Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Theodore Roosevelt
Sylvia Plath
Roy Lichtenstein
Akbar the Great
All Personalities (620 listed)
Frida Boccara
Chanteuse & Eurovision Winner
Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher, Cultural Critic, Poet & Classical Philologist
Gabrielle Union
Actress, Author, Producer & Activist
Galina Vishnevskaya
Legendary Russian Operatic Soprano, Bolshoi Theatre Prima Donna, People’s Artist of the USSR & Human Rights Advocate
Garrick Ohlsson
Grammy Award-Winning Classical Concert Pianist (First American to Win Chopin Competition)
Garrincha
Legendary Brazilian Footballer & Two-Time World Cup Champion
Gene Roddenberry
Visionary Television Screenwriter, Producer & Legendary Creator of "Star Trek"
Geoffrey Chaucer
"The Father of English Literature", Legendary Poet, Diplomat, Bureaucrat & Author of The Canterbury Tales
Georg Büchner
Revolutionary German Playwright, Poet, Scientist & Author of Woyzeck and Danton's Death
George Abbot
Archbishop of Canterbury & Bible Translator
George Baker
Actor & Parliamentarian
George C. Scott
Academy Award & Emmy-Winning American Actor, Stage Director & Iconic Star of Patton and Dr. Strangelove
Georges Bizet
Immense French Romantic Composer, Virtuoso Pianist & Creator of the Masterpiece Opera Carmen
Georges Danton
Titan of the French Revolution, First President of the Committee of Public Safety & Master Orator of the Cordeliers Club
Gideon Sundback
Swedish-American Electrical Engineer & Inventor of the Modern Zipper (Hookless Fastener)