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'Adud al-Dawla 'Adud al-Dawla Fannā (Panāh) Khusraw, better known by his laqab of ʿAḍud al-Dawla was an emir of the Buyid dynasty, ruling from 949 to 983. At the height of his... Profile ready A. N. R. Robinson A. N. R. Robinson Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson, was a Trinidad and Tobago politician who served as the third President of Trinidad and Tobago from 1997 to 2003... Profile ready · 1 related article A. Philip Randolph A. Philip Randolph Asa Philip Randolph was an American railwayman, trade unionist and civil rights activist. In 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleepi... Profile ready · 1 related article Aaron Beck Aaron Beck Aaron Temkin Beck was an American psychiatrist who was a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. He is regar... Profile ready Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had... Profile ready Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Abigail Greene Aldrich Rockefeller was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was a prominent member of the Rockefeller family through her... Profile ready Abigail Adams Abigail Adams Abigail Adams was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the... Profile ready Adam Arkin Adam Arkin Adam Arkin is an American actor and director. He is best known for playing the role of Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope. He has been nominated for num... Profile ready Adam Duritz Adam Duritz Adam Fredric Duritz is an American singer, best known as the frontman for the rock band Counting Crows, for which he serves as a founding member ... Profile ready Adam Smith Adam Smith Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the field of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enligh... Profile ready Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany in the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to p... Profile ready · 1 related article Adolph Green Adolph Green Adolph Green was an American lyricist and playwright, who with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for musicals... Profile ready Adolphe Menjou Adolphe Menjou Adolphe Jean Menjou [/'ædɒlf 'mɒnʒuː/] was an American actor whose career spanned both silent films and talkies. He became a leading man ... Profile ready Afonso V of Portugal Afonso V of Portugal Afonso V, also known as the African, was King of Portugal from 1438 until he died in 1481, with a brief interruption in 1477. The son of Edward, ... Profile ready · 1 related article African American African American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group who, as defined by t... Profile ready · 1 related article Agatha Christie Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan, Lady Mallowan, usually known by her first married name, Agatha Christie, was an English author known for her ... Profile ready Akbar Akbar Akbar, also known as Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a r... Profile ready Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 30 feature films in a career spanning six decades. With a bold and dynamic style strongly in... Profile ready Alain Delon Alain Delon Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinema... Profile ready Alan Turing Alan Turing Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. He was high... Profile ready Albert Bassermann Albert Bassermann Albert Bassermann was a German stage and screen actor. He was considered to be one of the greatest German-speaking actors of his generation and r... Profile ready Albert Brooks Albert Brooks Albert Lawrence Einstein, known professionally as Albert Brooks, is an American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He received an Acade... Profile ready Albert Claude Albert Claude Albert Claude was a Belgian-American cell biologist and medical doctor who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 with Christia... Profile ready Albert Gore Sr. Albert Gore Sr. Albert Arnold Gore Sr. was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1953 to 1971. A member of the Democra... Profile ready · 1 related article Albert Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer was a German polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosophe... Profile ready Alberta Williams King Alberta Williams King Alberta Christine Williams King was an American civil rights organizer best known as the wife of Martin Luther King Sr.; and as the mother of Mar... Profile ready Alexander Fleming Alexander Fleming Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician and microbiologist. