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Pop singer and actress who sang "Try Again"
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Aaron
The brother of Moses who performed miracles with a rod -
Aaron, Hank
The baseball star who beat Babe Ruth's home run record -
Abbas, Mahmoud
President of the Palestinian Authority -
Abbey, Edward
Author of The Monkey Wrench Gang -
Abdi, Barkhad
The first-time actor who played the lead pirate in the 2013 movie Captain Phillips -
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
The sky-hooking center for the Los Angeles Lakers -
Abdul-Mateen, Yahya
Cal Abar in the TV version of 'Watchmen' -
Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk
The Nigerian guy who tried to blow up a plane on Christmas -
Abdul, Paula
Original American Idol judge and singer of "Straight Up" -
Abelard, Peter
The Scholastic thinker who had an affair with Heloise -
Abe, Shinzo
Prime Minister of Japan, 2006-07 and 2012-present -
Abraham
Patriarch of Judaism, Christianity and Islam -
Abrahamson, Lenny
The Oscar-nominated director of the 2015 film Room -
Abramoff, Jack
The GOP lobbyist who went to prison in 2006 -
Abrams, J.J.
The creator of TV's Alias and Lost -
Achebe, Chinua
The Nigerian author of 1958's Things Fall Apart -
Achilles
Greek warrior at the center of Homer's Iliad -
Acuff, Roy
"The King of Country Music" -
Adair, Red
Oil well firefighting legend -
Adam
The world's first man, according to the Bible -
Adams, Abigail
Wife of President John Adams -
Adams, Amy
The redheaded star of the movies Junebug and Enchanted -
Adams, Ansel
Nature photographer of the American west -
Adams, Douglas
The author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -
Adams, George Washington
Eldest son of John Quincy Adams -
Adams, Henry
The author of The Education of Henry Adams -
Adams, John
President of the United States, 1797-1801 -
Adams, John Quincy
President of the United States, 1825-1829 -
Adams, Louisa
The wife of U.S. president John Quincy Adams -
Adamson, Joy
Author of Born Free -
Adams, Sam
The openly gay mayor of Portland, Oregon, 2009-12 -
Adams, Samuel
Rabble-rousing Founding Father from Boston, with a beer named after him -
Addams, Jane
1931 Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Hull-House -
Adele
The British vocalist who sang "Someone Like You" -
Adelson, Sheldon
The billionaire owner of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation -
Adu, Freddy
Ghanian-American teenage soccer phenom -
Aeschylus
"The father of Greek tragedy" -
Aesop
The fabulist credited with "The Tortoise and the Hare" -
Affleck, Ben
The star and director of the Oscar-winning film Argo -
Affleck, Casey
Ben Affleck's younger brother and the star of Gone, Baby, Gone -
Agassi, Andre
Steffi Graf's husband, the tennis champ -
Agee, James
The author of 'A Death in the Family' -
Agnew, Spiro
The 39th vice president of the United States, 1969-73 -
Aguilera, Christina
The crooner of "Genie In a Bottle" and "Beautiful" -
Agutter, Jenny
The star of The Railway Children (both in 1970 and 2000) -
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud
President of Iran, 2005-2013 -
Ahmed, Riz
The star of the movie 'Sound of Metal' -
Aiken, Clay
Runner-up to Ruben Studdard on American Idol 2003 -
Aikman, Troy
Quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, 1989-2000 -
Ailes, Roger
The man who started Fox News -
Akerman, Malin
Miss Jupiter in the movie The Watchmen -
Akihito
Emperor of Japan, 1989-2019 -
al-Assad, Bashar
The president of Syria, 2000-24 -
Alba, Jessica
The actress who co-founded The Honest Company -
Albert of Monaco
The royal leader of Monaco, 2005-present -
Albright, Madeleine
U.S. Secretary of State, 1997-2001 -
Alcott, Louisa May
The author of Little Women -
Alda, Alan
Hawkeye Pierce on TV's M*A*S*H -
Aldean, Jason
The country music star who did 'Dirt Road Anthem' -
Aldiss, Brian
The author of 'Frankenstein Unbound' -
Aldorino, Kaiane
Miss World 2009 -
Aldridge, Lily
The model in the Levi's "I Walk the Line" commercial -
Aldrin, Buzz
The second man on the moon -
Alexander, Jason
George Costanza on TV's Seinfeld -
Alexander, Lamar
The plaid-shirt candidate -
Alexander the Great
The mighty Macedonian conqueror of the ancient world -
Alexie, Sherman
The author of 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian' -
Alfred the Great
King of Wessex and the Anglo-Saxons, 871-99 -
Alger, Horatio
The 19th century author of "rags to riches" books -
Ali, Mahershala
Two-time Oscar-winner for 'Moonlight' and 'Green Book' -
Ali, Muhammad
The heavyweight boxing champ called "The Greatest" -
Alinsky, Saul
The father of community organizing -
Alito, Samuel
U.S. Supreme Court justice, 2006-present -
Allen, Ethan
American Revolution fighter who helped found Vermont -
Allen, Joan
Pat Nixon in Oliver Stone's Nixon -
Allen, John R.
The Marine who commanded U.S. forces in Afghanistan after Petraeus -
Allen, Karen
Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark -
Allen, Kris
Winner of the eighth season of American Idol -
Allen, Paul
The co-founder (with Bill Gates) of Microsoft -
Allen, Peter
Aussie cabaret performer and subject of the musical The Boy From Oz -
Allen, Steve
The original host of The Tonight Show -
Allen, Tim
The voice of Buzz Lightyear and star of 'Home Improvement' -
Allen, Woody
The director and star of Annie Hall -
Almodóvar, Pedro
The director of 'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown' -
Almonte, Danny
Overage Little League star of 2001 -
Altidor, Jozy
The fleet young striker for the 2010 US World Cup squad -
Altman, Robert
The director of M*A*S*H and The Player -
Alves, Michelle
Extra-slender Brazilian model for Victoria's Secret -
al-Zawahiri, Ayman
Osama bin Laden's one-time partner in al-Qaeda -
Ambrosio, Alessandra
Navel-pierced Guess clothing model -
American Pharoah
The winner of horse racing's Triple Crown in 2015 -
Amin, Idi
The dictator of Uganda, 1971-79 -
Amos, Tori
Pop virtuoso piano player and singer -
Amundsen, Roald
The Norwegian explorer who reached the South Pole first -
Anderesson, Bibi
The star of Bergman's 'Persona' -
Anderson, Brad
The creator of the comic Marmaduke -
Anderson, Gillian
Alien-hunting Dana Scully on The X-Files -
Anderson, Ian
The main guy in the rock band Jethro Tull -
Anderson, Marian
The Black contralto who sang at the Lincoln Memorial -
Anderson, Pamela
Blonde lifeguard C.J. Parker on Baywatch -
Anderson, Paul Thomas
The writer/director of Magnolia and There Will Be Blood -
Anderson, Wes
Director of Rushmore and Moonrise Kingdom -
Andreessen, Marc
Creator of the Netscape web browser -
Andrews, Erin
The blonde sports reporter who appeared on Dancing With the Stars -
Andrews, Julie
Mary Poppins, and Maria from The Sound of Music -
Andrews, Naveen
Sayid in the TV series Lost -
Angelou, Maya
The author of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings -
Aniston, Jennifer
Rachel on the TV series Friends -
Anka, Paul
The singer/songwriter who did "Diana" and "My Way" -
Ankiel, Rick
The wild-armed St. Louis pitcher who switched to the outfield -
Annan, Kofi
The 7th U.N. Secretary-General, 1997-2006 -
Ansari, Aziz
Tom Haverford on TV's Parks and Recreation -
Ant, Adam
Face-striped singer of "Goody Two Shoes" -
Anthony, Carmelo
Forward for the NBA's Denver Nuggets since 2003 -
Anthony, Casey
The Orlando "Tot Mom" acquitted of killing her daughter -
Anthony, Susan B.
The women's rights activist on the one-dollar coin -
Antony, Marc
Cleopatra's ill-fated lover -
Apatow, Judd
The guy who made The 40 Year-old Virgin and Knocked Up -
Apollo
The sun god of Greek mythology -
Applegate, Christina
Kelly Bundy on the TV series Married With Children -
Appleseed, Johnny
Apple-planting American pioneer -
Aquinas, Thomas
Medieval Catholic scholar who wrote Summa Theologica -
Arafat, Yasser
Head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, 1969-2004 -
Aragorn
Hero of The Lord of the Rings -
Arbogast, Jessie
The boy whose arm was bitten off by a shark -
Arbuckle, Fatty
The rotund silent film comedian -
Arbus, Diane
New York photographer of oddball humans -
Archer, Kevin
The nonexistent victim of a McDonalds play area injury that didn't happen -
Archimedes
The ancient Greek mathematician who said "Eureka!" -
Arendt, Hannah
The author of 1951's The Origins of Totalitarianism -
Arias, Oscar
The Nobel Prize-winning president of Costa Rica -
Ariel
Star of Disney's animated film The Little Mermaid -
Arinze, Francis
The African cardinal who was a potential successor to Pope John Paul II -
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand
Beleaguered president of Haiti, 2001-2004 -
Aristotle
The ancient Greek philosopher who wrote Ethics -
Arkin, Alan
The foul-mouthed grandpa in Little Miss Sunshine -
Arlington Springs Woman
Oldest human bones in North America -
Armgard, Beatrix
Queen of The Netherlands, 1980-2013 -
Armstrong, Karen
Author of A History of God -
Armstrong, Lance
The bicyclist who was stripped of his seven Tour de France victories -
Armstrong, Louis
The charismatic jazz trumpeter who recorded "Hello Dolly" -
Armstrong, Neil
The first human to walk on the moon -
Arnaz, Desi
The Cuban bandleader married to Lucille Ball -
Arnold, Benedict
The great traitor of the American Revolution -
Aronofsky, Darren
The Oscar-nominated director of Black Swan -
Arquette, Patricia
The Oscar-winning mom from the film Boyhood -
Arquette, Rosanna
Star of Desperately Seeking Susan -
Arthur, Chester
President of the United States, 1881-1885 -
Asahara, Shoko
Founder of Japan's Aum Shinri-kyo religion -
Ashanti
Singer of "Foolish" and "Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)" -
Ashby, Dorothy
The jazz harpist who recorded 'Afro-Harping' in 1968 -
Ashcroft, John
U.S. Attorney General 2001-05 -
Ashe, Arthur
The first black man to win the U.S. Open in tennis -
Asimov, Isaac
Writer of popular science and author of I, Robot -
Asner, Ed
Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show -
Assange, Julian
The WikiLeaks co-founder who hid out in the Ecuadorian embassy -
Astaire, Fred
Hollywood's most famous dancer -
Aster, Ari
The director of 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' -
Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal
The father of modern Turkey -
Atchison, David Rice
The senator who was "president for a day" -
Atkins, Chet
Creator of the "Nashville Sound" -
Atkinson, Rowan
Comic character Mr. Bean -
Atlas, Charles
Mail-order bodybuilding expert -
Attenborough, Richard
The director and producer of the movie Gandhi -
Attila the Hun
5th century barbarian threat to the Roman Empire -
Attucks, Crispus
The African-American killed in the Boston Massacre -
Atwood, Margaret
The author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Blind Assassin -
Auberjonois, René
Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine -
Auden, W. H.
The Anglo-American poet who wrote "The Age of Anxiety" -
Audubon, John J.
19th century ornithologist and artist -
Auel, Jean M.
The author of The Clan of the Cave Bear -
Augustus
The first and greatest Emperor of Rome -
Aung San Suu Kyi
Leader of the democratic movement in Myanmar -
Austen, Jane
The author of Pride and Prejudice -
Austin, Lloyd
The first Black American to be Defense Secretary -
Austin, Tracy
The teen U.S. Open champ who beat Evert and Navratilova -
Autry, Gene
The singing cowboy star who did "Back in the Saddle" -
Avery, Tex
Co-creator of Bugs Bunny -
Avi
The author of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle -
Avogadro, Amedeo
The guy they named Avogadro's Number after -
Awkwafina
Comic rapper turned actress who starred in 'The Farewell' -
Aykroyd, Dan
The SNL star from Ghostbusters and The Blues Brothers -
Azaria, Hank
The voice of Apu and Chief Wiggum on TV's The Simpsons -
Babbage, Charles
The inventor of the Difference Engine -
Baby Eve
Allegedly, the first cloned human baby -
Baby Yoda
The cute breakout character from the 2019 series The Mandalorian -
Bacall, Lauren
Bogart's co-star in To Have and Have Not -
Bacharach, Burt
The pianist who co-wrote "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" and "Walk On By" -
Bach, Catherine
Daisy Duke on TV's The Dukes of Hazzard -
Bach, J. S.
German Baroque composer -
Bachmann, Michele
Minnesota Congresswoman and 2012 presidential candidate -
Bach, Pamela
Actress and ex-wife of David Hasselhoff -
Backstreet Boys, The
The pop singers of "All I Have to Give" and "I Want It That Way" -
Bacon, Kevin
Star of the films Footloose and Hollow Man -
Badu, Erykah
The neo-soul singer of "Bag Lady" and "On & On" -
Baez, Joan
Folk singer who did "Diamonds & Rust" -
Baggins, Bilbo
The titular character of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit -
Baggins, Frodo
Heroic ring-bearer in The Lord of the Rings -
Bagnasco, Angelo
Italian cardinal from Genoa -
Baha'u'llah
The central figure of the Baha'i faith -
Bainbridge, Beryl
The author of An Awfully Big Adventure -
Baio, Scott
Star of TV's Joanie Loves Chachi and Charles in Charge -
Baker, Chet
The druggie white jazz trumpeter who also crooned -
Baker, Josephine
The Black American singer/dancer famous in 1920s Paris -
Baker, Kenny
The actor who plays R2-D2 in Star Wars -
Bakker, Jay
The rebel-turned-preacher son of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker -
Bakker, Jim
The disgraced "PTL" TV host and theme park founder -
Bakker, Tammy Faye
The TV evangelist who wore thick facial makeup -
Bakley, Bonny Lee
The victim in the Robert Blake murder case -
Bakula, Scott
Star of TV's Quantum Leap and Enterprise -
Baldwin, Alec
The goofy boss, Jack Donaghy, on TV's 30 Rock -
Baldwin, James
Author of Go Tell It On The Mountain -
Baldwin, Tammy
The first openly gay U.S. senator -
Bale, Christian
The Oscar-winning actor who played Batman in Batman Begins -
Ballard, J.G.
The author of Empire of the Sun and Crash -
Ball, Lucille
The red-headed star of TV's I Love Lucy -
Balthus
20th century French painter of The Guitar Lesson -
Bamber, Jamie
Captain Lee Adama on TV's Battlestar Galactica -
Bana, Eric
Star of The Hulk and Munich -
Bancroft, Anne
Mrs. Robinson in the movie The Graduate -
Bancroft, Edward
Double agent of the Revolutionary War -
Banderas, Antonio
The handsome Spanish leading man of Pain and Glory and Spy Kids -
Ban Ki-moon
8th U.N. Secretary-General, 2007-16 -
Banks, Iain
The author of The Wasp Factory -
Banks, Jonathan
Mike in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul -
Banks, Russell
Author of The Sweet Hereafter -
Banks, Tyra
Supermodel host of The Tyra Banks Show -
Banneker, Benjamin
The African-American scientist who helped survey Washington, D.C. -
Banner, John
Sergeant Schultz on Hogan's Heroes -
Bannister, Roger
The first person to run a mile in under four minutes -
Bannon, Steve
The Donald Trump advisor who was indicted for money laundering and fraud -
Banting, Frederick
The Canadian doctor who discovered insulin -
Banville, John
The Irish novelist who won the Booker Prize for The Sea -
Baraka, Amiri
Author of the 1964 play Dutchman -
Barak, Ehud
Prime Minister of Israel, 1999-2001 -
Barbaro
The 2006 Kentucky Derby winner who broke his leg in the Preakness -
Barbeau, Adrienne
The buxom star of the B-movies The Fog and Swamp Thing -
Barbie
That skinny blonde doll created by Mattel in 1959 -
Bardem, Javier
The really, really bad guy in No Country For Old Men -
Bardot, Brigitte
Sexy French star of And God Created Woman -
Barker, Bob
The host of TV's The Price Is Right, 1972-2007 -
Barkin, Ellen
Slinky-eyed star of The Big Easy and Sea of Love -
Barkley, Alben W.
Vice President under Harry S. Truman, 1949-53 -
Barkley, Charles
Fast-talking NBA star and co-host of Inside the NBA -
Barnard, Christiaan
The doctor who performed the first heart transplant -
Barnes, Ben
The actor who played Prince Caspian in the Narnia movie Prince Caspian -
Barnes, Julian
The author of Flaubert's Parrot and The Sense of an Ending -
Barney the Dinosaur
The big purple star of TV's Barney and Friends -
Barnum, P. T.
19th century American huckster -
Barrino, Fantasia
2004's American Idol winner -
Barris, Chuck
Host of TV's The Gong Show -
Barros, Ana Beatriz
Heavy-lipped Brazilian model for Victoria's Secret -
Barrow, Clyde
Half of the Depression-era crime duo Bonnie and Clyde -
Barry, Dave
Goofy humor columnist for The Miami Herald, 1983-2005 -
Barrymore, Drew
Star of the movie Charlie's Angels and E.T. -
Barton, Clara
Founder of the American Red Cross -
Barton, Mischa
Marissa Cooper on TV's The O.C. -
Basie, Count
Swing bandleader and performer of "One O'Clock Jump" -
Basinger, Kim
Oscar-winning blonde star of L.A. Confidential -
Bassett, Angela
The Stella from How Stella Got Her Groove Back -
Bat Boy
Pointy-toothed mascot of Weekly World News -
Bateman, Jason
Michael Bluth on TV's Arrested Development -
Bathory, Erzsebet
The Transylvanian countess who bathed in the blood of virgins -
Batista, Fulgencio
The Cuban president overthrown by Castro -
Batman
Star of the Batman movies -
Bauer, Gary
Head of the Family Research Council -
Baumbach, Noah
The director of 'The Squid and the Whale and 'Marriage Story' -
Bautista, Dave
Drax in 'The Guardians of the Galaxy' -
Bayh, Evan
U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1999- -
Bay, Michael
The high-octane director of the Transformers films -
BB-8
The rolling droid from Star Wars: The Force Awakens -
Beach, Sylvia
The Paris bookstore owner who published 'Ulysses' -
Beasley, DaMarcus
Left winger for PSV Eindhoven -
Beastie Boys
Funky, sarcastic white-boy rappers who did "Sabotage" -
Beatles, The
The most famous band in rock history -
Beatty, Ned
The one who gets raped in Deliverance -
Beatty, Warren
The star of Bonnie and Clyde and Reds -
Bechdel, Alison
The cartoonist who did Fun Home -
Beck
Creator of the 1996 album Odelay -
Becket, Thomas
The archbishop murdered in his own cathedral in 1170 -
Beckett, Samuel
Irish-French author of Waiting for Godot -
Beck, Glenn
Tearful, conservative talk show host on Fox News (2009-11) -
Beckham, David
English soccer star and pop culture celebrity -
Beckham, Victoria
The former Spice Girl who married footballer David Beckham -
Beckinsale, Kate
The vampire Selene in the Underworld films -
Bedard, Irene
The voice of Disney's Pocahontas -
Beene, Geoffrey
Designer of LBJ's daughter's wedding dress -
Bee, Samantha
The host of TV's Full Frontal -
Beethoven, Ludwig van
The composer of Beethoven's Fifth -
Begin, Menachem
The prime minister who signed the Camp David accords -
Beharie, Nicole
Abbie Mills on TV's Sleepy Hollow -
Behn, Aphra
17th century English writer -
Belafonte, Harry
The calypso crooner who sang "The Banana Boat Song" -
Bell, Alexander Graham
The inventor of the telephone -
Bell, Art
The original host of the eerie radio show "Coast to Coast AM" -
Bell, Drake
The co-star of Nickelodeon's Drake & Josh -
Bellerophon
The man who tamed Pegasus -
Bell, Jamie
The star of the movie Billy Elliot -
Bell, Kristen
TV's Veronica Mars -
Bell, Lake
The writer, director and star of In a World... -
Bellow, Saul
Author of Henderson, The Rain King and Seize the Day -
Bellucci, Monica
The star of the movie Malena -
Belushi, John
Bluto in Animal House -
Ben Bella, Ahmed
Co-founder of FLN and first elected president of Algeria, 1963-65 -
Benchley, Robert
1930s New Yorker theater critic and witty essayist -
Ben-Gurion, David
Prime Minister of Israel (1949-53 and 1955-63) -
Benigni, Roberto
The writer/director/star of Life is Beautiful -
Bening, Annette
The star of American Beauty -
Benitez, Elsa
Cover girl for the SI swimsuit issue, 2001 -
Bennett, Haley
Anna in the 2016 film 'The Girl on the Train' -
Bennett, Tony
The crooner who sang "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" -
Benson, Harry
The photographer who got The Beatles' pillow fight in 1964 -
Bentham, Jeremy
The father of Utilitarianism -
Bentsen, Lloyd
Debater who said, "You're no Jack Kennedy" -
Benét, Stephen Vincent
He wrote "The Devil And Daniel Webster" -
Beowulf
The hero of the epic tale bearing his name -
Bergdahl, Bowe
The U.S. soldier who was a POW in Afghanistan -
Bergerac, Cyrano de
Long-nosed literary hero -
Bergman, Ingmar
Artsy Swedish director of The Seventh Seal -
Bergman, Ingrid
Ilsa Lund in Casablanca -
Bergoglio, Jorge Mario
The Argentinian cardinal who became Pope Francis I -
Berg, Peter
Dr. Billy Kronk on TV's Chicago Hope -
Berkus, Nate
Tsunami-surviving decorator and Oprah regular -
Berle, Milton
"Mister Television" of the 1950s -
Berlin, Irving
The composer of "White Christmas" -
Berlusconi, Silvio
Italian prime minister between 1994 and 2011 -
Bernadette of Lourdes
The girl who saw the Virgin Mary at Lourdes -
Bernanke, Ben
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, 2006- -
Berners-Lee, Tim
Inventor of the World Wide Web -
Bernhardt, Sarah
Legendary French theatrical superstar of the 1800s -
Berra, Yogi
The Yankee catcher who said "It ain't over 'til it's over" -
Berrigan, Daniel
The anti-war priest hunted by the FBI -
Berrigan, Philip
Blood-pouring, missile-hammering ex-priest -
Berry, Albert
The first man to parachute out of an airplane -
Berry, Chuck
Early rock legend who did "Johnny B. Goode" -
Berry, Halle
Oscar-winning star of Monster's Ball -
Bert and Ernie
Comic pair from TV's Sesame Street -
Bertolucci, Bernardo
The Oscar-winning director of The Last Emperor -
Best, Ahmed
Jar Jar Binks in The Phantom Menace -
Best, Pete
The first drummer for The Beatles -
Betancourt, Ana
The early feminist in Cuba's fight for independence -
Bethune, Mary McLeod
The founder of the National Council for Negro Women -
Bewick, Thomas
The wood-engraver who did 'The History of British Birds' -
Bezos, Jeff
The founder of Amazon.com -
Bhumibol Adulyadej, King
King of Thailand, 1946-2016 -
Bhutto, Benazir
The first female prime minister of Pakistan -
Biafra, Jello
The frontman for the punk group Dead Kennedys -
Bialik, Mayim
Star of TV's Blossom and co-host of Jeopardy! -
Bice, Bo
American Idol runner-up in 2005 -
Bichir, Demián
The Oscar-nominated star of the 2011 film A Better Life -
Biden, Jill
The First Lady of the United States, 2021-present -
Biden, Joseph
President of the United States, 2021-present -
Bieber, Justin
The grown-up teen pop star who sang "One Time" and "First Dance" -
Biel, Jessica
The 7th Heaven star who married Justin Timberlake -
Bierce, Ambrose
Author of A Fiend's Delight -
Big Brown
Winner of the 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness -
Bigelow, Kathryn
The Oscar-winning director of The Hurt Locker -
Bigfoot
Big, elusive humanoid beast of North America -
Biles, Simone
The first African American woman gymnast to be world champion -
Billy the Kid
Baby-faced outlaw of the 19th-century American West -
Bin Laden, Osama
The mastermind of the 11 September 2001 attacks -
Binoche, Juliette
Hana the nurse in The English Patient -
Birch, John
Missionary for whom the John Birch Society was named -
Bird, Isabella
The author of A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains -
Bird, Larry
Leader of three Boston Celtics championship teams in the 1980s -
Birdseye, Clarence
The man who figured out how to flash-freeze foods -
Bishop, Bridget
The first person executed in the Salem witch hunts -
Bishop, Elizabeth
Poet Laureate of the United States, 1949-50 -
Bishop, Joey
Comedian member of the Rat Pack -
Bixby, Bill
Dr. David Banner on TV's The Incredible Hulk -
Björk
Eccentric singer from Iceland -
Black, Jack
The wild-eyed star of School of Rock -
Black, Karen
Jack Nicholson's girlfriend in Five Easy Pieces -
Blackman, Honor
Pussy Galore in the James Bond film Goldfinger -
Black, Rebecca
The teen Internet sensation who sang "Friday" -
Blackstone, Harry Sr.
Stage magician with elaborate props, 1910-60 -
Blackwell, Elizabeth
First woman to receive a medical degree -
Blagojevich, Rod
The governor of Illinois who was kicked out in 2009 -
Blaine, David
The stunt magician who was once buried alive in New York City -
Blair, Linda
The demon-possessed girl in the 1972 film The Exorcist -
Blair, Tony
British prime minister, 1997-2007 -
Blake, Robert
The Baretta star who was accused of killing his wife -
Blake, William
The mystic English poet who wrote "Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright" -
Blakey, Art
Drummer and leader of the Jazz Messengers -
Blalock, Jolene
T'Pol on TV's Enterprise -
Blanchett, Cate
The Oscar-winning actress who played Galadriel in the Lord of the Rings movies -
Blanc, Mel
The voice of Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes cartoons -
Blatter, Sepp
The all-powerful head of FIFA from 1998-2015 -
Blavatsky, Helena
The psychic who co-founded The Theosophical Society -
Bleeth, Yasmine
Caroline Holden on the series Baywatch -
Bleu, Corbin
Chad from Disney's High School Musical -
Blige, Mary J.
The "Queen of Hip-Hop and Soul" -
Blinken, Antony
U.S. Secretary of State, 2021-present -
Blofeld, Ernst Stavro
The arch-enemy of secret agent James Bond -
Bloomberg, Michael
The billionaire mayor of New York City, 2002-2014 -
Bloom, Harold
The literary critic who wrote 1973’s The Anxiety of Influence -
Bloom, Leopold
Wandering lead character of Ulysses -
Bloom, Orlando
Legolas in The Lord of the Rings -
Bloom, Rachel
The star and co-creator of TV's 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' -
Bluford, Guion
The first Black American to fly in space -
Blume, Judy
The author of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret -
Blunt, Emily
The catty assistant in 'The Devil Wears Prada' -
Bly, Nellie
Woman journalist who went around the world in 1889 -
Bly, Robert
The poet who wrote the man book Iron John -
Blyton, Enid
The author of the Noddy and Famous Five books -
Boehner, John
U.S. Speaker of the House, 2010-2015 -
Bogart, Humphrey
Rick Blaine in Casablanca -
Bogdanovich, Peter
Director of The Last Picture Show -
Bohr, Niels
Danish atomic physicist who won 1922's Nobel Prize -
Boisselier, Brigitte
Scientific Director of Clonaid, a human cloning service -
Boleyn, Anne
The beheaded wife of Henry VIII -
Bolten, Joshua
Chief of Staff to George W. Bush, 2006-2009 -
Bolton, John
Mustachioed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 2005-06 -
Bolt, Usain
The Jamaican sprinter who won 100- and 200-meter gold medals at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics -
Bolívar, Simón
el Libertador of 19th-century South America -
Bonaduce, Danny
Danny Partridge on TV's The Partridge Family -
Bonaparte, Napoleon
The French military genius and Emperor of the 1800s -
Bond, James
Secret agent star of Goldfinger and other films -
Bonds, Barry
Major league baseball's all-time home run leader -
Bong Joon Ho
The Oscar-winning director of Parasite -
Bonham Carter, Helena
Queen Elizabeth in The King's Speech -
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
The theologian hanged for plotting against Hitler -
Bono
Lead singer of the rock band U2 -
Bono, Chaz
The only child of Sonny and Cher -
Bono, Sonny
The mod 1960s singer who became a Congressman -
Booker, Cory
U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 2013-present -
Boole, George
Developer of Boolean algebra -
Boon, D.
Guitarist and singer for punk band Minutemen -
Boone, Daniel
The frontiersman who settled Kentucky -
Boone, Pat
White-shoed Christian singer of 1950s rock 'n' roll hits -
Boop, Betty
The coy and sexy cartoon dame from the 1930s -
Booth, John Wilkes
The man who shot Abraham Lincoln -
Borden, Lizzie
Suspect in two 1892 family axe murders -
Borel, Calvin
The jockey who won the Kentucky Derby in 2007, 2009 and 2010 -
Borges, Jorge Luis
Author of the short story collection Ficciones -
Borge, Victor
The witty pianist who created Comedy in Music -
Borgnine, Ernest
The Oscar winning star of the 1955 movie Marty -
Bork, Robert H.
President Reagan's rejected Supreme Court pick -
Bosch, Hieronymus
The Flemish painter who did 'Garden of Earthly Delights' -
Boseman, Chadwick
The star of the superhero movie Black Panther -
Bosley, Tom
Mr. C, the dad on TV's Happy Days -
Bo the Dog
The family dog of President Barack Obama -
Botwright, Vicky
The bikini-wearing squash player -
Bourdain, Anthony
The celebrity chef who starred in the TV shows No Reservations and Parts Unknown -
Bourne, Jason
The amnesiac assassin created by Robert Ludlum -
Bourne, Randolph
The author of Youth and Life -
Bourret, Caprice
British model and creator of the By Caprice lingerie line -
Bouton, Jim
The author of "Ball Four" -
Bowie, David
The innovative rock star who was Ziggy Stardust -
Bowles, Paul
Author of The Sheltering Sky -
Boyega, John
Finn in the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens -
Boyington, Gregory 'Pappy'
The World War II pilot made famous on TV's Baa Baa Black Sheep -
Boyle, Danny
Director of Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire -
Boyle, Lara Flynn
Donna on Twin Peaks and Monica on Las Vegas -
Boyle, Robert
17th century chemist who came up with Boyle's law -
Boyle, Susan
The plain-faced singer who wowed 'em on Britain's Got Talent -
Bradbury, Ray
Author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles -
Bradlee, Ben
The editor of The Washington Post, 1968-91 -
Bradley, Bill
Democratic senator from New Jersey -
Bradley, Bob
Coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team, 2006-2011 -
Bradley, David
Argus Finch in the Harry Potter movies -
Bradley, Ed
The black guy with the earring on 60 Minutes -
Bradley, Milton
Board game pioneer who invented The Game of Life -
Bradley, Omar
American general during World War II -
Bradstreet, Anne
America's first poet -
Brady, Tom
The NFL quarterback who played to age 45 and won seven Super Bowls -
Braeden, Eric
Tycoon Victor Newman on TV's The Young and the Restless -
Braff, Zach
The guy from Scrubs and Garden State -
Brahe, Tycho
Denmark's hottest stargazer -
Brahms, Johannes
German composer of "Brahms' Lullaby" ("Wiegenlied") -
Braille, Louis
Inventor of the raised-point writing system for the blind -
Branagh, Kenneth
The director and star of the 1989 film Henry V -
Brandeis, Louis
The first Jewish Supreme Court justice -
Brando, Marlon
Don Corleone in The Godfather -
Brand, Russell
The British comedian who starred in Get Him to the Greek -
Branson, Richard
Founder of the Virgin business empire -
Bratt, Benjamin
Hunky star of Law & Order and The Cleaner -
Braun, Eva
Mistress and last-minute wife of Adolf Hitler -
Brautigan, Richard
Author of Trout Fishing in America -
Breitbart, Andrew
The right-wing activist who brought down Rep. Anthony Weiner -
Breivik, Anders
The Norwegian extremist who killed 77 people in 2011 -
Bremer, Arthur
The loner who shot George Wallace in 1972 -
Bremer, Paul
The U.S. diplomat in charge of occupied Iraq, 2003-04 -
Brennan, John O.
The director of the C.I.A. from 2013-2017 -
Brennan, Walter
Three-time Oscar-winning western sidekick -
Breslin, Abigail
Olive, the nerdy little girl in the movie Little Miss Sunshine -
Breslin, Jimmy
Pugnacious New York City newspaper columnist of the 1960s-2000s -
Brett, Jeremy
TV's Sherlock Holmes in the 1980s and '90s -
Breyer, Stephen
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1994 -
Brice, Fanny
The vaudeville star who was the basis for the musical Funny Girl -
Bridgers, Phoebe
The indie rock singer who did the album 'Punisher' -
Bridges, Jeff
The star of True Grit and Crazy Heart -
Bridges, Lloyd
Mike Nelson on Sea Hunt -
Brinkley, Christie
Sports Illustrated cover girl and former wife of Billy Joel -
Brin, Sergey
The co-founder of Google -
Broadwell, Paula
The biographer who had an affair with Gen. David Petraeus -
Broderick, Matthew
Ferris in the movie Ferris Beuller's Day Off -
Brody, Adam
Seth from TV's The O.C. -
Brody, Adrien
Oscar-winning star of The Pianist -
Brolin, Josh
Llewelyn Moss in the movie No Country for Old Men -
Bronner, Emanuel
Creator of Dr. Bronner's soap products -
Bronson, Charles
Star of the 1974 action movie Death Wish -
Bronte, Emily
The author of Wuthering Heights -
Brontë, Charlotte
Author of Jane Eyre -
Brook, Kelly
Model-turned-actor from The Big Breakfast and Smallville -
Brooks, Garth
Country-pop singer of "Shameless" and "Friends in Low Places" -
Brooks, Gwendolyn
The first African American to win a Pulitzer for poetry -
Brooks, Mel
The guy who made Blazing Saddles and The Producers -
Brosnan, Pierce
The actor who played James Bond in the 1990s -
Brothers Grimm, The
Authors of Grimm's Fairy Tales -
Brothers, Joyce
The blond pop psychologist from the 1960s -
Brothers Karamazov, The
The title characters of Dostoevsky's final novel -
Brott, Armin
The author of the parenting book The Expectant Father -
Brown, Antoinette
The first clergywoman in the United States -
Brown, Charlie
Wishy-washy hero of the comic strip Peanuts -
Brown, Chris
The teen R&B sensation who pleaded guilty to assaulting the singer Rihanna -
Brown, Dan
Author of The Da Vinci Code -
Browne, Sylvia
The popular TV psychic with a 'spirit guide' known as Francine -
Brown Findlay, Jessica
Lady Sybil on the series Downton Abbey -
Brown, Foxy
The sassy rapper of Ill Na Na -
Brown, Gordon
British prime minister, 2007-2010 -
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Author of Aurora Leigh and wife of Robert Browning -
Browning, Robert
Victorian poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett -
Brown, James
The musical "Godfather of Soul" -
Brown, Jerry
The governor of California from 1975-83 and 2011-2019 -
Brown, John
The anti-slavery militant who raided Harpers Ferry in 1859 -
Brown, Mordecai (Three Finger)
The hotshot pitcher with a mangled hand -
Brown, Pierce
The author of the Red Rising YA book series -
Brown, Scott
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 2010-2013 -
Brown, Sterling K.
Chris Darden in 'The People vs. O.J.: American Crime Story' -
Brown, Willie
Mayor of San Francisco, 1996-2004 -
Brubeck, David
The jazz pianist who did the song "Take Five" -
Bruce, Blanche Kelso
The first black man to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate -
Bruce, Lenny
Edgy, arrest-prone 1960's comedian -
Bruckheimer, Jerry
Big-budget movie producer behind Con Air and Bad Boys -
Bryant, Kobe
The retired LA Lakers superstar who died in a helicopter crash -
Bryan, William Jennings
The populist politician who defended the Bible in the Scopes trial -
Bryson, John
U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 2011-2013 -
Bucephalus
Steed of Alexander the Great -
Buchanan, James
President of the United States, 1857-61 -
Buchanan, Pat
Pugnacious political talker on CNN -
Buckley, Jessie
The singing star of the indie film 'Wild Rose' -
Buck, Pearl S.
The Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner who wrote The Good Earth -
Buddha
The founder of Buddhism -
Buffett, Jimmy
Singer of the pop hit "Margaritaville" -
Buffett, Warren
Investment genius and head of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -
Bugs Bunny
The carrot-munching star of Warner Brothers cartoons -
Bukowski, Charles
The guy who wrote the movie Barfly -
Bulfinch, Thomas
The author of Bulfinch's Mythology -
Bulger, James "Whitey"
The Boston Irish gangster who was a fugitive, 1995-2011 -
Bullock, Sandra
The Oscar-winning star of Gravity -
Bunche, Ralph
The first black American to win the Nobel Peace Prize -
Bundchen, Gisele
The super-duper supermodel from Brazil -
Bundy, Ted
The smooth-talking serial killer who blamed porn -
Bunker, Chang and Eng
The world's most famous conjoined twins -
Bunsen, Robert
The spectrometer inventor with the gas burner name -
Bunyan, John
Author of The Pilgrim's Progress -
Burbank, Luther
Creator of the Burbank potato -
Burgess, Guy
The most flamboyant member of the Cambridge Spies -
Burghoff, Gary
"Radar" O'Reilly on TV's M*A*S*H -
Burke, Billy
Bella Swan's cop father in the Twilight movies -
Burke, Brooke
Host of TV's Wild On from 1999-2002 -
Burke, Tarana
The woman credited with starting the Me Too movement -
Burnett, Carol
The very funny host of The Carol Burnett Show -
Burnett, Mark
The creator of Survivor and The Apprentice -
Burnett, T Bone
Oscar-winning producer/songwriter for Crazy Heart -
Burnham, Bo
The comedian who directed the movie 'Eighth Grade' -
Burns, Brooke
The 'fantasy girl' on Ally McBeal -
Burns, Ken
The director of the TV documentaries The Civil War and Baseball -
Burns, Robert
Scotland's most famous poet -
Burns, Steve
Host of the children's TV show Blue's Clues -
Burr, Aaron
The Vice President who killed Alexander Hamilton -
Burris, Roland W.
The Illinois senator appointed by impeached Governor Rod Blagojevich -
Burroughs, William S.
The author of Naked Lunch -
Burstyn, Ellen
The mom in the movie The Exorcist -
Burton, Amanda
Star of the BBC's Silent Witness -
Burton, LeVar
The blind officer on Star Trek: The Next Generation -
Burton, Richard
The Welsh actor who was Liz Taylor's husband twice -
Burton, Tim
The director of the comedy-horror film Beetlejuice -
Buscemi, Steve
Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs -
Busey, Brook
The former blogger and stripper who wrote the movie Juno -
Busey, Gary
Star of The Buddy Holly Story -
Bush, Barbara (First Daughter)
The brunette twin daughter of George W. Bush -
Bush, Barbara Pierce
U.S. First Lady, 1989-93 -
Bush, George Herbert Walker
President of the United States, 1989-93 -
Bush, George Prescott
The son of former Florida governor Jeb Bush -
Bush, George W.
President of the United States, 2001-2009 -
Bush, Jeb
The brother of President George W. Bush who was governor of Florida from 1999-2007 -
Bush, Jeb Jr.
The youngest son of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush -
Bush, Jenna
The co-host of the morning show TODAY With Hoda and Jenna -
Bush, Laura
The wife of former president George W. Bush -
Bush, Lauren
Fashion-model niece of former president George W. Bush -
Bush, Neil Mallon
George W. Bush's brother, who ran the bankrupt Silverado Savings & Loan -
Bush, Noelle
The daughter of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush -
Bush, Prescott
The father of president George Bush -
Bush, Reggie
The USC football star who gave back his Heisman Trophy -
Bush Twins, The
The twin daughters of George W. Bush -
Butler, Austin
The title star of the 2022 biopic Elvis -
Butler, Gerard
King Leonidas in the movie 300 -
Butler, Octavia
The African-American feminist science fiction author who won a MacArthur "genius" grant -
Butterfield, Valeisha
The former fiancee of rapper The Game -
Buttigieg, Pete
The mayor of South Bend, Indiana who came Secretary of Transportation in 2021 -
Buñuel, Luis
The Spanish surrealist who directed 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie' -
Byck, Samuel
The guy who plotted to assassinate President Nixon with a plane -
Bynes, Amanda
The star of TV's What I Like About You -
Byrd, Robert C.
