Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Heinrich Schütz
All Personalities (537 listed)
Niccolò Paganini
Legendary Italian Violin Virtuoso, Composer, Guitarist & Pioneer of Modern Violin Technique
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
Leading French Poet, Literary Critic & Master of Classicism (L'Art poétique)
Nikola Tesla
Electrical & Mechanical Engineer, Futurist
Nikolay Przhevalsky
Renowned Geographer, Central Asia Explorer & Naturalist (Discoverer of Przewalski's Horse)
Noah Webster
Pioneer Lexicographer, Educator & Father of American Scholarship
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Shahenshah-e-Qawwali, Sufi Maestro & Global Vocal Virtuoso
Odysseus Elytis
Poet & Nobel Laureate
Oliver Tambo
Historic South African Anti-Apartheid Leader, Longest-Serving ANC President & Statesman
Olympe de Gouges
Author of Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791), Feminist Pioneer & Abolitionist Martyr
Om Puri
Two-Time National Award-Winning Actor, Pioneer of Indian Parallel Cinema & International Film Icon
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Pioneering Aboriginal Australian Poet, Civil Rights Leader & Author of We Are Going
Osamu Tezuka
The "God of Manga", Legendary Animator, Physician & Creator of Astro Boy
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
Osman II
16th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ("Genç Osman") & Reformer