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Howard Florey an... Profile ready Alexander Lebed Alexander Lebed Lieutenant General Alexander Ivanovich Lebed was a Soviet and Russian military officer and politician who held senior positions in the Airborne F... Profile ready · 1 related article Alexander Prokhorov Alexander Prokhorov Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov was an Australian-born Soviet physicist and researcher whose work focused on quantum electronics. His most famou... Profile ready Alexander Rutskoy Alexander Rutskoy Alexander Vladimirovich Rutskoy is a Russian politician and former Soviet military officer who served as the only vice president of Russia from 1... Profile ready · 1 related article Alexei Kosygin Alexei Kosygin Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin was a Soviet statesman who served as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1964 to 1980. Following Nikita Khr... Profile ready · 1 related article Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of... Profile ready Alfred Moore Alfred Moore Alfred Moore was an American judge, lawyer, planter and military officer who became an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United State... Profile ready Alice Brady Alice Brady Alice Brady was an American actress of stage and film. She began her career in the theatre in 1911, and her first important success came on Broad... Profile ready Alicia Vikander Alicia Vikander Alicia Amanda Vikander is a Swedish actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award and an Actor Award, in addition to nominations for three BAFT... Profile ready Allen Drury Allen Drury Allen Stuart Drury was an American novelist. During World War II, he was a reporter in the Senate, closely observing Presidents Franklin D. Roose... Profile ready Althea Gibson Althea Gibson Althea Neale Gibson was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of interna... Profile ready Ammianus Marcellinus Ammianus Marcellinus Ammianus Marcellinus, occasionally anglicized as Ammian, was a Roman soldier and historian who wrote the penultimate major historical account sur... Profile ready · 1 related article Amy Madigan Amy Madigan Amy Marie Madigan is an American actress and singer. Known for her work on stage and screen, her accolades include an Academy Award, an Actor Awa... Profile ready Anastasio Somoza Debayle Anastasio Somoza Debayle Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle was a Nicaraguan politician, military officer, hydraulic engineer, and dictator who served as the 53... Profile ready · 1 related article Anatoli Tarasov Anatoli Tarasov Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov was a Russian ice hockey player and coach. Tarasov is considered "the father of Russian ice hockey" and e... Profile ready Anders Zorn Anders Zorn Anders Leonard Zorn was a Swedish artist who attained international success as a painter, sculptor, and etching artist. His portrait subjects inc... Profile ready Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican former politician, political scientist, and writer who served as the 6... Profile ready · 1 related article Andrew Garfield Andrew Garfield Andrew Russell Garfield is an English and American actor. He is known for his work across a variety of genres, from biographical dramas to action... Profile ready Angela Bassett Angela Bassett Angela Evelyn Bassett is an American actress. Known for her work in film and television since the 1980s, she has received various accolades, incl... Profile ready Anjelica Huston Anjelica Huston Anjelica Huston is an American actress, director and model. Known for often portraying eccentric and distinctive characters, she has received mul... Profile ready Ann Blyth Ann Blyth Anne Marie Blythe, known professionally as Ann Blyth, was an American actress and singer whose career spanned five decades. She began her career ... Profile ready Ann Doran Ann Doran Ann Doran was an American character actress, who worked in more than 1500 motion pictures and television episodes. Today's audiences know her... Profile ready Ann Harding Ann Harding Ann Harding was an American theatre, motion picture, radio, and television actress. Harding was a regular on Broadway and on tour in the 1920s. I... Profile ready Anna Paquin Anna Paquin Anna Helene Paquin is a Canadian and New Zealand actress. Born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington, she made her acting debut in the romantic dr... Profile ready Anton Schindler Anton Schindler Anton Felix Schindler was an Austrian law clerk and associate, secretary, and early biographer of Ludwig van Beethoven. Profile ready · 1 related article Antonio Banderas Antonio Banderas José Antonio Domínguez Bandera, known professionally as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor. Known for his work in films of several genres, he h... Profile ready Archibald Butt Archibald Butt Archibald Willingham DeGraffenreid Clarendon Butt was an American Army officer and aide to presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.... Profile ready Archibald Cox Archibald Cox Archibald Cox Jr. was an American legal scholar who served as U.S. Solicitor General under President John F. Kennedy and as a special prosecutor ... Profile ready · 1 related article Armand Assante Armand Assante Armand Anthony Assante Jr. is an American actor. He played mobster John Gotti in the 1996 HBO television film Gotti alongside Anthony Quinn, Odys... Profile ready Armando Cougnet Armando Cougnet was an Italian journalist, known for being the first organizer of the Giro d’Italia. Profile ready · 1 related article Arne Tiselius Arne Tiselius Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius was a Swedish biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1948 "for his research on electrophoresis and ... Profile ready Arnold Palmer Arnold Palmer Arnold Daniel Palmer was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport&... Profile ready Art Tatum Art Tatum Arthur Tatum Jr. was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever. From early in his career, fellow musicians accl... Profile ready Arthur Ashkin Arthur Ashkin Arthur Ashkin was an American scientist and Nobel laureate who worked at Bell Labs. Ashkin has been considered by many as the father of optical t... Profile ready Arthur B. McDonald Arthur B. McDonald Arthur Bruce McDonald P.Eng is a Canadian astrophysicist. McDonald is the director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration and held the... Profile ready Arthur Freed Arthur Freed Arthur Freed was an American lyricist and a Hollywood film producer. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture twice, in 1951 for An American in ... Profile ready Arthur Henderson Arthur Henderson Arthur Henderson was a British iron moulder and Labour politician. He was the first Labour cabinet minister, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1934 an... Profile ready Arthur Kornberg Arthur Kornberg Arthur Kornberg was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959 for the discovery of "the mechanisms in... Profile ready Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual. The son of the influential historian Arthur M. Sc... Profile ready Arthur Mitchell Arthur Mitchell Arthur Mitchell was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of ballet companies. In 1955, he was the first African-Ame... Profile ready Arthur Penn Arthur Penn Arthur Hiller Penn was an American filmmaker, theatre director, and producer. He was a three-time Academy Award nominee for Best Director, and a ... Profile ready Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle was an Indian playback singer and actress who predominantly worked in Indian cinema. Known for her versatility, she was described in ... Profile ready Ashok Kumar Ashok Kumar Ashok Kumar was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of In... Profile ready Ashton Sanders Ashton Sanders Ashton Durrand Sanders is an American actor best known for his acclaimed portrayal of teenage Chiron in the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight ... Profile ready Atom Egoyan Atom Egoyan Atom Egoyan is an Armenian-Canadian filmmaker. One of the most preeminent directors of the Toronto New Wave, he emerged during the 1980s and made... Profile ready Augustin-Jean Fresnel Augustin-Jean Fresnel Augustin-Jean Fresnel was a French civil engineer and physicist whose research in optics led to the almost unanimous acceptance of the wave theor... Profile ready Augusto Pinochet Augusto Pinochet Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte was a Chilean army officer and military dictator who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. He led the Chilean Army in... Profile ready · 1 related article Austen Chamberlain Austen Chamberlain Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain was a British statesman, Nobel Peace Prize winner, son of Joseph Chamberlain and older half-brother of Prime Minist... Profile ready Babe Ruth Babe Ruth George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, ... Profile ready Barbara Flynn Barbara Flynn Barbara Joy Flynn is an English actress. She first came to prominence playing Freda Ashton in the ITV drama series A Family at War (1970–1972). S... Profile ready Barbara McClintock Barbara McClintock Barbara McClintock was an American scientist and cytogeneticist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. McClintock receiv... Profile ready Barbara O'Neil Barbara O'Neil Barbara O'Neil was an American film and stage actress. She appeared in the film Gone with the Wind (1939) and was nominated for the Academy A... Profile ready Barry White Barry White Barry Eugene White was an American R&B, soul and disco singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. A two-time Grammy Award winner known f... Profile ready Baruch Samuel Blumberg Baruch Samuel Blumberg Baruch Samuel Blumberg, known as Barry Blumberg, was an American physician, geneticist, and co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or... Profile ready Bashar al-Assad Bashar al-Assad Bashar Hafez al-Assad is a former Syrian politician, medical doctor, and military officer who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until hi... Profile ready · 1 related article Beatrix Potter Beatrix Potter Helen Beatrix Heelis, usually known as Beatrix Potter, was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best kn... Profile ready Ben Cross Ben Cross Harry Bernard Cross was an English actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film Cha... Profile ready Ben Proudfoot Ben Proudfoot Ben Proudfoot is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and entrepreneur. He has won two Academy Awards, the first ever awarded to The New York Times a... Profile ready Ben Roy Mottelson Ben Roy Mottelson Ben Roy Mottelson was an American-Danish nuclear physicist. He won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the non-spherical geometry of ... Profile ready Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani stateswoman who twice served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. She ... Profile ready · 1 related article Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English actor. He has received various accolades, including a British Academy Television Award, a Prim... Profile ready