The West Virginia Democrat who was the longest serving Member of Congress -
Byrne, David
The singer in the band Talking Heads -
Byrne, Ethel Higgins
Margaret Sanger’s sister and co-founder of the first birth control clinic -
Byrne, Rhonda
The creator of the 2006 self-help movie The Secret -
Byrne, Rose
Ellen Parsons on TV's Damages -
Béjo, Bérénice
Dancing Peppy Miller in the 2011 film The Artist -
C-3P0
The silly gold robot in Star Wars -
Caan, James
Sonny Corleone in The Godfather -
Cabello, Camila
The Cuban-American member of the girl group Fifth Harmony -
Cabot, John
Italian / English explorer of Newfoundland -
Cage, John
Composer of the silent piano piece 4' 33" -
Cage, Nicolas
The action film star who won an Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas -
Cagney, James
Star of the movies Public Enemy and Yankee Doodle Dandy -
Caine, Michael
The star of Alfie and The Man Who Would Be King -
Cain, Herman
Former Godfather's Pizza CEO and 2012 presidential candidate -
Cain, James M.
Author of The Postman Always Rings Twice -
Calder, Alexander
The abstract artist who originated the mobile -
Calderón, Felipe
The president of Mexico, 2006-12 -
Calhoun, John C.
The Senate leader who was vice president for both J.C. Adams and Andrew Jackson -
California Chrome
The horse who didn't quite win the Triple Crown in 2014 -
California Raisins, The
Fruity TV advertising stars of the 1980s -
Caligula
Debauched emperor of ancient Rome -
Calvin, John
Geneva-based leader of the Protestant Reformation -
Cameron, Caressa
Miss America 2010 -
Cameron, David
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 2010-2016 -
Cameron, James
The director of Titanic and Avatar -
Campbell, Billy
The star of the 1991 movie The Rocketeer -
Campbell, Bruce
Star of the Evil Dead movies -
Campbell, Glen
The singer of "Rhinestone Cowboy" -
Campbell, Kim
Canada's first woman prime minister -
Campbell, Malcolm
The driver of the land-speed record setting Bluebird -
Campbell, Naomi
Top black supermodel of the 1990s -
Campbell, Neve
Star of the horror film Scream and its sequels -
Campion, Jane
The writer and director of The Piano -
Camus, Albert
Nobel-winning author of The Stranger -
Candy, John
Steve Martin's hefty co-star in Planes, Trains and Automobiles -
Caniff, Milton
The creator of "Terry and the Pirates" -
Cannon, Nick
The corny, wack rapping, boy toy from Nickelodeon who was married to Mariah Carey -
Capone, Al
The American gangster known as "Scarface" -
Capote, Truman
Author of In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's -
Capra, Frank
The director of It's a Wonderful Life -
Capriati, Jennifer
The comeback kid who won the Australian Open in 2001 and 2002 -
Caravaggio
The brawling Italian painter who did The Calling of Saint Matthew -
Cardellini, Linda
Star of Freaks and Geeks and E.R. -
Cardi B
The rapper of the hit song "Bodak Yellow" -
Cardin, Pierre
The French designer known for the "bubble dress" of 1954 -
Carell, Steve
The star of The 40 Year Old Virgin and The Office -
Carey, Drew
The star of TV's The Drew Carey Show -
Carey, Mariah
The pop diva who sang "We Belong Together" -
Carey, Peter
The author of True History of the Kelly Gang -
Carle, Eric
Author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar -
Carlile, Brandi
The singer who did 'By the Way, I Forgive You' -
Carlin, George
The profane comedian known for his "7 Dirty Words" routine -
Carlos, Wendy
Synthesizer performer of the album Switched-On Bach -
Carlsen, Magnus
Four-time winner of the World Chess Championship -
Carlson, Tucker
The conservative talking head from 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' -
Carlyle, Thomas
Author of Heroes and Hero-Worship -
Carmichael, Hoagy
The composer of "Stardust" -
Carnegie, Andrew
Steel tycoon who started over 2,800 libraries -
Carpenter, Scott
The astronaut who also lived on Sealab -
Carradine, David
The star of TV's Kung Fu and the Kill Bill movies -
Carradine, Keith
Lanky, Oscar-winning singer of "I'm Easy" -
Carrey, Jim
The star of Dumb and Dumber and The Truman Show -
Carroll, Lewis
The author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland -
Carson, Ben
The neurosurgeon who ran for president in 2016 -
Carson, Johnny
Longtime host of TV's The Tonight Show -
Carson, Rachel
The author of Silent Spring -
Carter, Aaron
The former teen star who sang Aaron's Party -
Carter, Angel
Sister of Nick and Aaron Carter -
Carter, Asa Earl
Author of The Education of Little Tree -
Carter, Howard
The discoverer of King Tut's tomb -
Carter, Jimmy
The 39th President of the U.S., 1977-81 -
Carter, Lynda
Wonder Woman from 1970s TV show -
Carter, Rosalynn
First Lady of the United States, 1977-81 -
Carter, Rubin "Hurricane"
The boxer whose murder convictions were tossed -
Cartier-Bresson, Henri
French photojournalism pioneer who snapped the liberation of Paris -
Cartier, Jacques
French discoverer of Canada's St. Lawrence River -
Cartland, Barbara
The very British "Queen of the Romance Novel" -
Caruso, David
That redheaded guy who quit N.Y.P.D. Blue -
Carvel, Thomas
Founder of the Carvel ice cream empire -
Carver, George Washington
America's great peanut innovator -
Carver, Raymond
American short-story writer -
Casablanca, Ted
Author of the gossip column The Awful Truth -
Case, Steve
Co-founder and CEO of America Online -
Cash, Johnny
The singer of "Folsom Prison Blues" -
Cash, June Carter
Country music legend and wife of Johnny Cash -
Casiraghi, Andrea
The eldest child of Monaco's Princess Caroline -
Casiraghi, Charlotte
The Monaco royal who became a "Face of Gucci" in 2012 -
Cassady, Neal
The basis for Dean Moriarity in Jack Kerouac's On the Road -
Cassatt, Mary
Painter of 1891's The Bath -
Cassidy, Butch
Outlaw of the old American west -
Cassidy, David
The hunky star of TV's 'The Partridge Family' -
Casta, Laetitia
French supermodel and Guess? clothing symbol -
Castaneda, Carlos
Author of The Teachings of don Juan -
Castle-Hughes, Keisha
The young star of the movie Whale Rider -
Castro, Fidel
Marxist revolutionary leader of Cuba, 1959-2008 -
Castro, Raul
The president of Cuba, 2008-18 -
Cates, Phoebe
The fantasy girl in Fast Times At Ridgemont High -
Catherine of Aragon
First wife of Henry VIII -
Cather, Willa
Author of O Pioneers! and My Ántonia -
Cavett, Dick
The quick-witted TV talk show host from the late 1960s -
Caviezel, Jim
Star of 2004's The Passion of the Christ -
Cedric The Entertainer
Eddie in the Barbershop movies -
Cena, John
The clean-cut, hip-hop loving WWE champ -
Cera, Michael
That kid from Arrested Development and Juno -
Cerberus
Mythical guardian of Hades -
Cervantes, Miguel de
Author of Don Quixote -
Chabon, Michael
The author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay -
Chad, Saint
Recently famous Catholic saint -
Chafee, Lincoln
U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1999-2007 -
Chalamet, Timothée
The young star of 'Call Me By Your Name' -
Chalke, Sarah
The blonde doctor from TV's Scrubs -
Chamberlain, Richard
Star of Shogun and other miniseries -
Chamberlain, Wilt
The NBA legend who scored 100 points in a game in 1962 -
Chamillionaire
Rapper who did the hit song "Ridin'" -
Chandler, Raymond
The creator of detective Philip Marlowe -
Chandor, J.C.
The director of All Is Lost -
Chanel, Coco
The designer who created the "little black dress" -
Chaney, Lon
The silent film star known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces" -
Chaney, Lon Jr.
Larry Talbot, the guy who becomes The Wolf Man (1941) -
Chan, Jackie
Hong Kong action superstar from Rumble in the Bronx -
Channing, Carol
The long-running star of Hello, Dolly! -
Chan-wook, Park
The director of 'Oldboy' and 'The Handmaiden' -
Chao, Elaine
U.S. Secretary of Labor, 2001-09 -
Chapin, Harry
Singer of the 1972 hit "Taxi" -
Chaplin, Charlie
"The Little Tramp" of silent films -
Chapman, Mark David
The man who killed John Lennon -
Chappelle, Dave
The star of Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show -
Charlemagne
Frankish king and Holy Roman Emperor -
Charles III
The king of Great Britain, 2022-present -
Charles, Ray
The singer of "Georgia On My Mind" -
Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, Princess
The second child of the UK’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge -
Chase, Salmon P.
The Secretary of the Treasury who was on the $10,000 bill -
Chastain, Jessica
The Oscar winning star of The Eyes of Tammy Faye -
Chaucer, Geoffrey
The author of The Canterbury Tales -
Chavez, Cesar
Leader of the 1960s grape boycott -
Chavez, Hugo
President of Venezuela, 1999-2013 -
Chazelle, Damien
The director of 'Whiplash' and "La La Land" -
Cheadle, Don
Star of the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda -
Checkers
The dog who was the subject of Richard Nixon's famous "Checkers speech" -
Chekhov, Anton
Author of The Cherry Orchard -
Chekov, Ensign Pavel
Russian navigator on the starship Enterprise -
Chen, Edison
The Infernal Affairs star caught in a sexy photo scandal -
Cheney, Dick
Vice president of the United States, 2001-2009 -
Cher
The Sonny and Cher alum who did "Believe" -
Chesney, Kenny
Singer of "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem" -
Chestnut, Joey
The man who ate 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes -
Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne
The 18th century composer called "The Black Mozart" -
Chiang Kai-shek
Leader of The Republic of China (Taiwan), 1949-75 -
Chick, Jack T.
Creator of those little Christian comic books -
Chiklis, Michael
Detective Vic Mackey on TV's The Shield -
Child, Julia
The popular chef who wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking -
Childress, Alice
The author of A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich -
Chimpsky, Nim
The language-learning chimp named for Noam Chomsky -
Chingy
Rapper of the 2003 hit "Right Thurr" -
Chirac, Jacques
President of France, 1995-2007 -
Chisholm, Shirley
The first African-American woman to run for U.S. president -
Cholodenko, Lisa
The director of Laurel Canyon and The Kids Are All Right -
Chomsky, Noam
Creator of the theory of generative grammar -
Chopin, Frederic
Romantic Polish-French piano composer of piano etudes and so on -
Chopin, Kate
Author of The Awakening -
Chopra, Deepak
Author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind -
Chopra, Priyanka
The movie star from India who married Nick Jonas -
Cho, Seung-Hui
The student who killed 32 others at Virginia Tech in 2007 -
Chretien, Jean
Prime Minister of Canada, 1993-2003 -
Christensen, Erika
The druggie daughter in Traffic -
Christensen, Hayden
Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones -
Christensen, Helena
The blank-faced gal in Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" video -
Christie, Agatha
Author of Murder on the Orient Express -
Christie, Chris
The Governor of New Jersey, 2010-2018 -
Christie, Gwendolyn
Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones -
Christo
The artist who wrapped the Reichstag with fabric in 1995 -
Chu, Julie
The goal-scoring forward who made four US Olympic hockey teams -
Chu Mei-feng
The Taiwanese politician caught on tape -
Chung, Alexa
Host of the short-lived MTV program It's On -
Chung, Lee Isaac
The writer/director of 'Minari' -
Chung Ling Soo
The fake Chinese magician killed on stage during a trick in 1918 -
Church, Charlotte
Welsh opera-pop sensation who did Voice Of An Angel -
Church, Eric
The country singer who did "Drink in My Hand" -
Churchill, Winston
Indefatigable prime minister of Britain during World War II -
Church, Thomas Haden
The has-been hunk Jack in the movie Sideways -
Chu, Steven
Secretary of Energy under Barack Obama -
Chyna
Burly former female champion of the WWF -
Ciara
R&B singer who did the crunky "Goodies" -
Cicarelli, Daniella
Host of the Brazilian MTV show Dance o Clipe -
Cicero
The Roman statesman who stood up to Marc Antony -
Cimino, Michael
The director of 'The Deer Hunter' and 'Heaven's Gate' -
C.K., Louis
The ginger-haired comedian star of TV's Louie -
Clancy, Tom
The "techno-thriller" author who wrote The Hunt for Red October -
Clapton, Eric
The rock guitar god who did "Layla" -
Clark, Dick
The host of American Bandstand and New Year's Rockin' Eve -
Clarke, Arthur C.
The author of 2001: A Space Odyssey -
Clarke, Emilia
Daenerys Targaryen in the TV show Game of Thrones -
Clarke, Melinda
Julie Cooper-Nichol on TV's The O.C. -
Clark, Mary Higgins
The author of Where Are the Children? and other suspense stories -
Clark, Petula
The singer of "Downtown" -
Clark, Roy
The 'Hee Haw' host who sang "Yesterday When I Was Young" -
Clarkson, Kelly
The American Idol winner who sang "A Moment Like This" -
Clarkson, Patricia
Aunt Sarah on TV's Six Feet Under -
Clark, Wesley K.
Former NATO commander and presidential hopeful -
Claudel, Aurelie
Wide-eyed French model of the 2000's -
Claudius
Roman emperor and star of the book I, Claudius -
Clauson, Hailey
Sports Illustrated cover model for 2016 -
Claus, Santa
The jolly toy-delivering hero of Christmas -
Clay, Henry
The "Great Compromiser" of 19th century U.S. politics -
Clayton Powell, Adam Jr.
The Harlem preacher who was a congressman from 1945 to 1970 -
Cleary, Beverly
The author of the Ramona books for children -
Cleaver, Eldridge
The Black Panther who wrote Soul on Ice -
Cleese, John
The tall guy from Monty Python's Flying Circus -
Clegg, Nick
Deputy Prime Minister of the U.K., 2010-2015 -
Clemens, Roger
Fireballing seven-time winner of the Cy Young Award -
Clement, Edith Brown
Rumored Supreme Court nominee from 2005 -
Clemente, Roberto
The first Hispanic in the Baseball Hall of Fame -
Cleo, Miss
Jamaican-sounding infomercial psychic -
Cleopatra
The famously alluring Queen of Egypt -
Cleveland, Frances Folsom
President Grover Cleveland's young wife -
Cleveland, Grover
The 22nd and 24th president of the United States -
Clift, Montgomery
Pvt. Prewitt in the film From Here to Eternity -
Clijsters, Elke
Younger tennis ace of the Clijsters family -
Clijsters, Kim
The U.S. Open winner who retired and then came back to win it twice more -
Cline, Patsy
Country and pop sensation who sang "Crazy" -
Clinton, Bill
42nd President of the United States, 1993-2001 -
Clinton, Chelsea
The daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton -
Clinton, George
United States vice president under Jefferson and Madison -
Clinton, Hillary Rodham
The former First Lady who became the Democratic nominee for president in 2016 -
Clooney, Amal
The international lawyer who married George Clooney -
Clooney, George
The international star of the Ocean's Eleven films -
Clooney, Nick
The silver-haired host of movie channel AMC -
Clooney, Rosemary
Co-star of the 1954 movie White Christmas -
Close, Glenn
Oscar-winning star and lead in TV's Damages -
Clouseau, Inspector
The bumbling detective of the Pink Panther film series -
Clowes, Daniel
He did Ghost World and Art School Confidential -
Cnut
11th century king of England, Denmark and Norway -
Coakley, Martha
Attorney General of Massachusetts, 2007-2015 -
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
The 'Atlantic' writer who also does 'Black Panther' comics -
Cobain, Kurt
Lead singer of the group Nirvana -
Coburn, James
Lanky star of Our Man Flint -
Cochran, Jacqueline
The aviator who headed women pilots in World War II -
Cochran, Johnnie
Defense attorney in the O.J. Simpson murder case -
Coen Brothers, The
The filmmaking pair who made Fargo and True Grit -
Coetzer, Amanda
South Africa's top tennis star in the early 2000s -
Coffin, William Sloane
The Yale chaplain who opposed the U.S. war in Vietnam -
Cohan, George M.
"Mr. Broadway" and the composer of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" -
Cohen, Leonard
The writer of the haunting song "Hallelujah" -
Cohen, Michael
Donald Trump's personal lawyer who pled guilty to breaking campaign finance laws -
Cohen, Sacha Baron
The comedian behind the characters Borat and Bruno -
Cohen, Sasha
2006 U.S. national figure skating champion -
Colbert, Claudette
Clark Gable's co-star in It Happened One Night -
Colbert, Stephen
Host of TV's satirical The Colbert Report -
Coldplay
Performers of the Grammy-winning rock tune "Clocks" -
Coleman, Bessie
The world's first licensed African-American pilot -
Coleman, Gary
Short star of TV's Diff'rent Strokes -
Coleman, Ornette
The plastic sax player who launched Free Jazz -
Coleman, Zendaya
Michelle (aka MJ) in the Spider-Man movie series -
Cole, Nat King
The singer of "Unforgettable" and "Mona Lisa" -
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
The author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner -
Colfer, Chris
The former Glee star who writes fantasy novels for kids -
Collins, Jason
The first active NBA player to say publicly that he was gay -
Collins, Joan
Ageless star of TV's Dynasty -
Collins, Michael
The pilot of Columbia, the Apollo 11 command module -
Collins, Suzanne
The author of The Hunger Games -
Collodi, Carol
The creator of Pinocchio -
Colman, Olivia
The Oscar-winning star of the 2018 movie 'The Favourite' -
Colson, Charles "Chuck"
The jailed Watergate conspirator who became an evangelical Christian leader -
Coltrane, John
Innovative sax player and composer -
Colt, Samuel
Inventor of the Colt revolver -
Columbus, Christopher
The explorer who opened the door to the Americas -
Colvin, Claudette
The black teen who preceded Rosa Parks -
Comanche
The famous horse who survived Custer's Last Stand -
Comaneci, Nadia
Perfect-scoring Romanian gymnast of the 1976 Olympics -
Combs, Ray
The Family Feud host who committed suicide -
Comer, Jodie
The assassin Villanelle in TV's 'Killing Eve' -
Comey, James
Director of the FBI, 2013-17 -
Comfort, Alex
The uninhibited author of The Joy of Sex -
Common
The rapper who co-wrote the theme from Selma -
Como, Perry
Smooth crooner of "Catch a Falling Star" -
Condit, Gary
The congressman who knew the murdered intern Chandra Levy -
Coney Barrett, Amy
President Trump's Supreme Court Pick Just Before Election 2020 -
Confucius
Chinese sage -
Conger, Darva
Original bride on TV's Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? -
Connelly, Jennifer
The Oscar-winning co-star of A Beautiful Mind -
Connery, Sean
The first and greatest movie James Bond -
Connick, Harry Jr.
Jazz heartthrob and Independence Day star -
Conrad, Joseph
Author of Heart of Darkness -
Conrad, Lauren
"LC" from Laguna Beach and The Hills -
Conrad, Robert
The star of TV's The Wild Wild West -
Constantine I
The first Christian ruler of the Roman Empire -
Conway, Tim
The hilariously bumbling cast member from The Carol Burnett Show -
Conyers, John Jr.
U.S. Congressman from Michigan, 1964-2017 -
Cook, James
English explorer of the Pacific in the 1770s -
Cook, Rachael Leigh
The star of the movie She's All That -
Cook, Robin
The author of Coma -
Coolidge, Calvin
President of the United States, 1923-29 -
Coolidge, Grace
First Lady to U.S. President Calvin Coolidge -
Cooper, Anderson
The silver-haired host of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360° -
Cooper, Bradley
The star of the 2018 melodrama A Star Is Born -
Cooper, D.B.
The parachuting skyjacker who maybe got away -
Cooper, Gary
The tall, laconic actor who starred in High Noon -
Cooper, Gordon
Mercury 7 astronaut and pilot of Gemini 5 -
Cooper, James Fenimore
The American novelist who wrote The Last of the Mohicans -
Copernicus, Nicolas
Astronomer known for figuring out that the sun is the center of our solar system -
Copland, Aaron
American composer who wrote Appalachian Spring -
Copperfield, David
The magician who made the Statue of Liberty disappear -
Coppola, Francis Ford
The director of The Godfather films -
Coppola, Sofia
The writer and director of Lost in Translation -
Corbett, Thomas "Boston"
The soldier who killed John Wilkes Booth -
Corden, James
The host of TV's The Late Late Show -
Corman, Roger
"The King of B-Movies" -
Cornelius, Don
The creator and host of the musical TV show Soul Train -
Cornelius, Dr.
The good chimp in The Planet of the Apes -
Cornwell, Patricia
The best-selling author of the Kay Scarpetta series -
Correggio, Antonio Allegri da
The Baroque artist who did Greek myth frescoes -
Corrigan, Douglas
The flier who 'accidentally' crossed the Atlantic -
Cortes, Hernan
The Spaniard who took Mexico from the Aztecs -
Cosby, Bill
The controversial star of the hit 1980s sitcom The Cosby Show -
Cosgrove, Miranda
The star of the TV show iCarly -
Costello, Elvis
The guy who did "Watching the Detectives" and "Radio, Radio" -
Costner, Kevin
Star of Dances With Wolves -
Cotillard, Marion
The Oscar-winning star of La Vie En Rose -
Coughlin, Natalie
The swimmer who won five medals at the 2004 Olympics -
Couric, Katie
Anchor of the Today Show, 1991-2006 -
Cousteau, Jacques-Yves
Underwater explorer and filmmaker -
Cowell, Simon
The obnoxious judge on TV's American Idol -
Cox, Courteney
Monica on the TV sitcom Friends -
Cox, Harvey
The Harvard professor who wrote The Secular City -
Cox, Laverne
Sophia Burset on Orange Is the New Black -
Cox, Nikki
Star of TV's Unhappily Ever After and Las Vegas -
Craig, Daniel
James Bond in the 2006 movie Casino Royale -
Craig, Larry
The Idaho senator who was arrested for lewd conduct in 2007 -
Craig, Yvonne
Batgirl on the 1960s TV series Batman -
Crane, Bob
Star of TV's Hogan's Heroes -
Crane, Hart
Suicidal poet of The Bridge -
Cranmer, Thomas
The English reformer behind The Book of Common Prayer -
Cranston, Bryan
Walter White in the TV show Breaking Bad -
Crater, Judge
The New York judge who vanished in 1930 -
Craven, Wes
The creator if Nightmare on Elm Street -
Crawford, Cindy
The supermodel's supermodel -
Crawford, Joan
Star of Mildred Pierce and subject of the book Mommie Dearest -
Crichton, Michael
The author of Jurassic Park -
Crick, Francis
Co-discoverer of the structure of DNA -
Crocker, Betty
Fictional food expert for General Mills -
Crockett, Davy
Tennessee frontiersman and defender of the Alamo -
Croesus
Wealthy king of ancient Lydia in Asia Minor -
Croft, Lara
Heroine of the Tomb Raider video games -
Cromwell, James
Farmer Hoggett in the movie Babe -
Cromwell, Oliver
Lord Protector of England, 1653-58 -
Cronenberg, David
The director of The Fly and A Dangerous Method -
Cronkite, Walter
CBS TV's news anchor, 1962-81 -
Cronyn, Hume
Diminutive character actor from Cocoon -
Crosby, Bing
The singer of "White Christmas" -
Crosby, David
Singer/guitarist for Crosby, Stills & Nash -
Crosby, Mary
Kristin Shepard, who shot J.R. in TV's Dallas -
Crouch, Peter
The 6'7" striker for the English national team -
Crowe, Russell
The Oscar-winning star of Gladiator -
Crowley, Aleister
Author of Magick in Theory and Practice -
Crow, Sheryl
Singer of "All I Wanna Do" -
Crudup, Billy
Dr. Manhattan in the film version of Watchmen -
Cruise, Tom
Star of the Mission Impossible movie series -
Crumb, R.
Creator of Mr. Natural and "Keep on Truckin'" -
Cruse, Heloise Bowles
The originator of the newspaper column 'Hints From Heloise' -
Cruzan, Nancy
The subject of Cruzan v. Missouri -
Cruz, Penelope
Sultry Spanish Oscar-winner for Vicky Cristina Barcelona -
Cruz, Ted
U.S. Senator from Texas, 2013-present -
Cryer, Jon
Alan Harper on the sitcom Two and a Half Men -
Crystal, Billy
Meg Ryan's co-star in When Harry Met Sally -
Cuarón, Alfonso
The Oscar-winning director of Gravity and Roma -
Cuban, Mark
The owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks -
Cuffe, Paul
The richest African American of the early 19th century -
Cullen, Bill
The game show host with the horn-rimmed glasses -
Cumberbatch, Benedict
The actor who played Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Strange -
Cummings, E. E.
The experimental poet who spelled his name without capitals -
Cunningham, Michael
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours -
Cuoco, Kaley
Penny on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory -
Curie, Marie
Discoverer of radium and polonium -
Curie, Pierre
The scientist husband of Marie Curie -
Curry, Adam
1980s MTV host of Top 20 Countdown -
Curry, Ann
The veteran newswoman who got booted from the Today show in 2012 -
Curry, Stephen
The high-scoring point guard for the Golden State Warriors -
Curry, Tim
Dr. Frank N. Furter from The Rocky Horror Picture Show -
Curtis, Catie
Singer of "Magnolia Street" -
Curtis, Jamie Lee
The Halloween star who won an Oscar in 2023 for Everything Everywhere All at Once -
Curtis, Tony
The star of Some Like it Hot -
Cusack, John
The star of High Fidelity and Hot Tub Time Machine -
Cushing, Peter
The horror film legend who was Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars -
Custer, George Armstrong
The man in command at Custer's Last Stand -
Cuthbert, Elisha
Jack Bauer's daughter, Kim, on TV's 24 -
Cyrus, Miley
Disney Channel's Hannah Montana and Pop Singer -
Cyrus, Trace
Lead singer for the band Metro Station -
Dafoe, Willem
The Green Goblin in the 2002 movie Spider-Man -
Dahl, Roald
The author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory -
Dahmer, Jeffrey
The "Milwaukee Cannibal" serial killer -
Dalai Lama
The spiritual and political leader of Tibet -
Dali, Salvador
The surrealist artist with the curly mustache -
Dalton, John
The weather pioneer who advocated atomic theory -
Dalton, Timothy
James Bond in the 1987 film The Living Daylights -
Daly, John
Crowd-pleasing golfer whose motto is "Grip it and rip it" -
Daly, Mary
The feminist professor who battled Boston College -
Damon, Matt
The star of the Bourne action films -
Dandridge, Dorothy
Star of the movie Carmen Jones -
Danes, Claire
Angela Chase on TV's My So-Called Life -
Dangerfield, Rodney
The comedian who said "I don't get no respect" -
Daniels, Anthony
C-3PO in the Star Wars movie series -
Daniels, Charlie
The fiddle player who did "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" -
Daniels, Lee
The director of Precious -
Daniels, Stormy
The adult film star paid hush money by Donald Trump's attorney -
Daniels, The
The filmmaking pair who made Everything Everywhere All At Once -
Dano, Paul
The mute kid in Little Miss Sunshine -
Danson, Ted
He played bar owner Sam Malone on Cheers -
Dante
The author of The Divine Comedy -
Darcy, Fitzwilliam
The wealthy suitor from the book Pride and Prejudice -
Dare, Virginia
The first English person born in North America -
Darren, James
Moondoggie the surfer in Gidget -
Darrow, Clarence
The defense attorney from 1925's Scopes Trial -
Darwin, Charles
The naturalist who came up with the theory of evolution -
Daschle, Tom
U.S. Senate majority leader 2001-2003 -
Da Silveira, José
The founder of "Formism" -
Dass, Ram
The LSD guy from the 1960s who wrote 'Be Here Now' -
Davenport, Lindsay
Winner of the 1999 Wimbledon tennis tournament -
David, Jacques-Louis
Court painter of Napoleon -
David, King
The child giant-slayer who became Israel's king -
David, Larry
The guy from Curb Your Enthusiasm -
Davidson, Harold
The scandalous Rector of Stiffkey -
Davies, Robertson
Author of Fifth Business -
Da Vinci, Leonardo
Painter of the Mona Lisa -
Davis, Al
General manager and owner of the Oakland Raiders, 1963-2011 -
Davis, Angela
The black feminist/communist on the Most Wanted list in 1970 -
Davis, Ann B.
Alice the housekeeper on The Brady Bunch -
Davis, Bette
The bug-eyed movie star from All About Eve -
Davis, Geena
The leggy star of Thelma and Louise -
Davis, Hannah
The pulchritudinous "genie" in ads for Direct TV -
Davis, Jefferson
President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War -
Davis, Jimmie
Louisiana's "Singing Governor" -
Davis, Miles
Composer/performer of Kind of Blue -
Davison, Emily
The suffragist who was run over by the king's horse in 1913 -
Davis, Ossie
Husband of Ruby Dee and veteran of stage and screen -
Davis, Sammy Jr.
Singer of "The Candy Man" -
Davis, Viola
The Oscar-winning star of the 2016 film Fences -
Davis, Wendy
The Texas state senator who filibustered an abortion bill -
Davuluri, Nina
Miss America of 2014 -
Davy, Sir Humphry
The chemist known as the father of electrolysis -
Dawson, Richard
The host of the game show Family Feud -
Day, Andra
The singer of "Rise Up" who played Billie Holiday in 2020 -
Day, Doris
The squeaky-clean star of 1950s romantic comedies -
Day, Dorothy
Laywoman who co-founded The Catholic Worker -
Day-Lewis, Daniel
The star of the movies Lincoln and There Will Be Blood -
Dean, Howard
Former governor of Vermont and outspoken 2004 candidate for U.S. president -
Dean, James
Movie icon and star of Rebel Without a Cause -
Dean, John
Nixon's lawyer who squealed about Watergate -
de Armas, Ana
The Oscar-nominated star of the 2022 film Blonde -
DeBose, Ariana
Anita in the Spielberg version of 'West Side Story' -
de Branges, Louis
The deep thinker who proved the Bieberbach Conjecture in 1984 -
Debs, Eugene
Socialist presidential candidate, 1900-1920 -
Decker, Brooklyn
Cover model for the 2010 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue -
Deen, Paula
The sassy Southern host of TV's Paula's Home Cooking -
Deep Blue
The computer that beat Kasparov -
Deep Fritz
The computer which battled Vladimir Kramnik in 2002 -
Deep Throat
Mysterious informer of the Watergate scandal -
Dee, Ruby
Veteran actress and wife of Ossie Davis -
Dee, Sandra
Star of the 1959 movie Gidget -
DeFeo Family
The famous ghosts from The Amityville Horror -
Def Leppard
Heavy metal hitmakers ("Rock of Ages") -
Defoe, Daniel
The author of Robinson Crusoe -
Defonseca, Misha
The fraud behind Misha: A Memoire of the Holocaust -
Degas, Edgar
The French painter/sculptor of ballet dancers -
De Gaulle, Charles
President of France, 1958-69 -
Degeneres, Ellen
Host of daytime TV's The Ellen DeGeneres Show -
DeHaan, Dane
The Green Goblin in 2014's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 -
De Havilland, Olivia
Melanie in Gone With the Wind -
De Hory, Elmyr
Art forger and author of the book Fake! -
De La Hoya, Oscar
Middleweight boxing star of the 1990s -
Delany, Dana
Nurse Colleen McMurphy on TV's China Beach -
Delany, Samuel R.
Author of Dhalgren and Babel-17 -
DeLay, Tom
The convicted Texas ex-Congressman who appeared on Dancing With the Stars -
DeLillo, Don
The author of White Noise and Underworld -
De Long, George
The polar explorer who led the U.S.S. Jeannette -
DeLorean, John
Creator of the DeLorean car -
Delpy, Julie
Celine in Before Sunrise -
Del Toro, Benicio
The Mexican cop in Traffic -
Del Toro, Guillermo
The maker of the film The Shape of Water -
De Matteo, Drea
Adriana on TV's The Sopranos -
De Mille, Cecil B.
The legendary film director who did The Ten Commandments -
Demme, Jonathan
The director of 'Silence of the Lambs' -
Dempsey, Patrick
Dr. Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd on TV's Grey's Anatomy -
Dench, Judi
Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love -
Deneuve, Catherine
The mysterious French beauty who starred in Belle du Jour -
De Niro, Robert
The intense star of Taxi Driver -
Denison, Anthony
Ray Luca on TV's Crime Story -
Dennings, Kat
Norah in Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist -
Denver, Bob
Gilligan on TV's Gilligan's Island -
Denver, John
Folk-pop singer of "Rocky Mountain High" -
Depp, Johnny
Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies -
De Quincey, Thomas
Author of Confessions of an English Opium Eater -
Derek, Bo
Buxom co-star of the movie 10 -
Dern, Bruce
The Oscar-nominated star of the 2013 film Nebraska -
Dern, Laura
The star of Jurassic Park and Little Women -
De Rossi, Portia
She played Lindsay on TV's Arrested Development -
Derrida, Jacques
French philosopher whose deconstructionist books included 'Writing and Difference' -
Desai, Kiran
The author of the novel The Inheritance of Loss -
de Saint Exupéry, Antoine
Author of The Little Prince -
Des Barres, Pamela
Groupie author of I'm With the Band -
Descartes, René
The philosopher who said "I think, therefore I am" -
Deschanel, Zooey
The doe-eyed star of (500) Days of Summer and New Girl -
De Soto, Hernando
Spanish conquistador who explored North America, 1539-42 -
Destiny's Child
R&B singers of the hit "Say My Name" -
De Vere, Edward
17th Earl of Oxford and maybe the real Shakespeare -
Dever, Kaitlyn
The sassy teen Eve on the sitcom Last Man Standing -
Devi, Phoolan
Modern India's "Bandit Queen" -
DeVos, Betsy
Trump's 2016 pick for Secretary of Education -
Dewey, John
Pragmatist educator of the early 20th century -
Dewey, Melvil
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal Classification System -
Dhue, Laurie
Former newsreader on the Fox News Channel -
Diamond, Neil
The pop musician who sang "Sweet Caroline" -
Diana, Princess of Wales
The "People's Princess" and ex-wife of Britain's Prince Charles -
Dias, Bartolomeu
Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope -
Diaz, Cameron
The title character in the movie Something About Mary -
Diaz-Rahi, Yamila
2002 Sports Illustrated cover -
DiCaprio, Leonardo
Heartthrob star of the 1997 film Titanic -
Dick, Andy
Host of MTV's The Andy Dick Show -
Dickens, Charles
The author of A Christmas Carol -
Dickerson, Ernest R.
Spike Lee's cinematographer and the director of 'Juice' -
Dickinson, Angie
Star of the TV show Police Woman -
Dickinson, Emily
The poet called "The Belle of Amherst" -
Dick, Philip K.
The mind-bending sci-fi author of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" -
Diddley, Bo
The early rock 'n' roll inventor nicknamed "The Originator" -
Diderot, Denis
Enlightenment editor of Encyclopédie -
Didion, Joan
The author of Slouching Toward Bethlehem -
Dido
The singer of the tune "Here With Me" and "Thank You" -
Diesel, Rudolf
Inventor of the diesel engine -
Diesel, Vin
Star of the hot-rod thriller The Fast and the Furious -
Diet Coke and Mentos Guys, The
Stars of the 'Diet Coke fountain' Internet videos -
Dietrich, Marlene
The sexy German star of the 1930 film The Blue Angel -
Diggs, Taye
The young hunk from How Stella Got Her Groove Back -
Dihigo, Martín
The Cuban baseball star known as "The Immortal" -
Dilla, J
The Detroit hip-hop rapper/producer who did the album 'Donuts' -
Diller, Barry
The former Paramount and Fox TV executive who now runs InterActiveCorp -
Diller, Phyllis
The wild-haired female comedian of the late 20th century -
Dillinger, John
The gangster given up by the "Lady in Red" -
Dillon, Matt
Star of Rumble Fish and Wild Things -
DiMaggio, Joe
"Joltin' Joe," legendary Yankee center fielder -
Dinklage, Peter
He's the dwarf Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones -
DioGuardi, Kara
The fourth judge on TV's American Idol -
Dion, Céline
The singer of "My Heart Will Go On," the theme from Titanic -
Disney, Walt
The creator of Mickey Mouse and Disneyland -
Dix, Dorothea
The 19th-century woman who improved treatment of the insane -
Dixon, Jeane
Popular astrologer and psychic -
Djokovic, Novak
The Serbian tennis star who has won 24 major singles titles -
DMX
Rapper of "Get At Me Dog" -
Dobbs, Lou
Former CNN business anchor and would-be populist politician -
Dobson, James
The founder and host of Focus on the Family -
Doctorow, E.L.
The author of the 1975 novel Ragtime -
Dodd, Christopher
U.S. senator from Connecticut, 1981-2011 -
Dogg, Snoop
Languid West Coast rapper and celebr-izzle -
Doig, Peter
The Scottish-born Tahiti-based painter of 'The Architect's Home in the Ravine' -
Dole, Bob
The 1996 Republican candidate for president -
Dole, Elizabeth
Senator from North Carolina, 2003-09 -
Dolenz, Micky
The fun-loving drummer for The Monkees -
Dole, Sanford B.
The first governor of Hawaii -
Dolezal, Rachel
The white woman who pretended to be black -
Dollar, Creflo
The prosperity-preaching pastor of World Changers Church -
Dolly the Sheep
The first cloned mammal -
Dolphy, Eric
The way-out reed man who recorded Out to Lunch -
Domino, Fats
Early rock 'n' roll singer of "Blueberry Hill" -
Donatello
Early Renaissance sculptor of the bronze David -
Donen, Stanley
The director of the movie 'Singin' in the Rain' -
Donovan, Landon
Star forward for the Los Angeles Galaxy -
Donovan, Shaun
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 2009-14 -
Doohan, James
Scotty on the TV series Star Trek -
Doolittle, James Harold
Leader of the bomber attack on Tokyo in 1942 -
Doppler, Christian
Discoverer of what's called the Doppler Effect -
Dornan, Jamie
Christian Grey in the movie Fifty Shades of Grey -
Doss, Nannie
"The Jolly Black Widow" serial killer -
Dostoevsky, Fedor
The author of Crime and Punishment -
Douglas, Aaron
The Harlem Renaissance muralist who did 'Aspects of Negro Life' -
Douglas, David
The Scottish botanist whose 19th centry exploits led to the Douglas-fir -
Douglas, Gabby
The Olympic gymnast called "The Flying Squirrel" -
Douglas, Kirk
Dimple-chinned star of Spartacus -
Douglas, Michael
Gordon Gecko in the 1987 movie Wall Street -
Douglass, Frederick
Former slave turned anti-slavery leader -
Dove, Rita
U.S. Poet Laureate, 1993-95 -
Dowd, Maureen
Tart-tongued New York Times columnist -
Downey, Robert Jr.
Star of the movie Iron Man -
Doyle, Arthur Conan
The creator of Sherlock Holmes -
Drake
The hip-hop star who used to be on Degrassi -
Drake, Francis
The English mariner who circumnavigated the globe -
Draper, Don
The hunky lead character of the TV show Mad Men -
Dr. Demento
The veteran radio host who plays wacky novelty songs -
Dr. Dre
Founding member of the gangsta rap group N.W.A. -
Drew, Charles
The inventor of the blood bank -
Dreyfus, Alfred
The French captain wrongly accused of treason in 1894 -
Dreyfuss, Richard
The star of Jaws and Close Encounters -
Driver, Adam
Kylo Ren in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ -
Dr. John
The New Orleans singer of 1973's "Right Place, Wrong Time" -
Dr. Phil
That relationship guy from Oprah -
Drudge, Matt
The muckraking "citizen journalist" who runs The Drudge Report -
Du Bois, W.E.B.
