for the Discovery of Characteristic X-Radiation of Elements