Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Jeff Goldblum
Christopher Lloyd
Bob Odenkirk
Clinton Davisson
Jibanananda Das
Ye Jianying
Hachiro Kasuga
Paul Cézanne
All Personalities (184 listed)
Guillermo Valencia
Colombian Modernismo Poet, Diplomat, Statesman & Author of "Ritos"
Gustav Kirchhoff
Pioneer German Physicist & Formulator of Kirchhoff's Circuit Laws
Gustavo Gutiérrez
Peruvian Theologian, Dominican Priest & Founding Father of Liberation Theology
Hachiro Kasuga
Pioneering Japanese Enka Singer & Cultural Legend ("The Father of Modern Enka")
Hans Merensky
South African Geologist, Prospector, Philanthropist & Discoverer of the Bushveld Platinum Complex
Heinrich von Kleist
Seminal German Romantic Playwright, Novelist & Poet Behind Michael Kohlhaas and The Broken Jug
Henri Bergson
Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate, Leading French Philosopher & Metaphysician
Henri de Saint-Simon
Visionary French Social Philosopher, Pioneer Sociologist & Founder of Saint-Simonianism
Herbert Hoover
31st President of the United States (1929–1933), Mining Engineer & Humanitarian Relief Director
Hongwu Emperor
Founding Emperor of China's Ming Dynasty (1368–1398), Peasant Revolutionary & Reformer
Horatio Nelson
British Naval Flag Officer, Victor of Trafalgar & Supreme Master of Naval Strategy
Humayun Ahmed
Novelist, Dramatist, Screenwriter & Filmmaker
Ila Mitra
Legendary Communist Leader, Peasant Rights Pioneer & Heroine of the Historic Tebhaga Movement (\"Rani Ma\")
Ismail al-Azhari
1st Prime Minister of Sudan (1954–1956), Father of Sudanese Independence & President of the High Council of State
Ivan Bunin
First Russian Nobel Laureate in Literature (1933), Master of Realist Prose & Poetry
Jack Kerouac
American Novelist, Poet, Cultural Icon & Preeminent Voice of the "Beat Generation"