Author of The Souls of Black Folk -
Duchovny, David
F.B.I. Agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files -
Duff, Hilary
TV's Lizzie McGuire -
Duffy, Carol Ann
The first female poet laureate in British history -
Dujardin, Jean
The Oscar-winning star of the 2011 film The Artist -
Dukakis, Michael
1988 Democratic nominee for U.S. President -
Duke, Daisy
The hubba-hubba cousin on TV's The Dukes of Hazzard -
Duke, Patty
Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker -
Dumas, Alexandre (the Elder)
The author of The Three Musketeers -
Dumont, Bruno
The artsy French director of Li'l Quinquin -
Dunaway, Faye
The star of Bonnie and Clyde and Network -
Duncan, Arne
U.S. Secretary of Education, 2009-2015 -
Duncan, Isadora
Free-spirited modern dancer of the early 1900s -
Dunham, Lena
The creator and star of the TV series Girls -
Duns Scotus, John
Medieval philosopher and founder of Scotism -
Dunst, Kirsten
Mary Jane in the Spider-Man film series -
Dupré, Ashley
The hired woman in the Eliot Spitzer scandal -
Durante, Jimmy
Big-nosed comedian of 20th-century radio and TV -
Durant, Kevin
Scoring champ forward for the Oklahoma Thunder -
Durst, Fred
Tattooed lead singer for the band Limp Bizkit -
Durst, Robert
The eccentric killer featured in the HBO show The Jinx -
Dushku, Eliza
Faith on TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer -
Duterte, Rodrigo
16th president of The Philippines, 2016-present -
Duval, David
2001 British Open golf champion -
Duvalier, François "Papa Doc"
The all-powerful President of Haiti, 1957-71 -
Duvall, Robert
Oscar-winning star of Tender Mercies -
DuVernay, Ava
The director of the movie Selma -
Dworkin, Andrea
Author of Woman Hating -
Dylan, Bob
Singer of "Like a Rolling Stone" -
Dyson, Michael Eric
The author of the 2007 book Know What I Mean: Reflections on Hip-Hop -
Díaz, Junot
The author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao -
Dürer, Albrecht
Germany's great Renaissance illustrator and printmaker -
Eakins, Thomas
American realist painter who did Max Schmitt in a Single Scull -
Ealy, Michael
Darwyn Al-Sayeed on the cable series Sleeper Cell -
Earhart, Amelia
The pioneering female pilot who disappeared in the South Pacific in 1937 -
Earnhardt, Dale
Nascar's "The Intimidator" -
Earnhardt, Dale Jr.
Son of racer Dale Earnhardt and winner of the 2004 Daytona 500 -
Earp, Wyatt
Doc Holliday's friend at the O.K. Corral -
Easter Bunny, The
The fictional symbol of Easter -
Eastwood, Clint
Star of the Dirty Harry films -
Eaton, Ashton
Gold medalist and three-time world champion decathlete -
Ebadi, Shirin
Winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize -
Ebanks, Selita
Cayman-born model for Victoria's Secret -
Ebert, Roger
The "two thumbs up" movie critic and TV personality -
Eckhart, Aaron
Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight -
Eco, Umberto
The author of The Name of the Rose -
Eddy, Mary Baker
Founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist -
Edelstein, Lisa
Dr. Lisa Cuddy on TV's House -
Ederle, Gertrude
The first woman to swim the English Channel -
Edgerton, Harold
The professor who made strobe photography popular -
Edison, Thomas
The man who invented the light bulb -
Ed, Mister
Star of the eponymous 1960s TV sitcom -
Edward, John
The spiritualist host of Crossing Over -
Edwards, John
The Democratic candidate for vice president in 2004 -
Edwards, Vince
TV's Dr. Ben Casey -
Edward the Elder
King of Wessex and the Anglo-Saxons, 899-924 -
Edward VI
King Henry VIII's son, boy heir to the throne -
Efron, Zac
Troy Bolton in the High School Musical movies -
Ehrlichman, John
Nixon aide convicted in the Watergate scandal -
Eilish, Billie
The teen pop singer who did 2019's "Bad Guy" -
Einstein, Albert
Creator of the theory of relativity -
Eisenberg, Jesse
The one who played Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network -
Eisenhower, Dwight
Supreme commander of Allied forces in WWII -
Eisenhower, Mamie
President Dwight D. Eisenhower's wife -
Eisenstein, Sergei
Russian director of the film The Battleship Potemkin -
Eisner, Michael
CEO of Walt Disney Company, 1984-2005 -
Eisner, Will
Creator of the comic The Spirit -
Ejiofor, Chiwetel
The star of the movie Dirty Pretty Things -
Elba, Idris
Stringer Bell on The Wire and the star of Luther -
ElBaradei, Mohamed
The Egyptian winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize -
El Cid
Spanish military and folk hero -
Eleanor of Aquitaine
The tough queen who led medieval England and France -
Electra, Carmen
The Baywatch actress who later hosted Singled Out -
Elfman, Jenna
Dharma on TV's Dharma & Greg -
Elgort, Ansel
Augustus in the movie The Fault in Our Stars -
El Greco
Late Renaissance Spanish painter -
Eliot, George
The author of Middlemarch -
Eliot, T.S.
Author of The Waste Land -
Elizabeth of York
Henry VIII's mother -
Elizabeth, Shannon
The sexy exchange student in the movie American Pie -
Ellingson, Lindsay
Star of the 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show -
Ellington, Duke
Performer of "Take the 'A' Train" -
Elliot, Cass
The big member the pop group The Mamas & The Papas -
Elliott, Missy
Singer of the song "The Rain" -
Ellis, Aunjanue
The Oscar-nominated co-star of the 2021 film King Richard -
Ellis, Bret Easton
The author of Less Than Zero -
Ellis, Dock
The MLB player who pitched a no-hitter on LSD -
Ellis, Don
The experimental post-bop jazz musician who invented the "superbone" -
Ellison, Harlan
The author of "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream" and 'A Boy and His Dog' -
Ellison, Ralph
Author of Invisible Man -
Ellsberg, Daniel
The whistleblower who released the Pentagon Papers in 1971 -
Elson, Karen
The model married to rock star Jack White -
Elvira
Vampy TV host of late-night horror movies -
Emanuel, Rahm
Mayor of Chicago, 2011-present -
Emeagwali, Philip
Nigerian-born supercomputing expert -
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
A founder of Transcendentalism -
Emhoff, Douglas
The first-ever "second gentleman" of the United States -
Eminem
Rapper of the hit "The Slim Shady LP" -
Emmerich, Roland
Director of Independence Day -
Engels, Friedrich
Karl Marx's collaborator and editor -
England, Lynndie
The woman US soldier from the Abu Ghraib photos -
Eno, Brian
Producer of ambient and avant-garde music -
Ensign, John
The adulterous Nevada senator whose parents gave money to his mistress -
Enya
Singer of "Orinoco Flow" ("Sail Away") -
Ephron, Nora
The writer and director of Sleepless In Seattle -
Epstein, Brian
The first manager of The Beatles -
Epstein, Jeffrey
The wealthy financier charged with sex trafficking of underaged girls -
Erasmus
The humanist scholar who wrote The Praise of Folly -
Erdrich, Louise
The author of The Plague of Doves -
Ericson, Leif
The Viking settler who found North America before Columbus -
Eric the Red
The viking explorer who colonized Greenland -
Erivo, Cynthia
The Oscar-nominated star of the 2019 movie Harriet -
Ernst, Max
The surrealist artist known for collages -
Erving, Julius
Hall of Fame basketball star -
Escher, M.C.
Mind-bending artist of "Hand With Reflecting Sphere" -
Escobar, Pablo
Colombian drug kingpin of the 1980s -
Espada, Martín
The Latino poet who wrote "Alabanza" and "Floaters" -
Estefan, Gloria
The Miami-based singer of "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" -
Estevez, Emilio
The Martin Sheen son who was in Breakfast Club and Repo Man -
Etheridge, Melissa
Singer of "Come to My Window" -
Euclid
Alexandrian mathematician and father of geometry -
Eusebio
Portugal's all-time top-scoring footballer -
Evangelista, Linda
The supermodel's supermodel of the early 1990s -
Evans, Bill
One of the all-time greats on jazz piano -
Evans, Chris
He's Captain America in those Marvel movies -
Evans, Dale
Partner of singing cowboy Roy Rogers -
Evans, Luke
The star of Dracula Untold -
Evans, Robert
The fast-living movie producer who made Chinatown -
Evanti, Lillian
The first African-American woman to sing opera professionally -
Eve
The world's first woman, according to the Bible -
Evenstar, Arwen
Aragorn's love interest in The Lord of the Rings -
Eve of Destruction
"The First Lady" of Ruff Ryders Entertainment -
Everett, Chad
Dr. Joe Gannon on Medical Center -
Everhart, Angie
Redheaded supermodel of the 1990s -
Evers, Medgar
Assassinated Mississippi civil rights leader -
Evert, Chris
1970s tennis champ dubbed "The Ice Maiden" -
Ewing, Megan
Hazel-eyed teen Guess model -
Facinelli, Peter
The dad vampire in the Twilight films -
Fadiman, Anne
Author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down -
Fadiman, Clifton
Host of the radio quiz show Information Please -
Fagen, Donald
Co-founder of the group Steely Dan -
Fairey, Shepard
The graphic designer who did the Obama Hope poster -
Fakih, Rima
Miss USA 2010 -
Faldo, Nick
Top European golfer from 1985 to about 1996 -
Fallon, Jimmy
The host of The Tonight Show, 2014-present -
Falwell, Jerry
Founder of the Moral Majority -
Fanning, Dakota
Young actress from The Cat in the Hat and Man on Fire -
Fanning, Elle
The movie star's daughter in the film Somewhere -
Faraday, Michael
Inventor of the first dynamo -
Fargo, Donna
She had the 1972 hit "Happiest Girl in The Whole USA" -
Farley, Chris
Star of TV's Saturday Night Live -
Farmiga, Vera
George Clooney's love interest in Up in the Air -
Farnsworth, Philo T.
Inventor of the all-electronic television -
Farragut, David Glasgow
The Civil War admiral who said, "Damn the torpedoes..." -
Farrakhan, Louis
Head of the Nation of Islam, 1978- -
Farrell, Colin
The star of Alexander and Miami Vice -
Farrow, Mia
The waifish star of Rosemary's Baby -
Farrow, Ronan
Mia Farrow's son who's on MSNBC -
Fassbender, Michael
The German-Irish actor who starred in Hunger and Shame -
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner
The director of the movie The Marriage of Maria Braun -
Fat Albert
Mirthful obese character based on Bill Cosby's childhood memories -
Fatboy Slim
The mixmaster of the single "Weapon of Choice" -
Fat, Chow Yun
Chinese action film star -
Faulkner, William
American author of As I Lay Dying -
Fauset, Jessie Redmon
The "midwife" of the Harlem Renaissance and editor of 'The Crisis' -
Faust, Drew Gilpin
The first woman president of Harvard University -
Favreau, Jon
The guy who made Swingers with Vince Vaughn -
Favre, Brett
The star 1990s quarterback who keeps un-retiring -
Fawcett, Farrah
Jill Munroe on TV's Charlie's Angels -
Fawkes, Guy
Most famous member of England's "Gunpowder Plot" -
Fayyad, Salam
The Palestinian finance minister who became emergency prime minister -
Federer, Roger
The winner of the most major singles titles in men's tennis history -
Federline, Kevin
Britney Spears's husband -
Feige, Kevin
The head of Marvel Studios since 2007 -
Feldstein, Beanie
-
Felipe VI
The king of Spain, 2014-present -
Felix, Maria
The legendary Mexican movie star known as La Doña -
Fellini, Federico
The Italian director of La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2 -
Felton, Tom
Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies -
Fennell, Emerald
The Oscar-winning writer, director and producer of Promising Young Woman -
Fenty, Robyn Rihanna
Singer of the hit single "Umbrella" -
Ferdinand, Archduke
The man whose killing sparked WWI -
Ferdinand of Aragon
One-half of Ferdinand and Isabella -
Ferguson, Stacy "Fergie"
The Wild Orchid member who joined the Black Eyed Peas -
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Beat poet/publisher and co-founder of City Lights Books -
Fermi, Enrico
Italian-American pioneer in nuclear fission -
Ferraro, Geraldine
The first woman to be a major-party candidate for U.S. vice president -
Ferrell, Will
The SNL star who was in the movie Anchorman -
Ferrera, America
The star of TV's Ugly Betty -
Ferrigno, Lou
Muscular star of TV's The Incredible Hulk -
Fett, Boba
The Star Wars bad guy in the T-shaped visor -
Feynman, Richard
The Nobel-winning author of Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman -
Fey, Tina
The star of TV's 30 Rock -
Fibonacci, Leonardo
The guy who brought the Hindu-Arabic number system to Europe -
Fielding, Helen
The author of Bridget Jones's Diary -
Fielding, Henry
The author or Tom Jones -
Field, Sally
The Oscar winning star of Norma Rae -
Field, Todd
The director of Tár and In the Bedroom -
Fiennes, Ralph
Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films -
Fife, Barney
The comical deputy sheriff on TV's The Andy Griffith Show -
Figo, Luis
2001 FIFA World Player of the Year -
Fillion, Nathan
Captain Mal Reynolds from the TV show Firefly -
Fillmore, Abigail Powers
President Millard Fillmore's wife -
Fillmore, Millard
President of the United States, 1850-53 -
Finch, Atticus
The upstanding lawyer from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird -
Fincher, David
The director of The Social Network -
Finney, Albert
The star of the bawdy 1963 film Tom Jones -
Fiorina, Carly
The Hewlett-Packard CEO who ran for president -
Firth, Colin
King George VI in the 2010 film The King's Speech -
Fischer, Bobby
The American chess champ who beat Boris Spassky in 1972 -
Fischer, Jenna
Pam Beesly from TV's The Office -
Fishburne, Laurence
Morpheus in The Matrix -
Fisher, Carrie
Princess Leia in Star Wars -
Fisher, Elsie
The star of the movie 'Eighth Grade' -
Fisher, Isla
The redhead Aussie from The Wedding Crashers -
Fitzgerald, Edmund
The namesake of the ship that sank on Lake Superior in 1975 -
Fitzgerald, Ella
Jazz vocalist known for scat singing -
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
The author of The Great Gatsby -
Flack, Roberta
Singer of Killing Me Softly -
Flanagan, John
Author of the Ranger's Apprentice series of children's books -
Flatley, Michael
The fleet-footed creator of Lord of the Dance -
Flaubert, Gustave
The author of Madame Bovary -
Flay, Bobby
The celebrity chef of TV's Boy Meets Grill and Throwdown -
Fleischer, Max
The creator of Betty Boop cartoons -
Fleischer, Richard
The director of 'Doctor Doolittle' and 'Soylent Green' -
Fleming, Alexander
The bacteriologist who discovered penicillin -
Fleming, Art
The of TV's Jeopardy! -
Fleming, Ian
The creator of James Bond 007 -
Fletcher, Louise
Nurse Ratched in the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -
Flintstone, Fred
Star of TV's The Flintstones -
Flockhart, Calista
The star of the 1990s TV show Ally McBeal -
Flowers, Gennifer
The Arkansas woman who claimed she had a 12-year affair with Bill Clinton -
Flux, Aeon
Sexy animated assassin from MTV's Liquid Television -
Flynn, Errol
The swashbuckling star of Captain Blood and Robin Hood -
Flynn, Gillian
The author of Gone Girl -
Flynn, Michael
The former National Security Advisor who pled guilty to a felony in 2017 -
Fokker, Anthony
"The Flying Dutchman" who built WWI planes for Germany -
Foley, Jack
The likable bank robber played by George Clooney in the movie Out of Sight -
Foley, Mark
The Florida email scandal congressman -
Fonda, Henry
Tom Joad in the movie The Grapes of Wrath -
Fonda, Jane
Outspoken Oscar-winning actress and Ted Turner's ex-wife -
Fonda, Peter
The star of Easy Rider and Ulee's Gold -
Fontaine, Joan
The Oscar-winning star of the Hitchcock thriller Suspicion. -
Fontana, D.C.
Scripter and story editor for the original 'Star Trek' -
Fontana, Isabeli
The teenaged Victoria's Secret model of 1999 -
Foote, Horton
Oscar-winning screenwriter of To Kill A Mockingbird -
Forbes, Steve
Publisher of Forbes magazine -
Ford, Betty
The former First Lady who founded the Betty Ford Center -
Ford, Gerald
President of the United States, 1974-77 -
Ford, Harrison
The actor who plays Indiana Jones -
Ford, Henry
Creator of the Ford Motor Company -
Ford, John
Director of The Searchers and other Hollywood westerns -
Ford, Patricia
Playboy lingerie model of the 1990s -
Ford, Richard
The author of Independence Day and The Sportswriter -
Ford, Rob
The rambunctious mayor of Toronto, 2010-14 -
Ford, Tom
The fashion designer who directed 'A Single Man' -
Foreman, George
Heavyweight boxing champ with a grill business -
Forester, C.S.
The author of the Horatio Hornblower series of novels -
Forman, Milos
The director of 'Amadeus' and 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' -
Forster, Robert
Max Cherry in the movie 'Jackie Brown' -
Fort, Charles
Researcher and reporter of anomalous phenomena -
Fosbury, Dick
The high jumper who came up with the Fosbury Flop -
Fosdick, Harry Emerson
Liberal Protestant preacher who wrote, "Shall the Fundamentalists Win?" -
Fosse, Bob
The director and choreographer of the Broadway show Chicago -
Fossett, Steve
The record-breaking aviator who disappeared in Nevada -
Fossey, Dian
The author of Gorillas in the Mist -
Foster, Ben
Chris Pine's co-star in 'Hell or High Water' -
Foster, Jodie
The star of The Silence of the Lambs -
Foucault, Michel
The French philosopher who wrote This is Not a Pipe -
Fox Chase Boy, The
Mysterious 1950s Philadelphia victim -
Fox, George
The founder of Quakerism -
Fox, Matthew
Dr. Jack Shephard on the TV series Lost -
Fox, Megan
The sultry love interest in the Transformers movies -
Fox, Michael J.
Out-of-time teen Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film series -
Fox Sisters, The
The toe-cracking teens who claimed to be spiritualists -
Fox, Terry
The cancer victim who ran over 3000 miles across Canada -
Fox, Vicente
President of Mexico, 2000-2006 -
Foxx, Jamie
Oscar-winning star of the movie Ray -
Foy, Claire
Queen Elizabeth II in the series 'The Crown' -
Foy, Mackenzie
Young Murph in the movie Interstellar -
Foyt, A. J.
Four-time Indy 500 Winner -
Frakes, Jonathan
Commander Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation -
Frampton, Peter
The rock guitarist who recorded Frampton Comes Alive! -
Francis, Arlene
Longtime panelist on TV's What's My Line -
Franco, James
Harry Osborn in the Spider-Man movies -
Frank, Anne
Author of The Diary of Anne Frank -
Franken, Al
The liberal comedian who was elected senator from Minnesota in 2008 -
Franklin, Aretha
The Queen of Soul who sang "Respect" -
Franklin, Benjamin
The Founding Father who wrote Poor Richard's Almanac -
Franklin, Rosalind
The woman whose crystal studies showed the structure of DNA -
Franz, Dennis
Detective Sipowicz on TV's NYPD Blue -
Franzen, Jonathan
Author of The Corrections -
Fraser, Brendan
The star of 1999's The Mummy and 2022's The Whale -
Frazier, Joe
The boxing champ who lost 1971's Fight of the Century -
Frederique
Sleepy-eyed model for Victoria's Secret -
Freeman, Martin
Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit movies -
Freeman, Morgan
The Oscar-winning co-star of Million Dollar Baby -
Freleng, Friz
The animator who did The Pink Panther cartoons -
Fremont, John C.
The man who mapped the West -
Freud, Lucian
The British portraitist who did Benefits Supervisor Sleeping -
Freud, Sigmund
The founder of psychoanalysis -
Frey, Glenn
The guitarist who co-founded The Eagles -
Friedan, Betty
The author of 'The Feminine Mystique' -
Friedkin, William
The director of The French Connection and The Exorcist -
Fripp, Robert
Art-rock guitarist from King Crimson -
Frisell, Bill
Innovative guitarist who recorded In Line -
Frog, Michigan J.
The wacky singing frog from Warner Brothers cartoons -
Frost, Robert
The poet who wrote "The Road Not Taken" -
Frost, Sir David
The British TV host who interviewed Richard Nixon -
Frosty the Snowman
The star of the 1950 pop song "Frosty the Snowman" -
Frye, Soleil Moon
TV's Punky Brewster -
Fuchs, Klaus
The physicist who gave secrets to the Soviets in WWII -
Fuentes, Carlos
The author of 'The Old Gringo' and 'The Death of Artemio Cruz' -
Fuentes, Daisy
The former host of MTV Internacional -
Fugazi
Influential punk rockers -
Fuller, Buckminster
the inventor of the geodesic dome -
Fuller, Margaret
The feminist who wrote 'Woman in the Nineteenth Century' -
Fuller, Samuel
The director of Pickup on South Street and The Naked Kiss -
Fulton, Robert
The man who made steamships successful -
Funny Cide
Winner of the 2003 Kentucky Derby -
Furlong, Edward
Young John Connor in the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day -
Furtado, Nelly
Singer of "I'm Like A Bird" -
Gable, Clark
Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind -
Gabor, Eva
Star of the TV sitcom Green Acres -
Gabor, Zsa Zsa
The much-married celebrity sister of Eva Gabor -
Gabriel
The angel who told Mary that Jesus would be born -
Gabriel, Peter
Singer of "Solsbury Hill" and "In Your Eyes" -
Gacy, John Wayne
The "Killer Clown" who buried his victims in his house -
Gaddafi, Muammar
Dictator of Libya, 1969-2011 -
Gadot, Gal
The star of 2017's 'Wonder Woman' -
Gadsby, Hannah
The Tasmanian comedian of 'Nanette' -
GaGa, Lady
The pop singer who co-starred in the 2018 film 'A Star Is Born' -
Gagarin, Yuri
The first human in space -
Gaiman, Neil
Author of the Sandman comics -
Galadriel
Mysterious queen of Lothlorien in The Lord of the Rings -
Galecki, Johnny
Leonard Hofstadter on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory -
Galfridus Monemutensis
The 12th century author of 'Historia Regum Britanniae' -
Galifianakis, Zach
The nutty, hairy brother in The Hangover -
Galileo
The inventor of the astronomical telescope -
Gallner, Kyle
The icky "Beaver" on TV's Veronica Mars -
Gallup, George
The founder of Gallup public opinion polls -
Gama, Vasco da
Portugese explorer who opened up sea route to India -
Gambon, Michael
Headmaster Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films -
Gandalf
Hero of The Lord of the Rings -
Gandhi, Indira
Prime Minister of India, 1966-77 and 1980-84 -
Gandhi, Mohandas
Non-violent leader of Indian independence -
Gandolfini, James
Tony Soprano in the TV series The Sopranos -
Garbo, Greta
The starlet who said "I want to be alone" -
Garcia, Andy
The actor who played young Vincent in The Godfather: Part III -
Garcia, Jerry
Leader of The Grateful Dead -
Garciaparra, Nomar
The All-Star shortstop who married Mia Hamm -
Gardner, Ava
The Oscar-nominated actress who married Frank Sinatra -
Garfield, Andrew
Eduardo Saverin in the movie The Social Network -
Garfield, Eugene
Founder of the Institute for Scientific Information -
Garfield, James
President of the United States, March-September 1881 -
Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph
President James Garfield's wife -
Garland, Alex
The author of The Beach and director of Ex Machina -
Garland, Judy
The actress who played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz -
Garland, Merrick
The judge unsuccessfully nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016 -
Garner, Erroll
The guy who wrote the song "Misty" -
Garner, James
Star of the TV show The Rockford Files -
Garner, Jennifer
Superspy Sydney Bristow in TV's Alias -
Garner, Julia
Sly criminal Ruth on the TV series 'Ozark' -
Garofalo, Janeane
Tart-tongued comic actress and radio host -
Garrison, William Lloyd
Civil War-era abolitionist who published The Liberator -
Garvey, Marcus
Founder of the "back to Africa" movement -
Gasquet, Richard
French tennis prodigy and mixed doubles winner at the 2002 French Open -
Gates, Bill
Co-founder of the Microsoft Corporation -
Gates, Gareth
Pop Idol star who did "Unchained Melody" -
Gates, Henry Louis Jr.
The Harvard professor and African-American scholar who was arrested for disorderly conduct in 2009 -
Gates, Robert M.
U.S. Secretary of Defense, 2006-2011 -
Gaugin, Paul
The Post-Impressionist painter of Tahitian girls -
Gavaskar, Sunil
Legendary Indian cricket player -
Gaye, Marvin
Singer of "Sexual Healing" -
Gazzara, Ben
The stage and screen actor who starred in the 1970 film Husbands -
Gbowee, Leymah
The Nobel-winning Liberian activist featured in the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell -
Geffen, David
The billionaire entertainment mogul behind Geffen Records and Dreamworks -
Gehrig, Lou
The New York Yankee hero known as "The Iron Horse" -
Gehry, Frank
The architect who designed the Guggenheim Museum in Spain -
Gein, Ed
Wisconsin killer who inspired the movie Psycho -
Geithner, Timothy
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 2009-2013 -
Geldof, Bob
The singer who organized the Live Aid concerts -
Geldof, Peaches
The star of Peaches Geldof: Teenage Mind -
Gellar, Sarah Michelle
The star of TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer -
Geller, Uri
Paranormal celebrity famous for bending spoons -
Genghis Khan
13th century Mongolian conqueror -
Genét, Edmond Charles
Rabble-rousing French minister to the U.S., 1793 -
Gere, Richard
The star of An Officer and A Gentleman -
Germanicus
Commander of Roman legions on the Rhine -
Geronimo
The Chiricahua Apache leader who surrendered in 1886 -
Gerry, Elbridge
The early American politician who gave us the term "gerrymandering" -
Gershwin, George
Composer of Rhapsody in Blue -
Gervais, Ricky
The creator of The Office and Extras -
Gerwig, Greta
The star of the move 'Frances Ha' -
Getz, Stan
The jazz saxophonist who did "The Girl From Ipanema" -
Ghauri, Yasmeen
Canadian-Pakistani-German model of the 1990s -
Ghazali, Al-
Medieval Islamic philosopher and theologian -
Giamatti, Paul
Star of American Splendor and Sideways -
Gibb, Robin
One-third of the pop group The Bee Gees -
Gibson, Althea
The first black woman to win the U.S. Open -
Gibson, Mel
The writer and director of The Passion of the Christ -
Gibson, William
The author who created "cyberpunk" -
Giffords, Gabrielle
The U.S. member of Congress who was shot in 2011 -
Giger, H.R.
The designer of the Alien monster -
G.I. Joe
Famous fist-fighting action figure for boys -
Gilberto, João
The Brazilian guitarist who did "The Girl From Ipanema" -
Gilbert, William
The guy who figured out magnetism and electricity -
Gilbreth, Lillian
The engineer and efficiency expert and mom of 'Cheaper by the Dozen' -
Gilgamesh
Sumerian king and hero of The Epic of Gilgamesh -
Gillaine, Marie
The young star of the film My Father the Hero -
Gillespie, Dizzy
The bebop trumpeter with the upturned horn -
Gillette, King Camp
Inventor of the disposable safety razor -
Gilligan
The dim-witted titular star of Gilligan's Island -
Gilligan, Vince
The creator of the TV series Breaking Bad -
Gill, Vince
Country music superstar who did These Days -
Gingrich, Newt
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1995-1999 -
Ginsberg, Allen
The Beat-era poet who wrote Howl -
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader
The second woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court -
Ginuwine
Smooth, sexy singer of "Pony" -
Giovanni, Nikki
The poet who wrote "Ego-Tripping" -
Gish, Lillian
Big-eyed silent screen star of Intolerance and La Bohéme -
Giuliani, Rudy
Mayor of New York City, 1994-2001 -
Glasper, Robert
The jazz pianist who did 'Black Radio' -
Glass, Philip
Modern composer who did Einstein on the Beach -
Gleason, Jackie
Ralph Kramden on The Honeymooners -
Glenn, John
The first American to orbit Earth -
Glover, Donald
Star and creator of 'Atlanta', and rapper Childish Gambino -
Glück, Louise
The Nobel Prize winning poet who wrote “Mock Orange” -
Goalsevelt, Teddy
The unofficial mascot of US fans at the 2014 World Cup -
Godard, Jean-Luc
Existentialist, Marxist French movie director -
Goddard, Paulette
Charlie Chaplin's leading lady in Modern Times -
Godiva, Lady
The woman who rode through town naked on a horse -
Godzilla
The movies' most famous city-destroying lizard monster -
Goebbels, Joseph
Adolf Hitler's Minister of Propaganda, 1933-45 -
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
The German dramatist known for Faust -
Goh Chok Tong
Prime Minister of Singapore, 1990-2004 -
Goldberg, Whoopi
Star of the Hollywood comedy Sister Act -
Goldblum, Jeff
The star of Jurassic Park and Independence Day -
Golding, Henry
The male lead in the movie 'Crazy Rich Asians' -
Golding, William
The Nobel-winning author of Lord of the Flies -
Goldman, Emma
The anarchist-feminist who founded 'Mother Earth' monthly -
Goldman, William
The writer of The Princess Bride and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -
Goldwater, Barry
Conservative icon -
Goliath
The giant slain by David's slingshot -
Golovin, Tatiana
Russo-French tennis prodigy of the early 21st century -
Gomez, Selena
Alex Russo on on the Disney Channel show Wizards of Waverly Place -
Gonzales, Alberto
U.S. Attorney General, 2005-2007 -
Gonzalez Inarritu, Alejandro
The Oscar-winning director of Birdman -
Goodacre, Jill
The Victoria's Secret model who is married to Harry Connick, Jr. -
Goodall, Jane
Chimpanzee expert and conservationist -
Gooding, Cuba (Jr.)
The guy who said "Show me the money!" in Jerry Maguire -
Goodman, Benny
Clarinetist nicknamed "The King of Swing" -
Goodman, John
The husband on TV's Roseanne -
Gorbachev, Mikhail
The Nobel Prize-winning last leader of the Soviet Union -
Gordimer, Nadine
The Nobel-winning South African author who wrote July's People -
Gordon, Dexter
Long, tall tenor sax jazz legend -
Gordon-Levitt, Joseph
Star of Brick and The Lookout -
Gordy, Berry
The founder of Motown Records -
Gore, Al
The former vice-president who starred in "An Inconvenient Truth" -
Gorey, Edward
The macabre illustrator who did the opening for the PBS show Mystery! -
Gorillaz
Cartoon singers of "Clint Eastwood" -
Gorky, Maxim
Russian writer known for his socialist realism -
Gorman, Amanda
The National Youth Poet Laureate who read at Joe Biden's inauguration -
Gorsuch, Neil
Donald Trump’s 2017 nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court -
Gosling, Ryan
The young guy from the movie The Notebook -
Gosselin, Jon
The husband from TV's Jon & Kate Plus 8 -
Gosselin, Kate
The wife and mother from TV's Jon & Kate Plus 8 -
Goss, Porter
The CIA director who resigned suddenly in 2006 -
Gottfried, Gilbert
The comedian who voiced Iago in 'Aladdin' -
Goulart, Izabel
Brazilian model from the Victoria's Secret TV show -
Gould, John
The English ornithologist who did Birds of Australia -
Goya
Spanish painter of Maya Nude -
Grable, Betty
Pinup queen of World War II -
Grace, Topher
The star of That '70s Show -
Graf, Steffi
1988 Grand Slam winner -
Grafton, Sue
Author of the "alphabet" series of Kinsey Millhone mystery novels -
Graham, Billy
Globetrotting "crusade" preacher and friend of presidents -
Graham, Franklin
Billy Graham's rebel son turned evangelist -
Graham, Heather
Rollergirl in the 1997 movie Boogie Nights -
Graham, Katharine
Publisher of the Washington Post -
Graham, Lindsey
GOP senator from South Carolina, 2002-present -
Graham, Martha
The modern dance choreographer who did Appalachian Spring -
Grammer, Kelsey
Dr. Frasier Crane on TV's Frasier and Cheers -
Grande, Ariana
Cat Valentine from Nickelodeon's Sam & Cat -
Grandville, J.J.
French caricaturist during the reign of King Louis-Philippe -
Grant, Amy
The Christian pop singer of the 1991 hit "Baby, Baby" -
Grant, Cary
The suave star of North by Northwest -
Grant, Hugh
The star of Four Weddings and a Funeral -
Grant, Julia Dent
The wife of President U.S. Grant -
Grant, Richard E.
The veteran actor who was finally Oscar-nominated for Can You Ever Forgive Me? -
Grant, Ulysses
President of the United States, 1869-1877 -
Graves, Robert
Author of I, Claudius -
Gray, Fred D.
The lawyer for Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks -
Gray, Freddie
The Baltimore man killed in police custody in 2015 -
Gray, Spalding
Creator of Swimming to Cambodia and other monologues -
Greely, Adolphus
U.S. Army Arctic explorer -
Greene, Ashley
Alice in the Twilight movies -
Greene, Graham
Author of The Honorary Consul and The Third Man -
Green, Eva
Vesper Lynd in the 2006 Bond film Casino Royale -
Greengrass, Paul
The director of 'United 93' and 'The Bourne Ultimatum' -
Green, John
The author of The Fault in Our Stars -
Greenspan, Alan
Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors, 1987-2006 -
Green, Tom
Host of TV's Tom Green Show -
Greer, Germaine
Feminist author of 'The Female Eunuch' -
Gregg, Judd
U.S. senator from New Hampshire, 1993-present -
Gretzky, Wayne
NHL legend and nine-time league MVP -
Grey, Lady Jane
The nine-day Queen of England -
Grey, Zane
Author of Riders of the Purple Sage -
Grier, Pam
Star of the 1970s cult hit Foxy Brown -
Griffin, Kathy
The celebrity-bashing star of My Life on the D-List -
Griffin, Merv
TV host who created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! -
Griffith, Andy
Star of TV's The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock -
Griffith, D.W.
Ground-breaking director of Birth of a Nation -
Griffith, Melanie
The star of the film Working Girl -
Grinch, The
The furry grouch who tried to ruin Christmas -
Grint, Rupert
Redheaded Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films -
Grisham, John
Author of The Client and The Firm -
Groban, Florent
The Army Captain awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2015 -
Groban, Josh
Singer of "You Raise Me Up" -
Grodin, Charles
Robert DeNiro's co-star in 'Midnight Run' and the dad in 'Beethoven' -
Groening, Matt
Creator of The Simpsons -
Grubbs, Jaimie
The cocktail waitress who claimed she had an affair with golfer Tiger Woods -
Grumpy Cat
Popular frowny-cat Internet meme of the 2010s -
Gryner, Emm
Singer of the folk single "Summerlong" -
Guaraldi, Vince
The jazz pianist who wrote the music for Charlie Brown -
Guerra, Juan Luis
The Dominican guitarist who did "Bachata Rosa" -
Guevara, Che
Latin American Marxist revolutionary -
Guinness, Alec
Obi-Wan Kenobe in the original Star Wars -
Gulbis, Natalie
The LPGA golfer with her own swimsuit calendar -
Gunn, James
The filmmaker who did 'Guardians of the Galaxy' -
Gupta, Yana
Popular model for Lakme cosmetics -
Gutenberg, Johannes
Inventor of modern printing -
Guthrie, Janet
The first woman to drive in the Indy 500 -
Guthrie, Woody
The guy who wrote "This Land Is Your Land" -
Guzman, Joaquin
The Mexican drug kingpin known as "El Chapo" -
Gyllenhaal, Jake
The guy who co-starred with Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain -
Gyllenhaal, Maggie
Star of the 2002 movie Secretary -
Gödel, Kurt
The Austrian mathematician known for his Incompleteness Theorem -
Göring, Hermann
Commander of the Nazi Luftwaffe in World War II -
Haber, Fritz
The German chemist who made fertilizer and poison gas in World War I -
Hachem, Joseph
Winner of the 2005 World Series of Poker -
Hackman, Gene
Popeye Doyle in The French Connection -
Haddish, Tiffany
She played Dina in the 2017 comedy 'Girls Trip' -
Hadrian
Builder of Hadrian's Wall -
Hagel, Chuck
U.S. Secretary of Defense, 2013-14 -
Haggard, H. Rider
Author of King Solomon's Mines -
Haggard, Merle
The Okie from Muskogee -
Haggard, Ted
The Colorado Springs preacher caught in a sex scandal -
Haggis, Paul
Writer and director of the film Crash -
Hagman, Larry
J.R. Ewing on the TV show Dallas -
Haig, Alexander
Four-star general and U.S. Secretary of State, 1981-82 -
Haile Selassie
Emperor of Ethiopia, 1930-74 -
Haim, Corey
1980s teen star who was in Lucas and The Lost Boys -
HAL 9000
The supercomputer from 2001: A Space Odyssey -
Hale, Nathan
Revolutionary War hero who said "I only regret that I have but one life..." -
Haley, Alex
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the book Roots -
Haley, Bill
The guy who sang "Rock Around the Clock" -
Hall, Donald
The New England poet who wrote Ox-Cart Man -
Halley, Edmond
Discoverer of Halley's Comet -
Halliwell, Geri
The red-haired "Ginger Spice" of the Spice Girls -
Hall, Michael C.
Star of the Showtime series Dexter -
Hamill, Mark
Luke Skywalker in Star Wars -
Hamilton, Alexander
Co-author of The Federalist Papers -
Hamilton, George
Super-tanned actor and star of Dancing With the Stars 2 -
Hamilton, Linda
Sarah Connor in 'The Terminator' movies -
Hamilton, Margaret
The wicked witch in The Wizard of Oz -
Hamlisch, Marvin
Composer of A Chorus Line -
Hammerstein, Oscar II
Co-writer of Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music -
Hammett, Dashiell
The author of "The Maltese Falcon" -
Hamm, Jon
The actor who played Don Draper on TV's Mad Men -
Hamm, Mia
Star of the 1996 and 2004 Olympic soccer champs -
Hammurabi
Author of the Code of Hammurabi -
Hampton, Fred
The young Black Panther murdered by Chicago police in 1969 -
Hampton, Lionel
Jazz legend who was "King of the Vibes" -
Ham the Chimp
America's first chimpanzee in space -
Hancock, John
The Founding Father with the giant signature -
Handel, G. F.
Composer of Messiah -
Handler, Chelsea
TV Host and author of Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea -
Handler, Daniel
Pseudonymous author of A Series of Unfortunate Events -
Handy, W.C.
The composer called "The Father of the Blues" -
Haneke, Michael
The director of Caché and Amour -
Haniya, Ismail
Palestinian Prime Minister, 2006-present -
Hanks, Tom
The Oscar-winning star of Forrest Gump -
Hannah, Daryl
The mermaid in Splash -
Hanna, Jack
Zoologist host of TV's Animal Adventures -
Hannibal Barca
The "father of strategy" who took elephants over the Alps -
Hannigan, Alyson
The 'band camp' girl in American Pie -
Hannity, Sean
The right-leaning TV host from Hannity & Colmes -
Hansberry, Lorraine
The author of A Raisin in the Sun -
Hanson, Curtis
The director of L. A. Confidential -
Hanson, John
The guy who was sort-of the first American president -
Hantuchova, Daniela
Winner of the career grand slam of mixed doubles -
Harding, Florence Kling
U.S. President Warren G. Harding's wife -
Harding, Tonya
Champion skater who had her opponent's knee whacked -
Harding, Warren G.
President of the United States, 1921-23 -
Hardy, Thomas
The author of Tess of the d'Urbervilles -
Hardy, Tom
Eames in the 2010 film Inception -
Haring, Keith
The 'Radiant Baby' graffiti artist who died of AIDS in 1990 -
Harkleroad, Ashley
The American tennis player who posed for Playboy -
Harmon, Mark
Jethro Gibbs on the TV series NCIS -
Harnois, Elisabeth
Christina on TV's Point Pleasant -
Harper, Stephen
Prime Minister of Canada, 2006-2015 -
Harper, Valerie
Rhoda on TV's Mary Tyler Moore Show -
Harrelson, Woody
The guy from Cheers who played Larry Flynt in the movies -
Harris, Barbara C.
