Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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All Personalities (456 listed)
Virender Sehwag
Legendary Indian Aggressive Opening Batsman, Two-Time Test Triple Centurion (309 & 319) & 2011 World Cup Winner
W. G. Grace
"The Father of Modern Cricket", Victorian Sporting Icon & Medical Doctor
Wacław Sierpiński
Renowned Polish Mathematician, Pioneer of Set Theory, Topology & Number Theory
Wayne Rooney
All-Time Manchester United Goalscorer, England Football Legend & Premier League Hall of Famer
William Grenville
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Statesman & Historic Abolitionist who Passed the Slave Trade Act 1807
William Higinbotham
Manhattan Project Physicist, Video Game Pioneer (Creator of Tennis for Two 1958) & First Chairman of Federation of American Scientists
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet & Actor (The Bard of Avon)
Wim Kok
Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1994–2002), Trade Union Leader & Master Architect of the "Polder Model"
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom & Statesman
Wolfgang Ketterle
German Physicist, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Physics & Pioneer of Bose-Einstein Condensation and Atom Lasers
Wriddhiman Saha
Elite Indian International Test Cricketer, Master Wicketkeeper & Multi-Time IPL Finalist
Wyclef Jean
3-Time Grammy-Winning Haitian Musician, Rapper, Record Producer & Fugees Co-Founder
Wynton Marsalis
9-Time Grammy-Winning Virtuoso Jazz & Classical Trumpeter, Composer & Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center
Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar
Historic Persian Founder of the Saffarid Dynasty, National Hero & Champion of New Persian Language Revival
Yash Chopra
Doyen of Indian Cinema, Founder of Yash Raj Films & Celebrated "King of Romance"
Ye Jianying
Marshal of the People’s Republic of China, Head of State & Key Architect of the Reform Era