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A

• A'ja Wilson Sports · born 1996
• A. R. Rahman Music · born 1967
• A.J. Brown Sports · born 1997
• Aaliyah Music · 1979–2001
• Aaron Copland Music · 1900–1990
• Aaron Donald Sports · born 1991
• Aaron Judge Sports · born 1992
• Aaron Rodgers Sports · born 1983
• Abbas Kiarostami Entertainment · 1940–2016
• Abby Wambach Sports · born 1980
• Abdus Salam Science · 1926–1996
• Abebe Bikila Sports · 1932–1973
• Abigail Adams Politics · 1744–1818
• Abraham Lincoln Politics · 1809–1865
• Achraf Hakimi Sports · born 1998
• Ada Hegerberg Sports · born 1995
• Ada Lovelace Science · 1815–1852
• Adam Baldwin Entertainment · born 1962
• Adam Driver Entertainment · born 1983
• Adam Riess Science · born 1969
• Adele Music · born 1988
• Adolf Hitler Politics · 1889–1945
• Adria Arjona Entertainment · born 1992
• Aeschylus Literature · 525 BC–456 BC
• Agatha Christie Literature · 1890–1976
• Agnes Moorehead Entertainment · 1900–1974
• Agnès Varda Entertainment · 1928–2019
• Ahmed Best Entertainment · born 1973
• Ai Weiwei Activism · born 1957
• Aitana Bonmatí Sports · born 1998
• Akbar Politics · 1542–1605
• Akhenaten Politics · 1380 BC–1336 BC
• Akio Morita Business · 1921–1999
• Akira Kurosawa Entertainment · 1910–1998
• Akira Toriyama Comics · 1955–2024
• Akshay Venkatesh Science · born 1981
• Al Pacino Entertainment · born 1940
• Al-Biruni Science · 973–1050
• Al-Khwarizmi Science · 780–850
• Alain Aspect Science · born 1947
• Alan Moore Comics · born 1953
• Alan Shearer Sports · born 1970
• Alan Tudyk Entertainment · born 1971
• Alan Turing Science · 1912–1954
• Alanis Morissette Music · born 1974
• Albert Camus Literature · 1913–1960
• Albert Einstein Science · 1879–1955
• Albert Uderzo Comics · 1927–2020
• Albrecht Dürer Art · 1471–1528
• Alden Ehrenreich Entertainment · born 1989
• Alec Guinness Entertainment · 1914–2000
• Alejandro González Iñárritu Entertainment · born 1963
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Literature · 1918–2008
• Alessandro Del Piero Sports · born 1974
• Alessandro Volta Science · 1745–1827
• Alex Ferguson Sports · born 1941
• Alex Honnold Sports · born 1985
• Alex Morgan Sports · born 1989
• Alex Ovechkin Sports · born 1985
• Alex Trebek Entertainment · 1940–2020
• Alexander Fleming Science · 1881–1955
• Alexander Graham Bell Invention · 1847–1922
• Alexander Hamilton Politics · 1755–1804
• Alexander II of Russia Politics · 1818–1881
• Alexander Pushkin Literature · 1799–1837
• Alexander Siddig Entertainment · born 1965
• Alexander the Great Politics · July 356 BC–June 323 BC
• Alexander von Humboldt Science · 1769–1859
• Alexandre Dumas Literature · 1802–1870
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Politics · born 1989
• Alexei Navalny Activism · 1976–2024
• Alexi Lalas Sports · born 1970
• Alexia Putellas Sports · born 1994
• Alexis Denisof Entertainment · born 1966
• Alfonso Cuarón Entertainment · born 1961
• Alfred Hitchcock Entertainment · 1899–1980
• Alfred Nobel Invention · 1833–1896
• Alfred Russel Wallace Science · 1823–1913
• Alfred the Great Politics · 849–899
• Alfred Wegener Science · 1880–1930
• Alfredo Di Stéfano Sports · 1926–2014
• Ali Daei Sports · born 1969
• Aliko Dangote Business · born 1957
• Alison Bechdel Comics · born 1960
• Alison Pill Entertainment · born 1985
• Allyson Felix Sports · born 1985
• Alphonso Davies Sports · born 2000
• Althea Gibson Sports · 1927–2003
• Alyson Hannigan Entertainment · born 1974
• Alyssa Naeher Sports · born 1988
• Amanda Gorman Literature · born 2000
• Amber Benson Entertainment · born 1977
• Amedeo Modigliani Art · 1884–1920
• Amelia Earhart Exploration · 1897–1937
• Amitabh Bachchan Entertainment · born 1942
• Amon-Ra St. Brown Sports · born 1999
• Amrita Sher-Gil Art · 1913–1941
• Amy Acker Entertainment · born 1976
• Amy Poehler Entertainment · born 1971
• Amy Winehouse Music · 1983–2011
• Anderson Cooper Literature · born 1967
• Andre Agassi Sports · born 1970
• Andrea Bocelli Music · born 1958
• Andrea Ghez Science · born 1965
• Andrea Pirlo Sports · born 1979
• Andreas Vesalius Science · 1514–1564
• Andrei Sakharov Science · 1921–1989
• Andrei Tarkovsky Entertainment · 1932–1986
• Andrew Carnegie Business · 1835–1919
• Andrew Jackson Politics · 1767–1845
• Andrew Ng Science · born 1976
• Andrew Robinson Entertainment · born 1942
• Andrew Wiles Science · born 1953
• Andriy Shevchenko Sports · born 1976
• André 3000 Music · born 1975
• André-Marie Ampère Science · 1775–1836
• Andrés Iniesta Sports · born 1984
• Andy Serkis Entertainment · born 1964
• Andy Warhol Art · 1928–1987
• Ang Lee Entertainment · born 1954
• Angela Davis Activism · born 1944
• Angela Merkel Politics · born 1954
• Anna Akhmatova Literature · 1889–1966
• Anna May Wong Entertainment · 1905–1961
• Anna Politkovskaya Literature · 1958–2006
• Anna Wintour Literature · born 1949
• Anne Boleyn Politics · 1501–1536
• Anne Frank Activism · 1929–1945
• Anne L'Huillier Science · born 1958
• Ansel Adams Art · 1902–1984
• Anson Dorrance Sports · born 1951
• Anson Mount Entertainment · born 1973
• Anthony Bourdain Entertainment · 1956–2018
• Anthony Daniels Entertainment · born 1946
• Anthony Fauci Science · born 1940
• Anthony Head Entertainment · 1954–2026
• Anthony Hopkins Entertainment · born 1937
• Anthony Kiedis Music · born 1962
• Anthony Montgomery Entertainment · born 1971
• Anthony Muñoz Sports · born 1958
• Anthony Rapp Entertainment · born 1971
• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Literature · 1900–1944
• Antoine Griezmann Sports · born 1991
• Antoine Lavoisier Science · 1743–1794
• Anton Chekhov Literature · 1860–1904
• Anton Yelchin Entertainment · 1989–2016
• Anton Zeilinger Science · born 1945
• Antonee Robinson Sports · born 1997
• Antoni Gaudí Art · 1852–1926
• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Science · 1632–1723
• Antonio Vivaldi Music · 1678–1741
• Antonín Dvořák Music · 1841–1904
• Antônio Carlos Jobim Music · 1927–1994
• Anwar Sadat Politics · 1918–1981
• Archimedes Science · 287 BC–212 BC
• Aretha Franklin Music · 1942–2018
• Aristophanes Literature · 446 BC–386 BC
• Aristotle Philosophy · 384 BC–322 BC
• Arjen Robben Sports · born 1984
• Arlene Francis Entertainment · 1907–2001
• Armand Duplantis Sports · born 1999
• Armin Shimerman Entertainment · born 1949
• Arnold Palmer Sports · 1929–2016
• Aron Eisenberg Entertainment · 1969–2019
• Arrigo Sacchi Sports · born 1946
• Arsène Wenger Sports · born 1949
• Art Carney Entertainment · 1918–2003
• Art Shell Sports · born 1946
• Art Spiegelman Comics · born 1948
• Artemisia Gentileschi Art · 1593–1656
• Arthur Ashe Sports · 1943–1993
• Arthur Conan Doyle Literature · 1859–1930
• Aryabhata Science · 476–550
• Asghar Farhadi Entertainment · born 1972
• Ashoka Politics · 304 BC–232 BC
• Asisat Oshoala Sports · born 1994
• Astor Piazzolla Music · 1921–1992
• Astrid Lindgren Literature · 1907–2002
• Atahualpa Politics · 1502–1533
• Attila Politics · 406–453
• Atul Gawande Science · born 1965
• Audrey Hepburn Entertainment · 1929–1993
• Auguste Rodin Art · 1840–1917
• Augustine of Hippo Religion · 354–430
• Augusto Pinochet Politics · 1915–2006
• Augustus Politics · September 63 BC–14
• Aung San Suu Kyi Activism · born 1945
• Aurangzeb Politics · 1618–1707
• Ava DuVernay Entertainment · born 1972
• Averroes Philosophy · 1126–1198
• Avery Brooks Entertainment · born 1948
• Avi Loeb Science · born 1962
• Avicenna Philosophy · 980–1037
• Ayrton Senna Sports · 1960–1994
• Azim Premji Philanthropy · born 1945

B

• B.B. King Music · 1925–2015
• B.R. Ambedkar Activism · 1891–1956
• Babe Didrikson Zaharias Sports · 1911–1956
• Babe Ruth Sports · 1895–1948
• Babs Olusanmokun Entertainment · born 1984
• Babur Politics · 1483–1530
• Bad Bunny Music · born 1994
• Ban Zhao Literature · 45–117
• Barack Obama Politics · born 1961
• Barbara McClintock Science · 1902–1992
• Barbara Walters Literature · 1929–2022
• Barry Barish Science · born 1936
• Barry Sanders Sports · born 1968
• Bart Starr Sports · 1934–2019
• Bartolomé de las Casas Activism · 1484–1566
• Baruch Spinoza Philosophy · 1632–1677
• Bayard Rustin Activism · 1912–1987
• Beck Music · born 1970
• Becky Sauerbrunn Sports · born 1985
• Ben Mendelsohn Entertainment · born 1969
• Ben Roethlisberger Sports · born 1982
• Benazir Bhutto Politics · 1953–2007
• Benedict Cumberbatch Entertainment · born 1976
• Benito Juárez Politics · 1806–1872
• Benito Mussolini Politics · 1883–1945
• Benjamin Banneker Science · 1731–1806
• Benjamin Disraeli Politics · 1804–1881
• Benjamin Franklin Politics · 1706–1790
• Benny Goodman Music · 1909–1986
• Bernard Arnault Business · born 1949
• Bernie Sanders Politics · born 1941
• Berthe Morisot Art · 1841–1895
• Bertrand Russell Philosophy · 1872–1970
• Bessie Smith Music · 1894–1937
• Bethany Hamilton Sports · born 1990
• Bette Davis Entertainment · 1908–1989
• Beyoncé Music · born 1981
• Big Pun Music · 1971–2000
• Bijan Robinson Sports · born 2002
• Bill Clinton Politics · born 1946
• Bill Finger Comics · 1914–1974
• Bill Gates Business · born 1955
• Bill Mumy Entertainment · born 1954
• Bill Nye Science · born 1955
• Bill Russell Sports · 1934–2022
• Bill Shankly Sports · 1913–1981
• Bill Watterson Comics · born 1958
• Billie Eilish Music · born 2001
• Billie Holiday Music · 1915–1959
• Billie Jean King Sports · born 1943
• Billie Lourd Entertainment · born 1992
• Billy Bitzer Entertainment · 1872–1944
• Billy Corgan Music · born 1967
• Billy Dee Williams Entertainment · born 1937
• Billy Wilder Entertainment · 1906–2002
• Bing Crosby Music · 1903–1977
• Birgit Prinz Sports · born 1977
• Björk Music · born 1965
• Blaise Pascal Science · 1623–1662
• Bob Dylan Music · born 1941
• Bob Kane Comics · 1915–1998
• Bob Marley Music · 1945–1981
• Bob Paisley Sports · 1919–1996
• Bob Ross Art · 1942–1995
• Bob Woodward Literature · born 1943
• Bobby Charlton Sports · 1937–2023
• Bobby Jones Sports · 1902–1971
• Bobby Moore Sports · 1941–1993
• Bobby Witt Jr. Sports · born 2000
• Bong Joon-ho Entertainment · born 1969
• Booker T. Washington Activism · 1856–1915
• Boris Johnson Politics · born 1964
• Boris Pasternak Literature · 1890–1960
• Boudica Politics · 30–61
• Brad Friedel Sports · born 1971
• Brad Pitt Entertainment · born 1963
• Brandi Chastain Sports · born 1968
• Brenden Aaronson Sports · born 1999
• Brent Spiner Entertainment · born 1949
• Brett Favre Sports · born 1969
• Brian Chesky Business · born 1981
• Brian Clough Sports · 1935–2004
• Brian Cox Science · born 1968
• Brian De Palma Entertainment · born 1940
• Brian Greene Science · born 1963
• Brian K. Vaughan Comics · born 1976
• Brian McBride Sports · born 1972
• Brian Michael Bendis Comics · born 1967
• Brian Wilson Music · 1942–2025
• Briana Scurry Sports · born 1971
• Britney Spears Music · born 1981
• Brock Bowers Sports · born 2002
• Brock Purdy Sports · born 1999
• Brooke Astor Philanthropy · 1902–2007
• Bruce Arena Sports · born 1951
• Bruce Lee Entertainment · 1940–1973
• Bruce Smith Sports · born 1963
• Bruce Springsteen Music · born 1949
• Bryan Stevenson Activism · born 1959
• Bryce Harper Sports · born 1992
• Buddy Holly Music · 1936–1959
• Bukayo Saka Sports · born 2001
• Burgess Meredith Entertainment · 1907–1997
• Buster Keaton Entertainment · 1895–1966
• Buzz Aldrin Exploration · born 1930
• Béla Bartók Music · 1881–1945