The world's first female Anglican bishop -
Harris, Charlaine
The author of the Sookie Stackhouse True Blood books -
Harris, Ed
The intense actor who wrote and starred in Pollock -
Harris, Kamala
The first woman to be elected vice-president of the United States -
Harris, Lusia
The subject of the 2021 documentary 'The Queen of Basketball' -
Harris, Naomie
Miss Moneypenny in 'Skyfall' and 'Spectre' -
Harris, Neil Patrick
The star of the TV sitcom How I Met Your Mother -
Harrison, Anna
U.S. President William Henry Harrison's wife -
Harrison, Benjamin
President of the United States 1889-1893 -
Harrison, Caroline Scott
The wife of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison -
Harrison, George
The guitarist for The Beatles -
Harrison, Rex
Professor Henry Higgins from My Fair Lady -
Harrison, William Henry
President of the United States, March-April, 1841 -
Harris, Thomas
The author of 'The Silence of the Lambs' -
Harry, Deborah
Lead singer for the group Blondie -
Harryhausen, Ray
The stop-motion filmmaker who did Jason and the Argonauts -
Harry, Prince
The second son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana -
Hart, Johnny
Creator of the strip B.C. -
Hart, Kevin
The comedian in 'Let Me Explain' and 'Ride Along' -
Hartman, Phil
The droll comic star of TV's News Radio -
Hartnett, Josh
Capt. Danny Walker in Pearl Harbor (2001) -
Harvey, Paul
The host of Paul Harvey radio news -
Hasan, Nidal Malik
The suspect in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood -
Hasan, Sheeraz
Host of Tinseltown TV -
Hasselhoff, David
Star of TV's Knight Rider and Baywatch -
Hastert, Dennis
The former Speaker of the House who was indicted for 'hush money' banking crimes in 2015 -
Hatcher, Teri
Lovelorn mom Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives -
Hatch, Orrin
U.S. Senator from Utah, 1976-2019 -
Hatch, Richard
The original winner on the TV series Survivor -
Hathaway, Anne
The Oscar-winning star of Les Miserables -
Hauer, Rutger
Roy Batty in the movie 'Blade Runner' -
Havel, Václav
The dissident who became the first president of the Czech Republic -
Hawke, Ethan
Star of Reality Bites -
Hawkes, John
The Oscar-nominated co-star of Winter's Bone -
Hawking, Stephen
The author of A Brief History of Time -
Hawkins, Coleman
Tenor sax player who had the hit "Body and Soul" -
Hawkins, Paula
The author of 'The Girl on the Train' -
Hawkins, Sally
The human star of 'The Shape of Water' -
Hawks, Howard
The versatile film director who did Bringing Up Baby -
Hawk, Tony
The star of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater -
Hawn, Goldie
The star of the movie Private Benjamin -
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
The author of The Scarlet Letter -
Hayden, Tom
The California political activist once married to Jane Fonda -
Hayek, Salma
Star of the movie Frida -
Hayes, Helen
"The First Lady of the American Theater" -
Hayes, Isaac
The singer of "Theme from Shaft" -
Hayes, Lucy
First Lady to U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes -
Hayes, Rutherford
President of the United States, 1877-1881 -
Haynes, Todd
The director of Far From Heaven and TV's Mildred Pierce -
Hayward, Susan
The redhead who won an Oscar for 'I Want To Live' -
Hayward, Tony
The head of BP during the great Gulf of Mexico oil spill of 2010 -
Hayworth, Rita
1940s bombshell who ended sadly with Alzheimer's -
Hazanavicius, Michel
The director of the 2011 silent film The Artist -
Hazare, Anna
The activist who led the Indian anti-corruption movement of the early 21st century -
Head, Edith
Oscar-winning costume designer for Hollywood movies from 1924-82 -
Heard, Amber
Johnny Depp's 2015 wife and co-star in 'The Danish Girl' -
Hearst, George
19th century American mining and publishing tycoon -
Hearst, Patty
The kidnapped heiress who turned bank robber -
Hearst, William Randolph
Founder of the Hearst newspaper chain -
Heatherton, Erin
Lanky blonde model for Victoria's Secret -
Heche, Anne
The one-time partner of Ellen DeGeneres who starred in Six Days Seven Nights -
Hecht, Ben
The prolific Hollywood screenwriter who did The Front Page -
Heder, Jon
The guy who played Napoleon Dynamite -
Hedges, Lucas
The Oscar-nominated co-star of the 2016 film 'Manchester by the Sea' -
Hedren, Tippi
The blonde in The Birds -
Hefner, Hugh
Founder of the Playboy empire -
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
Metaphysical philosopher who came up with the idea of the dialectic -
Heidegger, Martin
The modern philosopher who wrote 1927's 'Being and Time' -
Heigl, Katherine
Star of Grey's Anatomy and Knocked Up -
Heimlich, Henry
The guy who developed the Heimlich Maneuver -
Heinlein, Robert A.
The author of Stranger in a Strange Land -
Held Evans, Rachel
The LGBT-friendly Christian blogger who died tragically at 37 -
Helfer, Tricia
Number Six, the alluring cyborg in Battlestar Galactica -
Heller, Joseph
The author of Catch-22 -
Hello Kitty
Popular blank-faced Japanese cartoon cat -
Helms, Jesse
Conservative senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003 -
Helmsley, Leona
The hotelier called the "Queen of Mean" -
Hemings, Sally
The slave who probably had kids fathered by Thomas Jefferson -
Hemingway, Ernest
The famously manly author of For Whom the Bell Tolls -
Hemsworth, Chris
The Australian actor who played Thor in the movies -
Hemsworth, Liam
Gale in the movie The Hunger Games -
Henderson, Florence
Carol Brady, the mom on TV's 'The Brady Bunch' -
Hendricks, Christina
Joan the office manager on the TV series Mad Men -
Hendrix, Jimi
Performer of "Purple Haze" -
Henie, Sonja
She was the first big celebrity figure skater -
Henin, Justine
Winner of the French Open, 2005-07 -
Henning, Doug
The pixie-ish, big-toothed magician of the 1970s -
Henry, Buck
The screenwriter of 'The Graduate' -
Henry, Patrick
The American patriot who said, "Give me liberty or give me death!" -
Henry, Thierry
The superstar whose handball put the French into World Cup 2010 -
Henson, Jim
The creator of Kermit the Frog -
Henson, Matthew
The first man to reach the North Pole -
Henson, Taraji P.
Queenie in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -
Henwick, Jessica
X-Fighter pilot Jess Pava in 'The Force Awakens' -
Hepburn, Audrey
The elfin star of the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's -
Hepburn, Katharine
Silver screen legend, star of The African Queen -
Heraclitus
Greek philosopher who said all is in constant flux -
Herbert, Frank
Author of the novel Dune -
Hercules
The hero of the 12 labors -
Hernandez, Aaron
The NFL tight end charged with murder in 2013 -
Hernandez, Jaime
The illustrator who co-created Love and Rockets -
Herod
The Biblical king who ordered a mass slaughter of infants -
Herod Antipas
The ruler who had John the Baptist beheaded -
Herodotus
Ancient author of The Histories -
Herrion, Thomas
Would-be 49er who died after a 2005 preseason game -
Hersh, Seymour
The journalist who broke the story of the My Lai Massacre -
Herzigova, Eva
The model in the hit Wonderbra ads of the 1990s -
Herzog, Werner
German filmmaker who made Aguirre: The Wrath of God -
Hess, Sandra
Sonya Blade in the movie Mortal Kombat: Annihilation -
Heston, Charlton
Moses in the 1956 film The Ten Commandments -
Hewitt, Don
Creator and executive producer of TV's 60 Minutes -
Hewitt, Jennifer Love
Sarah on TV's Party of Five -
Hewitt, Lleyton
2001 U.S. Open champ -
Heyerdahl, Thor
Leader of the Kon-Tiki and Ra Expeditions -
Hickmann, Ana
Long-legged Brazilian supermodel -
Hickok, "Wild Bill"
The frontiersman shot from behind in Deadwood -
Hicks, Taylor
The "Soul Patrol" winner of American Idol 2006 -
Hiddleston, Tom
Loki in those Marvel Thor movies -
Higgs, Peter Ware
The Nobel-winning physicist behind the Higgs boson -
Highsmith, Patricia
The author of The Talented Mr. Ripley and Carol -
Hijuelos, Oscar
The author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love -
Hildegard von Bingen
Medieval prophet, healer and composer -
Hilfiger, Ally
Designer Tommy Hilfiger's daughter -
Hilfiger, Tommy
Fashion mogul with the blue-white-red rectangle logo -
Hillary, Sir Edmund
The first man to climb Mount Everest -
Hill, Benny
Cheeky British comedian -
Hillenbrand, Laura
Author of Seabiscuit: An American Legend -
Hill, Faith
Tim McGraw's wife and singer of "Wild One" -
Hill, Joe
The author of Heart-Shaped Box and NOS4A2 -
Hill, Jonah
The loud, keyed-up star of Superbad -
Hill, Lauryn
The singer from the Fugees -
Hilton, Conrad
The founder of Hilton Hotels -
Hilton, Nicky
Hotel heiress and sister to socialite Paris Hilton -
Hilton, Paris
Party-hopping Hilton Hotel heiress and star of TV reality shows -
Hilton, Perez
The online gossip columnist who runs PerezHilton.com -
Himmler, Heinrich
Hitler's head of the Gestapo during World War II -
Hinckley, John Jr.
The man who shot Ronald Reagan -
Hinds, Ciarán
The veteran Irish actor who played a granddad in the film Belfast -
Hines, Connie
Wilbur's wife on the sitcom Mister Ed -
Hines, Earl
Influential jazz pianist -
Hingis, Martina
Three-time winner of women's singles at the Australian Open -
Hingle, Pat
Jim Gordon in the Batman film series -
Hinton, S.E.
Author of The Outsiders -
Hippocrates
Author of the Hippocratic Oath -
Hirohito
Emperor of Japan, 1926-1989 -
Hirsch, Emile
The young star of the movie Into the Wild -
Hirschfeld, Al
The longtime humorous caricaturist of Broadway stars -
Hirsch, Judd
The star of the TV sitcom Taxi -
Hisahito, Prince
The most recent male heir to the imperial throne of Japan -
Hiss, Alger
The State Department official accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948 -
Hitchcock, Alfred
The director of the classic suspense film Psycho -
Hitchens, Christopher
The author of God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything -
Hitler, Adolf
The leader of Nazi Germany during World War II -
Hobbes, Thomas
English philosopher who wrote Leviathan -
Ho Chi Minh
Communist leader of North Vietnam, 1945-69 -
Hockney, David
British pop artist and critic -
Hoffa, Jimmy
The powerful Teamsters honcho missing since 1975 -
Hoffman, Abbie
The yippie who wrote Steal This Book -
Hoffman, Dustin
Benjamin in The Graduate -
Hoffman, Philip Seymour
Oscar-winning star of the 2005 movie Capote -
Hogan, Hulk
The star of pro wrestling's "Hulkamania" -
Hokinson, Helen
Cartoonist of urban matrons for The New Yorker -
Holbrook, Hal
Stage and TV actor known for playing Mark Twain -
Holden, William
The Oscar-winning star of Stalag 17 -
Holder, Eric
Attorney General of the United States, 2009-2015 -
Holiday, Billie
The popular jazz singer known as "Lady Day" -
Hollande, Francois
The President of France, 2012 - 2017 -
Holland, Tom
The star of 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' -
Holliday, John Henry "Doc"
The gambler who fought with the Earps at the O.K. Corral -
Holly, Buddy
The rock music pioneer who sang "Peggy Sue" -
Hollywood, Paul
Celebrity baker and host/judge of 'The Great British Bake Off' -
Holm, Eleanor
The Olympic swimmer kicked off the 1936 American team for partying -
Holmes, Katie
The Dawson's Creek actress who married and divorced Tom Cruise -
Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr.
The U.S. Supreme Court's "Great Dissenter" from 1902-1932 -
Holmes, Oliver Wendell Sr.
Author of The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table -
Holmes, Rupert
The guy who wrote "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" -
Holmes, Sherlock
The most famous detective in English literature -
Holm, Holly
The UFC champ who upset Ronda Rousey in 2015 -
Holm, Ian
Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings movies -
Homer
The author of the Iliad and the Odyssey -
Homer, Winslow
The New England painter who did Breezing Up -
Honey Boo Boo
The silly young star of the reality TV show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo -
Hooke, Robert
The author of 1665's Micrographia -
hooks, bell
Black feminist critic of "white supremacist capitalist patriarchy" -
Hooper, Tom
The director of the film The King's Speech -
Hoover, Herbert
President of the United States, 1929-1933 -
Hoover, J. Edgar
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1924-72 -
Hoover, Larry
Jailed leader of the Gangster Disciples street gang -
Hoover, Lou Henry
United States president Herbert Hoover's wife -
Hope, Bob
Master comedian and Bing Crosby's movie co-star -
Hopkins, Anthony
Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs -
Hopper, Dennis
The good guy in Easy Rider and the bad guy in Speed -
Hopper, Edward
The painter of that lonely diner scene, Nighthawks -
Hornby, Nick
The author of High Fidelity -
Horne, Lena
Singer of the jazz standard "Stormy Weather" -
Horton, Johnny
Singer of 1959's "The Battle of New Orleans" -
Hoskins, Bob
The star of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? -
Hosszu, Katinka
The Hungarian swimmer known as the "Iron Lady" -
Hotchner, A.E.
The writer who befriended Ernest Hemingway and Paul Newman -
Houdini, Harry
The world's greatest escape artist -
Hoult, Nicholas
The star of Warm Bodies and Jack the Giant Slayer -
Hounsou, Djimon
Rebellious slave Cinqué in Amistad -
House, Edward M. "Colonel"
Woodrow Wilson's advisor at the Paris Peace Conference -
Houston, Sam
Namesake of the city of Houston -
Houston, Whitney
The troubled pop singer of "Saving All My Love For You" -
Howard, Ron
Movie director who was Opie on The Andy Griffith Show -
Howard, Terrence
Star of the film Hustle & Flow -
Howe, Elias
The inventor of the sewing machine -
Howe, Julia Ward
The abolitionist who wrote The Battle Hymn of the Republic -
Hoyle, Edmond
The originator of Hoyle's rules for playing cards -
Hubbard, L. Ron
Sci-fi author and founder of Scientology -
Hubble, Edwin
The astronomer the Hubble space telescope is named after -
Huckabee, Mike
Governor of Arkansas, 1996-2007 -
Hudgens, Vanessa Anne
Zac Efron's co-star in the High School Musical films -
Hudson, Henry
The first European to sail up the Hudson River -
Hudson, Jennifer
The American Idol contestant who won an Oscar for Dreamgirls -
Hudson, Kate
Penny Lane in the movie Almost Famous -
Hudson, Rock
The star of the film Giant -
Huffman, Felicity
Lynette on the TV show Desperate Housewives -
Hughes, Howard
The 20th century's famous billionaire aviator, businessman and recluse -
Hughes, Langston
Author of The Weary Blues (1926) -
Hughes, Sarah
2002 Olympic figure skating gold medalist -
Hughes, Ted
The English poet who was married to Sylvia Plath -
Hugo, Victor
The author of Les Misérables -
Hu Jintao
President of the People's Republic of China, 2003-13 -
Hu, Kelly
Co-star of the movie The Scorpion King -
Hume, David
Scottish skeptic who wrote A Treatise of Human Nature -
Humphrey, Hubert H.
Vice President of the United States, 1965-69 -
Hung, William
The so-bad-he's-good contestant for American Idol -
Hunnam, Charlie
Jax on the TV series Sons of Anarchy -
Hunt, Bonnie
The mom in those Beethoven dog movies -
Hunter, Holly
Oscar-winning star of The Piano -
Hunter, Rachel
Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and former wife of Rod Stewart -
Hunter, Tab
The blonde box office idol of the 1950s who also sang "Young Love" -
Hunt, Helen
The star of Mad About You -
Huntington-Whiteley, Rosie
The model who also stars in the film Transformers 3 -
Hunt, Richard Morris
The designer of the Biltmore Mansion -
Huntsman, Jon
The Governor of Utah, 2005-2009 -
Huppert, Isabelle
Star of Entre Nous and The Piano Teacher -
Hurley, Elizabeth
Vanessa Kensington in Austin Powers -
Hurston, Zora Neale
Author of Their Eyes Were Watching God -
Hurt, William
Star of the movie Kiss of the Spider Woman -
Hussein, King
The ruler of Jordan from 1953-1999 -
Hussein, Saddam
Leader of Iraq, 1979-2003 -
Hussle, Nipsey
Grammy nominated rapper who did the album 'Victory Lap' -
Huston, John
Director of The Man Who Would Be King -
Hutcherson, Josh
Peeta Mellark in the movie The Hunger Games -
Hutchinson, Anne
Religious midwife banished from colonial Massachusetts -
Hutton, Betty
The original "Blond Bombshell" -
Hutton, Lauren
Gap-toothed supermodel and co-star of American Gigolo -
Huxley, Aldous
The author of Brave New World -
Hyde, Glen and Bessie
Newlyweds who disappeared in the Grand Canyon -
Hynde, Chrissie
Leader of the rock band The Pretenders -
Ianevski, Stanislav
Viktor Krum in the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -
Ibsen, Henrik
The Norwegian "Father of Modern Drama" -
Ice Cube
Rap's NWA co-founder and movie star of Barbershop -
Idle, Eric
Creator of The Rutles and SpamAlot -
Idol, Billy
Singer of the pop songs "Dancing with Myself" and "White Wedding" -
I'll Have Another
The winner of the 2012 Kentucky Derby and Preakness races -
Iman
The statuesque fashion model who married David Bowie -
Iman, Chanel
The Victoria's Secret model with the part-Korean heritage -
Imhotep
The architect of the oldest Egyptian pyramid -
Imus, Don
The host of the radio show Imus In the Morning -
Ince, Thomas H.
The director of Civilization -
Incredible Hulk, The
Raging green comic book monster -
Inoue, Harumi
Japanese model and star of the movie Freeze Me -
Iommi, Tony
Lead guitarist for the rock band Black Sabbath -
Ireland, Kathy
Sports Illustrated swimsuit model -
Irons, Jeremy
Claus von Bulow in Reversal of Fortune -
Irving, Clifford
Author of the fake Howard Hughes biography -
Irving, John
The author of 'The World According to Garp' -
Irving, Washington
Author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" -
Irwin, Steve
"The Crocodile Hunter" on TV -
Isaac
The Hebrew patriarch who was almost sacrificed by his father -
Isaac, Oscar
Poe Dameron in Star Wars: The Force Awakens -
Isaacson, Walter
The journalist/historian who wrote 'Steve Jobs' the bio -
Isherwood, Christopher
The author of 'Goodbye to Berlin,' which became 'Cabaret' -
Ishiguro, Kazuo
The Nobel-winning author of The Remains of the Day -
Islam, Yusuf
1970s pop singer Cat Stevens -
Ivanisevic, Goran
2001 Wimbledon men's tennis champion -
Ivan the Terrible
The first czar of Russia, 1547-84 -
Iverson, Allen
The NBA player called "The Answer" -
Ivins, Molly
Feisty columnist and liberal Texan -
Jackman, Hugh
The actor who plays Wolverine in the X-Men movies -
Jackson, Andrew
President of the United States, 1829-37 -
Jackson, Curtis
The rapper who made the hit album Get Rich or Die Tryin -
Jackson, Janet
The pop singer who bared her breast at Super Bowl 2004 -
Jackson, Jesse
Aide to Martin Luther King and candidate for U.S. president -
Jackson, Lisa P.
Administrator of the EPA, 2009-2013 -
Jackson, Mahalia
Gospel singing legend -
Jackson, Michael
The eccentric 'King of Pop' who recorded the album Thriller -
Jackson, Paris
The daughter of pop superstar Michael Jackson -
Jackson, Peter
The director of the Lord of the Rings movies -
Jackson, Rachel Donelson Robards
President Andrew Jackson's wife -
Jackson, Randy
Dawg-loving judge on American Idol -
Jackson, Samuel L.
The Bible-quoting hit man from Pulp Fiction -
Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall"
Brilliant Confederate general killed during the U.S. Civil War -
Jackson, Wanda
The "Queen of Rockabilly" -
Jack the Ripper
Notorious throat-slashing London killer of the 1800s -
Jacob
The Biblical patriarch who wrestled with an angel -
Jaffee, Al
The cartoonist who does MAD magazine fold-ins -
Jagger, Bianca
The first wife of rock star Mick Jagger -
Jagger, Mick
The lead singer for The Rolling Stones -
Jaglom, Henry
The idiosyncratic filmmaker who did "Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?" -
Jakes, T.D.
Pentecostal preacher who wrote "Woman, Thou Art Loosed" -
James, E.L.
The author of the sensual bestseller 50 Shades of Grey -
James, Etta
R&B singing legend who did "At Last" and "Roll With Me, Henry" -
James, Henry
Author of The Ambassadors -
James, Jesse (outlaw)
Famous desperado of the old American west -
James, Jesse (TV personality)
The star of TV's Monster Garage and ex-husband of Sandra Bullock -
James, LeBron
The NBA superstar who has won championships with three different teams -
James, P.D.
The "queen of crime" who wrote the Adam Dagliesh mystery novels -
James, Rick
Funky singer of "Super Freak" -
Janney, Allison
C. J. Cregg on TV's The West Wing -
Jarmusch, Jim
The director of Stranger Than Paradise and Ghost Dog -
Jarreau, Al
The singer of "We're in This Love Together" -
Jasmine, Princess
The princess heroine of the Disney film Aladdin -
Jay, John
One of the authors of The Federalist Papers -
Jay, Ricky
The sleight-of-hand magician who appeared in David Mamet movies -
Jay-Z
Rapper of "Empire State of Mind" -
Jeanne-Claude
The wife and creative partner of the avant-garde artist Christo -
Jefferson, Thomas
Author of the Declaration of Independence -
Jefferts Schori, Katharine
The first woman to head a national Anglican church -
Jeffords, James
The senator who switched parties in 2001 -
Jelinek, Elfriede
2004 Nobel-winning Austrian novelist -
Jemison, Mae
The first Black American woman in space -
Jenkins, Barry
The director of 2016's 'Moonlight' -
Jenkins, Beverly
The author of African-American romances such as 'Through the Storm' -
Jenkins, Jerry B.
Co-author of the Left Behind book series -
Jenkins, Patty
The director of 2017's 'Wonder Woman' -
Jenkins, Richard
The guy from 'Six Feet Under' and 'The Shape of Water' -
Jenkins, Robert
His ear started a war between Britain and Spain -
Jenner, Caitlyn
The Olympic decathlete who transitioned from man to woman -
Jenner, Edward
English doctor who introduced smallpox vaccinations -
Jenner, Kendall
The supermodel who is a younger half-sister to Kim Kardashian -
Jennings, Ken
The man who won 74 straight times on Jeopardy! and then became its host -
Jennings, Peter
Anchor of ABC's World News Tonight 1983-2005 -
Jennings, Waylon
Country singer who did "Good Hearted Woman" -
Jesus of Nazareth
The son of God in the Christian religion -
Jeter, Derek
Shortstop (and five-time World Series winner) for the New York Yankees since 1996 -
Jewel
The singer of the hit "You Were Meant For Me" -
Jiang Qing
Mao's wife and leader of the Gang of Four -
Jindal, Bobby
The governor of Louisiana, 2008-2016 -
Jinnah, Muhammad Ali
Founder of Pakistan -
Jinping, Xi
President of China, 2013-present -
Joan of Arc
The French heroine who was burned at the stake -
Job
The guy who was subjected to extreme suffering to prove the greatness of God -
Jobs, Steve
The co-founder of Apple computers -
Joel, Billy
Pianist and singer of the tune Piano Man -
Johansson, Scarlett
The actress who plays Black Widow in the Marvel superhero universe -
John, Elton
The singer of "Candle in the Wind" -
Johns, Jasper
The highly-paid artist who did Flag -
Johnson, Amy Jo
Julie Emrick on the 1990s TV show Felicity -
Johnson, Andrew
The president who followed Abraham Lincoln -
Johnson, Boris
Prime Minister of the U.K. from 2019-2022 -
Johnson, Crockett
The author of Harold and the Purple Crayon -
Johnson, Dakota
The star of the steamy 2015 drama Fifty Shades of Grey -
Johnson, Denis
The author of 'Tree of Smoke' and 'Jesus' Son' -
Johnson, Don
The star of TV's Miami Vice and Nash Bridges -
Johnson, Eliza McCardle
President Andrew Johnson's wife -
Johnson, Gary
The Libertarian presidential candidate in 2012 and 2016 -
Johnson, Jimmie
The winner of four consecutive NASCAR championships, 2006-09 -
Johnson, Lady Bird
Wife of President Lyndon Johnson -
Johnson, Lyndon
President of the United States, 1963-1969 -
Johnson, Magic
The L.A. Lakers star who retired because of HIV -
Johnson, Rian
The writer/director of 'Knives Out' -
Johnson, Robert
The legendary blues guitarist of "Crossroads" fame -
Johnson, Robert L.
Founder of Black Entertainment Television -
Johnson, Samuel
Author of 1755's A Dictionary of the English Language -
Johnson, Zach
Winner of the 2007 Masters -
Johnston, Daniel
The eccentric singer/songwriter of 'Hi, How Are You?' -
Johnston, Levi
The off-again, on-again fiancee of Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol -
Johnston, Lynn
Creator of the comic strip For Better or For Worse -
John the Baptist
The man who "prepared the way" for Jesus of Nazareth -
JoJo
Singer of "Leave (Get Out)" -
Jolie, Angelina
The Oscar-winning star of Girl, Interrupted and other films -
Jolie-Pitt, Knox
The twin son of actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie -
Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh
The Namibia-born daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie -
Jolie-Pitt, Vivienne
The twin daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt -
Jonah
The prophet who was swallowed by a large fish -
Jonas Brothers, The
The band of brothers who starred in the Disney movie Camp Rock -
Jonas, Frankie
The younger brother of the Jonas Brothers band -
Jonas, Joe
The "hottie" in the Jonas Brothers band -
Jonas, Kevin
The oldest of the singing Jonas Brothers -
Jonas, Nick
The lead singer for the Jonas Brothers band -
Jones, Alex
The host of 'InfoWars' -
Jones, Brian
The Rolling Stones founder who died young -
Jones, Chuck
Animated director of Bugs Bunny -
Jones, Davy
The good-looking front man for The Monkees -
Jones, Duncan
The director of the films Moon and Source Code -
Jones, Felicity
Jane Hawking in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything -
Jones, Gayl
The author of 'Eva's Man' and 'The Healing' -
Jones, George
The country music legend who sang "He Stopped Loving Her Today" -
Jones, Grandpa
Co-star of the show Hee Haw -
Jones, Indiana
The whip-cracking archaeologist of Raiders of the Lost Ark -
Jones, James Earl
The voice of Darth Vader -
Jones, James L.
Barack Obama's National Security Advisor, 2009-10 -
Jones, January
Long-suffering wife Betty Draper on TV's Mad Men -
Jones, Jennifer
The star of 1943's The Song of Bernadette -
Jones, Jim
Christian preacher who led 908 followers to their deaths -
Jones, Lolo
The Olympic hurdler who turned into an Olympic bobsledder -
Jones, Mary Harris "Mother"
Labor leader known as the "grandmother of agitators" -
Jones, Mike
Houston-grown rapper of the single "Still Tippin'" -
Jones, Norah
Grammy-winning singer of "Don't Know Why" -
Jones, Paula
She sued President Clinton for sexual harassment -
Jones, Quincy
The jazz/pop maestro who produced Michael Jackson's album Thriller -
Jones, Rashida
Deadpan comedy actress from The Office and Parks and Recreation -
Jones, Shirley
Mom on TV's The Partridge Family -
Jones, Star
The lawyer gal on TV's The View -
Jones, Terry
A founding member of Monty Python's Flying Circus -
Jones, Tom
Sexy Welsh singer of "It's Not Unusual" -
Jones, Tommy Lee
The craggy-faced star of Men in Black -
Jong-un, Kim
The young heir who became ruler of North Korea in 2011 -
Jonze, Spike
The director of Her and Being John Malkovich -
Joplin, Janis
1960s blues/rock singer of "Me and Bobby McGee" -
Jordan, Michael
The super-duper-star guard for the Chicago Bulls -
Jordan, Michael B.
The star of Creed -
Joseph (husband of Mary)
The husband of Mary, mother of Jesus -
Joseph, Chief
Chief of the Nez Perce tribe -
Joseph, Jennifer
The model for the latest Columbia Pictures logo -
Josephus
Jewish historian of the 1st century -
Josie and the Pussycats
Leader of The Pussycats -
Jovovich, Milla
The star of the Resident Evil movies -
Joyce, James
Author of Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake -
Joy Division
Post-punk English band who did "She's Lost Control" -
Juan Carlos, King
King of Spain, 1975-2014 -
Judas Iscariot
The disciple who betrayed Jesus of Nazareth -
Judas Maccabeus
The Jewish warrior who instituted Hanukkah -
Judd, Ashley
The acting member of the famous Judd family -
Judge Judy
The stern, lace-collared TV judge -
Judge, Mike
Creator of Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill -
Julia, Raul
Gomez in The Addams Family movies -
Julius Caesar
The most famous of Roman generals -
Jung, Carl
The founder of analytical psychology -
Jupe, Noah
The kid in the movie 'Honey Boy' -
Jutra, Claude
Director of Mon Oncle Antoine -
Juárez, Benito
Presidential hero of Mexico -
Kabibble, Ish
Comic cornetist who chanted 'boop boop' in Three Little Fishies -
Kaczynski, Ted
The so-called Unabomber -
Kaelin, Kato
The houseguest who testified at the O.J. Simpson murder trial -
Kaepernick, Colin
The NFL quarterback who kneeled to protest racial injustice -
Kaeppeler, Laura
Miss America 2012 -
Kafka, Franz
Author of The Trial and The Metamorphosis -
Kagan, Elena
Barack Obama's 2010 nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court -
Kahlo, Frida
Mexico's most famous 20th-century woman artist -
Kaine, Tim
Governor of Virginia, 2006-2010 -
Kaiser, Henry J.
The shipbuilder who founded Kaiser-Permanente -
Kaiser Wilhelm II
The ruler of Germany during World War I -
Kaling, Mindy
Kelly Kapoor on TV's The Office -
Kaluuya, Daniel
The star of the movie 'Get Out' -
Kamakawiwo'ole, Israel
Super-sized Hawaiian singer of "Over the Rainbow" -
Kamen, Dean
Inventor of the Segway transporter -
Kamen, Jack
Cover artist for EC Comics -
Kandinsky, Wassily
Russian-born founder of Abstract art -
Kant, Immanuel
German philosopher who wrote Critique of Pure Reason -
Kardashian, Khloe
Co-star of the TV show Keeping Up With the Kardashians -
Kardashian, Kimberly
The alpha-sister star of Keeping Up With the Kardashians -
Kardashian, Kourtney
Co-star of the TV show Keeping Up With the Kardashians -
Karembeu, Adriana
The long-legged Wonderbra model from Slovakia -
Karina, Anna
Jean-Luc Godard’s wife and star of 7 of his films -
Karloff, Boris
The original Frankenstein’s Monster of the cinema -
Karman, Tawakkol
The Yemeni activist who shared the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize -
Karr, John Mark
The person who falsely claimed a connection with JonBenet Ramsey's death -
Karsh, Yousuf
Photographer of the famous grumpy Churchill portrait -
Karzai, Hamid
The president of Afghanistan, 2004-2014 -
Kasem, Casey
The host of the radio show American Top 40 -
Kasich, John
Host of The Heartland with John Kasich -
Kass, Carmen
Estonian model for Gap and Christian Dior -
Kauffmann, Stanley
The film reviewer for The New Republic, 1958-2013 -
Kaufman, Andy
The 1970s weirdo comedian extraordinaire -
Kavanaugh, Brett
The U.S. Supreme Court justice confirmed by a 50-48 Senate vote in 2018 -
Kaye, Danny
Song-and-dance star of The Court Jester -
Keane, Bil
The creator of the comic strip 'The Family Circus' -
Keane, Margaret
The painter of big-eyed waifs from the 1960s -
Keaton, Buster
The silent film comedy great known as "The Great Stone Face" -
Keaton, Diane
Woody Allen's co-star in Annie Hall -
Keaton, Michael
Star of Beetlejuice and Batman -
Keats, John
The Romantic poet who wrote "Ode to a Nightingale" -
Keener, Catherine
Harper Lee in the movie Capote -
Keeshan, Bob
TV's Captain Kangaroo -
Keiko
Star of Free Willy -
Keillor, Garrison
The host of radio's A Prairie Home Companion -
Keitel, Harvey
The greasy pimp in Taxi Driver -
Keith, Toby
Singer of "I Love This Bar" -
Keller, Helen
The blind and deaf woman who became a famous activist -
Kelley, DeForest
Dr. McCoy on the TV series Star Trek -
Kelly, Alvin 'Shipwreck'
World-champion flagpole sitter of the 1920s -
Kelly, Emmett, Sr.
The melancholy tramp clown Weary Willie -
Kelly, Gene
The dancing star of Singin' In The Rain -
Kelly, Grace
The actress who became Princess of Monaco -
Kelly, Jill
The Tampa socialite at the center of the David Petraeus scandal of 2012 -
Kelly, Megyn
Host of The Kelly File on Fox News (2013-17) -
Kelly, Minka
Cheerleader Lyla Garrity on the TV show Friday Night Lights -
Kelly, R.
The singer of "I Believe" who went to prison for sex trafficking -
Kendrick, Anna
The younger woman in the movie Up in the Air -
Kennedy, Anthony M.
U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1998-2018 -
Kennedy, Caroline
The oldest child of John and Jackie Kennedy -
Kennedy, Carolyn Bessette
Wife of John F. Kennedy Jr. -
Kennedy, Edward (Ted)
U.S. senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009 -
Kennedy, Ethel
The wife of Senator Robert F. Kennedy -
Kennedy, George
The con against Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke -
Kennedy, John F.
President of the United States, 1961-63 -
Kennedy, John Jr.
JFK's son who also died young -
Kennedy, Joseph Jr.
The older brother of president John Kennedy -
Kennedy, Joseph Sr.
The millionaire father of President John F. Kennedy -
Kennedy, Michael
The Kennedy who died while skiing -
Kennedy, Patrick
U.S Representative from Rhode Island, 1995-2011 -
Kennedy, Robert F.
The assassinated brother of John Kennedy -
Kennedy, Rosemary
The Kennedy sister who had a lobotomy -
Kennewick Man
The ancient human found in Washington in 1996 -
Kenney, Douglas
Co-founder of National Lampoon -
Kenny, Jason
The British cyclist who won three golds at the 2016 Olympics -
Keoghan, Barry
The innocent kid in the movie 'Dunkirk' -
Kepler, Johannes
The astronomer who explained planetary motion -
Kerensky, Alexander
Head of Russia between the czar and the Bolsheviks -
Kerouac, Jack
Beat-era author of On The Road -
Kerr, Anita
Creator and leader of country music's The Anita Kerr Singers -
Kerr, Miranda
The dimpled Australian fashion model who married Orlando Bloom -
Kerry, Alexandra
The eldest daughter of Sen. John Kerry -
Kerry, John
U.S. Secretary of State, 2013-2017 -
Kerry, Teresa Heinz
The wife of Secretary of State John Kerry -
Kerry, Vanessa
The youngest daughter of Senator John Kerry -
Kesey, Ken
Author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -
Kesha
Singer of the party single "TiK ToK" -
Ketcham, Hank
Creator of Dennis the Menace -
Kevorkian, Jack
The euthanasia advocate known as "Dr. Death" -
Keyes, Alan
African-American conservative and sometime presidential candidate -
Keyes, Daniel
The author of Flowers for Algernon -
Key, Francis Scott
The attorney who wrote "The Star Spangled Banner" -
Keynes, John Maynard
The British economist who created macroeconomics -
Keys, Alicia
Singer of the hit R&B single "Fallin'" -
Khanna, Vikas
Founder of the Cooking for Life charity events -
Khayyam, Omar
The author of The Rubaiyat -
Khrushchev, Nikita
Leader of the USSR, 1956-64 -
Khufu
Builder of the Great Pyramid -
Kidder, Margot
Lois Lane in the 1978 film Superman: The Movie -
Kidd, Jason
Point guard for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks -
Kidd, William
The Scot "pirate" hanged in 1701 in London -
Kid Koala
Scratchin' deejay from Montreal -
Kidman, Nicole
The elegant Australian who won an Oscar for The Hours -
Kid Rock
Cowboy-rock rapper of Devil Without a Cause -
Kierkegaard, Søren
The mordant Danish philosopher called 'the father of existentialism' -
Kikuchi, Rinko
Chieko in the 2006 film Babel -
Kilgallen, Dorothy
The New York journalist who died "mysteriously" while investigating JFK’s death -
Kilmister, Lemmy
The singer from Motörhead -
Kim Il-sung
Longtime "Great Leader" of North Korea -
Kim Jong-il
The dictatorial leader of North Korea, 1994-2011 -
Kim, Lil'
The controversial female rapper of "No Time" -
Kimmel, Jimmy
The late-night host of Jimmy Kimmel Live -
King Abdullah
King of Saudi Arabia, 2005- -
King Abdullah of Jordan
King of Jordan, 1999-present -
King Arthur
Ruler of Camelot -
King, B.B.
The blues guitarist who did "The Thrill Is Gone" -
King, Billie Jean
The tennis champ who won 39 Grand Slam titles -
King, Carole
Singer of "It's Too Late" -
King Charles I
The British king beheaded in 1649 after civil war -
King Charles II
The Restoration king after Cromwell's Commonwealth period -
King, Coretta Scott
The wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. -
King Edward VII
King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1901-1910 -
King Edward VIII
King of England who abdicated to marry a divorced American -
King Fahd
Ruler of Saudi Arabia, 1982-2005 -
King George I
The first Hanoverian king of England, 1714-27 -
King George II
The king of England, 1727-1760 -
King George III
English king who lost the American colonies -
King George IV
Crazy King George III's successor to the English throne -
King George V
George V, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India -
King George VI
The king of Great Britain during WWII -
King Hamad Al Khalifa
Emir, then king, of Bahrain from 1999-present -
King Henry I
King of England, 1100-1135 -
King Henry II
King of England, 1154-1189 -
King Henry V
The king of England who won victory at Agincourt -
King Henry VI
The English king during the War of the Roses -
King Henry VIII
The king of England who had six wives -
King, James
Model who started with a man's name and now's Jaime King -
King James I
The Scottish and English king who sponsored the 1611 Bible -
King Kong
Star of 1933's King Kong -
King, Larry
Suspender-clad chat show host on CNN -
King Leopold II
Belgian ruler who exploited the Congo -
King Louis XVI
France's king at the time of their 1789 revolution -
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
The civil rights hero who said "I have a dream" -
King Mongkut
Thai king who inspired Anna and the King of Siam -
King, Regina
The Oscar-winning star of the 2018 film If Beale Street Could Talk -
King Richard I (Lionheart)
The 'Lion-Hearted' king of England -
King Richard III
The historic English king accused of murdering his nephews -
King, Rodney
The motorist whose 1991 beating set off the 1992 L.A. riots -
Kingsley, Ben
Star of the movie Gandhi -
Kingsolver, Barbara
The author of Pigs in Heaven and Prodigal Summer -
King, Stephen
The author of scary bestsellers -
King Tut
The ancient Egyptian ruler who became a famous 20th-century mummy -
King William I
The first Norman king of England -
King William II
-
King William IV
King of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Hanover, 1830-37 -
King, William Rufus de Vane
Franklin Pierce's vice president, who died a month into it -
Kinison, Sam
Screaming, round comic who recorded Loud As Hell -
Kinkade, Thomas
The "Painter of Light" who became a multimillionaire businessman -
Kinnear, Greg
Co-star of As Good As It Gets and Little Miss Sunshine -
Kinney, Jeff
The author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books -
Kinsey, Alfred
Author of The Kinsey Report on sexuality -
Kinski, Klaus
Star of Werner Herzog's Aguirre, the Wrath of God -
Kinte, Kunta
Hero of Roots -
Kipling, Rudyard
The author of The Jungle Book -
Kirby, Malachi
Kunta Kinte in the 2016 remake of Roots -
Kirchner, Cristina
The second First Lady to became president of Argentina -
Kirk, Captain
Captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise on Star Trek -
Kissinger, Henry
U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford -
Klee, Paul
Post-impressionist Swiss painter of The Twittering Machine -
Klein, Calvin
The designer with the famous underwear ads -
Klimt, Gustav
The Viennese painter of 1908's The Kiss -
Klugman, Jack
Oscar Madison in TV's The Odd Couple -
Klum, Heidi
The supermodel host of TV's Project Runway -
Knievel, Evel
The motorcyclist who tried to jump the Snake River Canyon -
Knight, Gladys
The soul singer who did "Midnight Train to Georgia" with The Pips -
Knightley, Keira
Star of the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice -
Knight, Phil
Founder of the athletic shoe and clothing company Nike -
Knight, Suge
Dr. Dre's partner in founding Death Row Records -
Knight, Ted
Newscaster Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show -
Knight, T. R.
