Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Emma Stone
Ethan Hawke
John Philip Sousa
Charles Dow
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
King Gustavus Adolphus
Heinrich Schütz
All Personalities (1084 listed)
Albertina Sisulu
South African Anti-Apartheid Leader, Human Rights Champion & Revered "Mother of the Nation"
Alberto Spencer
All-Time Top Goalscorer in Copa Libertadores History (54 Goals) & Peñarol Legend
Aleks Marić
Australian Olympic Center, EuroLeague Champion & All-EuroLeague First Team Star
Alessandro Achillini
Renaissance Anatomist & Philosopher
Alessandro Del Piero
Italian Football Legend, Juventus All-Time Top Scorer & 2006 FIFA World Cup Champion
Alexander III of Russia
Emperor of Russia ("The Peacemaker"), King of Poland & Grand Duke of Finland
Alexis Hunter
Pioneering Contemporary Feminist Artist, Photographer & Visual Educator
Alfonso II of Naples
King of Naples (1494–1495), Renaissance Military Commander & Architectural Patron
Alfre Woodard
American Actress, 4-Time Emmy Winner & Academy Award Nominee
Alfred Nobel
Swedish Chemist, Engineer, Inventor of Dynamite & Founder of the Nobel Prizes
Alfred Sisley
Impressionist Landscape Painter
Alfred Wegener
Meteorologist, Geophysicist & Originator of the Continental Drift Theory
Alfredo Pián
Argentine Formula One Driver, South American Motorsport Pioneer & Turismo Carretera Legend
Alia Shawkat
American Actress, Artist, Producer & Star of "Arrested Development" and "Search Party"
Alija Izetbegović
First President of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Statesman, Philosopher & Author
Allama Iqbal
Philosopher, Scholar, Barrister & National Poet of Pakistan ('Mufakkir-e-Pakistan')