C

• C.J. Stroud Sports · born 2001
• C.S. Lewis Literature · 1898–1963
• C.V. Raman Science · 1888–1970
• Cafu Sports · born 1970
• Cai Lun Invention · 50–121
• Caitlin Clark Sports · born 2002
• Caleb Williams Sports · born 2001
• Caligula Politics · 12–41
• Calvin Johnson Sports · born 1985
• Cam Newton Sports · born 1989
• Camille Claudel Art · 1864–1943
• Caravaggio Art · 1571–1610
• Cardinal Richelieu Politics · 1585–1642
• Carl Barks Comics · 1901–2000
• Carl Bernstein Literature · born 1944
• Carl Friedrich Gauss Science · 1777–1855
• Carl Jung Science · 1875–1961
• Carl Lewis Sports · born 1961
• Carl Linnaeus Science · 1707–1778
• Carl Sagan Science · 1934–1996
• Carl Weathers Entertainment · 1948–2024
• Carles Puyol Sports · born 1978
• Carli Lloyd Sports · born 1982
• Carlo Ancelotti Sports · born 1959
• Carlo Rovelli Science · born 1956
• Carlos Alcaraz Sports · born 2003
• Carlos Gardel Music · 1890–1935
• Carlos Slim Business · born 1940
• Carlos Valderrama Sports · born 1961
• Carlos Vela Sports · born 1989
• Carol Burnett Entertainment · born 1933
• Caroline Graham Hansen Sports · born 1995
• Caroline Herschel Science · 1750–1848
• Carolyn Bertozzi Science · born 1966
• Carrie Fisher Entertainment · 1956–2016
• Cary Grant Entertainment · 1904–1986
• Cate Blanchett Entertainment · born 1969
• Catherine O'Hara Entertainment · 1954–2026
• Catherine the Great Politics · 1729–1796
• Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Science · 1900–1979
• CeeDee Lamb Sports · born 1999
• Celia Cruz Music · 1925–2003
• Celia Rose Gooding Entertainment · born 2000
• Celine Dion Music · born 1968
• Cesar Chavez Activism · 1927–1993
• Cha Bum-kun Sports · born 1953
• Chadwick Boseman Entertainment · 1976–2020
• Chandragupta Maurya Politics · 340 BC–297 BC
• Charisma Carpenter Entertainment · born 1970
• Charlemagne Politics · 748–814
• Charles Babbage Invention · 1791–1871
• Charles Bronson Entertainment · 1921–2003
• Charles Darwin Science · 1809–1882
• Charles de Gaulle Politics · 1890–1970
• Charles Dickens Literature · 1812–1870
• Charles Drew Science · 1904–1950
• Charles Goodyear Invention · 1800–1860
• Charles M. Schulz Comics · 1922–2000
• Charles V Politics · 1500–1558
• Charlie Chaplin Entertainment · 1889–1977
• Charlie Parker Music · 1920–1955
• Charlotte Brontë Literature · 1816–1855
• Che Guevara Politics · 1928–1967
• Chester Bennington Music · 1976–2017
• Chiang Kai-shek Politics · 1887–1975
• Chief Joseph Activism · 1840–1904
• Chien-Shiung Wu Science · 1912–1997
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Literature · born 1977
• Chinua Achebe Literature · 1930–2013
• Chloe Bennet Entertainment · born 1992
• Chris Claremont Comics · born 1950
• Chris Cornell Music · 1964–2017
• Chris Evans Entertainment · born 1981
• Chris Hadfield Exploration · born 1959
• Chris Hemsworth Entertainment · born 1983
• Chris Pine Entertainment · born 1980
• Chris Rock Entertainment · born 1965
• Chris Ware Comics · born 1967
• Christen Press Sports · born 1988
• Christiaan Huygens Science · 1629–1695
• Christian McCaffrey Sports · born 1996
• Christian Pulisic Sports · born 1998
• Christiane Amanpour Literature · born 1958
• Christina Aguilera Music · born 1980
• Christina Chong Entertainment · born 1983
• Christina Koch Exploration · born 1979
• Christine Sinclair Sports · born 1983
• Christopher Columbus Exploration · 1451–1506
• Christopher Doyle Entertainment · born 1952
• Christopher Lee Entertainment · 1922–2015
• Christopher Lloyd Entertainment · born 1938
• Christopher Nolan Entertainment · born 1970
• Christopher Plummer Entertainment · 1929–2021
• Christopher Wren Art · 1632–1723
• Chuck Berry Music · 1926–2017
• Chuck Feeney Philanthropy · 1931–2023
• Cicero Politics · January 106 BC–December 43 BC
• Cirroc Lofton Entertainment · born 1978
• Clara Schumann Music · 1819–1896
• Clark Gregg Entertainment · born 1962
• Claude Debussy Music · 1862–1918
• Claude Monet Art · 1840–1926
• Claude Shannon Science · 1916–2001
• Claudette Colvin Activism · 1939–2026
• Claudio Monteverdi Music · 1567–1643
• Claudio Reyna Sports · born 1973
• Clayton Kershaw Sports · born 1988
• Clement Attlee Politics · 1883–1967
• Cleopatra Politics · 69 BC–August 30 BC
• Cliff Robertson Entertainment · 1923–2011
• Clint Dempsey Sports · born 1983
• Clint Eastwood Entertainment · born 1930
• Cloris Leachman Entertainment · 1926–2021
• Cobi Jones Sports · born 1970
• Coco Chanel Business · 1883–1971
• Coco Gauff Sports · born 2004
• Cole Palmer Sports · born 2002
• Colin Powell Politics · 1937–2021
• Colm Meaney Entertainment · born 1953
• Colonel Harland Sanders Business · 1890–1980
• Conan O'Brien Entertainment · born 1963
• Condoleezza Rice Politics · born 1954
• Confucius Philosophy · 551 BC–479 BC
• Connor McDavid Sports · born 1997
• Connor Trinneer Entertainment · born 1969
• Conrad Hall Entertainment · 1926–2003
• Constantine the Great Politics · 272–337
• Coolio Music · 1963–2022
• Cooper Kupp Sports · born 1993
• Corazon Aquino Politics · 1933–2009
• Corey Seager Sports · born 1994
• Cormac McCarthy Literature · 1933–2023
• Cornelius Vanderbilt Business · 1794–1877
• Courtney Love Music · born 1964
• Crazy Horse Politics · 1840–1877
• Cris Carter Sports · born 1965
• Cristiano Ronaldo Sports · born 1985
• Crystal Dunn Sports · born 1992
• Cyrus the Great Politics · 600 BC–530 BC

D

• D'Angelo Music · 1974–2025
• Daisy Ridley Entertainment · born 1992
• Dak Prescott Sports · born 1993
• Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) Philosophy · born 1935
• Dale Earnhardt Sports · 1951–2001
• DaMarcus Beasley Sports · born 1982
• Damien Hirst Art · born 1965
• Damon Albarn Music · born 1968
• Dan Marino Sports · born 1961
• Daniel Day-Lewis Entertainment · born 1957
• Daniel Ek Business · born 1983
• Daniel Ellsberg Activism · 1931–2023
• Daniel Hale Williams Science · 1856–1931
• Dante Alighieri Literature · 1265–1321
• Darius I Politics · 550 BC–486 BC
• Davante Adams Sports · born 1992
• Dave Chappelle Entertainment · born 1973
• Dave Gibbons Comics · born 1949
• Dave Grohl Music · born 1969
• David Attenborough Science · born 1926
• David Baker Science · born 1962
• David Beckham Sports · born 1975
• David Ben-Gurion Politics · 1886–1973
• David Boreanaz Entertainment · born 1969
• David Bowie Music · 1947–2016
• David Fincher Entertainment · born 1962
• David Hockney Art · 1937–2026
• David Hume Philosophy · 1711–1776
• David Lean Entertainment · 1908–1991
• David Letterman Entertainment · born 1947
• David Livingstone Exploration · 1813–1873
• David Lynch Entertainment · 1946–2025
• David Prowse Entertainment · 1935–2020
• Davor Šuker Sports · born 1968
• Deacon Jones Sports · 1938–2013
• Declan Rice Sports · born 1999
• DeForest Kelley Entertainment · 1920–1999
• Deion Sanders Sports · born 1967
• DeMarcus Ware Sports · born 1982
• Demis Hassabis Science · born 1976
• Demosthenes Politics · 384 BC–322 BC
• Deng Xiaoping Politics · 1904–1997
• Denis Lawson Entertainment · born 1947
• Denis Villeneuve Entertainment · born 1967
• Denise Crosby Entertainment · born 1957
• Dennis Bergkamp Sports · born 1969
• Dennis Hopper Entertainment · 1936–2010
• Dennis Ritchie Invention · 1941–2011
• Denzel Washington Entertainment · born 1954
• Derrick Henry Sports · born 1994
• Derrick Thomas Sports · 1967–2000
• Desmond Tutu Activism · 1931–2021
• Dian Fossey Science · 1932–1985
• Diane Keaton Entertainment · 1946–2025
• Dick Butkus Sports · 1942–2023
• Dick Cheney Politics · 1941–2025
• Didier Deschamps Sports · born 1968
• Didier Drogba Sports · born 1978
• Didier Queloz Science · born 1966
• Diego Forlán Sports · born 1979
• Diego Luna Entertainment · born 1979
• Diego Maradona Sports · 1960–2020
• Diego Rivera Art · 1886–1957
• Diego Simeone Sports · born 1970
• Diego Velázquez Art · 1599–1660
• Dilip Kumar Entertainment · 1922–2021
• Diogenes Philosophy · 412 BC–323 BC
• Dirk Nowitzki Sports · born 1978
• Dizzy Gillespie Music · 1917–1993
• Dmitri Mendeleev Science · 1834–1907
• Dmitri Shostakovich Music · 1906–1975
• DMX Music · 1970–2021
• Dolly Parton Music · 1946–2026
• Dolores Huerta Activism · 1930–2026
• Dolores O'Riordan Music · 1971–2018
• Domhnall Gleeson Entertainment · born 1983
• Dominic Keating Entertainment · born 1962
• Don Bradman Sports · 1908–2001
• Don Hutson Sports · 1913–1997
• Donald Glover Entertainment · born 1983
• Donatello Art · 1386–1466
• Donna Strickland Science · born 1959
• Donnie Yen Entertainment · born 1963
• Dorothea Lange Art · 1895–1965
• Dorothy Hodgkin Science · 1910–1994
• Doug Jones Entertainment · born 1960
• Douglas Adams Literature · 1952–2001
• Douglas Engelbart Invention · 1925–2013
• Dr. Dre Music · born 1965
• Dr. Seuss Literature · 1904–1991
• Drew Brees Sports · born 1979
• Drew Weissman Science · born 1959
• Du Fu Literature · 712–770
• Duke Ellington Music · 1899–1974
• Dwayne Johnson Entertainment · born 1972
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Politics · 1890–1969