Dr. George O'Malley on TV's Grey's Anatomy -
Knotts, Don
Deputy Barney Fife on TV's The Andy Griffith Show -
Knowles, Beyoncé
Singer of "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" -
Knox, Amanda
The Italian murder suspect known as "Foxy Knoxy" -
Knoxville, Johnny
The guy from MTV's Jackass -
Kobayashi, Takeru
The six-time winner of the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating championship -
Koenig, Walter
Mr. Chekov on TV's Star Trek -
Koko the Gorilla
The gorilla who used human sign language -
Konigsburg, E.L.
The author of The View From Saturday -
Kony, Joseph
The murderous Ugandan rebel featured in the Kony 2012 video -
Koons, Jeff
The conceptual pop artist who did Michael Jackson and Bubbles -
Koontz, Dean
The horror novelist who wrote Watchers -
Kopechne, Mary Jo
The woman killed in Ted Kennedy's crash on Chappaquiddick Island -
Kopple, Barbara
The documentary maker who did Harlan County, USA -
Koresh, David
Founder of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas -
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
The Russian champ who says "Chess is cool" -
Kotsur, Troy
The deaf actor nominated for an Oscar for 'CODA' -
Kotto, Yaphet
Parker in the movie 'Aliens' and Idi Amin in 'Raid on Entebbe' -
Kournikova, Anna
Famously blonde tennis star of the late 1990s -
Kovacs, Ernie
Zany 1950s TV comedian -
Krasinski, John
Jim Halpert on TV's The Office -
Krauss, Alison
Bluegrass fiddler and singer of "When You Say Nothing At All" -
Kravitz, Lenny
The pop singer who plays Cinna in The Hunger Games -
Kreskin, The Amazing
Star of TV's The Amazing World of Kreskin -
Kroc, Ray
The entrepreneur behind the fast food chain McDonald's -
Kroes, Doutzen
The Dutch supermodel who's the face of L'Oreal cosmetics -
Krueger, Freddy
The scary guy from the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise -
Krzyzewski, Mike
The longtime men's basketball coach at Duke University -
Kublai Khan
Founder of the Mongol Dynasty in China -
Kubrick, Stanley
The director of 2001: A Space Odyssey -
Kucinich, Dennis
Youthful mayor of Cleveland (1977) and presidential candidate (2004, 2008) -
Kudrow, Lisa
Phoebe on TV's Friends -
Kumaritashvili, Nodar
The luger killed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver -
Kunis, Mila
The star of the 2011 romantic comedy Friends With Benefits -
Kunitz, Stanley
U.S. Poet Laureate, 2000-01 -
Kurkova, Karolina
The supermodel who starred in the film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra -
Kurosawa, Akira
Legendary Japanese movie director -
Kurylenko, Olga
The Bond girl in the 2008 film Quantum of Solace -
Kushner, Jared
Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser -
Kutcher, Ashton
The star of That '70s Show and Punk'd -
Kwan, Kevin
The author of 'Crazy Rich Asians' -
Kwan, Michelle
Chinese-American five-time world figure skating champ -
Kwan, Nancy
Star of The World of Suzie Wong -
Kwanten, Ryan
Jason Stackhouse in the cable series True Blood -
Kyle, Chris
The author of American Sniper -
LaBeouf, Shia
Star of Disturbia and Eagle Eye -
Lacks, Henrietta
The woman who was the source of HeLa "immortal" cells -
Ladd, Alan
Star of the 1953 western Shane -
LaDuke, Winona
Native American activist who was a vice presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000 -
Lady Antebellum
The country music trio who did "I Run to You" and "Need You Now" -
Lagarde, Christine
The head of the International Monetary Fund, 2011-present -
Lage, Carlos
Vice President of Cuba -
La Guardia, Fiorello
The New York mayor they named the airport after -
LaHaye, Tim
Minister and co-author of Left Behind -
LaHood, Ray
U.S. Secretary of Transportation, 2009-13 -
Laika the Dog
The first dog to orbit the Earth -
Lake, Ricki
Television talk-show host -
LaLanne, Jack
The host of the 1950s fitness show The Jack LaLanne Show -
Lamar, Kendrick
The rapper who did "Swimming Pools (Drank)" -
Lamaze, Fernand
Promoter of painless childbirth -
Lambert, Miranda
The country singer who did "The House That Built Me" -
L'Amour, Louis
Author of many westerns, including Hondo -
Lancaster, Burt
The star of From Here to Eternity -
Landau, Martin
Bela Lugosi in the 1994 movie 'Ed Wood' -
Land, Edwin
The inventor of the Polaroid camera -
Landers, Ann
Syndicated newspaper advice columnist -
Landis, Floyd
2006 Tour de France winner who lost his title -
Landis, Mark
The art forger in the 2014 documentary Art and Craft -
Landry, Ali
The model once known as the "Doritos Girl" -
Lane, Diane
Star of the 2002 movie Unfaithful -
Langdon, Robert
The scholarly detective of The DaVinci Code -
Langella, Frank
The one who played Nixon in the movie Frost/Nixon -
Lang, Fritz
The director of 1927's Metropolis -
Lang, K.D.
Country and pop vocalist -
Lansbury, Angela
Multiple Tony winner and star of Murder, She Wrote -
Lansing, Sherry
The first woman to head a Hollywood movie studio -
Lanthimos, Yorgos
The Greek filmmaker who did 'The Lobster' -
Lao Tzu
Legendary founder of Taoism -
Larson, Brie
The actress who won an Oscar as the mom in the movie Room -
Larsson, Stieg
The author of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo -
Larter, Ali
Struggling single mom Niki Sanders on the TV series Heroes -
Lascurain, Pedro
President of Mexico for under an hour -
Lauer, Matt
The NBC anchor fired in 2017 for sexual misconduct -
Laurel and Hardy
The iconic fat/skinny comedy team of the early cinema -
Laurie, Hugh
The grumpy-but-brilliant doctor in TV's House -
Lautner, Taylor
Jacob Black in the Twilight movie series -
Lavigne, Avril
The former skate punk who sang the hit "Complicated" -
Lavoisier, Antoine
French chemist who proved the law of conservation of mass -
Lawford, Peter
British "Rat Pack" member and Kennedy in-law -
Law, Jude
The lanky, sexy British star of Cold Mountain -
Lawless, Lucy
The titular star of TV's Xena, Warrior Princess -
Lawrence, D.H.
Author of Lady Chatterly's Lover -
Lawrence, Ernest O.
Nobel Prize-winning inventor of the cyclotron -
Lawrence, Jennifer
The Oscar-winning star of the 2012 film Silver Linings Playbook -
Lawrence, Martin
Star of the TV sitcom Martin -
Lazar, Bob
The guy who says he worked on alien spacecraft at Area 51 -
Lazarus, Emma
Author of the poem on the Statue of Liberty -
Lazarus of Bethany
The dead man raised by Jesus of Nazareth -
Lazenby, George
The actor who followed Sean Connery as James Bond -
Leachman, Cloris
The egotistical landlady Phyllis on The Mary Tyler Moore Show -
Leakey, Mary
The archaeologist who discovered early human fossils in Olduvai Gorge, Africa -
Lean, David
The director of Lawrence of Arabia -
Lea, Nicholas
Alex Krycek on TV's The X-Files -
Lear, Edward
The author of The Owl and the Pussycat -
Lear, Norman
The TV producer behind 'All in the Family' and 'Sanford and Son' -
Leary, Denis
Star of cable TV's Rescue Me -
Leary, Timothy
The drug-taking professor who said "Turn on, tune in, drop out" -
Lease, Mary Elizabeth
The 19th century activist who wrote 'The Problem of Civilization Solved' -
Le Carré, John
The author of The Spy Who Came In From the Cold -
Ledbetter, Huddie "Lead Belly"
20th century folk singer who did "Midnight Special" -
Ledecky, Katie
The champion swimmer who won Olympic Gold at age 15 -
Ledger, Heath
The Brokeback Mountain star who died at age 28 -
Led Zeppelin
Legendary rock performers of "Stairway to Heaven" -
Lee, Amy
Vocalist for the rock band Evanescence -
Lee, Ang
Oscar-winning director of Brokeback Mountain -
Lee, Bruce
The martial artist who starred in Enter the Dragon -
Lee, Christopher
Saruman in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy -
Lee, Harper
The author of To Kill a Mockingbird -
Lee, Jason
The title character from TV's My Name is Earl -
Lee, Peggy
Singer of "Fever" -
Lee, Robert E.
Leader of Confederate armies in the Civil War -
Lee, Spike
Outspoken African-American director of Do the Right Thing -
Lee, Stan
The leader of Marvel Comics and co-creator of Spider-Man -
Lee, Tommy
Mötley Crüe, drummer and Pam Anderson's ex-husband -
Lee, Wen Ho
U.S. scientist falsely accused of being a Chinese spy -
Legend, John
Singer of the 2005 hit "Ordinary People" -
Legolas
Archer friend to Frodo Baggins -
Legrand, Michel
The French film composer who scored The Thomas Crown Affair -
Le Guin, Ursula K.
The sci-fi author of The Earthsea Trilogy -
Lehman, Ernest
The guy who wrote Hitchcock's North by Northwest -
Lehrer, Tom
Composer of the satirical tune "The Vatican Rag" -
Leibniz, Gottfried
The mathematician who said God created the best of all possible worlds -
Leibovitz, Annie
Portrait photographer for Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair -
Leigh, Janet
The sexy star of Hitchcock's Psycho -
Leigh, Jennifer Jason
The woman in the movie The Hateful Eight -
Leigh, Mike
The filmmaker who did Secrets and Lies and Vera Drake -
Leigh, Vivien
Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind -
Lemmon, Jack
Felix Ungar in the movie The Odd Couple -
Lem, Stanislaw
The author of Solaris -
L'Engle, Madeleine
The author of A Wrinkle in Time -
Lenin, Vladimir
Founder of Bolshevism and the force behind the Russian revolution -
Lennon, John
One of the songwriters from The Beatles -
Leno, Jay
The host of TV's The Tonight Show, 1992-2009 and 2010-2014 -
Leo, Melissa
The Oscar-winning mom from The Fighter -
Leonard, Elmore
The author of Get Shorty and other funny crime novels -
Leone, Sergio
Italian director of movie westerns -
Leonhart, Carolyn
Vocalist with Lyn Leon and Steely Dan -
Leoni, Téa
The star of the TV show The Naked Truth -
Le Pen, Jean-Marie
Leader of France's National Front party -
Le Pen, Marine
French political leader of the National Front party, 2011-17 -
Lessing, Doris
The author of The Golden Notebook -
Lethem, Jonathan
Author of The Fortress of Solitude -
Leto, Jared
The Oscar-winning co-star of Dallas Buyers Club -
Letterman, David
Host of The Late Show With David Letterman -
Leung, Katie
Cho Chang in the Harry Potter film series -
Leverrier, Urbain Jean Joseph
The mathematician who predicted the existence of Neptune -
Levertov, Denise
The politically-active poet who wrote With Eyes at the Back of our Heads -
Levinson, Barry
The director of Diner and Rain Man -
Levi, Zachary
Star of the TV series Chuck -
Levy, Chandra
The intern who disappeared from Washington D.C. in 2001 -
Levy, Dan
The creator and star of 'Schitt's Creek' -
Levy, Eugene
Eyebrowed star of 'Schitt's Creek' and 'American Pie' -
Lewinsky, Monica
The intern who had an affair with President Bill Clinton -
Lewis, C.S.
Author of The Chronicles of Narnia -
Lewis, Edmonia
The woman sculptor who did 1876's 'The Death of Cleopatra' -
Lewis, Jerry
Host of the annual Jerry Lewis telethon -
Lewis, John
The civil rights leader who served in Congress for 33 years -
Lewis, Matthew
Klutzy Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films -
Lewis, Meriwether
Co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition -
Lewis, Sinclair
The author of Babbitt and Elmer Gantry -
Lew, Jack
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 2013-2017 -
Libby, Lewis "Scooter"
Dick Cheney's chief of staff, 2001-2005 -
Liberace
The glitzy and popular pianist of the 1950s -
Lichtenstein, Roy
The Pop Art master who did the comic-style Whaam! -
Liddy, G. Gordon
The nutty leader of the Watergate burglars -
Lieberman, Joe
U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1988-2012 -
Ligety, Ted
American giant slalom champion and 2006 gold medalist -
Li, Gong
Leading lady of Chinese movies -
Li, Jet
High-kicking star of The One and Hero -
Lil' Bow Wow
Youthful rapper of "Bounce With Me" -
Lil' Fizz
The singer who played Rashann in the movie You Got Served -
Lilith
In Hebrew lore, the first mate of Adam -
Lillard, Matthew
Shaggy in the Scooby-Doo film series -
Lillis, Sophia
Beverly in the ‘It’ films and star of 'I Am Not Okay With This' -
Lilly, Evangeline
Kate on the TV series Lost -
Lil' Romeo
Young rapper of "My Baby" and star of TV's Romeo! -
Lil Wayne
The Grammy-winning rapper of the Tha Carter series of albums -
Lima, Adriana
Super-slender Guess and Victoria's Secret model -
Limbaugh, Rush
The host of radio's Rush Limbaugh Show -
Lim Bo Seng
Patriotic WWII hero of Singapore -
Lincoln, Abraham
The Civil War president who wrote the Gettysburg Address -
Lincoln, Andrew
Rick Grimes in TV's 'The Walking Dead' -
Lincoln, Mary Todd
Abe Lincoln's wife -
Lindbergh, Charles
The first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean -
Lindgren, Astrid
The author of Pippi Longstocking -
Lin, Jeremy
The Asian-American point guard who became a sudden NBA star in 2012 -
Linkin Park
Best-selling performers of Hybrid Theory -
Linklater, Richard
Director of Slackers and School of Rock -
Lin, Maya
Designer of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. -
Linnaeus, Carl
The botanist who was the "father of taxonomy" -
Linney, Laura
Oscar-nominated star of You Can Count on Me -
Liotta, Ray
Henry Hill in the movie Goodfellas -
Lippmann, Walter
Influential 20th century columnist who did “Today and Tomorrow” (1931-67) -
Lipton, Peggy
A star of TV's Mod Squad -
Lister, Anne
The 19th century diarist who inspired TV's 'Gentleman Jack' -
Liszt, Franz
Romantic composer known for his Hungarian Rhapsodies -
Little Richard
The flamboyant singer of "Tutti Frutti" -
Liu Cixin
The author of 'The Three-Body Problem' -
Liu, Lucy
O-Ren Ishii in the movie Kill Bill -
Liu Xiaobo
The Chinese writer who won 2010's Nobel Peace Prize -
Lively, Blake
Serena on TV's Gossip Girl -
Livingstone, David
The Livingstone of "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" -
Livni, Tzipi
The leader of Israel's Kadima party, 2008-present -
Lizzo
The body-positive rapper who did "Truth Hurts" and "Batches & Cookies" -
Llewelyn, Desmond
"Q" in the James Bond film series -
Lloyd, Carli
The midfielder who scored 3 goals in the 2015 World Cup finals -
Lloyd, Edward
The coffee shop host who gave Lloyd's of London its name -
Lloyd George, David
The British Prime Minister, 1916-22 -
Lloyd, Harold
The silent film comedian who dangled from a clock face in Safety Last -
Lloyd, Jake
Padawan Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace -
Lobo, Rebecca
Star of the U. of Connecticut's 1995 championship basketball team -
Loch Ness Monster
Elusive Scottish underwater monster -
Lochte, Ryan
The Olympic swimmer who did not really get robbed in Rio de Janiero -
Locke, Alain LeRoy
The African-American editor called "the father of the Harlem Renaissance" -
Locke, John
Author of Essay Concerning Human Understanding -
Locklear, Heather
The nasty Amanda on Melrose Place -
Loc, Tone
Rapper of 1989's "Wild Thing" -
Logan, Lara
Intrepid Iraq reporter for CBS News -
Lohan, Lindsay
The actress who starred in Mean Girls (2004) -
Lollobrigida, Gina
The sexy Italian star of The World's Most Beautiful Woman -
Lombard, Carole
The silver screen legend who was married to Clark Gable -
Lombardi, Vince
The head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s -
London, Jack
Author of Call of the Wild -
Lonergan, Kenneth
The director of 'You Can Count on Me' -
Longet, Claudine
The wispy French singer who shot Spider Sabich -
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
The American poet who wrote "Paul Revere's Ride" -
Long, Huey P.
The "Kingfish" of Louisiana's Depression-era politics -
Long, Matt
Star of the TV series Jack and Bobby -
Longoria, Eva
Gabrielle on TV's Desperate Housewives -
Long, Shelley
Diane on the TV show Cheers -
Longstocking, Pippi
Super-strong girl with long red ponytails -
Longstreet, James
The Confederate Civil War general blamed for the Gettysburg loss -
Lopes, Lisa
Rapper/singer for the group TLC -
Lopez, George
Star of the ABC comedy George Lopez -
Lopez, Jennifer
The star of Selena and Maid in Manhattan -
Lopez, Mario
A. C. Slater from TV's Saved By The Bell -
Lopez, Nancy
Great golfer -
Lorca, Federico Garcia
Spanish dramatist/poet who wrote Poet in New York -
Lorde
The teen singer of the hit song "Royals" -
Lord, Jack
Steve McGarrett on TV's Hawaii Five-O -
Loren, Sophia
Italian film queen and sex symbol -
Lorre, Peter
The squirrely star of M and The Maltese Falcon -
Louis Arthur Charles, Prince
The third child of Prince William and Princess Kate -
Louis-Dreyfus, Julia
Elaine on the sitcom Seinfeld -
Louise, Tina
Ginger on the TV sitcom Gilligan's Island -
Lovato, Demi
Teen star of the Disney movie Camp Rock -
Love, Courtney
The widow of Kurt Cobain -
Lovecraft, H.P.
The horror writer who came up with Cthulhu -
Lovelace, Linda
The star of the sexually explicit film Deep Throat -
Lovett, Lyle
Singer of The Road to Ensenada -
Lowell, Robert
The "confessional" poet with the collection Life Studies -
Lowe, Rob
The handsome actor who played Sam Seaborn on TV's The West Wing -
Lowry, Lois
Author of The Giver -
Lowry, Malcolm
The author of Under the Volcano -
Lubitsch, Ernst
The director of Ninotchka -
Lubitz, Andreas
The pilot who crashed Germanwings flight 4U9525 -
Lucas, George
The creator of Star Wars -
Lucci, Susan
Erica Kane on ABC's All My Children from 1970-2011 -
Luce, Clare Boothe
Socialite, playwright, ambassador and wife of publisher Henry Luce -
Luciano, Charles "Lucky"
1930s Italian-American gangster with businesslike approach -
Ludacris
Rapper who did "Southern Hospitality" -
Lugosi, Bela
Star of the 1931 movie Dracula -
Lukashenko, Alexander
President of Belarus, 1994-present -
Lula
President of Brazil, 2002-2010 and 2022-present -
Lumière, Louis
Pioneer inventor in moviemaking and projection -
Lupino, Ida
The Hollywood actress who also directed the 1950’s noir film 'The Hitch-Hiker' -
Luther, Martin
German monk who started Protestant Reformation -
Luttig, J. Michael
U.S. Court of Appeals judge, 1991-2006 -
Lynch, David
The director of Blue Velvet -
Lynch, Jane
Cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester on the TV show Glee -
Lynch, Jessica
POW rescued in 2003's Operation Iraqi Freedom -
Lynch, Loretta
U.S. Attorney General, 2015-2017 -
Lynch, Ross
Austin in Disney TV's Austin & Ally -
Lynde, Paul
Center square on the original The Hollywood Squares -
Lynne, Jeff
The main guy from Electric Light Orchestra -
Lynn, Loretta
The country music legend who sang "Coal Miner's Daughter" -
Lyuba the Mammoth
The 40,000 year-old Siberian wooly mammoth -
Maathai, Wangari
The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize -
MacArthur, Douglas
The American general who said "I shall return" -
Macdonald, John A.
Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73 and 1878-91 -
Macdonald, Norm
Sneering, Canadian cast member of SNL, 1994-96 -
MacFarlane, Seth
The creator of the animated series Family Guy -
Mach, Ernst
The guy mach speed is named for -
Machiavelli, Niccolo
Author of The Prince -
Mackay, Charles
Author of 1841's Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds -
Macklemore
The rapper who did "Thrift Shop" and "Same Love" -
MacLachlan, Kyle
FBI Agent Dale Cooper on TV's Twin Peaks -
MacLaine, Shirley
Oscar-winning star of Terms of Endearment -
MacPherson, Elle
Australian Sports Illustrated swimsuit model of the 1990s -
Macron, Emmanuel
The president of France since 2017 -
Macy, William
The shifty, inept car salesman in the movie Fargo -
Madame Chiang Kai-shek
Wife of Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek -
Madden, John
The namesake of the "Madden" football video games -
Maddow, Rachel
The host of TV's The Rachel Maddow Show -
Madison, Dolley
Socialite First Lady of the United States, 1809-1817 -
Madison, James
The President called "The Father of the Constitution" -
Mad Max
Hero of the Mad Max movie series -
Madoff, Bernard
The Wall Street money manager who swindled $50 billion -
Madonna
The pop superstar singer of "Material Girl" -
Madsen, Virginia
Maya in the 2004 film Sideways -
Magdalene, Mary
The closest female disciple of Jesus of Nazareth -
Magellan, Ferdinand
The first guy to circumnavigate the Earth -
Maguire, Tobey
Spider-Man in the movies -
Mahan, Larry
Rodeo celebrity of the early '70s -
Maher, Bill
Former host of ABC's Politically Incorrect -
Mahler, Gustav
Czech-born Austrian composer of Das Lied von der Erde -
Mahomes, Patrick
Quarterback for the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs -
Mailer, Norman
Pugnacious author of The Naked and the Dead -
Maimonides, Moses
Medieval Jewish philosopher who wrote "Guide of the Perplexed" -
Malek, Rami
The Oscar-winning star the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody -
Malick, Terrence
The Oscar-nominated director of The Thin Red Line -
Maliki, Nuri Kamal
Prime minister of Iraq, 2006-2014 -
Malik, Zayn
The English-Pakistani member of One Direction -
Malkovich, John
Titular star of Being John Malkovich -
Mallory, George
The man who climbed Mount Everest "because it's there." -
Malone, Karl
The former Utah Jazz star nicknamed "The Mailman" -
Mamet, David
The playwright who wrote Glengarry Glen Ross -
Manafort, Paul
The campaign manager for Donald Trump who was convicted of financial crimes -
Mandela, Nelson
The first black president of South Africa -
Mandino, Og
Author of The Greatest Salesman in the World -
Mandrell, Barbara
Multi-talented leader of the Mandrell Sisters -
Manet, Edouard
French realist who painted 1866's The Fifer -
Manilow, Barry
Singer of the 1974 hit tune "Mandy" -
Mankiller, Wilma
The first woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation -
Mann, Horace
The "Father of American Education" -
Manning, Bradley
The soldier accused of leaking Afghanistan documents to Wikileaks -
Manning, Eli
The New York Giants quarterback who won Super Bowls in 2008 and 2012 -
Manning, Peyton
The veteran quarterback of the NFL's Denver Broncos -
Mansfield, Jayne
The Hollywood bombshell killed in a 1967 car crash -
Manson, Charles
Cultish figure in famous 1969 killing spree -
Manson, Marilyn
Whitefaced shock-rock singer of Antichrist Superstar -
Mantel, Hilary
The author of Wolf Hall -
Mantle, Mickey
New York Yankee slugger -
Mantooth, Randolph
Johnny Gage on TV's Emergency! -
Manz, Linda
The young narrator of 'Days of Heaven' -
Maradona, Diego
The hero of Argentina's 1986 World Cup win -
Mara, Kate
Zoe Barnes, the reporter on House of Cards -
Mara, Rooney
The American version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo -
Marconi, Guglielmo
Italian pioneer of wireless telegraphy -
Marcos, Ferdinand
President of The Philippines, 1965-1986 -
Marcos, Imelda
The wife of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos -
Marcos, Subcommander
Rebel leader of Mexico's EZLN -
Marcus Aurelius
The Roman emperor who wrote Meditations -
Marengo
The mighty grey steed of Napoleon -
Margaret, Princess
Sister to Queen Elizabeth II -
Margera, Bam
Skateboarding star of Jackass and Viva La Bam -
Margolis, Cindy
The former "most downloaded woman on the Web" -
Margulies, Julianna
The star of the TV series The Good Wife -
Marie Antoinette
The Queen of France who probably didn't say "Let them eat cake" -
Maris, Roger
The man who broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record -
Markham, Beryl
The author of the memoir West With the Night -
Markle, Meghan
The American actress who married Britain's Prince Harry -
Marley, Bob
The reggae hero who did "Get Up, Stand Up" -
Marling, Brit
Star of the TV series 'The OA' -
Marlowe, Philip
The hard-boiled hero of Farewell, My Lovely and other novels -
Marsalis, Branford
Jazz saxophonist and brother of Wynton Marsalis -
Marsalis, Wynton
The trumpeter in the Marsalis jazz family -
Mars, Bruno
The pop singer who did "Grenade" and "Uptown Funk" -
Marshall, E. G.
Lawrence Preston in the classic TV series The Defenders -
Marshall, Garry
The creator of the TV show 'Happy Days' -
Marshall, George C.
World War II-era U.S. General and Secretary of State -
Marshall, John
Chief Justice of the United States, 1801-35 -
Marshall, Thurgood
The first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court -
Marsh, Ngaio
New Zealand's "Queen of Crime" mystery novelist -
Martel, Charles
The Frankish ruler who defeated the Muslims in 732 -
Martel, Yann
The author of Life of Pi -
Martin, Dean
The Rat Pack crooner who sang "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime" -
Martin, George
The music producer who helped turn the Beatles into the world's biggest band -
Martin, George R. R.
The author of A Game of Thrones -
Martin, Mary
The star who played Peter Pan on Broadway and TV -
Martin, Ricky
Latino pop singer who did "Livin' La Vida Loca" -
Martin, Steve
Comic star of The Jerk and Saturday Night Live -
Martin, Trayvon
The Florida teen shot in 2012 while wearing a hoodie -
Martí, José
The "Father of Cuban Independence" -
Marvin, Lee
Rugged star of The Dirty Dozen -
Marx, Groucho
The mustachioed leader of the Marx Brothers -
Marx, Karl
Founder of modern communism -
Mary
Virgin mother of Jesus of Nazareth -
Masako, Princess
The wife of Crown Prince Naruhito -
Maslany, Tatiana
The star of TV's Orphan Black -
Maslow, Abraham
Creator of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs -
Mason, James
The smooth English villain from North by Northwest -
Mason, Shirley
The woman whose story was told in Sybil -
Matenopoulos, Debbie
Former host of The View and the TV Guide Channel -
Mathers, Jerry
Beaver in the 1950s TV hit Leave It To Beaver -
Matheson, Richard
The author of I Am Legend -
Matisse, Henri
French artist and leader of the Fauve movement -
Matthau, Walter
Curmudgeonly star of the film The Odd Couple -
Matthiessen, Peter
The author of At Play in the Fields of the Lord -
Maugham, W. Somerset
The author of Of Human Bondage -
Mauresmo, Amelie
The 2006 Wimbledon singles champion -
Mawson, Douglas
Australian explorer of the Antarctic -
Maxwell, James Clerk
The physicist who came up with the theory of electromagnetism -
Maxwell, Robert
Disgraced publisher of the Daily Mirror -
Maxwell, Stella
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Mayer, John
Singer of "Your Body is a Wonderland" -
Mayer, Marissa
The early Google employee who became CEO of Yahoo in 2012 -
Mayfield, Curtis
The funky and soulful composer for the film Superfly -
Mayhew, Peter
Chewbacca in the early Star Wars movies -
Ma, Yo-Yo
The Grammy-winning Franco-Chinese celebrity cellist -
Mays, Willie
The All-Star center fielder called the Say Hey Kid -
May, Theresa
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 2016-2019 -
May-Treanor, Misty
Three-time gold medalist in Olympic beach volleyball -
Mayweather, Floyd Jr.
The superstar boxer who went undefeated from 1996-2015 -
Mazursky, Paul
The director of An Unmarried Woman -
McAdams, Rachel
The star of the romantic movie The Notebook -
McAuliffe, Christa
The teacher who died in the Challenger explosion -
McAvoy, James
The Scottish star of The Last King of Scotland -
McBrayer, Jack
The sycophantic southern gent on 30 Rock -
McCain, Cindy
The widow of U.S. senator John McCain -
McCain, John
The former POW who became a U.S. senator and 2008 presidential candidate -
McCallum, David
Dr. 'Ducky' Mallard on the TV show NCIS -
McCarthy, Cormac
Author of All the Pretty Horses -
McCarthy, Jenny
The host of MTV's Singled Out and (briefly) ABC's The View -
McCarthy, Joseph
Communist-hating senator and namesake of "McCarthyism" -
McCarthy, Melissa
The big, raucous bridesmaid in the movie Bridesmaids -
McCarthy, Tom
The director of Spotlight and The Station Agent -
McCartney, Jesse
Pop singer of "Beautiful Soul" -
McCartney, Paul
Singer and composer for The Beatles -
McCartney, Stella
Paul McCartney's fashion designer daughter -
McCay, Winsor
Creator of the comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland -
McChrystal, Stanley
Commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, 2009-2010 -
McClellan, George
The Civil War general Lincoln replaced in 1862 -
McClintock, Barbara
The genetics scientist who learned from maize -
McConaughey, Matthew
The hunky Texan from The Wedding Planner -
McConnell, Mitch
U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1984-present -
McCourt, James
Presenter on Studio Disney, 1998-2001 -
McCoy, Kid
Barnstorming boxer who may have been "The Real McCoy" -
McCullers, Carson
Author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter -
McDaniel, Hattie
The first black actor to win an Oscar, in 1940 -
McDonagh, Martin
The playwright who made the film The Banshees of Inisherin -
McDormand, Frances
The star of the movie Fargo -
McDowall, Roddy
Cornelius and Caesar in the Planet of the Apes movie series -
McEnroe, John
The tempestuous tennis champ who was married to Tatum O'Neal -
McEntire, Reba
Country singer and sometime actress -
McFadden, Gates
Dr. Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation -
McFadden, Tatyana
The wheelchair racer who won the Boston, New York, Chicago and London Marathons in 2013 -
McGinley, Ted
Jefferson D'Arcy on TV's Married With Children -
McGovern, George
The Democratic candidate for U.S. president in 1972 -
McGowan, Rose
Co-star of Charmed and Grindhouse -
McGrady, Tracy
Houston Rockets star who once scored 13 points in 33 seconds -
McGraw, Tim
Faith Hill's husband and singer of "I Like It, I Love It" -
McGregor, Ewan
Young Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars episodes I, II and III -
McGruder, Aaron
Creator of the comic The Boondocks -
McGwire, Mark
The steroid-enhanced slugger who broke the single-season home run record in 1998 -
McIlroy, Rory
The Northern Ireland golfer who won four major tournaments by age 25 -
McKay, Adam
The director of Anchorman and The Big Short -
McKellar, Danica
Kevin's dream girl on The Wonder Years -
McKellen, Ian
Gandalf in the film Lord of the Rings -
McKeown, Erin
Singer of "Queen of Quiet" -
McKinley, Ida Saxton
First Lady of the United States, 1897-1901 -
McKinley, William
President of the United States, 1897-1901 -
McKinnon, Kate
The SNL star who impersonates Justin Bieber and Hillary Clinton -
McLachlan, Sarah
Singer/Songwriter who co-founded Lilith Fair -
McLean, Don
The guy who did "American Pie" and "Starry, Starry Night" -
McMahon, Ed
Johnny Carson's Tonight Show sidekick -
McMurtry, Larry
The author of Lonesome Dove -
McNamara, Robert S.
U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1961-68 -
McPhee, John
The creative non-fiction legend who wrote 'Annals of the Former World' -
McPhee, Katharine
2006 American Idol runner-up -
McPherson, Aimee Semple
The popular 1920s preacher who disappeared -
McQueen, Alexander
The avant-garde fashion designer who killed himself in 2010 -
McQueen, Steve
Supercool star of Bullitt -
McQueen, Steven
The director of 12 Years a Slave -
McTeer, Janet
The Oscar-nominated star of Tumbleweeds and Albert Nobb -
McVeigh, Timothy
The Oklahoma City bomber -
Mead, Margaret
The anthropologist author of Coming of Age in Samoa -
Medusa
The snaky-headed monster of Greek mythology -
Medvedev, Dmitry
President of Russia, 2008-2012 and Prime Minister of Russia, 2012-2020 -
Meester, Leighton
Blair Waldorf on the prime-time soap opera Gossip Girl -
Megan Thee Stallion
The featured vocalist on the 2020 hit "WAP" -
Meir, Golda
The first female prime minister of Israel -
Melville, Herman
The author of Moby-Dick -
Mencken, H.L.
Famously acerbic columnist for the Baltimore Sun -
Mendeleev, Dmitri
The chemist who created the periodic table of elements -
Mendel, Gregor
The founding father of modern genetics -
Mendes, Eva
The Cuban-American co-star of Training Day and Hitch -
Mendes, Sam
The Oscar-winning director of 'American Beauty' -
Menken, Alan
The composer behind The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast -
Mercator, Gerardus
The Flemish map maker whose 1569 map we all recognize -
Merkel, Angela
The Chancellor of Germany, 2005-present -
Merman, Ethel
The brassy star of Annie Get Your Gun -
Merrick, Joseph (John)
The man called The Elephant Man -
Merrill, Dina
The sophisticated blond in 'Operation Petticoat' -
Merwin, W. S.
The author of the collection The Carrier of Ladders -
Mescal, Paul
The Oscar-nominated star of the 2022 film Aftersun -
Mesmer, Franz Anton
18th century healer and showman -
Messerschmitt, Willy
Designer of Nazi Germany's Bf-109 aircraft -
Messick, Dale
The creator of comic-strip heroine Brenda Starr -
Messier, Charles
French comet hunter who first catalogued nebulae -
Messi, Lionel
The Argentine football legend who has won the Ballon d'Or seven times -
Messing, Debra
The star of Will & Grace and Smash -
Metallica
The heavy metal band who did "Enter Sandman" -
Metcalf, Laurie
Aunt Jackie on 'Roseanne' and the mom in 'Lady Bird' -
Methuselah
The biblical figure who lived nearly 1000 years -
Meyers, Seth
The host of Late Night With Seth Meyers, 2014-present -
Meyer, Stephenie
The author of the teen vampire romance Twilight -
M.I.A
The singer of the hit "Paper Planes" -
Michael, George
Singer of "Careless Whisper" and "Faith" -
Michaels, Lorne
Creator of TV's Saturday Night Live -
Michelangelo
Master sculptor of The David -
Michele, Lea
Rachel Berry on the TV series Glee -
Michels, Ana Claudia
Frowning Brazilian supermodel -
Mickelson, Phil
Winner of the 2004, 2006 and 2010 Masters golf tournaments -
Mickey Mouse
Walt Disney's famous mouse -
Middleton, Kate
The wife of Prince William, heir to the British throne -
Middleton, Pippa
The sister of royal bride Kate Middleton -
Midler, Bette
The brash singer nicknamed "The Divine Miss M" -
Miers, Harriet
Failed Supreme Court nominee of George W. Bush -
Milano, Alyssa
The co-star of TV's Charmed -
Milk, Harvey
The gay San Francisco city official gunned down in 1978 -
Millay, Edna St. Vincent
The poet of the 1920s who wrote "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver" -
Miller, Arthur
The author of Death of a Salesman -
Miller, Bennett
Director of the 2005 movie Capote -
Miller, Bode
The reckless American skier who won medals in 2010 -
Miller, Christa
Jordan Sullivan on TV's Scrubs -
Miller, Dennis
That Saturday Night Live guy who's a conservative now -
Miller, Doris "Dorie"
African-American naval hero of Pearl Harbor -
Miller, Frank
The comics artist who did Batman: The Dark Knight Returns -
Miller, George
The director of the Mad Max movies -
Miller, Glenn
Wartime big band leader -
Miller, Henry
Author of Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn -
Miller, Joaquin
"The Poet of the Sierras" -
Miller, Marisa
Surfer-girl model for Sports Illustrated and others -
Miller, Sienna
Jude Law's ex-girlfriend and star of Factory Girl -
Miller, Wentworth
Michael Scofield on the TV series Prison Break -
Mill, John Stuart
The author of 1859's On Liberty -
Mills Brothers, The
The group that sang "Paper Doll" -
Mills, Hayley
Child star of the 1960s -
Mills, Heather
The activist who married Paul McCartney -
Milne, A.A.
Creator of Winnie the Pooh -
Milner, Martin
The veteran cop from TV's Adam-12 -
Milonakis, Andy
Youthful-looking MTV prankster who did "The Superbowl Is Gay" -
Milosevic, Slobodan
President of Serbia, 1989-1997 -
Milton, John
The author of the epic poem Paradise Lost -
Minaj, Nicki
The female rapper who did 2012's "Starships" -
Mingus, Charles
Jazz bassist and composer who did Pithecanthropus Erectus -
Minnelli, Liza
Sally Bowles in the 1972 film Cabaret -
Minnillo, Vanessa
1998's Miss Teen USA and host of True Beauty -
Minogue, Kylie
Singer of "Spinning Around" and "The Locomotion" -
Mintz-Plasse, Christopher
McLovin from the movie Superbad -
Miranda, Lin-Manuel
The creator and star of the musical Hamilton -
Miro, Joan
Colorful Catalan abstract painter and sculptor -
Mirren, Helen
Oscar-winning star of the 2006 movie The Queen -
Mison, Tom
Ichabod Crane in the TV series Sleepy Hollow -
Mitchell, David
The author of Cloud Atlas -
Mitchell, John
President Nixon's Attorney General convicted over Watergate -
Mitchell, Joni
Singer of "The Circle Game" and "Free Man in Paris" -
Mitchell, Joseph
The author of "Joe Gould's Secret" -
Mitchell, Margaret
The author of Gone With the Wind -
Mitchell, Silas Weir
The lycanthropic Monroe from TV's Grimm -
Mitchell, William "Billy"
"Father of the U.S. Air Force" -
Mitchum, Robert
The wicked preacher in The Night of the Hunter -
Mitochondrial Eve
Possibly the genetic 'mother' of all modern humans -
Mitty, Walter
Title character of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty -
Mix, Tom
Fancy-dressin' silent film cowboy -
Miyamoto, Shigeru
The creator of the video game Donkey Kong -
Miyazaki, Hayao
The animator who made Spirited Away -
Miéville, China
The author The City & The City and Perdido Street Station -
Moby
The bald techno artist who recorded Play -
Moby-Dick
The great white whale of American literature -
Modigliani, Amedeo
The Italian-born French artist who painted long-necked women -
Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh
Top al-Qaeda operative who planned the 9/11 attacks on NYC -
Mol, Gretchen
The star of The Notorious Bettie Page -
Momsen, Taylor
Aspirational teen Jenny Humphrey on TV's Gossip Girl -
Monaco, Kelly
Samantha "Sam" McCall on General Hospital -
Mona Lisa
Famous portrait by Leonardo da Vinci -
Mondale, Eleanor
Reporter and daughter of Walter Mondale -
Mondale, Walter "Fritz"
Vice President of the United States, 1977-81 -
Mondrian, Piet
Dutch abstract artist with the colored rectangles -
Monet, Claude
Impressionist painter of water lilies -
Money, Eddie
The rocker who did "Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Take Me Home Tonight" -
Mo'Nique
The stand-up comedian who won an Oscar for Precious -
Monkees, The
The zany 1960s TV pop group who sang "Daydream Believer" -
Monkey Man, The
India's creepy urban marauder of 2001 -
Monk, Thelonious
Influential and idiosyncratic bop jazz pianist -
Monroe, Bill
Kentuckian called "The Father of Bluegrass Music" -
Monroe, Elizabeth Kortright
First Lady of the United States, 1817-25 -
Monroe, James
President of the United States, 1817-1825 -
Monroe, Marilyn
Hollywood's most famous blonde sex symbol -
Montalban, Paolo
Prince Charming in the 1997 TV production of Cinderella -
Montalban, Ricardo
Mr. Roarke from TV's Fantasy Island -
Montana, Hannah
The double-life-leading teen from the Disney TV series -
Montana, Joe
The quarterback who won four Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers -
Montand, Yves
The French actor who starred in The Wages of Fear -
Monteith, Cory
Finn Hudson on the TV show Glee -
Montessori, Maria
The founder of Montessori schools -
Montezuma II
The leader of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest -
Montgomery, Bernard Law
The Brit who beat Rommel in North Africa -
Moog, Robert
The guy who invented the Moog synthesizer -
Moon, Sun Myung
Founder of the Unification Church -
Moon, William
Developer of raised lettering for blind readers -
Moore, Alan
Writer of the graphic novel V for Vendetta -
Moore, Demi
The star of Ghost and former wife to Bruce Willis and Ashton Kutcher -
Moore, Dudley
Oscar-nominated star of Arthur -
Moore, Garry
Host of TV's Garry Moore Show -
Moore, Julianne
Redheaded star of The Hours and Far From Heaven -
Moore, Mandy
Singer of the pop hit "Candy" -
Moore, Marianne
Tricorn hat-wearing modernist poet -
Moore, Mary Tyler
Star of TV's The Mary Tyler Moore Show -
Moore, Michael
The director of Roger & Me and Bowling for Columbine -
Moore, Roger
The actor who played James Bond in 7 films from 1973-85 -
Morales, Evo
President of Bolivia, 2006-present -
Moreno, Rita
Anita in the 1961 version of 'West Side Story' -
More, Sir Thomas
The author of Utopia -
Moretz, Chloë Grace
Hit-Girl in the movie Kick-Ass -
Morgan, Alex
Speedy, goal-scoring forward for the U.S. National women's soccer team -
Morgan, Garrett
The inventor of the three-way traffic light -
Morgan, Harry
Col. Sherman Potter on the long-running TV series MASH -
Morgan, J. P.
