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 (537 listed)
Sir Roger Moore
English Actor & UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Pioneer Islamic Reformer, Philosopher & Founder of Aligarh Muslim University
Siraj Sikder
Revolutionary Politician, Marxist-Leninist Theorist & Founder of Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party
Sister Nivedita
Social Worker, Author & Educational Pioneer
Smita Patil
Two-Time National Award-Winning Actress & Pioneer of Indian Parallel Cinema
Soong Mei-ling
Madame Chiang Kai-shek, First Lady of the Republic of China & World War II Diplomatic Force
Spiro Agnew
39th Vice President of the United States & 55th Governor of Maryland
Spyridon Marinatos
Eminent Greek Archaeologist & World-Famous Excavator of Bronze Age Akrotiri on Santorini
Stanislaus Kostka
Polish Jesuit Novice & Patron Saint of Students and Youth
Stanley Cortez
Cinematographer & Master of Chiaroscuro (The Magnificent Ambersons, The Night of the Hunter)
Stephen Crane
Pioneer of American Literary Realism, Novelist, Poet & War Correspondent
Stephen F. Austin
"Father of Texas", Founder of Anglo-American Texas & 1st Secretary of State of Texas
Stephen Hawking
Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist & Author
Steve Ditko
Legendary Comic Book Artist & Writer, Co-Creator of Spider-Man & Doctor Strange
Steve McQueen
American Film Actor, Motorsport Racer & Cultural Icon ('The King of Cool')
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Nobel Laureate in Physics (1983), Mathematical Astrophysicist & Discoverer of the Chandrasekhar Limit