E

• E. O. Wilson Science · 1929–2021
• Eazy-E Music · 1964–1995
• Ed Sheeran Music · born 1991
• Eddie Murphy Entertainment · born 1961
• Eddie Vedder Music · born 1964
• Edgar Allan Poe Literature · 1809–1849
• Edgar Degas Art · 1834–1917
• Edgar Wright Entertainment · born 1974
• Edinson Cavani Sports · born 1987
• Edmond Halley Science · 1656–1742
• Edmund Hillary Exploration · 1919–2008
• Edvard Grieg Music · 1843–1907
• Edvard Moser Science · born 1962
• Edvard Munch Art · 1863–1944
• Edward Hopper Art · 1882–1967
• Edward Jenner Science · 1749–1823
• Edward Snowden Activism · born 1983
• Edwin Hubble Science · 1889–1953
• Egon Schiele Art · 1890–1918
• Eiichiro Oda Comics · born 1975
• El Greco Art · 1541–1614
• Eleanor of Aquitaine Politics · 1122–1204
• Eleanor Roosevelt Activism · 1884–1962
• Eli Manning Sports · born 1981
• Eli Whitney Invention · 1765–1825
• Elia Kazan Entertainment · 1909–2003
• Elie Wiesel Activism · 1928–2016
• Eliud Kipchoge Sports · born 1984
• Eliza Dushku Entertainment · born 1980
• Elizabeth Blackburn Science · born 1948
• Elizabeth Blackwell Science · 1821–1910
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton Activism · 1815–1902
• Elizabeth I Politics · 1533–1603
• Elizabeth II Politics · 1926–2022
• Elizabeth Montgomery Entertainment · 1933–1995
• Elizabeth Taylor Entertainment · 1932–2011
• Ella Fitzgerald Music · 1917–1996
• Ellen DeGeneres Entertainment · born 1958
• Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Politics · born 1938
• Ellen Ochoa Exploration · born 1958
• Elliott Smith Music · 1969–2003
• Elly De La Cruz Sports · born 2002
• Elon Musk Business · born 1971
• Elton John Music · born 1947
• Elvis Presley Music · 1935–1977
• Emil Zátopek Sports · 1922–2000
• Emilia Clarke Entertainment · born 1986
• Emiliano Martínez Sports · born 1992
• Emiliano Zapata Politics · 1879–1919
• Emily Brontë Literature · 1818–1848
• Emily Dickinson Literature · 1830–1886
• Eminem Music · born 1972
• Emma Caulfield Entertainment · born 1973
• Emma Hayes Sports · born 1976
• Emmanuel Lubezki Entertainment · born 1964
• Emmanuelle Charpentier Science · born 1968
• Emmeline Pankhurst Activism · 1858–1928
• Emmitt Smith Sports · born 1969
• Emmy Noether Science · 1882–1935
• Emperor Meiji Politics · 1852–1912
• Emperor Taizong of Tang Politics · 598–649
• Emperor Wu of Han Politics · 156 BC–87 BC
• Empress Dowager Cixi Politics · 1835–1908
• Ennio Morricone Music · 1928–2020
• Enrico Fermi Science · 1901–1954
• Epicurus Philosophy · 341 BC–270 BC
• Erasmus Philosophy · 1466–1536
• Eratosthenes Science · 276 BC–194 BC
• Eric Bana Entertainment · born 1968
• Eric Cantona Sports · born 1966
• Eric Wynalda Sports · born 1969
• Erik Satie Music · 1866–1925
• Erin Brockovich Activism · born 1960
• Erling Haaland Sports · born 2000
• Ernest Hemingway Literature · 1899–1961
• Ernest Rutherford Science · 1871–1937
• Ernest Shackleton Exploration · 1874–1922
• Erwin Schrödinger Science · 1887–1961
• Erykah Badu Music · born 1971
• Estée Lauder Business · 1908–2004
• Ethan Peck Entertainment · born 1986
• Ethan Phillips Entertainment · born 1955
• Euripides Literature · 480 BC–406 BC
• Eusébio Sports · 1942–2014
• Eva Perón Politics · 1919–1952
• Everett Sloane Entertainment · 1909–1965
• Ewan McGregor Entertainment · born 1971

F

• F. Scott Fitzgerald Literature · 1896–1940
• Fabio Cannavaro Sports · born 1973
• Faith Kipyegon Sports · born 1994
• Fannie Lou Hamer Activism · 1917–1977
• Fanny Blankers-Koen Sports · 1918–2004
• Federico Fellini Entertainment · 1920–1993
• Federico García Lorca Literature · 1898–1936
• Federico Valverde Sports · born 1998
• Fei-Fei Li Science · born 1976
• Fela Kuti Music · 1938–1997
• Felicia Day Entertainment · born 1979
• Felicity Jones Entertainment · born 1983
• Felix Mendelssohn Music · 1809–1847
• Feng Zhang Science · born 1981
• Ferdinand Magellan Exploration · 1480–1521
• Ferdowsi Literature · 940–1020
• Ferenc Puskás Sports · 1927–2006
• Fernando Tatis Jr. Sports · born 1999
• Fibonacci Science · 1170–1250
• Fidel Castro Politics · 1926–2016
• Filippo Brunelleschi Art · 1377–1446
• Fiona Apple Music · born 1977
• Florence Griffith Joyner Sports · 1959–1998
• Florence Nightingale Activism · 1820–1910
• Florian Wirtz Sports · born 2003
• Folarin Balogun Sports · born 2001
• Forest Whitaker Entertainment · born 1961
• Formiga Sports · born 1978
• Fran Kranz Entertainment · born 1981
• Fran Tarkenton Sports · born 1940
• Frances Arnold Science · born 1956
• Francesco Totti Sports · born 1976
• Francis Crick Science · 1916–2004
• Francis Drake Exploration · 1540–1596
• Francis Ford Coppola Entertainment · born 1939
• Francis Halzen Science · born 1944
• Francis of Assisi Religion · 1181–1226
• Francisco Franco Politics · 1892–1975
• Francisco Goya Art · 1746–1828
• Francisco Pizarro Exploration · 1478–1541
• Franco Baresi Sports · born 1960
• Frank Capra Entertainment · 1897–1991
• Frank Gehry Art · 1929–2025
• Frank Lampard Sports · born 1978
• Frank Lloyd Wright Art · 1867–1959
• Frank Miller Comics · born 1957
• Frank Oz Entertainment · born 1944
• Frank Sinatra Music · 1915–1998
• Frank Whittle Invention · 1907–1996
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Politics · 1882–1945
• Franz Beckenbauer Sports · 1945–2024
• Franz Kafka Literature · 1883–1924
• Franz Liszt Music · 1811–1886
• Franz Schubert Music · 1797–1828
• François Truffaut Entertainment · 1932–1984
• Fred Ramsdell Science · born 1960
• Fred Rogers Entertainment · 1928–2003
• Freddie Freeman Sports · born 1989
• Freddie Mercury Music · 1946–1991
• Freddie Young Entertainment · 1902–1998
• Freddy Adu Sports · born 1989
• Frederick Douglass Activism · 1818–1895
• Frederick the Great Politics · 1712–1786
• Frida Kahlo Art · 1907–1954
• Friedrich Nietzsche Philosophy · 1844–1900
• Fritz Haber Science · 1868–1934
• Fritz Lang Entertainment · 1890–1976
• Frédéric Chopin Music · 1810–1849
• Fujiko F. Fujio Comics · 1933–1996
• Fyodor Dostoevsky Literature · 1821–1881

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• Gabe Newell Business · born 1962
• Gabriel Batistuta Sports · born 1969
• Gabriel García Márquez Literature · 1927–2014
• Gabriela Mistral Literature · 1889–1957
• Galen Science · 129–216
• Galileo Galilei Science · 1564–1642
• Gamal Abdel Nasser Politics · 1918–1970
• Garrett Morgan Invention · 1877–1963
• Garrett Wang Entertainment · born 1968
• Garrincha Sports · 1933–1983
• Garry Kasparov Sports · born 1963
• Garry Trudeau Comics · born 1948
• Garth Brooks Music · born 1962
• Gary Larson Comics · born 1950
• Gary Lineker Sports · born 1960
• Gary Ruvkun Science · born 1952
• Gates McFadden Entertainment · born 1949
• Gene Hackman Entertainment · 1930–2025
• Gene Luen Yang Comics · born 1973
• Genevieve O'Reilly Entertainment · born 1977
• Genghis Khan Politics · 1162–1227
• Geoffrey Chaucer Literature · 1343–1400
• Geoffrey Hinton Science · born 1947
• Georg Nagel Science · born 1953
• George Best Sports · 1946–2005
• George Carlin Entertainment · 1937–2008
• George Church Science · born 1954
• George Coulouris Entertainment · 1903–1989
• George Eastman Invention · 1854–1932
• George Eliot Literature · 1819–1880
• George Frideric Handel Music · 1685–1759
• George Gershwin Music · 1898–1937
• George Harrison Music · 1943–2001
• George III Politics · 1738–1820
• George Kittle Sports · born 1993
• George Lucas Entertainment · born 1944
• George Michael Music · 1963–2016
• George Orwell Literature · 1903–1950
• George Peabody Philanthropy · 1795–1869
• George R.R. Martin Literature · born 1948
• George Takei Entertainment · born 1937
• George W. Bush Politics · born 1946
• George Washington Politics · 1732–1799
• George Washington Carver Invention · 1864–1943
• George Weah Sports · born 1966
• George Westinghouse Invention · 1846–1914
• Georges Lemaître Science · 1894–1966
• Georges Méliès Entertainment · 1861–1938
• Georges Seurat Art · 1859–1891
• Georgia O'Keeffe Art · 1887–1986
• Gerd Müller Sports · 1945–2021
• Geronimo Politics · 1829–1909
• Gerrit Cole Sports · born 1990
• Gerry Conway Comics · 1952–2026
• Gertrude Bell Exploration · 1868–1926
• Gheorghe Hagi Sports · born 1965
• Giacomo Puccini Music · 1858–1924
• Gian Lorenzo Bernini Art · 1598–1680
• Giancarlo Esposito Entertainment · born 1958
• Gianluigi Buffon Sports · born 1978
• Giannis Antetokounmpo Sports · born 1994
• Gina Carano Entertainment · born 1982
• Gina Torres Entertainment · born 1969
• Gio Reyna Sports · born 2002
• Gioachino Rossini Music · 1792–1868
• Giorgio Armani Art · 1934–2025
• Giorgio Chinaglia Sports · 1947–2012
• Giotto Art · 1267–1337
• Giovanni Boccaccio Literature · 1313–1375
• Giuseppe Garibaldi Politics · 1807–1882
• Giuseppe Verdi Music · 1813–1901
• Glenn Miller Music · 1904–1944
• Gloria Steinem Activism · 1934–2026
• Go Nagai Comics · born 1945
• Golda Meir Politics · 1898–1978
• Gordie Howe Sports · 1928–2016
• Gordon Ramsay Entertainment · born 1966
• Gordon Willis Entertainment · 1931–2014
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Science · 1646–1716
• Grace Hopper Science · 1906–1992
• Grace Kelly Entertainment · 1929–1982
• Grace Lee Whitney Entertainment · 1930–2015
• Grandma Moses Art · 1860–1961
• Grant Morrison Comics · born 1960
• Gregg Toland Entertainment · 1904–1948
• Gregor Mendel Science · 1822–1884
• Greta Garbo Entertainment · 1905–1990
• Greta Gerwig Entertainment · born 1983
• Greta Thunberg Activism · born 2003
• Grigori Perelman Science · born 1966
• Grigori Rasputin Politics · 1869–1916
• Guglielmo Marconi Invention · 1874–1937
• Guillermo del Toro Entertainment · born 1964
• Guillermo Ochoa Sports · born 1985
• Gunnar Henderson Sports · born 2001
• Guru Nanak Religion · 1469–1539
• Gustav Klimt Art · 1862–1918
• Gustav Mahler Music · 1860–1911
• Gustave Eiffel Invention · 1832–1923
• Gustave Flaubert Literature · 1821–1880
• Gwen Stefani Music · born 1969
• Gwendoline Christie Entertainment · born 1978