Early 20th century financier who formed U.S. Steel -
Morgan, Piers
U.K. tabloid journalist who became a CNN talk show host -
Morgan, Tracy
Tracy Jordan on TV's 30 Rock -
Moriarty, Professor
Arch-enemy of Sherlock Holmes -
Morissette, Alanis
The singer of the hit "You Oughta Know" -
Morricone, Ennio
The film composer famous for spaghetti westerns -
Morris, Jim
The pitcher who made the majors as a 35-year-old rookie -
Morrison, Jim
Lead singer of the band The Doors -
Morrison, Toni
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Beloved -
Morrison, Van
The singer of "Brown Eyed Girl" and "Moondance" -
Morrissey
Lead singer of the 1980s band The Smiths -
Morse, Samuel F. B.
The telegraphic pioneer who invented Morse Code -
Morsi, Mohammed
President of Egypt, 2012-present -
Mortensen, Viggo
Aragorn in the movie series The Lord of the Rings -
Morton, Jelly Roll
The composer of Jelly Roll Blues -
Morton, Levi P.
U.S. vice president under Benjamin Harrison -
Morton, Samantha
The precog Agatha in the movie Minority Report -
Mos Def
The rapper and actor formerly known as Mos Def -
Moseley-Braun, Carol
The first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate -
Moses
Hebrew liberator who received the Ten Commandments -
Moses, Grandma
The American folk artist who started painting in her seventies -
Mossberg, Walter
Creator of the Wall Street Journal column "Personal Technology" -
Moss, Carrie-Anne
The actress who played Trinity in The Matrix and its sequels -
Moss, Kate
The waif-like star of Calvin Klein ads -
Mother Ann Lee
The founder of the American Shaker movement -
Mother Teresa
The humanitarian nun of Calcutta who was made a saint in 2016 -
Mott, Lucretia
The Quaker minister who was the first to sign the Seneca Falls women's rights declaration -
Mousavi, Mir-Hossein
Iranian presidential challenger to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -
Moussaoui, Zacarias
The one guy convicted for the 9/11 attacks -
Mowat, Farley
The author of Never Cry Wolf -
Moxley, Martha
The young victim who was the subject of the book A Murder in Greenwich -
Mo Yah
The Chinese author of Red Sorghum Clan -
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Composer of Eine kleine Nachtmusik -
Mubarak, Hosni
President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, 1981- 2011 -
Mueller, Brooke
Charlie Sheen's wife after Denise Richards -
Mueller, Robert
The Director of the FBI, 2001-13 -
Muenter, Erich
The Germany-sympathizing bomber who shot J.P. Morgan, Jr. -
Mugabe, Robert
The leader of Zimbabwe from 1980-2017 -
Muhammad
Founding prophet of Islam -
Muhammad, Elijah
Nation of Islam leader, 1934-1975 -
Muhammad, John Allen
The killer who shot 10 people near Washington, DC in 2002 -
Muir, John
Naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club -
Mukasey, Michael
Attorney General of the United States, 2007- -
Mulder, Karen
Former model for Guess? and Victoria's Secret -
Muldowney, Shirley
The professional drag racer once known as "Cha-Cha" -
Mulligan, Carey
The star of 'Promising Young Woman' -
Munch, Edvard
The Norwegian who painted 1893's The Scream -
Muniz, Frankie
Malcolm from TV's Malcolm in the Middle -
Munn, Olivia
The bikini-babe co-host of G4 TV's Attack of the Show! -
Munro, Alice
Canadian writer of The Love of a Good Woman stories -
Murakami, Haruki
The Japanese author of Norwegian Wood -
Murch, Walter
Ace editor of the 1974 film The Conversation -
Murdoch, Iris
Alzheimer's stricken author of The Sea, The Sea -
Murdoch, Rupert
The power behind the News Corporation media empire -
Murphy, Audie
The most-decorated American soldier of World War II -
Murphy, Bridey
Hypnotic regression celebrity of the 1950s -
Murphy, Brittany
Eminem's girlfriend in the 2002 film 8 Mile -
Murphy, Carolyn
Cover girl of the 2005 Sports Illustrated -
Murphy, Cillian
Chief gangster Tommy Murphy on the BBC series Peaky Blinders -
Murphy, Eddie
The star of the Beverly Hills Cop films -
Murphy, Ryan
The creator of the TV shows 'Glee' and 'American Horror Story' -
Murphy, Ryan (Swimmer)
The backstroke champion at the Rio Olympics -
Murray, Andy
The Wimbledon men's singles champion in 2013 and 2016 -
Murray, Bill
Comic star of Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day -
Murray, Chad Michael
Basketball hero Lucas Scott in TV's One Tree Hill -
Murray, Pauli
The Civil Rights Era hero who became an Episcopalian priest -
Murrow, Edward R.
World War II CBS newsman and host of TV's See It Now -
Musgraves, Kacey
The country star who did 'Same Trailer Different Park' -
Musk, Elon
The rich guy behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter -
Muskie, Edmund
U.S. Senator from Maine, 1959-80 -
Mussolini, Benito
Italy's dictator during World War II -
Muybridge, Eadweard
The guy whose frame-by-frame horse photos started the movies -
Mya
Singer of "Ghetto Superstar" and "Fallen" -
Myers, Mike
Star of the Austin Powers movies -
Márquez, Gabriel García
The author of One Hundred Years of Solitude -
Nabokov, Vladimir
Author of the novel Lolita -
Nabors, Jim
The actor who was TV's Gomer Pyle -
Nadal, Rafael
The Mallorcan tennis star who has won the French Open 13 times -
Nader, Ralph
Author of Unsafe at Any Speed and perennial presidential candidate -
Nagy, Imre
Martyred hero of Hungary's 1956 revolution -
Naipaul, V.S.
Nobel-winning author of A House for Mr. Biswas -
Naked Brothers Band, The
Stars of the Nickelodeon TV show with the same name -
Namath, Joe
The flashy NFL quarterback known as "Broadway Joe" -
Nansen, FridtjofExplorer
The Norwegian polar explorer who won the Nobel Prize in 1922 -
Napolitano, Janet
Governor of Arizona, 2003-2009 -
Narin, Francis
Scientometrics pioneer who started CHI Research -
Naruhito
The Emperor of Japan, 2019-present -
Nash, John
The mathematician depicted in A Beautiful Mind -
Nash, Ogden
Author of the funny poem "The Lama" -
Nasrallah, Hassan
Leader of the Hezbollah party, 1992- -
Nasser, Gamal Abdel
Leader of Egypt, 1956-70 -
Nast, Thomas
19th century cartoonist who drew Santa -
Nation, Carry
Hatchet-wielding champion of alcohol prohibition -
Navratilova, Martina
The tennis player who won a remarkable nine Wimbledon singles championships -
Neeson, Liam
The star of Schindler's List and Love, Actually -
Negga, Ruth
The Oscar-nominated star of the 2016 film "Loving" -
Nelly
The guy who did the song "Hot in Herre" -
Nelson, Horatio
The hero of the Battle of Trafalgar -
Nelson, Willie
Singer of "On the Road Again" -
Nemcova, Petra
Cover model for the 2003 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue -
Nero
The emperor who "fiddled while Rome burned" -
Neruda, Pablo
The Chilean poet who won the 1971 Nobel Prize -
Nesmith, Michael
The tall Monkee in the wool watch cap -
Ness, Eliot
The G-Man who nabbed Al Capone -
Netanyahu, Benjamin
Prime Minister of Israel 1996-99, 2009-21 -
Neuman, Alfred E.
MAD magazine's "What -- Me Worry?" kid -
Newhart, Bob
Deadpan star of the sitcom Newhart -
Newman, Alfred
17 February 1970 -
Newman, John Henry
The Anglican priest who converted to Catholicism -
Newman, Paul
Blue-eyed star of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -
Newman, Randy
Oscar-winning composer for the Toy Story movies -
Newton, Huey
Co-founder of the Black Panthers -
Newton-John, Olivia
The pop singer who starred in the 1979 musical Grease -
Newton, Sir Isaac
The genius who explained gravity -
Newton, Wayne
The singer known as Mr. Las Vegas -
Neymar
The star forward of Brazil's 2014 World Cup team -
Nicholas Brothers, The
Acrobatic tapdancers of the 1943 film Stormy Weather -
Nicholas II of Russia
The last emperor of Russia -
Nichols, Mike
The director of The Graduate -
Nichols, Nichelle
Lt. Uhura in the original Star Trek TV series -
Nicholson, Jack
The Oscar-winning actor who played Jake Gittes in Chinatown -
Nicks, Stevie
Singer for the rock band Fleetwood Mac 1975-2001 -
Nico
Spooky vocalist who was with the Velvet Underground -
Nidetch, Jean
Founder of the Weight Watchers diet program -
Niebuhr, Reinhold
Christian intellectual who wrote Moral Man and Immoral Society -
Nieto, Enrique Penã
President of Mexico, 2012 - present -
Nietzsche, Friedrich
The 19th century German who said "God is dead" -
Nightingale, Florence
British nursing hero of the Crimean War -
Nighy, Bill
The actor who played the washed-up pop idol in the 2003 film Love Actually -
Nilsson, Harry
The guy who sang "Jump into the Fire" -
Nimitz, Chester W.
Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet in World War II -
Nimoy, Leonard
Mr. Spock on the original Star Trek -
Nin, Anais
Diarist and lover of Henry Miller -
Nishikori, Kei
The Japanese tennis star who made the finals of the 2014 U.S. Open -
Niven, David
Dapper British star of Around the World in 80 Days -
Nixon, Cynthia
Miranda on HBO's Sex and the City -
Nixon, Pat
President Richard Nixon's wife -
Nixon, Richard M.
The U.S. president who resigned after the Watergate scandal -
Nobel, Alfred
Inventor of dynamite -
Noguchi, Thomas
The "Coroner to the Stars" -
Nolan, Christopher
The Oscar-winning director of Oppenheimer -
Nolin, Gena Lee
Conniving lifeguard Neely Capshaw on TV's Baywatch -
Nolte, Nick
Athletic, gravel-voiced movie star -
Nomo, Hideo
The "tornado"-style pitcher with two no-hitters -
Noory, George
Late-night host of Coast To Coast AM -
Nordegren, Elin
The Swedish nanny who became Tiger Woods's ex-wife -
Noriega, Manuel
The Panamanian dictator arrested by the U.S.A. -
Norquist, Grover
The lobbyist who initiated the GOP's anti-tax pledge -
Norris, Chuck
TV's Walker, Texas Ranger -
North, Oliver
The unrepentant fall guy in the Iran-Contra scandal -
Norton, Edward
Star of the movie The Fight Club -
Norwood, Brandy
The R&B singer who starred as TV's Moesha -
Nostradamus
The 16th-century French physician who made creepy predictions -
Notaro, Tig
The comedian star of Tig: Boyish Girl Interrupted -
Noth, Chris
Detective Mike Logan on TV's Law & Order -
Novak, Kim
The blonde in Vertigo -
Novak, Robert
Political columnist and former co-host of TV's Crossfire -
Noé, Gaspar
The Argentinian-born French filmmaker who did 'Irreversible' -
N Sync
The heartthrobs who sang "I Want You Back" and "Bye Bye Bye" -
Nugent, Ted
Bowhunting rock guitarist -
Nye, Bill
TV's "Bill Nye the Science Guy" -
Nyong'o, Lupita
The Oscar-winning star of the movie 12 Years a Slave -
Oates, Joyce Carol
The author of Bellefleur and Them -
Obama, Barack
President of the United States, 2009-2017 -
Obama, Malia
The older daughter of President Barack Obama -
Obama, Michelle
First Lady of the United States, 2009-2017 -
Obama, Sasha
The younger daughter of President Barack Obama -
Obereon, Merle
Cathy in the 1939 movie version of 'Wuthering Heights' -
Oberst, Conor
The singer/songwriter behind the band Bright Eyes -
O'Brien, Conan
Host of The Tonight Show, 2009-2010 -
O'Brien, Willis
The animator of the original King Kong -
Ocasek, Ric
The big-eared founder of the rock band The Cars -
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
The youngest woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress -
Ocean, Frank
The hip-hop creator of the the album channel ORANGE -
O'Connor, Flannery
Southern author of "A Good Man is Hard to Find" -
O'Connor, Sandra Day
The first woman on the U.S Supreme Court -
O'Connor, Sinead
The bald-headed Irish singer of "Nothing Compares 2U" -
Odenkirk, Bob
The star of Better Call Saul -
Odets, Clifford
The author of the play Waiting for Lefty -
Odetta
The fierce black folk singer known for "Oh, Freedom" -
Odom, Leslie Jr.
Aaron Burr in the musical 'Hamilton' -
O'Donnell, Rosie
Host of TV's The Rosie O'Donnell Show -
O'Donoghue, Michael
Writer / performer on Saturday Night Live -
Odysseus
Hero of The Odyssey -
Oetzi Iceman
The iceman found in the Alps in 1991 -
Offerman, Nick
Ron Swanson on the series Parks and Recreation -
O'Hair, Madalyn Murray
Head of American Atheists -
O'Hara, Catherine
The mom in Home Alone -
O'Hare, Sarah
Former Wonderbra model -
O. Henry
American short story writer -
Ohno, Apollo Anton
The gold-medal speedskater who won "Dancing With the Stars" -
Oh, Sadaharu
Baseball's all-time worldwide home run champ -
Oh, Sandra
The title character from the show 'Killing Eve' -
O'Keeffe, Georgia
American artist who painted flowers and cow skulls -
Oldman, Gary
Sirius Black in the Harry Potter movies -
Oleynik, Larisa
Star of The Secret World of Alex Mack -
Oliver, John
The host of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver -
Oliver, Mary
The poet who wrote 'American Primitive' -
Oliver, Susan
Vina in the episode "The Menagerie" of the TV series Star Trek -
Olivier, Sir Laurence
The British acting legend who made the 1944 film Henry V -
Olmert, Ehud
The Israeli prime minister convicted of bribery in 2014 -
Olmsted, Frederick Law
The designer of Central Park -
Olsen, Ashley
The older of the famous Olsen Twins -
Olsen, Elizabeth
The star of the 2011 film Martha Marcy May Marlene -
Olsen, Mary-Kate
The younger of the famous Olsen Twins -
Olsen Twins, The
The twins from TV's Full House -
Olyphant, Timothy
Marshall Raylan Givens in the TV series Justified -
O'Malley, Martin
The governor of Maryland, 2007-2015 -
O'Malley, Seán Patrick
Archibishop of Boston, 2003-present -
Omar, Ilhan
Member of Congress from Minnesota, 2019-present -
Omarion
R&B crooner of the 2005 album O -
Omarr, Sydney
Syndicated horoscope columnist from Los Angeles -
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy
Wife of president John F. Kennedy -
O'Neal, Shaquille
7'1" center for the Boston Celtics -
O'Neill, Ed
Al Bundy on TV's Married With Children -
O'Neill, Eugene
The author of the play Long Day's Journey Into Night -
O'Neill, Jennifer
The Cover Girl model who starred in the 1971 movie Summer of '42 -
Ono, Yoko
Avant-garde artist and widow of John Lennon -
Oppenheimer, J. Robert
The physicist who directed the Manhattan Project -
Ora, Rita
The Albanian-English singer of "Shine Ya Light" -
Orbison, Roy
Singer of "Only the Lonely" -
Ordon, Julie
Baby-faced Swiss Victoria's Secret model of the early 2000's -
O'Reilly, Bill
The bombastic and political host of The O'Reilly Factor -
Orkin, Ruth
Photographer of An American Girl in Italy -
Ortega, Daniel
President of Nicaragua, 1985-90, 2007-present -
Orton, Arthur
The impostor who claimed to be a rich British woman's son -
Orwell, George
The author of Nineteen eighty-four -
Osaka, Naomi
Two-time winner of the Australian and U.S. Opens -
Osbourne, Ozzy
Star of the TV reality show The Osbournes -
Osment, Emily
Lilly on TV's Hannah Montana -
Osmond, Donny
The former teen singer who won 'Dancing With the Stars' in 2009 -
Osmond, Marie
The co-star of TV's The Donny and Marie Show -
Osteen, Joel
The megachurch pastor who wrote Your Best Life Now -
Oswald, Lee Harvey
Accused assassin of John F. Kennedy -
Oswalt, Patton
Spence on The King of Queens -
Otero-Warren, Nina
The early New Mexico activist who helped win the vote for women -
Otis, Elisha Graves
Inventor of the elevator brake -
O'Toole, Peter
Star of the epic film Lawrence of Arabia -
Otto, Miranda
Eowyn in the Lord of the Rings movies -
Outcault, R.F.
Creator of The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown -
Outkast
The Grammy-winning rappers who sang Hey Ya! -
Ovid
Roman author of Metamorphoses -
Owen, Clive
The star of the movies Closer and Croupier -
Owen, Michael
English hero of the 1998 World Cup -
Owens, Jesse
The black sprinter who won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics -
Owens, Terrell
Wide receiver "T.O," for the NFL's Buffalo Bills -
Owen, Wilfred
English poet of World War I -
Oxford, Kelly
The author of Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar -
Oyelowo, David
Martin Luther King, Jr. in the movie Selma -
Oyl, Olive
Popeye's fickle gal -
Oz, Frank
The voice of Yoda and Miss Piggy -
Paar, Jack
The Tonight Show host before Johnny Carson -
Pacino, Al
Star of The Godfather and Scent of a Woman -
Pacquiao, Manny
The boxing superstar who became a member of the Philippine Congress. -
Page, Bettie
1950s pinup model with black hair and bangs -
Page, Elliot
The star of the movie Juno -
Page, Jimmy
Lead guitarist for the rock band Led Zeppelin -
Page, Larry
The co-founder of Google -
Paglia, Camille
The professor-author of 1990’s Sexual Personae -
Paige, Satchel
Negro League pitcher who made it to the majors in his 40s -
Paine, Thomas
The author of Common Sense -
Paisley, Brad
Singer of "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" -
Paisley, Ian
Protestant preacher and Northern Ireland politician -
Pakula, Alan J.
The director of All the President's Men -
Palance, Jack
The creepy trail boss Curly in City Slickers -
Palin, Bristol
The oldest daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -
Palin, Sarah
John McCain's vice-presidential candidate in 2008 -
Palin, Todd
Sarah Palin's husband -
Palmer, Arnold
The great golfer who led "Arnie's Army" -
Paltrow, Gwyneth
The Oscar-winning star of the movie Shakespeare in Love -
Panetta, Leon
U.S Secretary of Defense, 2011-13 -
Panettiere, Hayden
Cheerleader Claire Bennet on the TV series Heroes -
Papale, Vince
The aging NFL rookie who inspired the movie Invincible -
Paquin, Anna
Sookie in the HBO vampire series True Blood -
Paracelsus
European Renaissance physician and alchemist -
Parillaud, Anne
The star of the film La Femme Nikita -
Parker, Alan
The director of 'Midnight Express' and 'Angel Heart' -
Parker, Bonnie
Half of the Depression-era crime duo Bonnie and Clyde -
Parker-Bowles, Camilla
Queen Consort to the U.K.'s King Charles III -
Parker, Charlie
Influential alto saxophone player -
Parker, Dorothy
The oft-quoted female wit of the Algonquin Round Table -
Parker, Mary-Louise
Star of the cable series Weeds -
Parker, Nate
The star, writer and director of 2016's 'The Birth of a Nation' -
Parker, Sarah Jessica
Carrie on TV's Sex and the City -
Park Jae-sang
The singer of the 2012 global hit "Gangnam Style" -
Park, Nick
Creator of Wallace & Gromit -
Parks, Bert
Longtime host of the Miss America pageant -
Parks, Rosa
The civil rights icon who wouldn't give up her bus seat -
Parrish, Maxfield
1920s painter of luminous fantasy posters -
Parsons, Gram
The Flying Burrito Brother who helped countrify 1960s rock -
Parsons, Jim
The fussy physicist Sheldon on TV's The Big Bang Theory -
Parton, Dolly
Singer of the hit tune I Will Always Love You -
Pascal, Blaise
17th century mathematical genius -
Pasteur, Louis
Renowned inventor of pasteurization -
Patch, Sam
The daredevil who jumped off Niagara Falls in 1829 -
Patel, Dev
The quiz show contestant in Slumdog Millionaire -
Paterno, Joe
The head football coach at Penn State University, 1966-2011 -
Paterson, David
The New York governor who replaced Eliot Spitzer in 2008 -
Patitz, Tatjana
Sleek German Calvin Klein model of the 1990s -
Patrick, Danica
The woman driver who finished fourth in the 2005 Indy 500 -
Patrick, Saint
Ireland's most famous saint -
Patten, Gilbert
The writer of the Frank Merriwell dime novels in the early 20th century -
Patterson, James
The author of all those Alex Cross mysteries -
Pattinson, Robert
Edward Cullen, the hunky vampire in the Twilight movies -
Patton, George S.
Commander of the U.S. Third Army in World War II -
Paul, Aaron
Jesse Pinkman in the TV series Breaking Bad -
Paul, Alexandra
The actress who played Lt. Stephanie Holden on Baywatch -
Paul, Caroline
Author of Fighting Fire -
Pauling, Linus
Vitamin C advocate and two-time winner of the Nobel Prize -
Paul, Les
Inventor of the solid-body electric guitar -
Paul of Tarsus
Author of the biblical letters to Romans and Corinthians -
Paul, Rand
U.S. senator from Kentucky, 2010-present -
Paul, Ron
Famously conservative Texas Congressman, 1997-2013 -
Paulsen, Gary
The author of Hatchet -
Paulson, Henry Jr.
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 2006-09 -
Pavarotti, Luciano
The great Italian tenor with the white dinner napkin -
Pavlov, Ivan
Author of Conditioned Reflexes (1926) -
Pawlenty, Tim
Governor of Minnesota, 2003-2011 -
Pawlikowski, Pawel
The writer/director of the film 'Cold War' -
Paxton, Bill
The star of the HBO TV series 'Big Love' -
Payne, Alexander
The Oscar-winning writer and director of the film Sideways -
Paz, Octavio
The Mexican poet who wrote 'Piedra de sol' ('Sun Stone') -
P. Diddy
Rapper known as Puff Daddy, then P. Diddy, then Diddy, then P. Diddy again -
Pearce, Guy
The Australian star of the movie Memento -
Peary, Robert E.
North Pole expedition leader -
Peavy, Pauline
The painter who channeled the spirit "Lacamo" -
Peck, George W.
Author of the "Peck's Bad Boy" stories -
Peck, Gregory
The actor who played Atticus Finch in the movie To Kill A Mockingbird -
Peckinpah, Sam
The movie director who made The Wild Bunch -
Peck's Bad Boy
Naughty hero of the "Peck's Bad Boy" stories -
Peele, Jordan
The comedian who wrote and directed the horror film 'Get Out' -
Peel, John
Influential British DJ from BBC's Radio 1 -
Peel, Robert
British Prime Minister and "father of modern policing" -
Peet, Amanda
Jacqueline "Jack" Barrett in TV's Jack & Jill -
Pegasus
The famous winged horse of Greek myth -
Pei, I.M.
The architect who added a glass pyramid to the Louvre -
Pell, Claiborne
The creator of so-called Pell grants for college students -
Pelosi, Nancy
The first female Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives -
Pelé
Brazil's most famous soccer star -
Pence, Karen
The wife of former U.S. vice president Mike Pence -
Pence, Mike
Vice President of the United States, 2017-2021 -
Pennebaker, D.A.
The documentarian who made Dylan's 'Don't Look Back' -
Penn, Sean
The intense actor who won Oscars for Mystic River and Milk -
Penn, William
The Quaker who founded Philadelphia -
Pepys, Samuel
Author of Samuel Pepys' diaries -
Perelman, S.J.
Humorist for The New Yorker and Marx Bros. writer -
Peres, Shimon
The 8th prime minister of Israel -
Perlman, Ron
Star of the Hellboy movies -
Peron, Eva
Argentina's famous First Lady, known as Evita -
Perot, Ross
The wealthy Texan who founded EDS and ran for president in 1992 and 1996 -
Perry, Katy
The saucy singer of "I Kissed a Girl" -
Perry, Luke
Dylan on the 1990s series 'Beverly Hills 90210' -
Perry, Matthew
Chandler Bing on the TV series Friends -
Perry, Matthew Calbraith
Commodore Perry, who began Western trade with Japan, 1853 -
Perry, Oliver Hazard
The hero of the Battle of Lake Erie (1813) -
Perry, Rick
The governor of Texas, 2000-2015 -
Perry, Tyler
Madea in his film Diary of a Mad Black Woman -
Pershing, John J.
Commander of American armies in Europe during World War I -
Pesci, Joe
The star of My Cousin Vinny and Goodfellas -
Pestova, Daniela
The blonde Czech Sports Illustrated model of the 1990s -
Peter Pan
Fanciful boy hero of Peter Pan -
Petersen, William
Star of the TV crime drama C.S.I. -
Peterson, Oscar
Canadian jazz piano virtuoso -
Peterson, Roger Tory
The author of Field Guide to Birds -
Peter the Great
The czar who modernized 18th century Russia -
Petraeus, David H.
The former CIA director who commanded U.S. forces in Iraq -
Petty, Richard
Seven-time winner of the Daytona 500 -
Petty, Tom
The singer of "Breakdown" -
Phar Lap
Legendary Australian racing champion of the 1930s -
Phelps, Fred Sr.
The founder of the Westboro Baptist Church -
Phelps, Michael
The swimmer who won a record 28 Olympic medals -
Philbin, Regis
Host of the TV morning show Live With Regis And..., 1988-2011 -
Philby, Harold "Kim"
British "Master Spy" and Soviet double-agent -
Phillippe, Ryan
The star of Cruel Intentions -
Phillips, Bijou
The wild-child daughter of John Phillips of The Mamas and The Papas -
Phillips, John
Co-founder of The Mamas and The Papas -
Phillips, Mackenzie
The troubled teen star of One Day at at Time -
Phillips, Todd
The director of 'The Hangover' and 'Joker' -
Phoenix, Joaquin
The Oscar-winning star of Joker -
Phoenix, River
The narcoleptic hustler in My Own Private Idaho -
Phyllis McAlpin Stewart
The Republican woman who helped defeat the ERA in the 1970s -
Piaf, Edith
French singer known as "the waif sparrow" -
Piaget, Jean
Swiss psychologist who studied childhood cognition -
Piazza, Mike
The hard-hitting catcher named to the Hall of Fame in 2016 -
Picasso, Pablo
The 20th century's most famous artist -
Pickford, Mary
"America's Sweetheart" of the silent film era -
Pied Piper, The
Flute-playing charmer of German folk tales -
Pierce, Franklin
President of the United States, 1853-1857 -
Pierce, Jane
The wife of President Franklin Pierce -
Pike, Rosamund
The female lead in Gone Girl -
Piketty, Thomas
The author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century -
Pillsbury Doughboy, The
Star of Pillsbury TV commercials -
Pine, Chris
Captain Kirk in the 2009 film Star Trek -
Pink
The singer of "Get This Party Started" -
Pink Floyd
They did Dark Side of the Moon -
Pink Panther, The
Star of the Pink Panther cartoon series -
Pinocchio
The fairy-tale puppet whose nose grew when he told a lie -
Pinochet, Augusto
Dictator, then president of Chile, 1973-1990 -
Pinsky, Drew
The host of Loveline and Celebrity Rehab -
Pinter, Harold
The Nobel-winning author of The Homecoming -
Pinto, Freida
The love interest in the film Slumdog Millionaire -
Pirandello, Luigi
The author of Six Characters in Search of An Author -
Pirsig, Robert
Author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance -
Pissarro, Camille
The Impressionist who painted Montmartre's boulevards -
Pistorius, Oscar
The Olympic amputee sprinter who killed his girlfriend -
Pitcher, Molly
Brave water-carrying woman of the American Revolutionary War -
Pitt, Brad
The star of Fight Club and Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood -
Pitts, Leonard Jr.
Author of "We'll Go Forward From This Moment" -
Pitts, Zasu
Big-eyed actress of early Hollywood -
Piven, Jeremy
Scheming Ari Gold on TV's Entourage -
Pixies, The
The band who recorded "Monkey Gone to Heaven" -
Pizarro, Francisco
The Spaniard who conquered the Incas -
Plame, Valerie
The CIA agent named publicly by Robert Novak in 2003 -
Planck, Max
The German physicist who originated quantum theory -
Plant, Robert
Lead singer for the rock band Led Zeppelin -
Plath, Sylvia
Poet and author of The Bell Jar -
Plato
The ancient philosopher who wrote The Republic -
Plaza, Aubrey
April on the TV sitcom 'Parks and Recreation' -
Plemons, Jesse
Flatly amoral Todd in ‘Breaking Bad’ -
Plessy, Homer
Namesake of the U.S. court case Plessy v. Ferguson -
Pliny the Elder
The author of Natural History -
Plummer, Christopher
Captain von Trapp in the 1965 movie The Sound of Music -
Plutarch
Author of Plutarch's Lives -
Pocahontas
The Algonquian princess who befriended English settlers in 1607 -
Poe, Edgar Allan
The author of the poem "The Raven" -
Poehler, Amy
The diminutive blonde star of Parks and Recreation -
Pohl, Frederik
The sci-fi author of The Space Merchants and Gateway -
Poincaré, Henri
The French mathematician who wrote Science and Hypothesis -
Poitier, Sidney
The star of the 1967 film In The Heat of the Night -
Polanski, Roman
Director of Chinatown and The Pianist -
Polk, James
President of the United States, 1845-49 -
Polk, Sarah Childress
President James K. Polk's wife -
Pollard, Jonathan
The American sentenced to life for passing secrets to Israel -
Pollock, Jackson
The abstract painter who splattered his canvasses -
Polo, Marco
The exotic traveler who "discovered" the Orient -
Pol Pot
Ruthless Cambodian communist leader of the 1970s -
Pompeo, Ellen
Dr. Meredith Grey on TV's Grey's Anatomy -
Ponce de León, Juan
The guy who claimed Florida for Spain in 1513 -
Ponzi, Carlo
The guy behind the Ponzi Scheme -
Pooh, Winnie the
Honey-loving stuffed bear of The House at Pooh Corner -
Pope, Alexander
Author of 1733's Essay on Man -
Pope Benedict XVI
The supreme leader of the Catholic Church, 2005-2013 -
Pope Gregory XIII
The pope who changed the calendar in 1582 -
Pope Joan
Female pope who may or may not have existed -
Pope John Paul I
The pope who reigned for 33 days -
Pope John Paul II
History's first Polish pope -
Pope Julius II
The pope who hired Michelangelo for the Sistine Chapel -
Pope Leo X
The Medici pope when the Reformation started -
Pope Pius IX
The longest reigning pope ever -
Pope Urban VIII
The pope who named Galileo a heretic -
Popeye the Sailor
Fist-fighting, spinach-loving sailor of comics and cartoons -
Pop, Iggy
Legendary rock 'n' roll dervish -
Porcaro, Jeff
Founder of the group Toto -
Porter, Bill
The plucky salesman with cerebral palsy who inspired the film Door to Door -
Porter, Cole
The Broadway master who wrote "Night and Day" -
Porter, Katherine Anne
Short story writer and the author of Ship of Fools -
Portis, Charles
The author of the book True Grit -
Portman, Natalie
The Oscar-winning star of Black Swan -
Posey, Parker
Indie goddess and star of Best in Show -
Post, Emily
Mid-20th century American expert on etiquette -
Potter, Beatrix
Creator of the Peter Rabbit children's books -
Potter, Harry
Hero of the Harry Potter book series -
Pound, Ezra
The early-20th-century poet who wrote The Cantos -
Poundstone, Paula
The stand-up comedian who was accused of child endangerment -
Powell, Colin
U.S. Secretary of State, 2001-2004 -
Powell, William
The star of The Thin Man series of films -
Power, Samantha
The Irish-born Pulitzer Prize winner who became the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. -
Powers, Austin
Goofy hero of the Austin Powers film series -
Powers, Francis Gary
The U-2 pilot shot down by the Soviet Union in 1960 -
Powter, Susan
The "stop the insanity!" feminist fitness guru -
Poésy, Clémence
Wizard Fleur Delacour in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -
Prabhupada, Srila
Founder of the Hare Krishna movement -
Pratt, Chris
Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy -
Prefontaine, Steve
Oregon running legend and subject of the film Prefontaine -
Prejean, Carrie
The Miss California who said she's against gay marriage -
Presley, Elvis
"The King of Rock 'n Roll" -
Pressly, Jaime
Joy on TV's My Name is Earl -
Prester John
Legendary medieval African Christian king -
Preston, Kelly
The Jerry Maguire actress who was married to John Travolta -
Pretty Ricky
The four-brother band who sang "Grind With Me" -
Previn, André
The jet-setting conductor who married Mia Farrow in 1970 -
Price, Katie
The U.K. tabloid model known as "Jordan" -
Price, Roger
The creator of Droodles and Mad Libs -
Price, Vincent
The gentleman horror star who did House of Wax and The Fly -
Priebus, Reince
The RNC chairman who became Donald Trump's Chief of Staff -
Priestley, Joseph
The Englishman credited with discovering oxygen -
Prince
The funky star who recorded 1999 and changed his name to a symbol -
Prince Albert
Beloved husband of Queen Victoria -
Prince Andrew
Queen Elizabeth II's second son, the one who married Fergie -
Prince, Erik
Founder and former head of Blackwater Worldwide -
Prince of Cornwall and Cambridge, The
The son of Prince William and the Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge -
Prince Philip
The husband of Queen Elizabeth II -
Prince Rainier III
Ruler of Monaco and husband of Princess Grace -
Princess Caroline
The oldest daughter of Monaco's Princess Grace -
Princess Kiko
The wife of Prince Akishino of Japan -
Prince William
The elder son of King Charles III -
Prine, John
The singer/songwriter who did "Angel From Montgomery" -
Prinsloo, Behati
The Namibian-born face of Victoria's Secret "Pink" clothing -
Prinze, Freddie
Comedian and star of TV's Chico and the Man -
Prinze, Freddie Jr.
Dark-eyed star of the movie I Know What You Did Last Summer -
Proctor, John
The first man executed in the Salem witch hunts -
Prokofiev, Sergei
Russian composer of Peter and the Wolf -
Prometheus
The god who gave fire to humans -
Proulx, Annie
The author of The Shipping News -
Proust, Marcel
Author of Remembrance of Things Past -
Prowse, David
The actor who played Darth Vader in Star Wars -
Pryce, Jonathan
The Oscar-nominated star of the 2019 film The Two Popes -
Prynne, Hester
Adulterous heroine of The Scarlet Letter -
Pryor, Richard
The comedian who recorded Live on the Sunset Strip -
Préval, René
President of Haiti, 1996-2000, 2006-present -
Pugh, Florence
Star of the movie 'Midsommar' -
Puig, Manuel
The author of Kiss of the Spider Woman -
Puig, Yasiel
The Cuban outfielder who defected in 2012 -
Pulaski, Casimir
Polish general of the Revolutionary War -
Pulitzer, Joseph
Newspaperman who started the Pulitzer Prize -
Pullman, Philip
The author of the His Dark Materials trilogy -
Punisher, Big
Super-sized Latin rapper -
Punxsutawny Phil
The top-dog groundhog of Groundhog Day -
Pushkin, Alexander
The author of the verse novel 'Eugene Onegin' -
Putin, Vladimir
President of the Russian Federation, 2000-2008 and 2012-present -
Pynchon, Thomas
Reclusive author of Gravity's Rainbow -
Pyrrhus
King of hellenistic Epirus whose gave up a lot to win -
Pythagoras
The guy they named the Pythagorean Theorem after -
Python, Monty
Britain's silliest comedy troupe -
Pétain, Henri Philippe
He sold out France to the Nazis -
Quaid, Dennis
Star of the baseball hero movie The Rookie -
Quaid, Randy
The National Lampoon's Vacation star who was later arrested again and again -
Quan, Ke Huy
The actor who went from 'Short Round' to Oscar-winner -
Quatermain, Allan
Hero of the adventure novel King Solomon's Mines -
Quayle, Dan
George Bush's vice president (1989-93) -
Queen Anne
Queen of England, 1702-1714 -
Queen Elizabeth I
"The Virgin Queen" of England, 1558-1603 -
Queen Elizabeth II
The British queen who reigned from 1952-2022 -
Queen Isabella of Castille
The queen who sponsored Christopher Columbus -
Queen Jane Seymour
The 3rd wife of King Henry VIII -
Queen Latifah
The jail matron Mama in the movie Chicago -
Queen Lili'uokalani
The last queen of the Hawaiian Islands -
Queen Mary I
The queen of England, 1553-1558 -
Queen Mother, The
The mother of Queen Elizabeth II -
Queen of Sheba
The wealthy queen who tested Solomon -
Queen Rania
Queen of Jordan, 1999-present -
Queen Victoria
The queen who ruled the British Empire for 63+ years -
Quest, Jonny
Boy hero of the classic TV cartoon Jonny Quest -
Quinlan, Karen Ann
Controversial coma patient of the 1970s -
Quinn, Anthony
The actor who played Zorba the Greek -
Quinto, Zachary
The new Spock in the feature film series Star Trek -
Quixote, Don
The crazy knight who tilted at windmills -
R2-D2
The rolling android sidekick to C-3P0 in the Star Wars films -
Rabbit, Jessica
Sexy wife of Roger Rabbit in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit? -
Rabin, Yitzhak
Prime Minister of Israel, 1974-1977 and 1992-1995 -
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
The Russian pianist who composed Prelude in C-sharp Minor -
Raci, Paul
The deaf mentor in the The Sound of Metal -
Radacanu, Emma
The surprise winner of the U.S. Open 2021 -
Radcliffe, Daniel
The actor who played Harry Potter in the movies -
Radiohead
Guitar band who did the song "Creep" -
Radner, Gilda
The early Saturday Night Live star who played Roseanne Roseannadanna -
Rae, Issa
The creator of the Web series Awkward Black Girl -
Rafelson, Bob
The director of the film Five Easy Pieces -
Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford
Founder of Singapore -
Rai, Aishwarya
Star of the 2002 Bollywood movie Devdas -
Raimi, Sam
Director of The Evil Dead and Spider-Man -
Raleigh, Sir Walter
The man who (maybe) laid his cloak over a mudpuddle for the queen -
Ramis, Harold
The director of Groundhog Day -
Ramone, Joey
Lead singer of The Ramones -
Ramone, Phil
The legendary music producer of Billy Joel's 52nd Street -
Ramones, The
Punk band who did "Beat on the Brat" -
Rampling, Charlotte
The slinky star of Zardoz and 45 Years -
Ramsay, Gordon
Host of TV's Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares -
Ramsey, JonBenet
The 6-year-old beauty contestant killed in Colorado in 1996 -
Randall, Tony
Felix Unger on the TV series The Odd Couple -
Rand, Ayn
The author of The Fountainhead and leader of Objectivism movement -
Rapace, Noomi
The star of the original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo movies -
Raphael
High Renaissance painter of The School of Athens -
Rascal Flatts
Country vocal trio that did "I'm Movin' On" -
Rasputin, Grigori
Wild-eyed court mystic of Czarist Russia -
Rather, Dan
Anchor for TV's The CBS Evening News, 1981-2005 -
Ratner, Brett
The director of the 'Rush Hour' movies -
Raven, Simon
The author of the Alms for Oblivion novels -
Raven-Symoné
Star of The Disney Channel's That's So Raven -
Rayburn, Gene
Host of TV's Match Game -
Ray, James Earl
The man who killed Martin Luther King, Jr. -
Ray, Nicholas
The director of the movie Rebel Without A Cause -
Ray, Rachael
Peppy host of TV's 30 Minute Meals -
Raël
Founder of the Raëlian Movement -
Reagan, Nancy
First Lady of the United States, 1981-89 -
Reagan, Ronald
40th President of the United States, 1981-89 -
Rebeck, Theresa
The playwright who created the TV show Smash -
Records, Max
The kid in the movie Where the Wild Things Are -
Redding, Otis
Soul singer who did "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" -
Reddy, Helen
The Australian singer who did "I Am Woman" -
Redenbacher, Orville
The creator of Orville Redenbacher popcorn -
Redford, Robert
Star of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -
Redmayne, Eddie
The actor who won an Oscar for The Theory of Everything -
Reece, Gabrielle
6'3" volleyball star and model -
Reed, Lou
Co-founder of The Velvet Underground -
Reed, Nikki
Co-writer of Thirteen and co-star of Twilight -
Reed, Ralph
The executive director of the Christian Coalition, 1989-97 -
Reeve, Christopher
The Superman star who later was paralyzed -
Reeves, George
Superman on the 1950s TV series -
Reeves, Keanu
Neo in The Matrix film trilogy -
Refaeli, Bar
The supermodel who dated actor Leonardo DiCaprio -
Rehnquist, William
16th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court -
Reichardt, Kelly
The independent filmmaker who did 'Meek's Cutoff' -
Reid, Tara
Host of the party travelogue show Taradise -
Reilly, Charles Nelson
The wackiest panelist on TV's Match Game -
Reilly, John C.
