Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Emma Stone
Ethan Hawke
John Philip Sousa
Charles Dow
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
King Gustavus Adolphus
Heinrich Schütz
All Personalities (1084 listed)
Rafic Hariri
Prime Minister of Lebanon, Business Magnate & Architect of Beirut Post-War Reconstruction
Ralph Macchio
Actor & Producer, Star of The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
35th Chief Justice of India & Eminent Constitutional Jurist
Randy Jackson
Musician, Multi-Instrumentalist & Singer
Rashat Rahman Zico
Novelist, Screenwriter & Media Creator
Rashidi Yekini
Nigeria’s All-Time Record Goalscorer, 1993 African Footballer of the Year & World Cup Legend
Raveena Tandon
Celebrated Indian Actress, National Film Award Winner, Filmfare Laureate & Padma Shri Honouree
Raymond Chow
Legendary Film Producer, Co-Founder of Golden Harvest, Martial Arts Cinema Pioneer
Raymond Loewy
"Father of Industrial Design" & Visionary Creator of Modern Corporate Identity
Rebecca Romijn
American Actress & Supermodel
Riaz
Three-Time Bangladesh National Film Award-Winning Actor, Producer, Television Host & Former Bangladesh Air Force Pilot
Ricardo Ehrlich
Uruguayan Biochemist, Minister of Education and Culture & Mayor of Montevideo
Ricardo Preve
Award-Winning Argentine Filmmaker, Documentarian, Photographer & Ocean Conservationist
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Dramatist, Satirical Playwright, Poet & Statesman
Richard Doll
Eminent British Epidemiologist & Physician (Proved Link Between Smoking & Lung Cancer)