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• H.G. Wells Literature · 1866–1946
• Hadrian Politics · 76–138
• Haile Selassie Politics · 1892–1975
• Hajime Isayama Comics · born 1986
• Halle Berry Entertainment · born 1966
• Hammurabi Politics · 1810 BC–1750 BC
• Han Kang Literature · born 1970
• Hank Aaron Sports · 1934–2021
• Hank Williams Music · 1923–1953
• Hannah Arendt Philosophy · 1906–1975
• Hannibal Politics · 247 BC–183 BC
• Hans Christian Andersen Literature · 1805–1875
• Hans Holbein the Younger Art · 1497–1543
• Hans Zimmer Music · born 1957
• Hansi Flick Sports · born 1965
• Harper Lee Literature · 1926–2016
• Harriet Beecher Stowe Literature · 1811–1896
• Harriet Tubman Activism · 1822–1913
• Harrison Ford Entertainment · born 1942
• Harry Kane Sports · born 1993
• Harry S. Truman Politics · 1884–1972
• Haruki Murakami Literature · born 1949
• Harun al-Rashid Politics · 763–809
• Harvey Kurtzman Comics · 1924–1993
• Harvey Milk Activism · 1930–1978
• Hatshepsut Politics · 1507 BC–1458 BC
• Hayao Miyazaki Entertainment · born 1941
• Hayden Christensen Entertainment · born 1981
• Heath Ledger Entertainment · 1979–2008
• Hector Berlioz Music · 1803–1869
• Hedy Lamarr Entertainment · 1914–2000
• Heitor Villa-Lobos Music · 1887–1959
• Helen Keller Activism · 1880–1968
• Helen Mirren Entertainment · born 1945
• Henri Cartier-Bresson Art · 1908–2004
• Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Art · 1864–1901
• Henri Kagan Science · born 1930
• Henri Matisse Art · 1869–1954
• Henrietta Swan Leavitt Science · 1868–1921
• Henrik Ibsen Literature · 1828–1906
• Henry David Thoreau Literature · 1817–1862
• Henry Ford Business · 1863–1947
• Henry Morton Stanley Exploration · 1841–1904
• Henry Purcell Music · 1659–1695
• Henry VIII Politics · 1491–1547
• Hergé Comics · 1907–1983
• Herman Melville Literature · 1819–1891
• Hermann Hesse Literature · 1877–1962
• Hernán Cortés Exploration · 1485–1547
• Herod the Great Politics · 73 BC–4 BC
• Herodotus Literature · 484 BC–425 BC
• Hideo Kojima Art · born 1963
• Hidetoshi Nakata Sports · born 1977
• Hideyo Noguchi Science · 1876–1928
• Hieronymus Bosch Art · 1450–1516
• Hildegard of Bingen Music · 1098–1179
• Hillary Clinton Politics · born 1947
• Hippocrates Science · 460 BC–370 BC
• Hirohito Politics · 1901–1989
• Hiromu Arakawa Comics · born 1973
• Ho Chi Minh Politics · 1890–1969
• Homare Sawa Sports · born 1978
• Homi J. Bhabha Science · 1909–1966
• Honoré de Balzac Literature · 1799–1850
• Hope Solo Sports · born 1981
• Howard Hawks Entertainment · 1896–1977
• Howard Schultz Business · born 1953
• Hoyte van Hoytema Entertainment · born 1971
• Hristo Stoichkov Sports · born 1966
• Hugo Pratt Comics · 1927–1995
• Hugo Sánchez Sports · born 1958
• Humphrey Bogart Entertainment · 1899–1957
• Hypatia Science · 355–415
• Hürrem Sultan Politics · 1504–1558

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• I.M. Pei Art · 1917–2019
• Ian McDiarmid Entertainment · born 1944
• Ibn al-Haytham Science · 965–1040
• Ibn Battuta Exploration · 1304–1369
• Ibn Khaldun Philosophy · 1332–1406
• Ice Cube Music · born 1969
• Ida B. Wells Activism · 1862–1931
• Idi Amin Politics · 1925–2003
• Iga Świątek Sports · born 2001
• Ignaz Semmelweis Science · 1818–1865
• Igor Sikorsky Invention · 1889–1972
• Igor Stravinsky Music · 1882–1971
• Iker Casillas Sports · born 1981
• Ilya Sutskever Science · born 1986
• Immanuel Kant Philosophy · 1724–1804
• Indira Gandhi Politics · 1917–1984
• Indra Nooyi Business · born 1955
• Ingmar Bergman Entertainment · 1918–2007
• Ingrid Bergman Entertainment · 1915–1982
• Ingvar Kamprad Business · 1926–2018
• Isaac Asimov Literature · 1920–1992
• Isaac Newton Science · 1643–1727
• Isabel Allende Literature · born 1942
• Isabella I of Castile Politics · 1451–1504
• Ivan Pavlov Science · 1849–1936
• Ivan the Terrible Politics · 1530–1584
• Ivan Turgenev Literature · 1818–1883

J

• J. August Richards Entertainment · born 1973
• J. Robert Oppenheimer Science · 1904–1967
• J.J. Thomson Science · 1856–1940
• J.J. Watt Sports · born 1989
• J.K. Rowling Literature · born 1965
• J.M.W. Turner Art · 1775–1851
• J.P. Morgan Business · 1837–1913
• J.R.R. Tolkien Literature · 1892–1973
• Ja'Marr Chase Sports · born 2000
• Jacinda Ardern Politics · born 1980
• Jack Cardiff Entertainment · 1914–2009
• Jack Dorsey Business · born 1976
• Jack Johnson Sports · 1878–1946
• Jack Kilby Invention · 1923–2005
• Jack Kirby Comics · 1917–1994
• Jack Klugman Entertainment · 1922–2012
• Jack London Literature · 1876–1916
• Jack Ma Business · born 1964
• Jack Nicholson Entertainment · born 1937
• Jackie Chan Entertainment · born 1954
• Jackie Robinson Sports · 1919–1972
• Jackson Pollock Art · 1912–1956
• Jacob Grimm Literature · 1785–1863
• Jacob Lawrence Art · 1917–2000
• Jacques Cousteau Exploration · 1910–1997
• Jagadish Chandra Bose Science · 1858–1937
• Jahmyr Gibbs Sports · born 2002
• Jake Lloyd Entertainment · born 1989
• Jalen Hurts Sports · born 1998
• Jamal Khashoggi Literature · 1958–2018
• Jamal Musiala Sports · born 2003
• James Baldwin Literature · 1924–1987
• James Brown Music · 1933–2006
• James Cameron Entertainment · born 1954
• James Clerk Maxwell Science · 1831–1879
• James Cook Exploration · 1728–1779
• James Dean Entertainment · 1931–1955
• James Doohan Entertainment · 1920–2005
• James Dyson Invention · born 1947
• James Earl Jones Entertainment · 1931–2024
• James Hansen Science · born 1941
• James Joyce Literature · 1882–1941
• James Madison Politics · 1751–1836
• James Marsters Entertainment · born 1962
• James Rodríguez Sports · born 1991
• James Stewart Entertainment · 1908–1997
• James Watson Science · 1928–2025
• James Watt Invention · 1736–1819
• Jamie Oliver Entertainment · born 1975
• Jamsetji Tata Philanthropy · 1839–1904
• Jan van Eyck Art · 1390–1441
• Jane Addams Activism · 1860–1935
• Jane Austen Literature · 1775–1817
• Jane Campion Entertainment · born 1954
• Jane Goodall Science · 1934–2025
• Janet Jackson Music · born 1966
• Janis Joplin Music · 1943–1970
• Jannik Sinner Sports · born 2001
• Janusz Kamiński Entertainment · born 1959
• Jared Goff Sports · born 1994
• Jason Isaacs Entertainment · born 1963
• Jason Taylor Sports · born 1974
• Javier Hernández Sports · born 1988
• Javier Zanetti Sports · born 1973
• Jawaharlal Nehru Politics · 1889–1964
• Jay-Jay Okocha Sports · born 1973
• Jay-Z Music · born 1969
• Jayden Daniels Sports · born 2000
• Jean Renoir Entertainment · 1894–1979
• Jean Sibelius Music · 1865–1957
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosophy · 1712–1778
• Jean-Luc Godard Entertainment · 1930–2022
• Jean-Michel Basquiat Art · 1960–1988
• Jean-Paul Sartre Philosophy · 1905–1980
• Jeff Bezos Business · born 1964
• Jeff Buckley Music · 1966–1997
• Jeff Koons Art · born 1955
• Jeffrey Combs Entertainment · born 1954
• Jennifer Doudna Science · born 1964
• Jennifer Lawrence Entertainment · born 1990
• Jennifer Lien Entertainment · born 1974
• Jensen Huang Business · born 1963
• Jeremy Bulloch Entertainment · 1945–2020
• Jeremy Renner Entertainment · born 1971
• Jeri Ryan Entertainment · born 1968
• Jerry Rice Sports · born 1962
• Jerry Seinfeld Entertainment · born 1954
• Jerry Siegel Comics · 1914–1996
• Jess Bush Entertainment · born 1992
• Jesse Jackson Activism · 1941–2026
• Jesse Owens Sports · 1913–1980
• Jesus of Nazareth Religion · 4 BC–30
• Jewel Staite Entertainment · born 1982
• Jill Ellis Sports · born 1966
• Jill Tarter Science · born 1944
• Jim Brown Sports · 1936–2023
• Jim Davis Comics · born 1945
• Jim Henson Entertainment · 1936–1990
• Jim Lee Comics · born 1964
• Jim Morrison Music · 1943–1971
• Jim Thorpe Sports · 1887–1953
• Jimi Hendrix Music · 1942–1970
• Jimmy Carter Politics · 1924–2024
• Jimmy Smits Entertainment · born 1955
• Jimmy Wales Business · born 1966
• Joan Didion Literature · 1934–2021
• Joan Kroc Philanthropy · 1928–2003
• Joan Miró Art · 1893–1983
• Joan of Arc Politics · 1412–1431
• Joan Rivers Entertainment · 1933–2014
• Jocelyn Bell Burnell Science · born 1943
• Joe Biden Politics · born 1942
• Joe Burrow Sports · born 1996
• Joe Louis Sports · 1914–1981
• Joe Montana Sports · born 1956
• Joe Namath Sports · born 1943
• Joe Shuster Comics · 1914–1992
• Joe Thomas Sports · born 1984
• Joel Coen Entertainment · born 1954
• Joel Edgerton Entertainment · born 1974
• Johan Cruyff Sports · 1947–2016
• Johan Rockström Science · born 1965
• Johann Sebastian Bach Music · 1685–1750
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Literature · 1749–1832
• Johannes Brahms Music · 1833–1897
• Johannes Gutenberg Invention · 1400–1468
• Johannes Kepler Science · 1571–1630
• Johannes Vermeer Art · 1632–1675
• John Adams Politics · 1735–1826
• John Billingsley Entertainment · born 1960
• John Boyega Entertainment · born 1992
• John Calvin Religion · 1509–1564
• John Carmack Invention · born 1970
• John Carpenter Entertainment · born 1948
• John Cho Entertainment · born 1972
• John Clarke Science · born 1942
• John Clauser Science · born 1942
• John Coltrane Music · 1926–1967
• John D. Rockefeller Business · 1839–1937
• John Dalton Science · 1766–1844
• John de Lancie Entertainment · born 1948
• John Elway Sports · born 1960
• John F. Kennedy Politics · 1917–1963
• John Ford Entertainment · 1894–1973
• John Glenn Exploration · 1921–2016
• John Hopfield Science · born 1933
• John Houseman Entertainment · 1902–1988
• John Hughes Entertainment · 1950–2009
• John Jumper Science · born 1985
• John Keats Literature · 1795–1821
• John Lennon Music · 1940–1980
• John Lewis Activism · 1940–2020
• John Locke Philosophy · 1632–1704
• John Martinis Science · born 1958
• John McCain Politics · 1936–2018
• John Milton Literature · 1608–1674
• John Nash Science · 1928–2015
• John Steinbeck Literature · 1902–1968
• John Stuart Mill Philosophy · 1806–1873
• John von Neumann Science · 1903–1957
• John Wayne Entertainment · 1907–1979
• John Williams Music · born 1932
• Johnny Carson Entertainment · 1925–2005
• Johnny Cash Music · 1932–2003
• Johnny Unitas Sports · 1933–2002
• Jolene Blalock Entertainment · born 1975
• Jomo Kenyatta Politics · 1897–1978
• Jon Stewart Entertainment · born 1962
• Jonas Salk Science · 1914–1995
• Jonathan Frakes Entertainment · born 1952
• Jonathan Ogden Sports · born 1974
• Joni Mitchell Music · born 1943
• Jony Ive Business · born 1967
• Joonas Suotamo Entertainment · born 1986
• Jordan Love Sports · born 1998
• Jordan Peele Entertainment · born 1979
• Jorge Luis Borges Literature · 1899–1986
• Jose Altuve Sports · born 1990
• Joseph Cotten Entertainment · 1905–1994
• Joseph Haydn Music · 1732–1809
• Joseph Lister Science · 1827–1912
• Joseph Priestley Science · 1733–1804
• Joseph Stalin Politics · 1878–1953
• Josephine Baker Entertainment · 1906–1975
• Josephine Cochrane Invention · 1839–1913
• Josh Allen Sports · born 1996
• Josip Broz Tito Politics · 1892–1980
• José Andrés Activism · born 1969
• José de San Martín Politics · 1778–1850
• José Mourinho Sports · born 1963
• José Rizal Activism · 1861–1896
• Jozy Altidore Sports · born 1989
• Juan Manuel Fangio Sports · 1911–1995
• Juan Román Riquelme Sports · born 1978
• Juan Soto Sports · born 1998
• Jude Bellingham Sports · born 2003
• Judi Dench Entertainment · born 1934
• Judy Garland Entertainment · 1922–1969
• Jules Verne Literature · 1828–1905
• Julia Child Entertainment · 1912–2004
• Julia Roberts Entertainment · born 1967
• Julian Assange Activism · born 1971
• Julie Ertz Sports · born 1992
• Julie Foudy Sports · born 1971
• Julio Jones Sports · born 1989
• Julio Rodríguez Sports · born 2000
• Julius Caesar Politics · July 100 BC–March 44 BC
• Julius Nyerere Politics · 1922–1999
• Julius Peppers Sports · born 1980
• Julius Rosenwald Philanthropy · 1862–1932
• Julián Álvarez Sports · born 2000
• June Huh Science · born 1983
• Junji Ito Comics · born 1963
• Junko Tabei Exploration · 1939–2016
• Justin Herbert Sports · born 1998
• Justin Jefferson Sports · born 1999
• Justin Timberlake Music · born 1981
• Justin Trudeau Politics · born 1971
• Justin Verlander Sports · born 1983
• Justinian I Politics · 482–565
• Jürgen Klopp Sports · born 1967