The star of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story -
Reiner, Carl
Creator of TV's The Dick Van Dyke Show -
Reinhardt, Django
Gypsy jazz guitarist -
Reinking, Ann
Fosse-influenced choreographer and star of Chicago -
Reitman, Jason
The director of Juno and Up in the Air -
R.E.M.
The band who did "Everybody Hurts" -
Remarque, Erich Maria
Author of All Quiet on the Western Front -
Rembrandt
The Dutch master known for his self-portraits -
Remington, Frederic
Popular painter of the American west -
Ren, Kylo
The bad-guy Jedi in Star Wars: The Force Awakens -
Renner, Jeremy
The star of the movie The Hurt Locker -
Reno, Janet
78th Attorney General of the United States -
Retton, Mary Lou
Gold medalist in the 1984 Olympics -
Reuben, Gloria
Jeanie Boulet on TV's ER -
Reubens, Paul
The comedian who created the alter ego Pee-wee Herman -
Revere, Paul
The American colonist of midnight ride fame -
Reynolds, Burt
The mustachioed star of Deliverance and Smokey and the Bandit -
Reynolds, Debbie
Star of the 1952 musical "Singin' in the Rain" -
Reynolds, Ryan
The star of the movie Green Lantern -
Reznor, Trent
The Oscar winner who performs and records as Nine Inch Nails -
Rhames, Ving
Marsellus Wallace in the movie Pulp Fiction -
Rheaume, Manon
The first woman to play in the NHL -
Rhodes, Cecil
The English diamond magnate and South African politician -
Rhymes, Busta
Rubbery-faced, raspy-voiced Brooklyn rapper -
Rhys, Matthew
Philip in the TV series The Americans -
Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan
Star of Woody Allen's Match Point -
Ricci, Christina
Wednesday in the Addams Family movies -
Rice, Anne
Author of Interview With The Vampire -
Rice, Condoleezza
U.S. Secretary of State, 2005-09 -
Rice, Jerry
Wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, 1985-2000 -
Rice, Ray
The NFL running back who was suspended in 2014 after hitting his wife -
Rice, Susan
National Security Advisor for Barack Obama, 2013-17 -
Rich, Adrienne
The feminist-lesbian poet who wrote Diving Into the Wreck -
Richards, Denise
Star of the 'reality' show It's Complicated -
Richards, Keith
The weatherbeaten guitarist for the Rolling Stones -
Richards, Michael
Cosmo Kramer on TV's Seinfeld -
Richardson, Bill
The governor of New Mexico, 2003-2011 -
Richardson, Natasha
Tony-winning star of the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret -
Richelieu, Cardinal
The power behind the throne of Louis XIII -
Richie, Lionel
Singer of the pop hit "All Night Long" -
Richie, Nicole
Paris Hilton's co-star in the reality series The Simple Life -
Rich, Marc
Fugitive pardoned by President Clinton -
Richter, Charles F.
The seismologist who created the earthquake scale -
Richthofen, Manfred von
WW I flying ace known as "The Red Baron" -
Rickles, Don
The insult comic who used "dummy" and "hockey puck" -
Rickman, Alan
Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films -
Ride, Sally
The first American woman in space -
Ridgway, Gary
The Green River Killer -
Ridley, Daisy
The star of the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens -
Riefenstahl, Leni
Filmmaker who documented Hitler's Germany -
Rigg, Diana
Mrs. Emma Peel on TV's The Avengers -
Ringwald, Molly
Teen star of Sixteen Candles -
Ripa, Kelly
The zippy blonde host of Live! With Kelly and Michael -
Ripken, Cal
The long-playing "Iron Man" of baseball's Baltimore Orioles -
Ripley, Robert L.
Founder of Ripley's Believe It Or Not! -
Ritchie, Guy
The director of Snatch and Madonna's ex-husband -
Riva, Emmanuelle
The star of Hiroshima Mon Amour and Amour -
Rivera, Diego
Mexican muralist and husband of artist Frida Kahlo -
Rivera, Geraldo
Mustachioed muckraker of TV news -
Rivera, Jenni
The Mexican-American singer called "La Diva de la Banda" -
Rivero, Ines Maria
Argentinian "angel" for Victoria's Secret -
Rivers, Joan
The TV talk-show host with the catch-phrase "Can we talk?" -
Roach, Max
Bebop drummer and bandleader with Clifford Brown -
Robbe-Grillet, Alain
The "anti-novel" guy who wrote the film Last Year at Marienbad -
Robbie, Margot
Harley Quinn in the movie 'Suicide Squad' -
Robbins, Harold
The author of The Betsy -
Robbins, Tim
Oscar-winning star of Mystic River and Bull Durham -
Roberts, Doris
Raymond's mom on the sitcom 'Everybody Loves Raymond' -
Roberts, John G.
17th U.S. Chief Justice of the United States -
Roberts, Julia
Star of the movie Pretty Woman -
Roberts, Nora
Author of the romantic MacGregor series -
Robertson, Cliff
The Oscar-winning star of the 1968 film Charly -
Robertson, Pat
Host of the Christian TV program The 700 Club -
Roberts, Oral
TV preacher and healer who founded Oral Roberts University -
Robeson, Paul
The actor, singer and activist known for Othello and Show Boat -
Robespierre, Maximilien
French revolutionary leader during the Reign of Terror -
Robin Hood
Legendary medieval good-guy robber and expert archer -
Robinson, Edward G.
The snarling star of 1931's Little Caesar -
Robinson, Jackie
The man who broke baseball's color barrier -
Robinson, V. Gene
The world's first openly gay Anglican bishop -
Rock, Chris
The comedian who inspired the TV show Everybody Hates Chris -
Rockefeller, David
Leader of Chase Manhattan Bank, 1969-81 -
Rockefeller, John D. Sr.
Standard Oil tycoon and big-time philanthropist -
Rocket, Charles
One-time Saturday Night Live actor who killed himself -
Rock, The
Professional wrestling heavyweight and star of The Game Plan -
Rockwell, Norman
Cover artist for The Saturday Evening Post -
Rockwell, Rick
The "multi-millionaire" who married a stranger on TV -
Rockwell, Sam
Star of the 2009 sci-fi film Moon -
Rocky
Star of the Rocky film series -
Roddenberry, Gene
Creator of TV's Star Trek -
Roddick, Andy
The tennis ace who's married to model Brooklyn Decker -
Rodgers, Richard
Composer of Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music -
Rodin, Auguste
The sculptor who did The Thinker -
Rodman, Dennis
The freaky former NBA star with the funny hair colors -
Rodney, Caesar
The horseman on the Delaware quarter -
Rodrigo, Olivia
The Disney+ star who sang "Drivers License" -
Rodriguez, Alex
The quarter-billion-dollar superstar known as "A-Rod" -
Rodriguez, Maggie
Co-host of the CBS morning program The Early Show -
Rodriguez, Michelle
Star of Girlfight and The Fast and the Furious -
Rodriguez, Robert
Filmmaker who did Desperado and Spy Kids -
Roeg, Nicolas
The director of the 1973 psycho-drama Don't Look Now -
Roethke, Theodore
The Michigan poet who wrote "Elegy for Jane" -
Rogen, Seth
Star of the 2007 movie Knocked Up -
Rogers, Fred
Host of the children's TV series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood -
Rogers, Kenny
The country star who sang "The Gambler" -
Rogers, Mimi
Mrs. Kensington (the elder) in Austin Powers -
Rogers, Roy
Star of TV's Roy Rogers Show -
Rogers, Will
Rope-tricking humorist who never met a man he didn't like -
Roget, Peter Mark
Creator of Roget's Thesaurus -
Rollins, Sonny
The bop-era saxophonist who did "St. Thomas" -
Romano, Ray
The star of TV's Everybody Loves Raymond -
Rome, Jim
The cocky host of Jim Rome is Burning on ESPN -
Romero, George
The director of the Night of the Living Dead films -
Romijn, Rebecca
The sleek blue Mystique in the X-Men movies -
Rommel, Erwin
"The Desert Fox" of World War II -
Romney, Mitt
Governor of Massachusetts, 2003-07 -
Romo, Tony
Bench-to-stardom Dallas Cowboys quarterback, 2003-present -
Ronaldinho
Curly-haired Brazilian midfielder for FC Barcelona -
Ronaldo
The Brazilian soccer star who was thrice FIFA's Player of the Year -
Ronaldo, Cristiano
Portugal's biggest 21st-century soccer star -
Ronan, Saoirse
The Irish actress who played Jo in Little Women -
Ronstadt, Linda
1970s country-rock singing superstar who sang "You're No Good" -
Rooney, Andy
The star of the 60 Minutes segment "A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney" -
Rooney, Mickey
Star of the Andy Hardy movies -
Rooney, Sally
The Irish author of 'Normal People' -
Rooney, Wayne
Young superstar forward for Manchester United, 2004- -
Roosevelt, Edith
President Teddy Roosevelt's second wife -
Roosevelt, Eleanor
First Lady of the United States, 1933-45 -
Roosevelt, Franklin
The president who led the U.S. through World War II -
Roosevelt, Theodore
President of the United States, 1901-1909 -
Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel
The New Yorkers executed as Soviet spies in 1953 -
Rose, Pete
Baseball great banned for life for gambling -
Rose, Ruby
Stella in the TV series 'Orange is the New Black' -
Ross, Betsy
The creator of the American flag -
Ross, Bob
The fuzzy-haired public television landscape painter -
Ross, Diana
Motown megastar who was with The Supremes -
Rossellini, Isabella
Dorothy Vallens in David Lynch's Blue Velvet -
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
Romantic poet and painter of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood -
Rossi, Valentino
"The Doctor," Italian MotoGP World Champion 2001-2005 -
Rossum, Emmy
Gerard Butler's co-star in The Phantom of the Opera -
Roth, Eli
The director of 'Hostel' -
Rothko, Mark
Abstract expressionist painter of 1958's "Black on Maroon" -
Roth, Philip
The author of Portnoy's Complaint -
Rouhani, Hassan
The president of Iran, 2013-present -
Roundtree, Richard
The star of the 1971 movie Shaft -
Rourke, Mickey
The star of the 2008 film The Wrestler -
Rouse, James
Urban planner who developed Boston's Fanueil Hall -
Rousey, Ronda
The first female Ultimate Fighting Champion -
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Author of The Social Contract -
Rousseff, Dilma
The president of Brazil who was impeached and ousted in 2016 -
Routh, Brandon
Star of the 2006 movie Superman Returns -
Rove, Karl
The chief political advisor to George W. Bush -
Rowe, Debbie
The mother of Michael Jackson's first two children -
Rowlandson, Mary
Early American colonist and captive whose memoir was a 17th century hit -
Rowling, J.K.
The creator of the fictional wizard Harry Potter -
Roy, Arundhati
The author of the 1997 novel The God of Small Things -
Rubens, Peter Paul
17th century Flemish painter of the Baroque period -
Rubik, Erno
Inventor of the Rubik's Cube puzzle -
Rubio, Marco
U.S. Senator from Florida, 2011-present -
Ruby, Jack
Assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald -
Rudd, Paul
The Clueless guy who married Phoebe on Friends -
Rudin, Scott
High-powered producer of 'No Country for Old Men' -
Rudolph, Maya
The SNL player who starred in Away We Go -
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The beacon-snouted hero of the annual Christmas TV special -
Rudolph, Wilma
The first American woman to win three gold medals in one Olympics -
Ruffalo, Mark
The star of You Can Count on Me and Just Like Heaven -
Ruiz, Rosie
The woman who cheated to "win" the 1980 Boston Marathon -
Ruiz Zafón, Carlos
The author of 'The Shadow of the Wind' -
Rule, Ja
Tough-talking rapper of the hit singles "Holla Holla" and "Clap Back" -
Rumi, Jalal Al-Din
Founder of the Whirling Dervishes -
Rumsfeld, Donald
U.S. Secretary of Defense, 2001-2006 -
Rurik
Founder of the Russian state -
Rushdie, Salman
Author of The Satanic Verses -
Rush, Geoffrey
The Oscar-winning star of the 1996 movie Shine -
Russell, Bertrand
The deep-thinking co-author of Principia Mathematica -
Russell, Bill
11-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics -
Russell, Charles M.
American cowboy artist -
Russell, Charles T.
Founder of the Watchtower Society -
Russell, David O.
The Oscar-nominated director of The Fighter -
Russell, Harold
The disabled vet in The Best Years of Our Lives -
Russell, Keri
The star of TV's Felicity and The Americans -
Russell, Kurt
Snake Plissken in the movie Escape From New York -
Russert, Tim
Host of TV's Meet the Press, 1991-2008 -
Russo, Rene
Co-star of the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair -
Rustin, Bayard
Organizer behind Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1963 March on Washington -
Ruth
Heroine of the biblical book named for her -
Ruth, Babe
New York Yankee hero and home run king -
Rutherford, Ernest
The New Zealand physicist who split the atom -
Ryan, Amy
That terrible mom in Gone Baby Gone -
Ryan, Debby
Baily Pickett on Disney's The Suite Life on Deck -
Ryan, Irene
Granny on the TV show The Beverly Hillbillies -
Ryan, Kay
The 16th Poet Laureate consultant to the Library of Congress -
Ryan, Meg
Impish star of "When Harry Met Sally" -
Ryan, Paul
U.S. Speaker of the House, 2015-2019 -
Ryder, Winona
The star of Heathers and Stranger Things -
Rylance, Mark
The Shakespearean actor who won an Oscar for the 2015 film Bridge of Spies -
Ryūsuke, Hamaguchi
The director of the 2021 film Drive My Car -
Saakashvili, Mikheil
President of Georgia since 2004 -
Saarinen, Eero
The Midcentury Modern architect who designed the Gateway Arch -
Sable
Former WWF champion -
Sacagawea (Sacajawea)
The Indian woman who accompanied Lewis & Clark -
Sacks, Oliver
The author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat -
Sadat, Anwar
President of Egypt, 1970-81 -
Sadr, Muqtada al-
Fiery young anti-U.S. cleric in post-Hussein Iraq -
Safer, Morley
The Canadian '60 Minutes' co-host who reported on Vietnam -
Safire, William
Political columnist for The New York Times, 1973-2005 -
Sagan, Carl
The astronomer who did the TV series Cosmos -
Sailor Moon
Japanese girly teen cartoon superhero -
Saint, Eva Marie
Marlon Brando's co-star in On the Waterfront -
Sajak, Pat
Host of TV's Wheel of Fortune -
Sakall, S.Z. "Cuddles"
Carl the headwaiter in the film Casablanca -
Saladin
The man who took back Jerusalem -
Salahi, Michaele
One half of the 2009 White House gate-crashing couple -
Salahi, Tareq
One half of the 2009 White House gate-crashing couple -
Salazar, Ken
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 2021-present -
Saldana, Zoe
Uhura in the new Star Trek and Neytiri in Avatar -
Salinger, J.D.
The author of The Catcher In the Rye -
Salk, Jonas
Developer of the polio vaccine -
Salmi, Albert
The TV character actor who played Bo in the original Broadway production of Bus Stop -
Samberg, Andy
The mop-haired SNL actor who did the "Lazy Sunday" video -
Sam, Michael
The college football star who announced in 2014 that he was gay -
Sampras, Pete
"Pistol Pete," the 14-time Grand Slam winner -
Sanchez Vicario, Arantxa
1995 ranked no. 1 in women's tennis by the WTA -
Sandberg, Sheryl
COO of Facebook, 2008-present -
Sandburg, Carl
Author of the poem Chicago -
Sanders, Bernie
U.S. Senator from Vermont, 2006-present -
Sanders, Colonel Harland
Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken -
Sand, George
The unconventional 19th century French author of 1 July 1804 -
Sandler, Adam
The star of Happy Gilmore and The Wedding Singer -
Sandusky, Jerry
The former Penn State football coach who was convicted of child abuse -
Sanford, Mark
The South Carolina governor who was caught with an Argentinian mistress -
Sanger, Margaret
Co-founder of what became Planned Parenthood -
San Giacomo, Laura
Maya Gallo on TV's Just Shoot Me -
Sanmao
The Chinese author of 'Stories of the Sahara' -
Santana, Carlos
Leader of the rock band Santana -
Santorum, Rick
Outspoken U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1995-2007 -
Santos-Dumont, Alberto
Brazilian "Father of Aviation" -
Sapp, Warren
300-pound defensive lineman for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers -
Sarah
The Hebrew matriarch who gave birth at age 91 -
Sara, Mia
Ferris's girlfriend in Ferris Bueller's Day Off -
Sarandon, Susan
The co-star of Thelma and Louise -
Sarkozy, Nicolas
President of France, 2007-2012 -
Sarnoff, David
Radio and TV Pioneer and head of RCA -
Sarte, Jean-Paul
The existentialist author of Being and Nothingness -
Satan
Evil personified -
Savage, Doc
Author Lester Dent's "Man of Bronze" -
Savalas, Telly
TV's Kojak -
Savon, Felix
The Cuban heavyweight who won three Olympic gold medals from 1992-2000 -
Sawyer, Diane
The anchor of ABC's Good Morning America, 2009-14 -
Sax, Adolphe
The Belgian who invented the saxophone -
Say, Allen
Illustrator of The Boy of the Three-Year Nap -
Sayers, Dorothy
The creator of Lord Peter Wimsey -
Scaife, Richard
Financial backer of U.S. conservative political causes -
Scalia, Antonin
U.S. Supreme Court judge, 1986-2016 -
Scanlan, Teresa
Miss America of 2011 -
Scarface
The drug-dealing mobster played by Al Pacino in the 1983 film -
Scheider, Roy
The star of the movies Jaws and All That Jazz -
Schett, Barbara
Austrian female tennis pro, 1991-2005 -
Schiavo, Terri
The brain-damaged woman at the center of the Schiavo legal case -
Schiff, Adam
The California congressman leading the Trump impeachment inquiry in 2019 -
Schiffer, Claudia
Teutonic supermodel for Guess Jeans -
Schilling, Taylor
Piper in the TV series Orange Is the New Black -
Schlessinger, Laura
The radio advice-giver known as "Dr. Laura" -
Schmich, Mary
The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist who wrote the "Wear Sunscreen" e-mail essay -
Schrader, Paul
The man who wrote Taxi Driver -
Schreck, Max
Star of F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu -
Schreiber, Liev
Sabretooth in the X-Men Wolverine movie -
Schrödinger, Erwin
Creator of the Schrödinger's Cat paradox -
Schultz, Howard
The CEO who made Starbucks an international company -
Schulz, Charles
The creator of Charlie Brown and Peanuts -
Schumacher, Joel
The director of St. Elmo's Fire and Batman Forever -
Schumacher, Michael
The seven-time world champion of Formula 1 racing -
Schumann, Clara
The pianist wife of composer Robert Schumann -
Schumer, Amy
The raunchy comedy star of Trainwreck and Inside Amy Schumer -
Schwartzman, Jason
The guy from Rushmore and Bored to Death -
Schwartz, Sherwood
The creator of Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch -
Schwartz, Stephen
Composer of the Broadway hits Wicked and Godspell -
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
The star of the Terminator movies who became governor of California -
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman
U.S. General during the Persian Gulf War -
Scola, Angelo
The Archbishop of Milan, 2011- -
Scooby-Doo
Scaredy-cat 1970s cartoon dog -
Scorsese, Martin
The director of Taxi Driver and Goodfellas -
Scott, George C.
The star of the Oscar-winning 1970 film Patton -
Scott, Hazel
The jazz star who had her own TV show in 1950, The Hazel Scott Show -
Scott-Heron, Gil
The writer and performer of 1970's "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" -
Scott, Ridley
The director of the sci-fi classic Blade Runner -
Scott, Robert Falcon
The second man to reach the South Pole -
Scott, Sir Walter
The author of Ivanhoe -
Scott Thomas, Kristin
The beautiful, brooding star of The English Patient -
Scott, Tony
The director of the action hit Top Gun -
Scrappy-Doo
Puppy nephew to the cartoon dog Scooby-Doo -
Seabiscuit
Thoroughbred hero of the American Depression -
Seacrest, Ryan
The host of TV's American Idol -
Seale, Bobby
Co-founder, with Huey Newton, of the Black Panther Party -
Sebald, W.G.
Author of the memoir Austerlitz -
Sebelius, Kathleen
Barack Obama's 2009 choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services -
Secretariat
The 1973 winner of horse racing's Triple Crown -
Sedaris, Amy
The star of the oddball TV comedy Strangers With Candy -
Sedaris, David
Author of the essay collection Me Talk Pretty One Day -
Sedgwick, Kyra
Star of the 1992 film Singles -
Seear, Noot
Supermodel cast as Heidi in the film version of Twilight: New Moon -
See, Lisa
Author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan -
Segel, Jason
Nick from Freaks and Geeks and star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall -
Seinfeld, Jerry
Star of the TV sitcom Seinfeld -
Selena
The 'Queen of Tejano' -
Seles, Monica
Hard-hitting tennis superstar -
Selfridge, Thomas E.
The first air crash fatality -
Selkirk, Alexander
The model for Robinson Crusoe -
Selleck, Tom
Magnum, P.I. on the TV show Magnum, P.I. -
Sellers, Peter
Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther comedies -
Semenya, Caster
The woman South African runner who was accused of being a man -
Sendak, Maurice
The illustrator who created Where the Wild Things Are -
Seneca
Stoic philospher and playwright of the first century -
Senghor, Leopold
The French poet who was Senegal's first president -
Serling, Rod
The creator and host of The Twilight Zone -
Serpico, Frank
Whistleblowing New York cop who inspired a 1973 movie -
Servetus, Michael
The 16th century heretic who also explained pulmonary circulation -
Service, Robert W.
The England-born, Scotland-raised poet who wrote "The Cremation of Sam McGee" -
Sessions, Jeff
U.S. Attorney General, 2017-2018 -
Sete, Bola
1960s Brazilian jazzman -
Seuss, Dr.
Author of The Cat In the Hat -
Severinsen, Doc
Bandleader for Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show -
Sevigny, Chloë
Star of the indie film The Brown Bunny and the HBO series Big Love -
Sexton, Anne
Confessional American poet of the 1960s and '70s -
Seydoux, Léa
The star of Blue is the Warmest Color and Spectre -
Seyfried, Amanda
Ditzy Karen, Regina's friend in Mean Girls -
Seymour, Jane
TV's Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman -
Seymour, Stephanie
Victoria's Secret model and former girlfriend of Axl Rose -
Seynhaeve, Ingrid
Belgium's top supermodel of the 1990s -
Shackleton, Ernest
Leader of The Endurance expedition to Antarctica -
Shah Jahan
The Mughal emperor who built the Taj Mahal -
Shah of Iran
The Shah of Iran, 1941-1979 -
Shakespeare, William
The famed author of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet -
Shakira
Sexy Latin singer of "Whenever, Wherever" -
Shakur, Tupac
Late rapper of 2Pacalypse Now -
Shalhoub, Tony
Star of TV's Monk -
Shamir, Yitzhak
Prime Minister of Israel, 1983-1984 and 1986-1992 -
Shandling, Garry
The creator and star of The Larry Sanders Show -
Shankar, Ravi
The sitar virtuoso who influenced The Beatles -
Shannon, Del
The singer of the hit song "Runaway" -
Shannon, Michael
The Oscar-nominated co-star of 'Nocturnal Animals' -
Shapiro, Ben
The conservative gadfly who started The Daily Wire -
Sharapova, Maria
The tall blonde tennis ace who won Wimbledon at age 17 -
Sharif, Nawaz
The exiled two-time prime minister of Pakistan -
Sharon, Ariel
Prime minister of Israel, 2001-2006 -
Sharpton, Al
New York's African-American preacher, activist and presidential candidate -
Shatner, William
Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise -
Shaughnessy, Meghann
American tennis pro -
Shavitz, Burt
The Burt of Burt's Bees personal care products -
Shaw, Artie
The clarinet-playing big band leader who recorded Begin the Beguine -
Shaw, George Bernard
The author of Pygmalion -
Shaw, Robert Gould
Civil War leader of the African-American 54th Massachusetts Infantry -
Shayk, Irina
Cover girl for the 2011 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue -
Sheckler, Ryan
Youngest-ever pro skateboarder and star of TV's Life of Ryan -
Sheehan, Cindy
The "Peace Mom" who protested against the Iraq War -
Sheen, Charlie
The fast-living ex-star of the TV comedy Two and a Half Men -
Sheen, Martin
President Josiah Bartlet on TV's The West Wing -
Sheeran, Ed
The redheaded singer-songwriter who did of "The Shape of You" -
Sheldon, Sidney
The author of The Other Side of Midnight -
Shelley, Mary
The author of Frankenstein -
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
19th century romantic poet -
Shelton, Blake
The country music singer from TV's The Voice -
Shepard, Alan
The first American in space -
Shepard, Sam
The actor/playwright who wrote 'Fool for Love' and 'True West' -
Sheppard, Sam
The Ohio doctor who inspired TV's The Fugitive -
Sherman, Roger
The Founding Father responsible for The Connecticut Compromise -
Sherman, William Tecumseh
Union general who said, "War is hell." -
Sherrod, Shirley
The USDA employee unfairly smeared as a racist in 2010 -
Sherwood, Robert E.
The playwright who wrote the movie The Best Years of Our Lives -
Shiffrin, Mikaela
The winningest slalom racer in World Cup history -
Shoemaker, Willie
Four-time Kentucky Derby winner who later was paralyzed -
Short, Elizabeth
The "Black Dahlia" murder victim -
Shortland, Cate
The Australian filmmaker who directed 2020's Black Widow -
Short, Martin
Former SCTV and SNL star who was Jiminy Glick -
Shortz, Will
The crossword puzzle editor for the New York Times -
Shriver, Eunice Kennedy
The founder of the Special Olympics -
Shriver, Lionel
The author of 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' -
Shriver, Maria
NBC News correspondent and wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger -
Shui-bian, Chen
The former president of Taiwan sentenced to life in prison -
Shulman, Julius
Los Angeles photographer of great 20th century architects -
Shultz, George
United States Secretary of State, 1982-89 -
Shyamalan, M. Night
The writer and director of The Sixth Sense -
Sidibe, Gabourey
The newcomer star of the 2009 film Precious -
Siegfried and Roy
The tiger-loving Las Vegas magicians of the 1990s -
Silverman, Sarah
Over-the-edge star of TV's The Sarah Silverman Program -
Silverstein, Shel
Author of Where the Sidewalk Ends -
Silverstone, Alicia
The star of the movie Clueless -
Silvstedt, Victoria
Guess model and former Miss Sweden -
Simenon, Georges
Prolific author of the Detective Maigret novels -
Simmons, Gene
Frontman for the rock band KISS -
Simmons, J.K.
J. Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man movies -
Simmons, Kimora Lee
Russell Simmons's ex-wife and director of Baby Phat fashions -
Simms, Molly
Delinda Deline on NBC's Las Vegas -
Simon, Carly
The singer of "You're So Vain" -
Simone, Nina
Eclectic singer of "I Loves You Porgy" and "Mississippi Goddam" -
Simon, Neil
The Broadway legend who wrote The Odd Couple -
Simon, Paul
Half of the singing duo Simon and Garfunkel -
Simpson, Ashlee
Jessica Simpson's sister and singer of "Pieces of Me" -
Simpson, Jessica
Pop singer and star of the MTV show Newlyweds -
Simpson, O. J.
The NFL Hall of Famer charged with murder in 1994 -
Simpsons, The
Long-running yellow-skinned animated TV family -
Simpson, Wallis
The woman for whom King Edward VIII gave up the throne -
Sinatra, Frank
Singer of New York, New York and leader of the Rat Pack -
Sinclair, Gordon
Creator of the famous "Americans" broadcast -
Sinclair, Upton
Socialist author of 1906's The Jungle -
Singer, Isaac Merritt
The maker of the first popular household sewing machine -
Singleton, John
The writer and director of Boyz N the Hood -
Sirhan, Sirhan
The man who shot Robert F. Kennedy -
Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson
The Nobel Prize-winning president of Liberia -
Sirtis, Marina
Deanna Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation -
Sitting Bull
The Lakota chief who beat General Custer at Little Bighorn -
Sitwell, Edith
The eccentric poet who wrote 1941's "Still Falls the Rain" -
Skakel, Michael
The Kennedy relative convicted of killing Martha Moxley -
Skarsgård, Alexander
Vampire sheriff Eric Northman on TV's True Blood -
Skinner, B.F.
The behaviorist who invented the Skinner Box -
Skinner, Nancy
Liberal commentator and co-host of Doug Stephan's Good Day -
Slater, Christian
Wild-eyebrowed star of Heathers and Broken Arrow -
Slattery, John
The silver-haired, hot-headed ad executive on TV's Mad Men -
Slayton, Donald K. "Deke"
The 'Original Seven' astronaut who later flew Apollo-Soyuz -
Slocum, Joshua
The first person to sail around the world alone -
Smails, Judge
The pompous country club president in Caddyshack -
Smart, Elizabeth
The Utah teen kidnapped in 2002 and rescued months later -
Smart, Pamela
Real-life basis for the murderess in To Die For -
Smarty Jones
Winner of the 2004 Kentucky Derby -
Smiley, Tavis
Host of The Tavis Smiley Show on TV and radio -
Smirnoff, Karina
The attractive Ukrainian dance partner from Dancing With the Stars -
Smith, Adam
The author of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations -
Smith, Anna Nicole
The blonde bombshell celebrity who died suddenly in 2007 -
Smith, Bessie
Classic blues singer dubbed "Empress of the Blues" -
Smith, Bob
New Hampshire's conservative senator in the '90s -
Smith Court, Margaret
Australian winner of the 1970 women's Grand Slam -
Smith, Dean
The basketball coach at UNC, 1961-97 -
Smith, Dodie
The author of The Hundred and One Dalmations -
Smith, Elliott
The singer of "Miss Misery" who stabbed himself -
Smith, Jada Pinkett
Niobe in 'The Matrix' sequels -
Smith, Jaden
Will Smith's son and the star of the Karate Kid remake -
Smith, Joseph
Founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -
Smith, Kevin
The director of Clerks and Chasing Amy -
Smith, Maggie
The star of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie -
Smith, Patti
The poet-rocker who wrote the memoir 'Just Kids' -
Smith, Sam
The British singer who won a Grammy for "Stay With Me" -
Smithson, James
The man whose money founded the Smithsonian Institution -
Smith, Tracy K.
U.S. Poet Laureate named in 2017 -
Smith, Will
Popular rapper and star of the film Men in Black -
Smith, Zadie
The author of White Teeth -
Smit-McPhee, Kodi
The son, Peter, in the movie 'The Power of the Dog' -
Smollett, Jussie
The actor from 'Empire' convicted for faking a hate crime -
Snipes, Wesley
Star of the Blade vampire movies -
Snoopy
Beagle star of the comic strip Peanuts -
Snowden, Edward
The dude who leaked top-secret info about U.S. domestic surveillance -
Snowlets
Olympic mascots -
Snow, Tony
White House press secretary, 2006-07 -
Snow White
The story princess who befriends seven dwarfs -
Snyder, Gary
Pulitzer-winning Beat poet who wrote Turtle Island -
Snyder, Zack
The director of '300' and 'Man of Steel' -
Sobieski, Leelee
She was Joan on TV in 1999's Joan of Arc -
Socrates
The great Greek philosopher who drank hemlock -
Soderbergh, Steven
The Oscar-winning director of the Oceans Eleven films -
Sojourner (Mars Rover)
The first rolling robot to land on Mars -
Solanas, Valerie
The woman who shot Andy Warhol -
Solis, Hilda
U.S. Secretary of Labor, 2009-present -
Solnit, Rebecca
The author of 'The Faraway Nearby' and 'Men Explain Things to Me' -
Solo, Hope
The goalie for the winning U.S. Women's Soccer Team in the 2015 World Cup -
Solomon, King
Builder of the Temple of Solomon -
Somers, Brett
Witty panelist on TV's The Match Game -
Somers, Suzanne
Chrissy on TV's Three's Company -
Sondheim, Stephen
West Side Story lyricist and superstar Broadway composer -
Sophocles
Greek dramatist who wrote Oedipus Tyrannus -
Sorbo, Kevin
Star of TV's Hercules: The Legendary Journeys -
Sorensen, Ted
Counselor and speechwriter for John F. Kennedy -
Sorenstam, Annika
Swedish golfing legend and eight-time LPGA Player of the Year -
Soros, George
Quantum Fund billionaire and "open society" advocate -
Sorrentino, Mike "The Situation"
The guy who shows off his abs on TV's Jersey Shore -
Sorvino, Paul
He played mob boss Paulie in the movie Goodfellas -
Sotomayor, Sonia
The first Latina justice on the U.S. Supreme Court -
Soto, Talisa
Lupe Lamora from the Bond movie Licence to Kill -
Soucek, Karel
The Niagara Falls daredevil who died in the Astrodome -
Sousa, John Philip
The guy who wrote "Stars and Stripes Forever" -
Souter, David
U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1990-2009 -
Spacek, Sissy
Star of In The Bedroom -
Spacy, Kevin
Oscar-winning star of American Beauty -
Spader, James
Alan Shore on TV's Boston Legal -
Spartacus
The gladiator who led a slave army against the legions of Rome -
Spears, Britney
The former teen superstar who sang ...Baby One More Time -
Spears, Jamie Lynn
The younger sister of Britney Spears -
Specter, Arlen
The Democrat-Republican-Democrat senator from Pennsylvania -
Spelling, Tori
Donna Martin on Beverly Hills 90210 -
Spencer, Octavia
Minny Jackson in the movie The Help -
Spice Girls, The
The 1990s girl group who sang "Wannabe" -
Spider-Man
Web-slinging costumed superhero -
Spielberg, Steven
The director of Jurassic Park -
Spieth, Jordan
The pro golfer who won the 2015 Masters and U.S. Open at age 21 -
Spitzer, Eliot
Governor of New York, 2007-2008 -
Spock, Dr.
The author of Baby and Child Care -
Springer, Jerry
Host of The Jerry Springer Show -
Springfield, Dusty
Husky-voiced soul singer of the 1960s -
Springsteen, Bruce
The New Jersey rocker who did the song "Born to Run" -
Sprouse, Dylan and Cody
The stars of Disney's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody -
SquarePants, SpongeBob
Goofy and guileless undersea cartoon hero -
Squibb, June
The foul-mouthed mom in Nebraska -
Srinivasan, Sri
The Indian-born U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the D.C. Circuit -
Stafford, William
The poet who wrote "Traveling Through the Dark" -
Stagg, Amos Alonzo
Football coach at the University of Chicago, 1892-1932 -
Stalin, Joseph
The dictatorial leader of the U.S.S.R. from 1928 to 1953 -
Stallone, Sylvester
Star of the Rocky and Rambo movies -
Stanfield, Lakeith
The Oscar-nominated "Judas" from 'Judas and the Black Messiah' -
Stanley, Flat
Children's globetrotting fictional character -
Stanley, Henry Morton
Explorer of Africa -
St. Anselm
Archbishop of Canterbury, England, 1093-1109 -
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Co-founder of the Seneca Falls Convention -
Stanwyck, Barbara
The dangerous femme fatale in the film Double Indemnity -
Stapleton, Chris
The country singer-songwriter who did 'Traveller' -
Starbuck
Sturdy first mate in the novel Moby-Dick -
Starmer, Keir
Prime Minister of the UK, 2024-present -
Starr, Brenda
The news-reporting comic strip heroine -
Starr, Ringo
The drummer for The Beatles -
Stassen, Harold
Nine-time candidate for the presidency of the United States -
Stauffenberg, Claus von
The German colonel who almost killed Hitler -
St. Augustine
Influential Christian thinker -
Staunton, Imelda
The star of the film Vera Drake -
St. Catherine of Siena
Medieval saint of Italy and Doctor of the Church -
Steel, Danielle
Author of the romance novels Jewels and Crossings -
Steenkamp, Reeva
The South African model killed by Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius in 2013 -
Stefani, Gwen
The platinum-blonde singer of "Hollaback Girl" -
Steiger, Rod
Star of In the Heat of the Night -
Steinbeck, John
The author of The Grapes of Wrath -
Steinem, Gloria
The feminist who co-founded Ms. magazine -
Steinfeld, Hailee
Mattie Ross in the 2010 film True Grit -
Stein, Gertrude
Ex-patriate author of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas -
Stephanie, Princess
Monaco's former wild-child princess -
Stephenson, William
The Canadian spymaster behind A Man Called Intrepid -
Sterger, Jenn
The prominent Florida State co-ed who became a broadcaster -
Sterling, Donald
The NBA owner who was banned from the league for racist remarks -
Stern, David
Commissioner of the National Basketball Association, 1984-2014 -
Stern, Howard
'Shock jock' host of radio's The Howard Stern Show -
Stevens, John Paul
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1975-2010 -
Stevenson, Adlai
Presidential runner-up of 1952 and 1956 -
Stevenson, McLean
Lt. Col. Henry Blake on TV's M*A*S*H -
Stevenson, Robert Louis
The author of Treasure Island -
Stevenson, Teófilo
The Cuban heavyweight who won three Olympic gold medals -
Stevens, Wallace
The poet and insurance man who wrote "The Emperor of Ice Cream" -
Stewart, Jimmy
The lanky, aw-shucks star of It's A Wonderful Life -
Stewart, Jon
Host of The Daily Show, 1999-2015 -
Stewart, Kristen
Bella Swan in the Twilight movies -
Stewart, Martha
The host of Martha Stewart's Living who was convicted of stock hanky-panky -
Stewart, Patrick
Star Trek's Captain Jean-Luc Picard -
Stewart, Rod
Raspy-voiced singer of "Maggie May" -
Stewart-Whyte, Heather
Victoria's Secret model of the 1990s -
Stiles, Jackie
Southwest Missouri State star and WNBA 2001 Rookie of the Year -
Stiles, Julia
Nicky Parsons in The Bourne Identity movies -
Stiller, Ben
The star of There's Something About Mary and Zoolander -
Stine, R.L.
