Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Emilia Clarke
Four-Time Primetime Emmy-Nominated Screen Icon ("Daenerys Targaryen" in Game of Thrones) & MBE
Emily Post
World-Renowned Author, Cultural Columnist & America's Foremost Authority on Etiquette
Eminem
15-Time Grammy & Academy Award-Winning Hip-Hop Legend & Songwriter
Emma Stone
Two-Time Academy Award-Winning American Actress & Producer
Emperor Meiji
122nd Emperor of Japan & Monarch of the Meiji Restoration
Erasmus of Rotterdam
Giant of Northern Renaissance Humanism, Philosopher, Theologian, Satirist & Classical Scholar
Eric Dane
American Actor (Dr. Mark Sloan in 'Grey's Anatomy' & Cal Jacobs in 'Euphoria')
Ernest Rutherford
Nuclear Physicist, Chemist & Nobel Laureate
Eros Ramazzotti
Italian Pop-Rock Superstar & Multi-Platinum International Vocalist
Ethan Hawke
Four-Time Academy Award-Nominated American Actor, Screenwriter & Novelist
Ethel Waters
Legendary Jazz, Blues Vocalist & Oscar-Nominated Actress
Étienne de La Boétie
Renaissance Political Philosopher, Judge & Author of Discourse on Voluntary Servitude
Etta Moten Barnett
Pioneering African-American Contralto Singer, Actress & Cultural Ambassador
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich
Brazilian Zoologist, Biodiversity Academic & World Authority on Neotropical Land Planarians
Eugene V. Debs
Pioneering Trade Unionist, Socialist Leader & Five-Time U.S. Presidential Candidate