K

• Kaiser Wilhelm II Politics · 1859–1941
• Kaká Sports · born 1982
• Kalpana Chawla Exploration · 1962–2003
• Kamala Harris Politics · born 1964
• Kamehameha I Politics · 1758–1819
• Kangxi Emperor Politics · 1654–1722
• Karim Benzema Sports · born 1987
• Karl Benz Invention · 1844–1929
• Karl Deisseroth Science · born 1971
• Karl Lagerfeld Art · 1933–2019
• Karl Marx Philosophy · 1818–1883
• Karl Urban Entertainment · born 1972
• Kasey Keller Sports · born 1969
• Katalin Karikó Science · born 1955
• Kate Mulgrew Entertainment · born 1955
• Kate Winslet Entertainment · born 1975
• Katee Sackhoff Entertainment · born 1980
• Katharine Hayhoe Science · born 1972
• Katharine Hepburn Entertainment · 1907–2003
• Katherine Johnson Science · 1918–2020
• Kathryn Bigelow Entertainment · born 1951
• Katie Bouman Science · born 1989
• Katie Ledecky Sports · born 1997
• Katsuhiro Otomo Comics · born 1954
• Katsushika Hokusai Art · 1760–1849
• Kazuo Ishiguro Literature · born 1954
• Keanu Reeves Entertainment · born 1964
• Kehinde Wiley Art · born 1977
• Keith Haring Art · 1958–1990
• Keith Richards Music · born 1943
• Kelly Marie Tran Entertainment · born 1989
• Kelly Slater Sports · born 1972
• Ken Saro-Wiwa Activism · 1941–1995
• Kendrick Lamar Music · born 1987
• Kenny Baker Entertainment · 1934–2016
• Kenny Dalglish Sports · born 1951
• Kenso Soai Science · born 1950
• Kentaro Miura Comics · 1966–2021
• Kevin De Bruyne Sports · born 1991
• Kevin Eastman Comics · born 1962
• Kevin Hart Entertainment · born 1979
• Khaby Lame Entertainment · born 2000
• Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Sports · born 2001
• Kim Il-sung Politics · 1912–1994
• Kim Kardashian Business · born 1980
• Kip Thorne Science · born 1940
• Kirstie Alley Entertainment · 1951–2022
• Kitasato Shibasaburō Science · 1853–1931
• Kizzmekia Corbett Science · born 1986
• Kobe Bryant Sports · 1978–2020
• Kofi Annan Politics · 1938–2018
• Konosuke Matsushita Business · 1894–1989
• Konrad Adenauer Politics · 1876–1967
• Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Science · 1857–1935
• Kristine Lilly Sports · born 1971
• Kublai Khan Politics · 1215–1294
• Kurt Cobain Music · 1967–1994
• Kurt Gödel Science · 1906–1978
• Kurt Vonnegut Literature · 1922–2007
• Kurt Warner Sports · born 1971
• Kwame Nkrumah Politics · 1909–1972
• Kylian Mbappé Sports · born 1998

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• Lady Gaga Music · born 1986
• Lamar Hunt Business · 1932–2006
• Lamar Jackson Sports · born 1997
• Lamine Yamal Sports · born 2007
• Lance Alworth Sports · born 1940
• Landon Donovan Sports · born 1982
• Langston Hughes Literature · 1901–1967
• Larry David Entertainment · born 1947
• Larry Fitzgerald Sports · born 1983
• Larry Kramer Activism · 1935–2020
• Larry Page Business · born 1973
• Lars von Trier Entertainment · born 1956
• Lata Mangeshkar Music · 1929–2022
• Laura Dern Entertainment · born 1967
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Literature · 1867–1957
• Lauren James Sports · born 2001
• Lauryn Hill Music · born 1975
• Lawrence Taylor Sports · born 1959
• Layne Staley Music · 1967–2002
• Le Corbusier Art · 1887–1965
• Leah Williamson Sports · born 1997
• LeBron James Sports · born 1984
• Lech Wałęsa Politics · born 1943
• Lee Berger Science · born 1965
• Lee Kuan Yew Politics · 1923–2015
• Lee Marvin Entertainment · 1924–1987
• Leif Erikson Exploration · 970–1020
• Leiji Matsumoto Comics · 1938–2023
• Lenny Kravitz Music · born 1964
• Leo Tolstoy Literature · 1828–1910
• Leon Trotsky Politics · 1879–1940
• Leonard Bernstein Music · 1918–1990
• Leonard Nimoy Entertainment · 1931–2015
• Leonardo da Vinci Art · 1452–1519
• Leonardo DiCaprio Entertainment · born 1974
• Leonhard Euler Science · 1707–1783
• Leonidas I Politics · 540 BC–August 480 BC
• Leopold II of Belgium Politics · 1835–1909
• Lev Yashin Sports · 1929–1990
• LeVar Burton Entertainment · born 1957
• Levi Strauss Business · 1829–1902
• Lewis Carroll Literature · 1832–1898
• Lewis Hamilton Sports · born 1985
• Lewis Latimer Invention · 1848–1928
• Li Bai Literature · 701–762
• Liam Gallagher Music · born 1972
• Liam Neeson Entertainment · born 1952
• Liliuokalani Politics · 1838–1917
• Linda Caicedo Sports · born 2005
• Linda Park Entertainment · born 1978
• Lindsey Horan Sports · born 1994
• Lindsey Vonn Sports · born 1984
• Linus Pauling Science · 1901–1994
• Linus Torvalds Invention · born 1969
• Lionel Messi Sports · born 1987
• Lionel Scaloni Sports · born 1978
• Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes Music · 1971–2002
• Lisa Randall Science · born 1962
• Lisa Su Business · born 1969
• Lise Meitner Science · 1878–1968
• Little Richard Music · 1932–2020
• Liu Bang Politics · 256 BC–195 BC
• Liu Xiaobo Activism · 1955–2017
• Lord Byron Literature · 1788–1824
• Lord Kelvin Science · 1824–1907
• Lorenzo de' Medici Politics · 1449–1492
• Lothar Matthäus Sports · born 1961
• Lou Gehrig Sports · 1903–1941
• Louis Armstrong Music · 1901–1971
• Louis Braille Invention · 1809–1852
• Louis Daguerre Invention · 1787–1851
• Louis Leakey Science · 1903–1972
• Louis Lumière Invention · 1864–1948
• Louis Pasteur Science · 1822–1895
• Louis van Gaal Sports · born 1951
• Louis XIV Politics · 1638–1715
• Louis XVI Politics · 1754–1793
• Louisa May Alcott Literature · 1832–1888
• Lu Xun Literature · 1881–1936
• Lucille Ball Entertainment · 1911–1989
• Lucretia Mott Activism · 1793–1880
• Lucy Bronze Sports · born 1991
• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Art · 1886–1969
• Ludwig van Beethoven Music · 1770–1827
• Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosophy · 1889–1951
• Luis Buñuel Entertainment · 1900–1983
• Luis Enrique Sports · born 1970
• Luis Suárez Sports · born 1987
• Luka Dončić Sports · born 1999
• Luka Modrić Sports · born 1985
• Lupita Nyong'o Entertainment · born 1983
• Luís Figo Sports · born 1972
• Lyndon B. Johnson Politics · 1908–1973
• Lynn Swann Sports · born 1952