Author of the Goosebumps series of books -
Sting
The bass-playing former frontman for The Police -
St. Jerome
The medieval scholar behind the Latin translation of the Bible -
St. John, Lara
The beautiful violinist who recorded re: Bach -
Stockwell, Dean
Admiral Al Calavicci on the TV series 'Quantum Leap' -
Stoker, Bram
The author who wrote Dracula -
Stone, Emma
The Oscar-winning star of LaLa Land and Poor Things -
Stone, Lucy
The abolitionist and women's suffragist who started 'The Woman's Journal' -
Stone, Oliver
Controversial director of JFK and Natural Born Killers -
Stone, Sharon
Femme fatale star of Basic Instinct -
Stopes, Marie
The UK birth control pioneer who wrote 'Married Love' -
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin -
Strait, George
Top-selling country star who did "Fool Hearted Memory" -
Strathairn, David
The star of Good Night, and Good Luck -
Stratten, Dorothy
Playboy model and girlfriend of director Peter Bogdanovich -
Stratus, Trish
The pro wrestler named "Diva of the Decade" in 2003 -
Straub, Peter
The author of Ghost Story -
Strauss-Kahn, Dominique
The IMF director accused of sexual assault in 2011 -
Strauss, Levi
The creator of Levi's denim jeans -
Strayed, Cheryl
The author of the memoir Wild -
Strayhorn, Billy
Composer of "Take the 'A' Train" -
Streep, Meryl
The multi-Oscared star of Out of Africa and The Devil Wears Prada -
Streisand, Barbra
The Oscar-winning star of Funny Girl -
Strieber, Whitley
The alien-abductee novelist who wrote Communion -
Strout, Elizabeth
The author of 'Olive Kitteredge' -
Stubbs, Imogen
TV detective Anna Lee -
Studdard, Ruben
2003 winner of TV's American Idol program -
Sturgeon, Nicola
First Minister of Scotland, 2014-present -
Sturgeon, Theodore
The science fiction author of 'More Than Human' -
Styles, Harry
The mop-haired, dimpled member of One Direction -
Styron, William
Author of Sophie's Choice -
Sudeikis, Jason
The star of TV's 'Ted Lasso' -
Sukarno
President of Indonesia, 1945-67 -
Suleiman, Omar
The spy chief who was Egypt's vice president for two weeks in 2011 -
Suleman, Nadya
The woman who gave birth to octuplets in 2009 -
Suleyman I
The Ottoman empire's 16th century "Law Giver" -
Sullenberger, Chesley B.
The pilot who landed flight 1549 in the Hudson River in 2009 -
Sullivan, Anne
Helen Keller's tutor -
Sullivan, Ed
Host of TV's The Ed Sullivan Show, 1948-71 -
Summer, Donna
The Queen of Disco who did "I Feel Love" and "Last Dance" -
Summers, Lawrence H.
Director of the U.S. National Economic Council, 2009-present -
Summitt, Pat
Head coach of women's basketball at the University of Tennessee, 1974-2012 -
Sumner, Charles
The anti-slavery activist who was caned in the U.S. Senate in 1856 -
Sumpter, Jeremy
Star of the 2003 movie Peter Pan -
Sunak, Rishi
The prime minister of the United Kingdom, 2022-2024 -
Sundance Kid, The
Outlaw of the old west and partner of Butch Cassidy -
Sun Tzu
The author of The Art of War -
Superman
"The Man of Steel" -
Surowiecki, James
Finance journalist who wrote 2004's The Wisdom of Crowds -
Survivor, Cast of
Scheming 'castaway' game show contestants -
Sutcliffe, Stuart
The bassist who left The Beatles just before the band became famous -
Sutherland, Donald
Star of the movies M*A*S*H and Klute -
Sutherland, Kiefer
Star of the TV series 24 -
Suzuki, Ichiro
The Japanese baseball superstar for the Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees -
Swaggart, Jimmy
The preacher who wept and confessed on TV in 1988 -
Swammerdam, Jan
The 17th-century Dutch microscopist who studied insects -
Swank, Hilary
Star of Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby -
Swanpoel, Candice
Wide-eyed blonde model for Victoria's Secret -
Swanson, Gloria
Early screen legend who's in Sunset Blvd. -
Swayze, Patrick
Hunky star of Dirty Dancing and Ghost -
Swift, Jonathan
The satirical Irish author of Gulliver's Travels -
Swift, Taylor
The pop superstar who sang the 2009 hit "You Belong With Me" -
Swinton, Tilda
The quirky star of Orlando and Michael Clayton -
Swit, Loretta
'Hot Lips' Houlihan -
Swoopes, Sheryl
Star WNBA forward for the Houston Comets -
Sydow, Max von
The gaunt Swede who was The Exorcist -
Sykes, Wanda
The star of The Wanda Sykes Show on late-night TV -
Tacitus
Ancient Roman historian -
Taft, Helen "Nellie"
President William Howard Taft's wife -
Taft, Robert
The U.S. Senate's "Mr. Republican" -
Taft, William
The large man who was U.S. president from 1909-1913 -
Takei, George
Lt. Sulu on the TV series Star Trek -
Tambor, Jeffrey
The star of 'Transparen't and 'Arrested Development' -
Tan, Amy
Author of The Joy Luck Club -
Tanning, Dorothea
The surrealist artist who did Birthday and was married to Max Ernst -
Tan Tock Seng
Founder of Tan Tock Seng Hospital -
Tarantino, Quentin
Writer and director of Pulp Fiction -
Tarkovsky, Andrei
The director of 'Stalker' and 'Solaris' -
Tartt, Donna
Author of The Goldfinch -
Tate, Sharon
Famous victim of Charles Manson -
t.A.T.u.
Provocative teen singing duo from Russia -
Tatum, Art
Jazz's too-many-notes piano wizard of the 1930s and '40s -
Tatum, Channing
The hunky star of Magic Mike and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra -
Tautou, Audrey
Star of the movie Amélie -
Taylor, Breonna
The innocent Black woman killed at home by Louisville police in 2020 -
Taylor, Charles
The president of Liberia who was convicted of war crimes -
Taylor, Elizabeth
The much-married star of Cleopatra -
Taylor, James
Folk-pop singer of "Fire and Rain" and "Carolina in My Mind" -
Taylor-Joy, Anya
Chess genius Beth Harmon in 'The Queen's Gambit' -
Taylor, Margaret Smith Mackall
President Zachary Taylor's wife -
Taylor, Mick
Guitarist for The Rolling Stones, 1969-74 -
Taylor, Niki
The supermodel nearly killed in a 2001 car crash -
Taylor, Zachary
U.S. President from 1849-1850 -
Taymor, Julie
The director of the Broadway musical The Lion King -
Tchaikovsky, Peter
The Russian composer who wrote The Nutcracker -
Teach, Edward
The pirate known as "Blackbeard" -
Tebow, Tim
The devoutly Christian quarterback for the Denver Broncos -
Tecumseh
The native who "cursed" the presidency -
Teller, Edward
"The Father of the Hydrogen Bomb" -
Teller, Miles
The star of The Spectacular Now and Whiplash -
Temple, Shirley
The dimpled, child movie star of the 1930s -
Tennant, David
The tenth Doctor Who, from 2005-13 -
Tennsyon, Lord Alfred
The Victorian poet who wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade" -
Tenshin, Okakura
Author of The Book of Tea -
Teresa of Avila
Reforming nun and Patroness of Spain -
Tereshkova, Valentina
The first woman in space -
Tesla, Nikola
The electrical genius who invented alternating current -
Tettamanzi, Cardinal Dionigi
Catholic Archibishop of Milan, 2002-2011 -
Tezuka, Osamu
The godfather of Japanese animation -
Thalberg, Irving
"The Boy Wonder" movie producer of old MGM -
Thalia
Latin pop singer of "Tu y Yo" -
Thatcher, Margaret
The first woman to be prime minister of the United Kingdom -
The Clash
The punk band who did "London Calling" -
The Dixie Chicks
Singers of "Goodbye Earl" and "Not Ready to Make Nice" -
The Game
Rapper who did 2005's The Documentary -
The Joker
The grotesquely jolly arch-enemy of Batman -
Theophrastus
Ancient Greek who began the study of plants -
Theremin, Leon
Inventor of the electronic musical instrument -
Theron, Charlize
The Oscar-winning star of the movie Monster -
Theroux, Justin
The film director in David Lynch's Mulholland Dr. -
Theroux, Louis
The English documentarian of 'My Scientology Movie' -
The Strokes
Rock band who did the song "Last Nite" -
Thiam, Aliaune "Akon"
Senegalese-American singer of "Smack That" -
Thiessen, Tiffani
Co-star of TV's Saved By The Bell -
Thomas, Clarence
U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1991-present -
Thomas, Danny
Star of TV's Make Room For Daddy -
Thomas, Dylan
The Welsh poet who wrote "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Nght" -
Thomas, Kurt
World champion gymnast and star of Gymkata -
Thompson, Andrea
NYPD Blue actress turned CNN news anchor -
Thompson, David
The explorer who mapped Western Canada in the 18th century -
Thompson, Elaine
The Jamaican sprinter who won two golds in Rio -
Thompson, Emma
The writer and star of 1995's Sense and Sensibility -
Thompson, Fred
Actor and U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1994-2003) -
Thompson, Hunter S.
Author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas -
Thompson, Jim
The author of The Killer Inside Me -
Thompson, Kenan
The 'SNL' cast member who was a Nickelodeon star -
Thoreau, Henry David
Author of Walden -
Thornton, Billy Bob
The writer, director and star of Sling Blade -
Thornton, Willie Mae
Blues legend and original singer of "Hound Dog" -
Thorpe, Jim
Star athlete in track and field, football and baseball -
Three Stooges, The
Famous nyuk-nyuk slapstick comedy trio -
Thunberg, Greta
The teen climate change activist named Time's 'Person of the Year' in 2019 -
Thurber, James
Author of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty -
Thurman, Uma
The sexy, lanky star of the Kill Bill movies -
Thwaites, Brenton
Jonas in the film version of The Giver -
T.I.
Rapper of the 2006 album King -
Tiberius
Successor to Caesar Augustus as Emperor of Rome -
Tiegs, Cheryl
Sports Illustrated swimsuit model of the 1970s -
Till, Emmett
The Black teenager murdered in Mississippi in 1955 -
Tillerson, Rex
The former Exxon CEO who became Secretary of State for a year -
Tillman, Pat
The NFL-playing soldier killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan -
Tilly, Jennifer
The poker-playing, mousy-voiced actress who starred in Bound -
Timberlake, Justin
The pop music superstar who starred in Friends With Benefits -
Tiny Tim
The sickly tyke in A Christmas Carol -
Tippit, J.D.
The Dallas policeman shot by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963 -
Tisdale, Ashley
Maddie on Disney's The Suite Life of Zack and Cody -
Titian
Renaissance Venetian master who painted Venus of Urbino -
Tito, Josip Broz
The leader of Yugoslavia, 1943-80 -
Titus Flavius Vespasianus
Roman emperor, 79-81 A.D. -
Tojo, Hideki
Japanese Prime Minister during World War II -
Toles, Tom
Editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post (2002- ) -
Tolkien, J.R.R.
The author of The Lord of the Rings -
Tolstoy, Leo
Author of War and Peace -
Tomei, Marisa
The Oscar-winning actress from My Cousin Vinny -
Tomita, Tamlyn
Co-star of The Joy Luck Club -
Tomlin, Lily
Ernestine and Edith Ann from Laugh-In -
Tompkins, Daniel D.
U.S. vice president under James Monroe, 1817-1825 -
Torn, Rip
Artie from 'Larry Sanders' and Zed from 'Men in Black' -
Torres, Dara
The 41-year-old who swam at the 2008 Olympics -
Torres, Gina
Zoë in Firefly and Serenity -
Torvalds, Linus
The guy who wrote the kernel for the Linux Operating System -
Toto (dog)
Dorothy's dog in The Wizard of Oz -
Tourist Guy, The
Subject of a faked World Trade Center snapshot -
Townshend, Pete
Guitarist and songwriter for The Who -
Tracy, Spencer
Crusty Hollywood legend who was in Boys Town -
Traveller
Robert E. Lee's celebrated horse -
Travers, Mary
The "Mary" in Peter, Paul & Mary -
Travers, P.L.
The author of the Mary Poppins novels -
Travis, Randy
Country-Gospel singer of "Three Wooden Crosses" -
Travolta, John
The star of Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction -
Treadwell, Timothy
Bear-loving mauling victim from the documentary Grizzly Man -
Trebek, Alex
Host of the TV quiz show Jeopardy! -
Trethewey, Natasha
The Pulitzer-winning poet who wrote Native Guard -
Tricky
Gravel-voiced producer of trip-hop records -
Trigger
Roy Rogers's faithful movie steed -
Trintignant, Marie
Star of the movie Betty -
Trismegistus, Hermes
The ancient mage behind the 'Corpus Hermeticum' -
Trotsky, Leon
V.I. Lenin's right-hand man -
Trout, Mike
Angels outfielder who was Rookie of the Year in 2014 -
Troyer, Verne
'Mini-Me' in the Austin Powers movies -
Trudeau, Justin
The Prime Minister of Canada, 2015-present -
Trudeau, Pierre
Prime minister of Canada, 1968-84 -
Truffaut, François
The French filmmaker who did 'The 400 Blows' -
Truman, Bess
President Harry S. Truman's wife -
Truman, Harry S.
President of the United States, 1945-53 -
Trumbo, Dalton
The blacklisted screenwriter who wrote Johnny Got His Gun -
Trump, Barron
The youngest child of former President Donald Trump -
Trump, Donald
President of the United States, 2017-2021 -
Trump, Donald Jr.
The oldest son of former President Donald Trump -
Trump, Eric
The third child of Donald Trump -
Trump, Ivanka
The daughter of former President Donald Trump -
Trump, Melania
First Lady of the United States, 2017-2021 -
Trump, Tiffany
The youngest daughter of former President Donald Trump -
Trundle, Guy
The secret lover of Wallis Simpson -
Truss, Liz
The shortest-serving prime minister in the United Kingdom's history -
Truth, Sojourner
The freed slave and activist who said "Ain't I a Woman?" -
Tubman, Harriet
The most famous conductor on the 'Underground Railroad' -
Tucci, Stanley
Nigel, the fashion consultant in The Devil Wears Prada -
Tuchman, Barbara
Author of The Guns of August -
Turing, Alan
The famous British pioneer of computers and artificial intelligence -
Turkson, Peter
First Ghanian Catholic cardinal -
Turk, The
The machine that seemed to play chess -
Turlington, Christy
Lanky, yoga-loving model for Calvin Klein -
Turner, Lana
The sultry star of The Postman Always Rings Twice -
Turner, Nat
Leader of the 1831 slave rebellion -
Turner, Ted
That loud-mouthed rich guy who founded CNN -
Turner, Tina
The singer of "What's Love Got to Do With It?" -
Tutu, Desmond
The bishop who won a Nobel prize for opposing apartheid -
Twain, Mark
The author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn -
Twain, Shania
Singer of the pop hit "You're Still The One" -
Tweed, Shannon
The co-star of TV's Gene Simmons Family Jewels -
Tyldum, Morten
The director of Headhunters and The Imitation Game -
Tyler, John
President of the United States, 1841-1845 -
Tyler, Julia Gardiner
President John Tyler's second wife -
Tyler, Letitia Christian
United States First Lady, 1841-1842 -
Tyler, Liv
Elf princess Arwen in the film trilogy The Lord of the Rings -
Tyler, Steven
The lead singer for the rock band Aerosmith -
Tyner, McCoy
The piano player in The John Coltrane Quartet in the 1960s -
Tyson, Cicely
The star of 'The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman' -
Tyson, Mike
"Iron Mike," the controversial boxing champ of the 1980s -
Tyson, Neil DeGrasse
The astrophysicist-slash-TV-star who became director of the Hayden Planetarium -
Uchitel, Rachel
The alleged "other woman" in the Tiger Woods brouhaha of 2009 -
Ullman, Tracey
Creator of The Tracey Ullman Show -
Ulrich, Skeet
Star of the sci-fi TV show Jericho -
Uncle Sam
Cartoon symbol of the United States -
Underwood, Carrie
The American Idol winner who became a country music star -
Union, Gabrielle
The tough cheerleader Isis in the movie Bring It On -
Unitas, Johnny
Baltimore Colts quarterback, 1956-72 -
Updike, John
The author of the 1960 novel Rabbit, Run -
Upton, Kate
The bodacious blonde cover model for the 2012-14 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues -
Urban, Keith
Australia-to-Nashville singer of "Somebody Like You" -
Uris, Leon
The author of Exodus -
Usher
The R&B star who did "You Make Me Wanna..." and "Yeah" -
Vader, Darth
Black-masked villain from Star Wars -
Vadim, Roger
Director of And God Created Woman -
Valens, Ritchie
The teen star who sang 'La Bamba' -
Valentine, Saint
The namesake of Valentine's Day -
Van Allen, James
Cosmic ray expert who found the Van Allen radiation belts -
Van Allsburg, Chris
The author of The Polar Express -
Van Buren, Hannah
Wife of U.S. president Martin Van Buren -
Van Buren, Martin
President of the United States, 1837-1841 -
Vance, Cyrus
U.S. Secretary of State, 1977-80 -
Vance, Danitra
The first female African-American regular on Saturday Night Live -
Vance, J.D.
The author of 'Hillbilly Elegy' who became a U.S. senator -
Van Cleef, Lee
The "bad" guy in the western The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -
Van Der Beek, James
Dawson on the old TV show Dawson's Creek -
Vanderbilt, Cornelius
19th century transport magnate known as "Commodore" -
VanderMeer, Jeff
The author of the 'Southern Reach' trilogy -
Van Doren, Charles
Ill-fated star of the 1950s game show Twenty-One -
Vandross, Luther
The R&B singer of Dance With My Father -
Van Dyke, Dick
Star of TV's The Dick Van Dyke Show -
Van Dyke, Jerry
The co-star of the TV series Coach -
Vangelis
The composer of 'Chariots of Fire' -
Van Gogh, Vincent
The marvelous painter who cut off his own earlobe -
Van Halen, Eddie
The guitarist who led the band Van Halen -
Van Praagh, James
Author of Talking to Heaven -
Van Sant, Gus
Director of Good Will Hunting -
Van Susteren, Greta
Host of the Fox News show On The Record from 2002-16 -
Varda, Agnés
The French filmmaker who did Cléo From 5 to 7 -
Vardalos, Nia
Star and writer of My Big Fat Greek Wedding -
Varekova, Veronica
Cover model of the 2004 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue -
Vaughan, Stevie Ray
Lead singer and guitarist for the band Double Trouble -
Vaughn, Vince
The star of The Wedding Crashers -
Vazquez, Mario
The contestant who dropped out of 2005's American Idol -
Veidt, Conrad
The villainous Major Strasser in Casablanca -
Vendela
Swedish 1993 Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model -
Ventura, Jesse
Former professional wrestler and governor of Minnesota -
Verdon, Gwen
The original Lola in Broadway's Damn Yankees -
Vereen, Ben
"Leading Player" in the Broadway show Pippin -
Vergara, Sofia
Saucy Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in TV's Modern Family -
Vermeer, Jan
Dutch painter of Girl With a Pearl Earring -
Verne, Jules
Author of Around the World in Eighty Days -
Vernon, Justin
The indie musician behind the band Bon Iver -
Versace, Gianni
The superstar Italian fashion designer who was killed in Miami Beach -
Vesalius, Andreas
16th-century Belgian anatomist who wrote The Structure of the Human Body -
Vesey, Denmark
The alleged leader of South Carolina's 1822 slave rebellion plot -
Vespucci, Amerigo
The explorer after whom the Americas are named -
Vick, Michael
The NFL quarterback who was jailed for dogfighting -
Vidal, Gore
The smart and sassy author of Burr and Myra Breckinridge -
Vieira, Meredith
Co-host of the Today show, 2006-11 -
Vigoda, Abe
Detective Fish on TV's Barney Miller -
Vikander, Alicia
The Oscar-winning actress from 'The Danish Girl' -
Villa, Pancho
Legendary Mexican bandit -
Villeneuve, Denis
The director of the 2016 sci-fi hit 'Arrival' -
Vilsack, Thomas
U.S Secretary of Agriculture, 2009-2017 -
Vinge, Vernor
Hugo-winning author of A Fire Upon the Deep -
Vinton, Will
Creator of the California Raisins -
Virgil
Author of the Aeneid -
Visitor, Nana
Major Kira Nerys on Deep Space Nine -
Voldemort, Lord
Arch-villain of the Harry Potter books -
Volta, Alessandro
The Italian who built the first battery -
Voltaire
Witty playwright and author of Candide -
Von Braun, Wernher
Ex-Nazi rocket scientist and father of the U.S. space program -
Von Kempelen, Wolfgang
Creator of 'the Turk' -
Vonnegut, Kurt Jr.
The author of Slaughterhouse-Five -
Vonn, Lindsey
The most successful female ski racer in U.S. history -
von Oÿ, Jenna
Six LeMeure on TV's Blossom -
Vuitton, Louis
Founder of the luxury monogrammed luggage company -
Wade, Dwyane
Miami Heat guard called "Flash" and "D-Wade" -
Wadlow, Robert
The world's tallest man -
Wagner, Richard
German composer of Der Ring des Nibelungen -
Wagner, Robert
'Number Two' in the Austin Powers movies -
Wahlberg, Donnie
Danny on the TV cop show Blue Bloods -
Wahlberg, Mark
Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights -
Waithe, Lena
Writer/producer of the film 'Queenie & Slim' and Denise from 'Master of None' -
Waits, Tom
Raspy-voiced singer of "The Piano Has Been Drinking" -
Wakefield, Ruth
The inventor of the Toll House chocolate chip cookie -
Walesa, Lech
Trade union activist who became president of Poland -
Wales, Jimmy
The driving force behind Wikipedia -
Walken, Christopher
The Russian roulette guy in The Deer Hunter -
Walker, Alice
The author of The Color Purple -
Walker, Brian
The "Rocket Guy" -
Walker, David
African American abolitionist who wrote 1829's 'Appeal' -
Walker, John
American caught fighting for the Taliban -
Walker, Maggie Lena
The first black American woman to open a bank (1903) -
Walker, Paul
The clean-cut cop from The Fast and the Furious -
Walker, Scott
The governor of Wisconsin, 2011-19 -
Walker, William
19th century filibuster who set up his own republic in Lower California -
Wallace, Alfred Russel
Darwin's contemporary who came up with natural selection -
Wallace, David Foster
The author of the novel Infinite Jest -
Wallace, George
Segregationist governor of the 1960s -
Wallace, Henry A.
Vice President of the United States, 1941-45 -
Wallace, Mike
The tough TV interviewer who was an original on 60 Minutes -
Wallace, William
Scot rebel lionized in the movie Braveheart -
Wallach, Eli
The "Ugly" of the movie The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -
Wallendas, The Flying
The most famous high-wire act of the 20th century -
Waller, Fats
The joyous piano player who wrote the song "Ain't Misbehavin'" -
Wallis, Quvenzhané
The young star of Beasts of the Southern Wild -
Walsh, Kate
Dr. Addison Montgomery Shepherd from Grey's Anatomy -
Walsh, M. Emmet
The cynical head cop in the sci-fi film Blade Runner -
Walsh, Stella
The female Olympic sprinter who turned out to be a man -
Walters, Barbara
20/20 veteran and host of ABC's The View -
Walton, Sam
Founder of discount retailer Wal-Mart -
Waltz, Christoph
The Austrian actor who won Oscars for Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained -
Wambach, Abby
The soccer player with the most international goals in history -
Wan, James
The director of the horror film Saw -
Warbeck, Perkin
Royal pretender during the reign of England's Henry VII -
Warhol, Andy
The pop artist who painted a Campbell's Soup can -
Warren, Earl
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1953-69 -
Warren, Elizabeth
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 2013- -
Warren, Estella
Chanel No. 5 spokesmodel -
Warren, Rick
"Purpose-driven" pastor and author -
Warwick, Dionne
Singer of "Walk On By" and "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" -
Washington, Booker T.
The black educator who started the Tuskegee Institute -
Washington, Denzel
Star of Malcolm X and Training Day -
Washington, George
The first President of the United States -
Washington, Isaiah
The guy who got fired from Grey's Anatomy -
Washington, John David
The star of Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman' -
Washington, Kerry
Olivia Pope on TV's Scandal -
Washington, Martha
George Washington's wife and the first U.S. First Lady, 1789-1797 -
Washoe the Chimp
Chimp who learned sign language -
Wasikowska, Mia
Alice in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland -
Waters, John
Oddball filmmaker who made Polyester and Pecker -
Waters, Muddy
The slide-guitarist bluesman of "Got My Mojo Workin'" -
Waters, Roger
Bass-playing lyricist for Pink Floyd -
Watson, Doc
The blind folk guitarist with the distinctive flat-picking style -
Watson, Doctor
Sidekick to detective Sherlock Holmes -
Watson, Emily
Star of the movie Punch-Drunk Love -
Watson, Emma
Hermione in the Harry Potter movies -
Watson, James
Co-discoverer of the structure of DNA -
Watson, Tom
The golfer who beat Jack Nicklaus in the 1977 British Open -
Watterson, Bill
Creator of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes -
Watt, James
Improver -- not inventor -- of the steam engine -
Watts, Alan
The author of 'The Way of Zen' -
Watts, Charlie
The drummer for The Rolling Stones -
Watts, Naomi
The star of The Ring films and The Impossible -
Watts, Reggie
The beat-boxing comic with the giant afro -
Wayne, John
Western movie icon and star of True Grit -
Weaver, Jacki
The sociopathic gangster-mother in the film Animal Kingdom -
Weaver, Sigourney
Ripley in the Alien film series -
Webb, Jim
The Marine and Senate veteran who wrote Fields of Fire -
Weber, Dick
Star PBA bowler from the 1950s to the 1990s -
Webster, Noah
The man behind 1828's An American Dictionary of the English Language -
Weiland, Scott
The frontman for the band Stone Temple Pilots -
Weiner, Anthony
The New York congressman who resigned over sexting in 2011 -
Weinstein, Harvey
The accused rapist who produced 'Pulp Fiction' and 'Shakespeare in Love' -
Weisz, Rachel
The Oscar-winning star of The Constant Gardener -
Welch, Raquel
The sex symbol in the 1966 caveman film One Million Years B.C. -
Welles, Orson
The man who made Citizen Kane -
Welling, Tom
Clark Kent in the TV series Smallville -
Wells, H. G.
Author of The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds -
Wells, Ida B.
The woman journalist who campaigned against lynching -
Wells, Kitty
The Queen of Country Music -
Welter, Jen
The first woman coach in the NFL -
Welty, Eudora
Author of Delta Wedding -
Wenner, Jann
Founder and publisher of Rolling Stone magazine -
Werber, Bernard
Author of Empire of the Ants -
Werkheiser, Devon
Ned Bigby on TV's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide -
Wertmüller, Lina
The Italian filmmaker who made 'Seven Beauties' and 'Swept Away' -
West, Adam
TV's Batman, 1966-68 -
West, Cornel
The African American Studies professor who wrote Race Matters -
Westheimer, Ruth
The short, spunky German sex expert of the late 20th century -
Westinghouse, George
Air brake inventor and Edison's AC rival -
West, Kanye
The rapper who married Kim Kardashian -
West, Mae
Early Hollywood sex symbol -
West, North
The daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West -
West, Rebecca
Critic, journalist, novelist and literary celebrity -
West, Shane
Dr. Ray Barnett on TV's ER -
Wharton, Edith
Author of Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence -
Wheatley, Phillis
The poet who was the first published black woman in America -
Wheaton, Wil
Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation -
Whedon, Joss
The guy behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer -
Whistler, James McNeill
Portraitist and painter of Whistler's Mother -
Whitaker, Forest
Oscar-winning star of The Last King of Scotland -
White, Barry
The singer of "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" -
White, Betty
Rose Nyland on The Golden Girls -
White, Ellen G.
Seventh-Day Adventist visionary and writer -
Whitehead, Alfred North
Mathematician who turned to metaphysics and religion -
Whitehead, Colson
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Underground Railroad' -
White, Shaun
The red-haired gold medalist snowboarder -
White Stripes, The
The band who did "Seven Nation Army" -
White, Vanna
Co-host of TV's Wheel of Fortune -
Whitman, Walt
The poet who wrote Leaves of Grass -
Whitney, Eli
Inventor of the cotton gin -
Whittaker, Jodie
The first woman to play Doctor Who on TV -
Who, Doctor
Time-traveling hero of the long-running U.K. television series Dr. Who -
Who, The
The British band that sang "My Generation" -
Wie, Michelle
Women's golf prodigy from Hawaii -
Wiesel, Elie
Author of the Holocaust classic Night -
Wiesenthal, Simon
The Nazi hunter who nabbed Adolf Eichmann -
Wiig, Kristen
The enthusiastic Target clerk on Saturday Night Live -
Wilde, Olivia
The wild doctor "Thirteen" on the TV series House, M.D. -
Wilde, Oscar
The author of The Importance of Being Earnest -
Wilder, Billy
Director of Sunset Boulevard and Some Like It Hot -
Wilder, Gene
Frizzy-haired star of Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein -
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Author of the Little House on the Prairie books -
Wild, Jack
The Artful Dodger in the 1968 film Oliver! -
Wild Orchid
Photogenic singing trio who recorded "Talk to Me" -
Wilkinson, Jonny
Star fly-half for England Rugby Union -
Wilkinson, Tom
The Oscar-nominated Brit from In The Bedroom and Michael Clayton -
Willard, Fred
The bumbling announcer in the movie 'Best in Show' -
Willem-Alexander
The king of the Netherlands, 2013-present -
William of Ockham
Medieval thinker responsible for the principle of Ockham's Razor -
Williams, Andy
The crooner who sang "Moon River" -
Williams, Barry
Greg on TV's The Brady Bunch -
Williams, Dar
Singer of "Spring Street" -
Williams, Esther
The swimming beauty who was a movie star in the 1940s -
Williams, Gluyas
The witty cartoonist who illustrated Robert Benchley's writings -
Williams, Hank
The country singer who did "Your Cheatin' Heart" -
Williams, Jayson
The NBA player who shot and killed his limo driver -
Williams, John
Composer of the themes from Jaws and Star Wars -
Williams, Maisie
Arya Stark in the TV series 'Game of Thrones' -
Williams, Maria P.
The first black woman to write and produce a movie, in 1923 -
Williams, Michelle
The Oscar-nominated star of Brokeback Mountain and Blue Valentine -
Williamson, Fred
Pro-football star who starred in '70s "blaxploitation" films -
Williams, Robin
The manic comic who won a dramatic Oscar for Good Will Hunting -
Williams, Serena
The dominant pro tennis player who has won 23 major titles -
Williams, Stanley Tookie
Co-founder of the Crips street gang -
Williams, Ted
The last American major leaguer to hit .400 -
Williams, Tennessee
Pulitzer-winning author of A Streetcar Named Desire -
Williams, Vanessa
The first African-American to become Miss America -
Williams, Venus
Sister of Serena Williams and five-time winner of Wimbledon -
Williams, Wendy
The radio and TV host who says "How ya doin'?" -
Williams, William Carlos
Author of the poetic epic Paterson -
Willig, George
The guy who climbed the World Trade Center in 1977 -
Willis, Bruce
The star of the Die Hard movie series -
Willis, Connie
Sci-fi author of The Doomsday Book -
Willis, Gordon
The cinematographer of The Godfather movies -
Wills, Bob
The King of Western Swing -
Wilson, August
Pulitzer-winning author of Fences and The Piano Lesson -
Wilson, Charlie
The Texas Congressman who funded Afghan rebels in the 1980s -
Wilson, Dennis
The drummer for The Beach Boys -
Wilson, Dooley
Sam in the movie Casablanca -
Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt
The second wife of President Woodrow Wilson -
Wilson, Ellen Axson
President Woodrow Wilson's first wife -
Wilson, E.O.
The ant expert who wrote 1978's On Human Nature -
Wilson, Flip
The Black comedian whose Geraldine character said "the devil made me do it!" -
Wilson, Jackie
R&B pop/soul singer who did "Baby Workout" -
Wilson, Owen
Vince Vaughn's co-star in Wedding Crashers -
Wilson, Rebel
"Fat Amy" in the movie Pitch Perfect -
Wilson, Robert Anton
Co-author of the Illuminatus! Trilogy -
Wilson, Russell
The Super Bowl-winning quarterback for the NFL's Seattle Seahawks -
Wilson, Woodrow
The U.S. president during World War I -
Winehouse, Amy
The talented, boozy and short-lived singer of the song "Rehab" -
Winfrey, Oprah
The host of TV's Oprah from 1986-2011 -
Winger, Debra
The star of 'Urban Cowboy' and 'Terms of Endearment' -
Winslet, Kate
The ingenue star of Titanic -
Winstead, Mary Elizabeth
She played Bruce Willis's daughter in Live Free or Die Hard -
Winters, Jonathan
Improvisational comedian of the 1960s and '70s -
Wiseau, Tommy
The guy who made the bad cult film The Room -
Withers, Bill
The singer of "Leon On Me" and "Ain't No Sunshine" -
Witherspoon, Reese
The Oscar-winning co-star of Walk the Line -
Witt, Alicia
Co-star of TV's Cybill -
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
The Austrian-English philosopher who wrote Tractatus and Investigations -
Witt, Katarina
Charismatic figure skating champ -
Wittstock, Charlene
The wife of Prince Albert of Monaco -
Wolfe, Thomas
The author of Look Homeward, Angel -
Wolfe, Tom
The author of 'The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test' and 'The Bonfire of the Vanities' -
Wolff, Nat
Lead singer for The Naked Brothers Band -
Wolff, Tobias
Author of the memoir This Boy's Life -
Wolf, Howlin'
The bluesman who did "Smokestack Lightnin'" -
Wolf, Michelle
The 'Daily Show' comedian who spiced up the 2018 White House reporters' dinner -
Wollstonecraft, Mary
The author of 'A Vindication for the Rights of Woman' -
Wonder, Stevie
The singer of "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" -
Wonder Woman
The superhero who fights off bullets with her bracelets -
Wong, Anna May
Hollywood's first Chinese American film star -
Wonka, Willy
The wacky candyman in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' -
Wood, Elijah
Frodo in The Lord of the Rings -
Woodhull, Victoria Claflin
The first woman candidate for U.S. President -
Woodley, Shailene
The star of The Secret Life of the American Teenager and The Spectacular Now -
Wood, Natalie
The girl who doubts Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street -
Woodson, Carter G.
The "Father of Black History" -
Woods, Tiger
The biggest golf superstar of the 21st century -
Woodward, Bob
Bernstein's Washington Post partner in Watergate -
Woo, John
Director of Face/Off and Hard Target -
Woolf, Virginia
Author of A Room Of One's Own -
Wordsworth, William
The author of the poem "Tintern Abbey" -
Worthington, Sam
Jake Sully in the movie Avatar -
Wozniak, Steve
The co-founder of Apple Computers who wasn't Steve Jobs -
Wright Brothers, The
Inventors of the airplane -
Wright, Charles
The U.S. Poet Laureate, 2014-2015 -
Wright, Edgar
The maker of 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz' -
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Influential American architect -
Wright, Jeremiah
Estranged former pastor of Barack Obama -
Wright, Richard
Author of Native Son -
Wright, Robin
Claire Underwood in TV's 'House of Cards' -
Wrobel, Magdalena
Wonderbra pitchwoman -
Wu Chao
Empress of China during the Tang Dynasty -
Wuornos, Aileen
The Florida serial killer portrayed in the movie Monster -
Wyclef Jean
The hip-hop star who tried to run for president of Haiti -
Wycliffe, John
Church reformer who translated the Bible into English -
Wyeth, Andrew
The American painter who did the Helga series -
Wyle, Noah
Dr. John Carter on TV's E.R. -
Wyler, William
The director of Ben-Hur and The Best Years of Our Lives -
Wyman, Bill
The bass player for the Rolling Stones, 1962-93 -
Xerxes
The Persian king repulsed by the Greeks -
Xioping, Deng
Leader of China, 1978-89 -
X, Malcolm
Assassinated leader of the 1960s black power movement -
Xuxa
Brazilian children's TV star -
Yale, Linus Jr.
The inventor of the cylinder lock -
Yamamoto, Isoroku
Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor -
Yamasaki, Minoru
Designer of Manhattan's World Trade Center -
Yanagihara, Hanya
The author of A Little Life -
Yankovic, Weird Al
Singer of "I Lost on Jeopardy" and other parody tunes -
Yao Ming
The 7'6" NBA basketball star from China -
Yates, Paula
The host of TV's Big Breakfast who died suddenly in 2000 -
Yauch, Adam
MCA from the rap group Beastie Boys -
Yeager, Chuck
The pilot who broke the sound barrier -
Yearwood, Trisha
Singer of country music's "She's In Love With the Boy" -
Yeats, William Butler
Irish poet and playwright -
Yelchin, Anton
Chekov in the 2009 reboot of 'Star Trek' -
Yellen, Janet
President Biden's Secretary of the Treasury -
Yellow Kid
Early comic strip star by R.F. Outcault -
Yellowman
The albino Jamaican reggae star -
Yeltsin, Boris
The first post-Gorbachev president of Russia -
Yeoh, Michelle
The Oscar-winning star of Everything Everywhere All At Once -
Yep, Laurence
Author of the 1975 book Dragonwings -
Yeun, Steven
The actor from 'The Walking Dead' and 'Minari' -
Yew, Lee Kuan
The first prime minister of modern Singapore -
Yoakam, Dwight
Alternative country star who recorded Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. -
Yoda
Shrimpy Jedi master of the Star Wars film series -
Yoo, John
Creator of the "Yoo Doctrine" under President George W. Bush -
Yoshizawa, Akira
The father of modern origami -
Young, Alan
Wilbur on TV's Mr. Ed -
Young, Brigham
Early Mormon leader -
Young, Coleman
Mayor of Detroit, 1974-1993 -
Young, Gig
Oscar-winner from They Shoot Horses, Don't They? -
Young, John
The first astronaut to pilot the space shuttle -
Young, Lester
The jazz saxophonist called "The Prez" -
Young, Loretta
The star of TV's The Loretta Young Show -
Youngman, Henny
The comedian who said "Take my wife -- please!" -
Young, Neil
Renegade rock star -
Young, Sean
Rachel from the movie 'Blade Runner' -
Young, Steve
Quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers -
Youn Yuh-jung
The feisty grandma from the movie ‘Minari’ -
Yousafzai, Malala
The Pakistani schoolgirl who won the Nobel Peace Prize -
Yukio, Mishima
Seppuku-committing Japanese author -
Yunus, Muhammad
The Nobel Prize-winning "banker to the poor" -
Yushchenko, Viktor
President of the Ukraine, 2005-present -
Zaharias, Babe Didrikson
The Hall of Fame golfer who also ran track and played baseball, tennis and billiards -
Zahn, Paula
Host of the crime documentary series On the Case with Paula Zahn -
Zahn, Steve
The sidekick character actor from Joy Ride and Rescue Dawn -
Zaidi, Muntadhar
The Iraqi who threw his shoes at George W. Bush -
Zamenhof, Ludwig Lazarus
The inventor of the language Esperanto -
Zangara, Giuseppe
The man who almost shot FDR -
Zapata, Emiliano
The great peasant hero of the Mexican Revolution -
Zappa, Frank
Iconoclastic rocker who did "Dynamo Hum" -
Zapruder, Abraham
The man who took a home movie of JFK being shot -
Zarqawi, Abu Musab al
Militant leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq -
Zedong, Mao
Head of the People's Republic of China, 1949-76 -
Zeitlin, Benh
The director of Beasts of the Southern Wild -
Zelensky, Volodymyr
The comedian who became President of Ukraine -
Zellweger, Renee
Star of Chicago and Jerry Maguire -
Zemin, Jiang
President of the People's Republic of China, 1993-2003 -
Zeta-Jones, Catherine
Oscar-winning co-star of Chicago -
Zeus
Supreme ruler of the ancient Greek gods -
Zevon, Warren
The darkly funny musician who sang "Werewolves of London" -
Zhang Ziyi
The beautiful blind assassin in House of Flying Daggers -
Zhao, Chloé
The writer and director of the film 'The Rider' -
Zhukov, Georgi K.
World War II Russian Army commander -
Zidane, Zinedine
The MVP of World Cup 1998 -
Zimmerman, George
The Florida neighborhood watchdog who killed Trayvon Martin -
Zimmermann, Arthur
Author of "The Zimmermann Telegram" -
Zinn, Howard
Boat-rocking U.S. historian -
Zmed, Adrian
Officer Vince Romano on TV's T.J. Hooker -
Zola, Emile
The author of "J'Accuse" -
Zombie, Rob
Front man for the rock band White Zombie -
Zoroaster
The founder of Zoroastrianism -
Zuckerberg, Mark
The CEO of Facebook -
Zuniga, Daphne
Jo on TV's Melrose Place -
Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe
The first woman composer to win a Pulitzer -
Zwingli, Ulrich
Swiss Protestant leader killed in battle for Zurich -
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