Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today
Emma Stone
Ethan Hawke
John Philip Sousa
Charles Dow
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
King Gustavus Adolphus
Heinrich Schütz
All Personalities (1084 listed)
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond
Earl of Richmond, Father of King Henry VII and Progenitor of the Royal House of Tudor
Edna St. Vincent Millay
First Woman to Win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Lyrical Poet & Playwright
Edogawa Ranpo
Father of Japanese Detective Fiction, Master of Psychological Mystery & Founder of MWJ
Edward George Gibson
NASA Astronaut, Solar Physicist & Science Pilot on the Record-Setting Skylab 4 Mission
Edward Said
Postcolonial Literary Theorist, Cultural Critic & Author of Orientalism
Edward V
King of England
Edwin van der Sar
Football Goalkeeper & Sports Executive
Egon Schiele
Austrian Expressionist Painter & Draughtsman
Elissa
Lebanese Pop Icon, Multi-Platinum Singer, "Queen of Romance" & Philanthropist
Eliza Taylor
Australian Actress, Lead Star of "The 100" & Humanitarian Co-Founder of Koh Tao Primary
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
President of Liberia & Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Ellyse Perry
World Cricket Legend, Dual International in Cricket and Football & ICC Player of the Decade
Elon Musk
Tech Entrepreneur, Engineer & Industrial Designer
Elsa Lanchester
Two-Time Academy Award-Nominated Actress (The Bride of Frankenstein & Mary Poppins)
Elvin Jones
Legendary Post-Bop Jazz Drummer (Classic John Coltrane Quartet & A Love Supreme)
Émile Bayard
Artist, Illustrator & Painter