M

• MacKenzie Scott Philanthropy · born 1970
• Madam C.J. Walker Business · 1867–1919
• Madeleine Albright Politics · 1937–2022
• Madonna Music · born 1958
• Mads Mikkelsen Entertainment · born 1965
• Mae Jemison Science · born 1956
• Magnus Carlsen Sports · born 1990
• Mahatma Gandhi Activism · 1869–1948
• Maimonides Philosophy · 1138–1204
• Majel Barrett Entertainment · 1932–2008
• Malala Yousafzai Activism · born 1997
• Malcolm X Activism · 1925–1965
• Mallory Swanson Sports · born 1998
• Manjul Bhargava Science · born 1974
• Manny Pacquiao Sports · born 1978
• Mansa Musa Politics · 1280–1337
• Manuel Neuer Sports · born 1986
• Mao Zedong Politics · 1893–1976
• Marc Alaimo Entertainment · born 1942
• Marc Andreessen Business · born 1971
• Marc Chagall Art · 1887–1985
• Marcel Duchamp Art · 1887–1968
• Marcel Proust Literature · 1871–1922
• Marcelo Bielsa Sports · born 1955
• Marco Polo Exploration · 1254–1324
• Marco van Basten Sports · born 1964
• Marcus Aurelius Philosophy · 121–180
• Margaret Atwood Literature · born 1939
• Margaret Knight Invention · 1838–1914
• Margaret Thatcher Politics · 1925–2013
• Margot Robbie Entertainment · born 1990
• Maria Ressa Literature · born 1963
• Maria Theresa Politics · 1717–1780
• Mariah Carey Music · born 1969
• Marie Antoinette Politics · 1755–1793
• Marie Curie Science · 1867–1934
• Marilyn Monroe Entertainment · 1926–1962
• Marina Abramović Art · born 1946
• Marina Sirtis Entertainment · born 1955
• Marjane Satrapi Comics · 1969–2026
• Mark Antony Politics · January 83 BC–August 30 BC
• Mark Cuban Business · born 1958
• Mark Hamill Entertainment · born 1951
• Mark Lenard Entertainment · 1924–1996
• Mark Rothko Art · 1903–1970
• Mark Ruffalo Entertainment · born 1967
• Mark Twain Literature · 1835–1910
• Mark Zuckerberg Business · born 1984
• Markus Persson Art · born 1979
• Marlene Dietrich Entertainment · 1901–1992
• Marlon Brando Entertainment · 1924–2004
• Marques Brownlee Entertainment · born 1993
• Marquis de Lafayette Politics · 1757–1834
• Marsha P. Johnson Activism · 1945–1992
• Marta Sports · born 1986
• Martha Stewart Business · born 1941
• Martin Cooper Invention · born 1928
• Martin Gabel Entertainment · 1912–1986
• Martin Landau Entertainment · 1928–2017
• Martin Luther Philosophy · 1483–1546
• Martin Luther King Jr. Activism · 1929–1968
• Martin Scorsese Entertainment · born 1942
• Martin Ødegaard Sports · born 1998
• Martina Navratilova Sports · born 1956
• Marvin Gaye Music · 1939–1984
• Marvin Harrison Sports · born 1972
• Mary Anderson Invention · 1866–1953
• Mary Anning Science · 1799–1847
• Mary Barra Business · born 1961
• Mary Brunkow Science · born 1961
• Mary Cassatt Art · 1844–1926
• Mary Earps Sports · born 1993
• Mary J. Blige Music · born 1971
• Mary Leakey Science · 1913–1996
• Mary Shelley Literature · 1797–1851
• Mary Wollstonecraft Activism · 1759–1797
• Mary, Queen of Scots Politics · 1542–1587
• Maryam Mirzakhani Science · 1977–2017
• Maryna Viazovska Science · born 1984
• Masashi Kishimoto Comics · born 1974
• Masayoshi Son Business · born 1957
• Massimo Bottura Entertainment · born 1962
• Matsuo Bashō Literature · 1644–1694
• Matt Turner Sports · born 1994
• Matteo Ricci Religion · 1552–1610
• Matthew Henson Exploration · 1866–1955
• Maurice Ravel Music · 1875–1937
• Maurice Richard Sports · 1921–2000
• Mauricio Pochettino Sports · born 1972
• Max Planck Science · 1858–1947
• Max Verstappen Sports · born 1997
• Maximilien Robespierre Politics · 1758–1794
• May-Britt Moser Science · born 1963
• Maya Angelou Literature · 1928–2014
• Medgar Evers Activism · 1925–1963
• Megan Rapinoe Sports · born 1985
• Mehmed II Politics · 1432–1481
• Mei Lanfang Entertainment · 1894–1961
• Melinda French Gates Philanthropy · born 1964
• Menelik II Politics · 1844–1913
• Meriwether Lewis Exploration · 1774–1809
• Meryl Streep Entertainment · born 1949
• MF DOOM Music · 1971–2020
• Mia Hamm Sports · born 1972
• Micah Parsons Sports · born 1999
• Michael Bloomberg Philanthropy · born 1942
• Michael Bradley Sports · born 1987
• Michael Caine Entertainment · born 1933
• Michael Collins Politics · 1890–1922
• Michael Crichton Literature · 1942–2008
• Michael Dorn Entertainment · born 1952
• Michael E. Mann Science · born 1965
• Michael Faraday Science · 1791–1867
• Michael Haneke Entertainment · born 1942
• Michael Irvin Sports · born 1966
• Michael Jackson Music · 1958–2009
• Michael Johnson Sports · born 1967
• Michael Jordan Sports · born 1963
• Michael Oher Sports · born 1986
• Michael Phelps Sports · born 1985
• Michael Schumacher Sports · born 1969
• Michael Strahan Sports · born 1971
• Michael Vick Sports · born 1980
• Michel Devoret Science · born 1953
• Michel Mayor Science · born 1942
• Michel Platini Sports · born 1955
• Michelangelo Art · 1475–1564
• Michelle Akers Sports · born 1966
• Michelle Hurd Entertainment · born 1966
• Michelle Obama Politics · born 1964
• Michelle Trachtenberg Entertainment · 1985–2025
• Michelle Yeoh Entertainment · born 1962
• Michio Kaku Science · born 1947
• Mick Jagger Music · born 1943
• Mickey Rooney Entertainment · 1920–2014
• Miguel de Cervantes Literature · 1547–1616
• Miguel Hidalgo Politics · 1753–1811
• Mikaela Shiffrin Sports · born 1995
• Mike Ditka Sports · 1939–2026
• Mike Mignola Comics · born 1960
• Mike Nichols Entertainment · 1931–2014
• Mike Pence Politics · born 1959
• Mike Trout Sports · born 1991
• Mike Tyson Sports · born 1966
• Mikhail Gorbachev Politics · 1931–2022
• Miles Davis Music · 1926–1991
• Milton Hershey Philanthropy · 1857–1945
• Mimar Sinan Art · 1489–1588
• Minamoto no Yoritomo Politics · 1147–1199
• Ming-Na Wen Entertainment · born 1963
• Mira Nair Entertainment · born 1957
• Miriam Makeba Music · 1932–2008
• Miroslav Klose Sports · born 1978
• Missy Elliott Music · born 1971
• Mitt Romney Politics · born 1947
• Miuccia Prada Art · born 1949
• Miyamoto Musashi Sports · 1584–1645
• Mo Farah Sports · born 1983
• Moby Music · born 1965
• Moctezuma II Politics · 1466–1520
• Modest Mussorgsky Music · 1839–1881
• Moebius Comics · 1938–2012
• Mohamed Salah Sports · born 1992
• Mohammad Mosaddegh Politics · 1882–1967
• Molière Literature · 1622–1673
• Mookie Betts Sports · born 1992
• Morena Baccarin Entertainment · born 1979
• Morgan Freeman Entertainment · born 1937
• Moses Ingram Entertainment · born 1994
• Mother Teresa Philosophy · 1910–1997
• Moungi Bawendi Science · born 1961
• MrBeast Entertainment · born 1998
• MS Dhoni Sports · born 1981
• Muammar Gaddafi Politics · 1942–2011
• Muddy Waters Music · 1913–1983
• Muhammad Religion · 570–632
• Muhammad Ali Sports · 1942–2016
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah Politics · 1876–1948
• Mukesh Ambani Business · born 1957
• Murasaki Shikibu Literature · 973–1014
• Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Politics · 1881–1938
• Myles Garrett Sports · born 1995

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• N'Golo Kanté Sports · born 1991
• Nadia Comăneci Sports · born 1961
• Nadia Murad Activism · born 1993
• Naguib Mahfouz Literature · 1911–2006
• Nana Visitor Entertainment · born 1957
• Nancy Pelosi Politics · born 1940
• Naoko Takeuchi Comics · born 1967
• Naomi Girma Sports · born 1999
• Naomi Osaka Sports · born 1997
• Napoleon Bonaparte Politics · 1769–1821
• Napoleon III Politics · 1808–1873
• Nas Music · born 1973
• Nat King Cole Music · 1919–1965
• Natalie Portman Entertainment · born 1981
• Nathan Fillion Entertainment · born 1971
• Nathaniel Hawthorne Literature · 1804–1864
• Natsume Sōseki Literature · 1867–1916
• Neal Adams Comics · 1941–2022
• Nebuchadnezzar II Politics · 634 BC–562 BC
• Nefertiti Politics · 1370 BC–1330 BC
• Neil Armstrong Exploration · 1930–2012
• Neil deGrasse Tyson Science · born 1958
• Neil Gaiman Comics · born 1960
• Neil Patrick Harris Entertainment · born 1973
• Nelson Mandela Activism · 1918–2013
• Nero Politics · 37–68
• Neymar Sports · born 1992
• Niccolò Machiavelli Philosophy · 1469–1527
• Nichelle Nichols Entertainment · 1932–2022
• Nicholas Brendon Entertainment · 1971–2026
• Nicholas II Politics · 1868–1918
• Nick Bosa Sports · born 1997
• Nicolaus Copernicus Science · 1473–1543
• Nicole de Boer Entertainment · born 1970
• Nicole Kidman Entertainment · born 1967
• Niels Bohr Science · 1885–1962
• Niki Lauda Sports · 1949–2019
• Nikki Haley Politics · born 1972
• Nikola Jokić Sports · born 1995
• Nikola Tesla Invention · 1856–1943
• Nikolai Gogol Literature · 1809–1852
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Music · 1844–1908
• Nina Simone Music · 1933–2003
• Ninja Entertainment · born 1991
• Noel Gallagher Music · born 1967
• Norman Foster Art · born 1935
• Norman Lloyd Entertainment · 1914–2021
• Norman Rockwell Art · 1894–1978
• Nostradamus Literature · 1503–1566
• Novak Djokovic Sports · born 1987
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Music · 1948–1997

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• Octavia E. Butler Literature · 1947–2006
• Octavio Paz Literature · 1914–1998
• Oda Nobunaga Politics · 1534–1582
• Odell Beckham Jr. Sports · born 1992
• Ol' Dirty Bastard Music · 1968–2004
• Oliver Cromwell Politics · 1599–1658
• Oliver Kahn Sports · born 1969
• Omar Khayyam Science · 1048–1131
• Omar Yaghi Science · born 1965
• Oprah Winfrey Entertainment · born 1954
• Orlando Pace Sports · born 1975
• Orson Welles Entertainment · 1915–1985
• Osamu Tezuka Comics · 1928–1989
• Oscar Isaac Entertainment · born 1979
• Oscar Wilde Literature · 1854–1900
• Otis Redding Music · 1941–1967
• Otto Graham Sports · 1921–2003
• Otto von Bismarck Politics · 1815–1898
• Ousmane Dembélé Sports · born 1997
• Ousmane Sembène Entertainment · 1923–2007
• Ovid Literature · March 43 BC–17
• Ozzy Osbourne Music · 1948–2025

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• Paavo Nurmi Sports · 1897–1973
• Pablo Neruda Literature · 1904–1973
• Pablo Picasso Art · 1881–1973
• Pachacuti Politics · 1418–1471
• Pancho Villa Politics · 1878–1923
• Paolo Maldini Sports · born 1968
• Park Chan-wook Entertainment · born 1963
• Park Ji-sung Sports · born 1981
• Patrice Lumumba Politics · 1925–1961
• Patrick Mahomes Sports · born 1995
• Patrick Stewart Entertainment · 1940–2026
• Patsy Cline Music · 1932–1963
• Pau Cubarsí Sports · born 2007
• Paul Cézanne Art · 1839–1906
• Paul Dirac Science · 1902–1984
• Paul Erdős Science · 1913–1996
• Paul Farmer Science · 1959–2022
• Paul Gauguin Art · 1848–1903
• Paul McCartney Music · born 1942
• Paul Newman Entertainment · 1925–2008
• Paul Revere Politics · 1735–1818
• Paul Scholes Sports · born 1974
• Paul Skenes Sports · born 2002
• Paul Stewart Entertainment · 1908–1986
• Paul the Apostle Religion · 5–64
• Paul Thomas Anderson Entertainment · born 1970
• Paul Wesley Entertainment · born 1982
• Paulo Coelho Literature · born 1947
• Pavel Nedvěd Sports · born 1972
• Pedri Sports · born 2002
• Pedro Almodóvar Entertainment · born 1949
• Pedro Pascal Entertainment · born 1975
• Peggy Whitson Exploration · born 1960
• Pelé Sports · 1940–2022
• Penélope Cruz Entertainment · born 1974
• Pep Guardiola Sports · born 1971
• Percy Bysshe Shelley Literature · 1792–1822
• Percy Spencer Invention · 1894–1970
• Pericles Politics · 495 BC–429 BC
• Pernilla August Entertainment · born 1958
• Pernille Harder Sports · born 1992
• Pete Seeger Music · 1919–2014
• Peter Cushing Entertainment · 1913–1994
• Peter Falk Entertainment · 1927–2011
• Peter Hegemann Science · born 1954
• Peter Higgs Science · 1929–2024
• Peter Hotez Science · born 1958
• Peter Jackson Entertainment · born 1961
• Peter Laird Comics · born 1954
• Peter Mayhew Entertainment · 1944–2019
• Peter Paul Rubens Art · 1577–1640
• Peter Schmeichel Sports · born 1963
• Peter Scholze Science · born 1987
• Peter the Great Politics · 1672–1725
• Petr Čech Sports · born 1982
• Petrarch Literature · 1304–1374
• PewDiePie Entertainment · born 1989
• Peyton Manning Sports · born 1976
• Phife Dawg Music · 1970–2016
• Phil Foden Sports · born 2000
• Phil Knight Business · born 1938
• Philip Glass Music · born 1937
• Philip II of Macedon Politics · 382 BC–336 BC
• Philip II of Spain Politics · 1527–1598
• Philipp Lahm Sports · born 1983
• Phillis Wheatley Literature · 1753–1784
• Philo Farnsworth Invention · 1906–1971
• Pia Sundhage Sports · born 1960
• Pierre de Fermat Science · 1607–1665
• Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art · 1841–1919
• Piet Mondrian Art · 1872–1944
• Pieter Bruegel the Elder Art · 1525–1569
• PJ Harvey Music · born 1969
• Plato Philosophy · 428 BC–348 BC
• Pliny the Elder Science · 23–79
• Pocahontas Politics · 1596–1617
• Pol Pot Politics · 1925–1998
• Pompey Politics · September 106 BC–September 48 BC
• Pony Ma Business · born 1971
• Pope Benedict XVI Religion · 1927–2022
• Pope Francis Religion · 1936–2025
• Prince Music · 1958–2016
• Ptolemy I Soter Politics · 367 BC–282 BC
• Puka Nacua Sports · born 2001
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Music · 1840–1893
• Pythagoras Science · 570 BC–495 BC