Benjamin Rush Benjamin Rush Benjamin Rush was an American revolutionary, a Founding Father of the United States and signatory to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and a ... Profile ready · 1 related article Bernardo Houssay Bernardo Houssay Bernardo Alberto Houssay was an Argentinian physiologist. Houssay was a co-recipient of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for disco... Profile ready Bernhard Riemann Bernhard Riemann Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann was a German mathematician who made profound contributions to analysis, number theory, and differential geometry... Profile ready Bert Haanstra Bert Haanstra Albert Haanstra was a Dutch director of films and documentaries. His documentary Glass (1958) won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject... Profile ready Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton is an American retired politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A... Profile ready · 1 related article Bill Murray Bill Murray William James Murray is an American actor and comedian, known for his deadpan delivery in roles ranging from studio comedies to independent drama... Profile ready Bill Stevenson Bill Stevenson John William Stevenson is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is the drummer, main songwriter, and only constant member of ... Profile ready Billy Eckstine Billy Eckstine William Clarence Eckstine was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost... Profile ready Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré is a Burkinabé politician and former military officer who served as the second president of Burkina Faso from 1987 until his gove... Profile ready · 2 related articles Blake Edwards Blake Edwards Blake Edwards was an American filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he also directed sever... Profile ready Blas Infante Blas Infante Blas Infante Pérez de Vargas was an Andalusian socialist politician, Georgist, writer, historian and musicologist. He is considered the "fat... Profile ready Bob Fosse Bob Fosse Robert Louis Fosse was an American choreographer, dancer, actor, filmmaker, and stage director. He is known for his work on stage and screen, and... Profile ready Boniface VIII Boniface VIII Pope Boniface VIII was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 24 December 1294 until his death in 1303. The Caetani fami... Profile ready · 1 related article Boris Johnson Boris Johnson Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative... Profile ready · 1 related article Boris Yeltsin Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999, having previously served as C... Profile ready · 3 related articles Branch Rickey Branch Rickey Wesley Branch Rickey was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, sports executive, and team owner. He was instrumental in breaking th... Profile ready · 1 related article Bret Hart Bret Hart Bret Sergeant Hart is a Canadian-American retired professional wrestler. A member of the Hart wrestling family and a second-generation wrestler, ... Profile ready Brie Larson Brie Larson Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers, known professionally as Brie Larson, is an American actress, singer and filmmaker. She played supporting roles in co... Profile ready Brock Chisholm Brock Chisholm George Brock Chisholm was a Canadian psychiatrist, medical practitioner, World War I veteran, and the first director-general of the World Health ... Profile ready · 1 related article Brock Peters Brock Peters Brock Peters was an American actor, best known for playing the villainous "Crown" in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess, and Tom R... Profile ready Bruce Lee Bruce Lee Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, and filmmaker. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy... Profile ready Burt Lancaster Burt Lancaster Burton Stephen Lancaster was an American actor. Initially known for playing tough characters with tender hearts, he went on to achieve success wi... Profile ready Captain Joe Baker-Cresswell Captain Joe Baker-Cresswell Captain Addison Joe Baker-Cresswell DSO was a Royal Navy officer, aide-de-camp to King George VI and High Sheriff of Northumberland. He is noted ... Profile ready · 1 related article Carl Bosch Carl Bosch Carl Bosch was a German chemist and engineer and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. He was a pioneer in the field of high-pressure industrial chemistry... Profile ready Carl David Anderson Carl David Anderson Carl David Anderson was an American experimental physicist who shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics with Victor Hess for his discovery of the p... Profile ready Carl Djerassi Carl Djerassi Carl Djerassi was a Viennese-born Bulgarian-American pharmaceutical chemist, novelist, playwright and co-founder of Djerassi Resident Artists Pro... Profile ready Carl Ferdinand Cori Carl Ferdinand Cori Carl Ferdinand Cori, ForMemRS was an Austrian-American biochemist and pharmacologist. He, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiol... Profile ready Carl Sandburg Carl Sandburg Carl August Sandburg was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his b... Profile ready Carlo Rambaldi Carlo Rambaldi Carlo Rambaldi was an Italian special