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• Qi Baishi Art · 1864–1957
• Qianlong Emperor Politics · 1711–1799
• Qin Shi Huang Politics · 259 BC–210 BC
• Queen Latifah Music · born 1970
• Queen Nzinga Politics · 1583–1663
• Queen Victoria Politics · 1819–1901
• Quentin Tarantino Entertainment · born 1963
• Quincy Jones Music · 1933–2024
• Quino Comics · 1932–2020

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• Rabindranath Tagore Literature · 1861–1941
• Rachel Carson Science · 1907–1964
• Rachel Morrison Entertainment · born 1978
• Radamel Falcao Sports · born 1986
• Rafael Márquez Sports · born 1979
• Rafael Nadal Sports · born 1986
• Raina Telgemeier Comics · born 1977
• Rainer Werner Fassbinder Entertainment · 1945–1982
• Raj Kapoor Entertainment · 1924–1988
• Raja Ravi Varma Art · 1848–1906
• Ralph Lauren Art · born 1939
• Ralph Nader Activism · born 1934
• Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosophy · 1803–1882
• Ramesses II Politics · 1303 BC–1213 BC
• Randy Moss Sports · born 1977
• Rani Lakshmibai Politics · 1828–1858
• Ranjit Singh Politics · 1780–1839
• Raphael Art · 1483–1520
• Ratan Tata Philanthropy · 1937–2024
• Ravi Shankar Music · 1920–2012
• Ray Bradbury Literature · 1920–2012
• Ray Charles Music · 1930–2004
• Ray Collins Entertainment · 1889–1965
• Ray Kroc Business · 1902–1984
• Ray Park Entertainment · born 1974
• Ray Stevenson Entertainment · 1964–2023
• Raymond Berry Sports · 1933–2026
• Raúl Sports · born 1977
• Rebecca Romijn Entertainment · born 1972
• Reed Hastings Business · born 1960
• Reggie White Sports · 1961–2004
• Reinhard Genzel Science · born 1952
• Rembrandt Art · 1606–1669
• Renzo Piano Art · born 1937
• René Auberjonois Entertainment · 1940–2019
• René Descartes Philosophy · 1596–1650
• René Goscinny Comics · 1926–1977
• René Magritte Art · 1898–1967
• Ricardo Montalbán Entertainment · 1920–2009
• Richard Branson Business · born 1950
• Richard Dawkins Science · born 1941
• Richard Feynman Science · 1918–1988
• Richard Linklater Entertainment · born 1960
• Richard Nixon Politics · 1913–1994
• Richard Pryor Entertainment · 1940–2005
• Richard Robson Science · born 1937
• Richard the Lionheart Politics · 1157–1199
• Richard Wagner Music · 1813–1883
• Ricky Martin Music · born 1971
• Ridley Scott Entertainment · born 1937
• Rigoberta Menchú Activism · born 1959
• Rihanna Music · born 1988
• Rinus Michels Sports · 1928–2005
• Rivaldo Sports · born 1972
• Riyad Mahrez Sports · born 1991
• Riz Ahmed Entertainment · born 1982
• Roald Amundsen Exploration · 1872–1928
• Roald Dahl Literature · 1916–1990
• Rob Reiner Entertainment · 1947–2025
• Robert Altman Entertainment · 1925–2006
• Robert Beltran Entertainment · born 1953
• Robert Boyle Science · 1627–1691
• Robert Burns Literature · 1759–1796
• Robert Crumb Comics · born 1943
• Robert De Niro Entertainment · born 1943
• Robert Downey Jr. Entertainment · born 1965
• Robert Duncan McNeill Entertainment · born 1964
• Robert Duvall Entertainment · 1931–2026
• Robert Falcon Scott Exploration · 1868–1912
• Robert Goddard Invention · 1882–1945
• Robert Hooke Science · 1635–1703
• Robert Johnson Music · 1911–1938
• Robert Kirkman Comics · born 1978
• Robert Koch Science · 1843–1910
• Robert Lewandowski Sports · born 1988
• Robert Louis Stevenson Literature · 1850–1894
• Robert Mugabe Politics · 1924–2019
• Robert Noyce Invention · 1927–1990
• Robert Peary Exploration · 1856–1920
• Robert Picardo Entertainment · born 1953
• Robert Redford Entertainment · 1936–2025
• Robert Sapolsky Science · born 1957
• Robert Schumann Music · 1810–1856
• Roberto Baggio Sports · born 1967
• Roberto Carlos Sports · born 1973
• Roberto Clemente Sports · 1934–1972
• Roberto Rossellini Entertainment · 1906–1977
• Robin Williams Entertainment · 1951–2014
• Rod Serling Entertainment · 1924–1975
• Roddy McDowall Entertainment · 1928–1998
• Rodri Sports · born 1996
• Roger Bannister Sports · 1929–2018
• Roger Deakins Entertainment · born 1949
• Roger Federer Sports · born 1981
• Roger Milla Sports · born 1952
• Roger Penrose Science · born 1931
• Roger Staubach Sports · born 1942
• Romário Sports · born 1966
• Ron Glass Entertainment · 1945–2016
• Ron Howard Entertainment · born 1954
• Ronald Acuña Jr. Sports · born 1997
• Ronald Reagan Politics · 1911–2004
• Ronaldinho Sports · born 1980
• Ronaldo Nazário Sports · born 1976
• Ronda Rousey Sports · born 1987
• Rosa Parks Activism · 1913–2005
• Rosalind Franklin Science · 1920–1958
• Rosario Dawson Entertainment · born 1979
• Rose Lavelle Sports · born 1995
• Roxann Dawson Entertainment · born 1958
• Roy Lichtenstein Art · 1923–1997
• Ruby Bridges Activism · born 1954
• Rudolf Diesel Invention · 1858–1913
• Rudolph Valentino Entertainment · 1895–1926
• Rudyard Kipling Literature · 1865–1936
• Ruhollah Khomeini Politics · 1902–1989
• Rumi Literature · 1207–1273
• Rumiko Takahashi Comics · born 1957
• Russell Wilson Sports · born 1988
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg Activism · 1933–2020
• Ruth Handler Business · 1916–2002
• Ruud Gullit Sports · born 1962
• Ryan Coogler Entertainment · born 1986
• Ryan Giggs Sports · born 1973
• Ryuichi Sakamoto Music · 1952–2023

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• Sacagawea Exploration · 1788–1812
• Sachin Tendulkar Sports · born 1973
• Saddam Hussein Politics · 1937–2006
• Sadio Mané Sports · born 1992
• Saladin Politics · 1137–1193
• Sally Ride Exploration · 1951–2012
• Salman Rushdie Literature · born 1947
• Salvador Dalí Art · 1904–1989
• Sam Altman Business · born 1985
• Sam Cooke Music · 1931–1964
• Sam Kerr Sports · born 1993
• Sam Walton Business · 1918–1992
• Samantha Cristoforetti Exploration · born 1977
• Samuel Eto'o Sports · born 1981
• Samuel L. Jackson Entertainment · born 1948
• Samuel Morse Invention · 1791–1872
• Sandra Bullock Entertainment · born 1964
• Sandro Botticelli Art · 1445–1510
• Santiago Ramón y Cajal Science · 1852–1934
• Saquon Barkley Sports · born 1997
• Sara Blakely Business · born 1971
• Sara Seager Science · born 1971
• Sarah Michelle Gellar Entertainment · born 1977
• Sarina Wiegman Sports · born 1969
• Satchel Paige Sports · 1906–1982
• Satoshi Kon Entertainment · 1963–2010
• Satya Nadella Business · born 1967
• Satyajit Ray Entertainment · 1921–1992
• Satyendra Nath Bose Science · 1894–1974
• Saul Perlmutter Science · born 1959
• Scarlett Johansson Entertainment · born 1984
• Scipio Africanus Politics · 236 BC–183 BC
• Scott Bakula Entertainment · born 1954
• Scott Joplin Music · 1868–1917
• Scott Kelly Exploration · born 1964
• Scott Weiland Music · 1967–2015
• Sean Carroll Science · born 1966
• Sean Maher Entertainment · born 1975
• Sejong the Great Politics · 1397–1450
• Selena Music · 1971–1995
• Seneca Philosophy · 4 BC–65
• Sequoyah Invention · 1770–1843
• Serena Williams Sports · born 1981
• Sergei Eisenstein Entertainment · 1898–1948
• Sergei Korolev Science · 1907–1966
• Sergei Prokofiev Music · 1891–1953
• Sergei Rachmaninoff Music · 1873–1943
• Sergey Brin Business · born 1973
• Sergio Leone Entertainment · 1929–1989
• Sergio Ramos Sports · born 1986
• Sergiño Dest Sports · born 2000
• Seth Green Entertainment · born 1974
• Shah Jahan Politics · 1592–1666
• Shah Rukh Khan Entertainment · born 1965
• Shaka Zulu Politics · 1787–1828
• Shakira Music · born 1977
• Shania Twain Music · born 1965
• Shaquille O'Neal Sports · born 1972
• Shaun White Sports · born 1986
• Sheryl Crow Music · born 1962
• Sheryl Sandberg Business · born 1969
• Shigeru Miyamoto Art · born 1952
• Shigeru Mizuki Comics · 1922–2015
• Shimon Sakaguchi Science · born 1951
• Shinya Yamanaka Science · born 1962
• Shinzo Abe Politics · 1954–2022
• Shirin Ebadi Activism · born 1947
• Shivaji Politics · 1630–1680
• Shohei Ohtani Sports · born 1994
• Shuji Nakamura Invention · born 1954
• Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) Religion · 563 BC–483 BC
• Siddhartha Mukherjee Science · born 1970
• Sidney Crosby Sports · born 1987
• Sidney Lumet Entertainment · 1924–2011
• Sidney Poitier Entertainment · 1927–2022
• Sigmund Freud Science · 1856–1939
• Sima Qian Literature · 145 BC–86 BC
• Simon Pegg Entertainment · born 1970
• Simone Biles Sports · born 1997
• Simone de Beauvoir Philosophy · 1908–1986
• Simón Bolívar Politics · 1783–1830
• Sinéad O'Connor Music · 1966–2023
• Sitting Bull Activism · 1831–1890
• Snoop Dogg Music · born 1971
• Socrates Philosophy · 470 BC–399 BC
• Sofia Coppola Entertainment · born 1971
• Sofia Kovalevskaya Science · 1850–1891
• Soichiro Honda Business · 1906–1991
• Sojourner Truth Activism · 1797–1883
• Son Heung-min Sports · born 1992
• Sonequa Martin-Green Entertainment · born 1985
• Song Kang-ho Entertainment · born 1967
• Sonia Sotomayor Politics · born 1954
• Sonja Henie Sports · 1912–1969
• Sonny Jurgensen Sports · 1934–2026
• Sophia Loren Entertainment · born 1934
• Sophia Wilson Sports · born 2000
• Sophocles Literature · 497 BC–406 BC
• Spartacus Politics · 103 BC–71 BC
• Spike Lee Entertainment · born 1957
• Sridevi Entertainment · 1963–2018
• Srinivasa Ramanujan Science · 1887–1920
• Stan Lee Comics · 1922–2018
• Stanley Kubrick Entertainment · 1928–1999
• Steffi Graf Sports · born 1969
• Stellan Skarsgård Entertainment · born 1951
• Stephanie Kwolek Invention · 1923–2014
• Stephen Colbert Entertainment · born 1964
• Stephen Curry Sports · born 1988
• Stephen Hawking Science · 1942–2018
• Stephen King Literature · born 1947
• Steve Biko Activism · 1946–1977
• Steve Ditko Comics · 1927–2018
• Steve Irwin Entertainment · 1962–2006
• Steve Jobs Business · 1955–2011
• Steve Largent Sports · born 1954
• Steve Martin Entertainment · born 1945
• Steve Wozniak Invention · born 1950
• Steve Young Sports · born 1961
• Steven Gerrard Sports · born 1980
• Steven Soderbergh Entertainment · born 1963
• Steven Spielberg Entertainment · born 1946
• Stevie Wonder Music · born 1950
• Su Shi Literature · 1037–1101
• Subhas Chandra Bose Politics · 1897–1945
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Science · 1910–1995
• Sue Bird Sports · born 1980
• Sugar Ray Robinson Sports · 1921–1989
• Sukarno Politics · 1901–1970
• Suleiman the Magnificent Politics · 1494–1566
• Summer Glau Entertainment · born 1981
• Sun Yat-sen Politics · 1866–1925
• Sundar Pichai Business · born 1972
• Sundiata Keita Politics · 1217–1255
• Sunil Chhetri Sports · born 1984
• Sunita Williams Exploration · born 1965
• Susan B. Anthony Activism · 1820–1906
• Susan Wojcicki Business · 1968–2024
• Susumu Kitagawa Science · born 1951
• Suzanne Collins Literature · born 1962
• Svante Pääbo Science · born 1955
• Sven Nykvist Entertainment · 1922–2006
• Sven-Göran Eriksson Sports · 1948–2024
• Sylvia Earle Science · born 1935
• Sylvia Plath Literature · 1932–1963
• Sylvia Rivera Activism · 1951–2002
• Sócrates (footballer) Sports · 1954–2011
• Søren Kierkegaard Philosophy · 1813–1855

T

• T.J. Watt Sports · born 1994
• T.S. Eliot Literature · 1888–1965
• Tab Ramos Sports · born 1966
• Tadao Ando Art · born 1941
• Tadej Pogačar Sports · born 1998
• Taika Waititi Entertainment · born 1975
• Takashi Murakami Art · born 1962
• Tamerlane Politics · 1336–1405
• Tarana Burke Activism · born 1973
• Tarik Skubal Sports · born 1996
• Taylor Swift Music · born 1989
• Tecumseh Politics · 1768–1813
• Ted Turner Philanthropy · 1938–2026
• Ted Williams Sports · 1918–2002
• Telly Savalas Entertainment · 1922–1994
• Temple Grandin Science · born 1947
• Temuera Morrison Entertainment · born 1960
• Tenzing Norgay Exploration · 1914–1986
• Terence Tao Science · born 1975
• Teresa Teng Music · 1953–1995
• Terrell Owens Sports · born 1973
• Terry Bradshaw Sports · born 1948
• Terry Farrell Entertainment · born 1963
• Terry Pratchett Literature · 1948–2015
• The Notorious B.I.G. Music · 1972–1997
• Thelonious Monk Music · 1917–1982
• Themistocles Politics · 524 BC–459 BC
• Theodora Politics · 497–548
• Theodore Roosevelt Politics · 1858–1919
• Thierry Henry Sports · born 1977
• Thom Yorke Music · born 1968
• Thomas Aquinas Philosophy · 1225–1274
• Thomas Edison Invention · 1847–1931
• Thomas Hardy Literature · 1840–1928
• Thomas Hobbes Philosophy · 1588–1679
• Thomas Jefferson Politics · 1743–1826
• Thomas Mann Literature · 1875–1955
• Thomas More Philosophy · 1478–1535
• Thomas Müller Sports · born 1989
• Thomas Sankara Politics · 1949–1987
• Thurgood Marshall Activism · 1908–1993
• Tiger Woods Sports · born 1975
• Tim Berners-Lee Invention · born 1955
• Tim Burton Entertainment · born 1958
• Tim Cook Business · born 1960
• Tim Duncan Sports · born 1976
• Tim Howard Sports · born 1979
• Tim Russ Entertainment · born 1956
• Tim Weah Sports · born 2000
• Timothée Chalamet Entertainment · born 1995
• Tina Fey Entertainment · born 1970
• Tina Turner Music · 1939–2023
• Tipu Sultan Politics · 1751–1799
• Titian Art · 1488–1576
• Tobin Heath Sports · born 1988
• Todd McFarlane Comics · born 1961
• Tokugawa Ieyasu Politics · 1543–1616
• Tom Brady Sports · born 1977
• Tom Cruise Entertainment · born 1962
• Tom Ford Art · born 1961
• Tom Hanks Entertainment · born 1956
• Tom Hiddleston Entertainment · born 1981
• Toni Braxton Music · born 1967
• Toni Kroos Sports · born 1990
• Toni Morrison Literature · 1931–2019
• Tony Blair Politics · born 1953
• Tony Boselli Sports · born 1972
• Tony Hawk Sports · born 1968
• Tori Amos Music · born 1963
• Toshiro Mifune Entertainment · 1920–1997
• Toussaint Louverture Politics · 1743–1803
• Toyotomi Hideyoshi Politics · 1537–1598
• Trajan Politics · 53–117
• Travis Hunter Sports · born 2003
• Travis Kelce Sports · born 1989
• Trent Reznor Music · born 1965
• Trent Williams Sports · born 1988
• Trevor Noah Entertainment · born 1984
• Trinity Rodman Sports · born 2002
• Tu Youyou Science · born 1930
• Tupac Shakur Music · 1971–1996
• Tutankhamun Politics · 1341 BC–1323 BC
• Ty Cobb Sports · 1886–1961
• Tycho Brahe Science · 1546–1601
• Tyler Adams Sports · born 1999
• Tyreek Hill Sports · born 1994
• Túpac Amaru II Politics · 1738–1781

U

• Ulysses S. Grant Politics · 1822–1885
• Umm Kulthum Music · 1904–1975
• Unai Simón Sports · born 1997
• Ursula K. Le Guin Literature · 1929–2018
• Usain Bolt Sports · born 1986
• Usher Music · born 1978
• Utagawa Hiroshige Art · 1797–1858
• Uğur Şahin Science · born 1965

V

• Valentina Tereshkova Exploration · born 1937
• Valentino Garavani Art · 1932–2026
• Valentino Rossi Sports · born 1979
• Valeriy Lobanovskyi Sports · 1939–2002
• Vallabhbhai Patel Politics · 1875–1950
• Vandana Shiva Activism · born 1952
• Vasco da Gama Exploration · 1460–1524
• Venus Williams Sports · born 1980
• Vera Rubin Science · 1928–2016
• Vera Wang Art · born 1949
• Vercingetorix Politics · 82 BC–46 BC
• Vicente del Bosque Sports · born 1950
• Victor Ambros Science · born 1953
• Victor Hugo Literature · 1802–1885
• Victor Osimhen Sports · born 1998
• Victor Wembanyama Sports · born 2004
• Vilmos Zsigmond Entertainment · 1930–2016
• Vincent Price Entertainment · 1911–1993
• Vincent van Gogh Art · 1853–1890
• Vint Cerf Invention · born 1943
• Vinícius Júnior Sports · born 2000
• Viola Davis Entertainment · born 1965
• Virat Kohli Sports · born 1988
• Virgil Literature · October 70 BC–September 19 BC
• Virgil Abloh Art · 1980–2021
• Virgil van Dijk Sports · born 1991
• Virginia Woolf Literature · 1882–1941
• Vittorio De Sica Entertainment · 1901–1974
• Vittorio Storaro Entertainment · born 1940
• Vivianne Miedema Sports · born 1996
• Vlad the Impaler Politics · 1431–1477
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Sports · born 1999
• Vladimir Lenin Politics · 1870–1924
• Voltaire Philosophy · 1694–1778
• Von Miller Sports · born 1989
• Václav Havel Politics · 1936–2011

W

• W. E. B. Du Bois Activism · 1868–1963
• W.B. Yeats Literature · 1865–1939
• Walt Disney Entertainment · 1901–1966
• Walt Whitman Literature · 1819–1892
• Walter Cronkite Literature · 1916–2009
• Walter Jones Sports · born 1974
• Walter Koenig Entertainment · 1936–2026
• Walter Payton Sports · 1953–1999
• Walter Scott Literature · 1771–1832
• Wangari Maathai Activism · 1940–2011
• Warren Buffett Business · born 1930
• Warren Moon Sports · born 1956
• Warwick Davis Entertainment · born 1970
• Wassily Kandinsky Art · 1866–1944
• Wayne Gretzky Sports · born 1961
• Wayne Rooney Sports · born 1985
• Wendie Renard Sports · born 1990
• Werner Heisenberg Science · 1901–1976
• Werner Herzog Entertainment · born 1942
• Wernher von Braun Invention · 1912–1977
• Wes Anderson Entertainment · born 1969
• Weston McKennie Sports · born 1998
• Whitney Houston Music · 1963–2012
• Whoopi Goldberg Entertainment · born 1955
• Wil Wheaton Entertainment · born 1972
• Wilbur Wright Invention · 1867–1912
• Wilhelm Röntgen Science · 1845–1923
• Will Eisner Comics · 1917–2005
• Will Smith Entertainment · born 1968
• William Blake Literature · 1757–1827
• William Clark Exploration · 1770–1838
• William Faulkner Literature · 1897–1962
• William Gladstone Politics · 1809–1898
• William Harvey Science · 1578–1657
• William Herschel Science · 1738–1822
• William Moulton Marston Comics · 1893–1947
• William Shakespeare Literature · 1564–1616
• William Shatner Entertainment · born 1931
• William the Conqueror Politics · 1028–1087
• William Wordsworth Literature · 1770–1850
• Willie Mays Sports · 1931–2024
• Willie Nelson Music · born 1933
• Willie Roaf Sports · born 1970
• Willis Carrier Invention · 1876–1950
• Willy Brandt Politics · 1913–1992
• Wilma Rudolph Sports · 1940–1994
• Wilson Cruz Entertainment · born 1973
• Wilt Chamberlain Sports · 1936–1999
• Wim Wenders Entertainment · born 1945
• Winston Churchill Politics · 1874–1965
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Music · 1756–1791
• Wolfgang Pauli Science · 1900–1958
• Wong Kar-wai Entertainment · born 1958
• Woodrow Wilson Politics · 1856–1924
• Woody Guthrie Music · 1912–1967
• Woody Harrelson Entertainment · born 1961
• Wu Zetian Politics · 624–705

X

• Xabi Alonso Sports · born 1981
• Xavi Sports · born 1980
• Xerxes I Politics · 518 BC–465 BC

Y

• Yang Liwei Exploration · born 1965
• Yann LeCun Science · born 1960
• Yao Ming Sports · born 1980
• Yasujirō Ozu Entertainment · 1903–1963
• Yasunari Kawabata Literature · 1899–1972
• Yaya Touré Sports · born 1983
• Yayoi Kusama Art · born 1929
• Yi Sun-sin Politics · 1545–1598
• Yitzhak Rabin Politics · 1922–1995
• Yo-Yo Ma Music · born 1955
• Yoshihiro Togashi Comics · born 1966
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto Sports · born 1998
• Yoshua Bengio Science · born 1964
• Yue Fei Politics · 1103–1142
• Yukio Mishima Literature · 1925–1970
• Yunus Musah Sports · born 2002
• Yuri Gagarin Exploration · 1934–1968

Z

• Zachary Quinto Entertainment · born 1977
• Zaha Hadid Art · 1950–2016
• Zendaya Entertainment · born 1996
• Zhang Heng Invention · 78–139
• Zhang Yiming Business · born 1983
• Zhang Yimou Entertainment · born 1950
• Zheng He Exploration · 1371–1433
• Zhou Enlai Politics · 1898–1976
• Zhuge Liang Politics · 181–234
• Zico Sports · born 1953
• Zinedine Zidane Sports · born 1972
• Zlatan Ibrahimović Sports · born 1981
• Zoe Saldaña Entertainment · born 1978
• Zora Neale Hurston Literature · 1891–1960

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• Ángel Di María Sports · born 1988
• Éamon de Valera Politics · 1882–1975
• Édith Piaf Music · 1915–1963
• Édouard Manet Art · 1832–1883
• Émile Zola Literature · 1840–1902
• Évariste Galois Science · 1811–1832
• Özlem Türeci Science · born 1967