effects and makeup effects artist. He was the winner of three Academy Awards: one Special Achievement Acade... Profile ready Casey Affleck Casey Affleck Casey Affleck is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Gol... Profile ready Cassius Dio Cassius Dio Lucius Cassius Dio, also known as Dio Cassius, was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history... Profile ready · 1 related article Catherine Jagiellon Catherine Jagiellon Catherine Jagiellon was a princess of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Queen of Sweden from 1569 as the wife of King John III. Catherine ha... Profile ready Catherine Middleton Catherine Middleton Catherine, Princess of Wales is a member of the British royal family. She is married to William, Prince of Wales, the heir apparent to the Britis... Profile ready · 1 related article Catherine Zeta-Jones Catherine Zeta-Jones Catherine Zeta-Jones is a Welsh actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Tony Award. In 2010... Profile ready Cedric Gibbons Cedric Gibbons Austin Cedric Gibbons was an American art director for the film industry. He also made a significant contribution to motion picture theater archi... Profile ready · 1 related article Celestine V Celestine V Pope Celestine V, born Pietro Angelerio, also known as Pietro da Morrone, Peter of Morrone, and Peter Celestine, was head of the Catholic Church ... Profile ready · 1 related article Cesare Cremonini Cesare Cremonini Cesare Cremonini, sometimes Cesare Cremonino, was an Italian academic and professor of natural philosophy. His Latinized name was Cæsar Cremoninu... Profile ready Chadwick Boseman Chadwick Boseman Chadwick Aaron Boseman was an American actor and playwright. Through his two-decade career, he appeared in a number of projects spanning both blo... Profile ready Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour was a French and Armenian singer-songwriter, actor, and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice: cl... Profile ready Charles Brenton Huggins Charles Brenton Huggins Charles Brenton Huggins was a Canadian-American surgeon and physiologist known for his work on prostate function, prostate cancer, and breast can... Profile ready Charles Coburn Charles Coburn Charles Douville Coburn was an American actor and theatrical producer. He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award three times – f... Profile ready Charles Darwin Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His propos... Profile ready Charles Evans Hughes Charles Evans Hughes Charles Evans Hughes was an American politician, academic, and jurist who served as the 11th chief justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941... Profile ready Charles Glover Barkla Charles Glover Barkla Charles Glover Barkla was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917 for his discovery of characteristic X-rays. Profile ready Charles H. Townes Charles H. Townes Charles Hard Townes was an American physicist. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental pa... Profile ready Charles I of Anjou Charles I of Anjou Charles I, commonly called Charles of Anjou or Charles d'Anjou, was King of Sicily from 1266 to 1285. He was a member of the Capetian dynasty... Profile ready · 1 related article Charles Lindbergh Charles Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New Y... Profile ready · 1 related article Charles Montagu Charles Montagu Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax was a British politician and poet. He was the grandson of the 1st Earl of Manchester and was eventually enno... Profile ready · 1 related article Charles Richet Charles Richet Charles Robert Richet was a French physiologist at the Collège de France and immunology pioneer. In 1913, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or... Profile ready Charles W. Clark Charles W. Clark Charles William Clark was an American baritone singer and vocalist teacher. He is generally regarded as the first American baritone singer to be ... Profile ready Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek was a Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman who was the President of the Republic of China from 1948 to 1975 a... Profile ready · 1 related article Chiranjeevi Chiranjeevi Konidela Chiranjeevi is an Indian actor, philanthropist and former politician known for his work in Telugu cinema. Known as Mega Star, he is wide... Profile ready Chris Amon Chris Amon Christopher Arthur Amon was a New Zealand racing driver and motorsport executive who competed in Formula One from 1963 to 1976. Widely regarded a... Profile ready Chris Cooper Chris Cooper Christopher Walton Cooper is an American actor. 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Profile ready Chuck Berry Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter who was one of the pioneers of rock and roll. Nicknamed the "... Profile ready Claudio Ranieri Claudio Ranieri Claudio Ranieri is an Italian football executive and former manager and player who is the technical director of the Italy national team and is al... Profile ready Cleo Laine Cleo Laine Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth was a British singer and actress known for her scat singing. She was the wife of jazz composer and musician Sir J... Profile ready Cliff Robertson Cliff Robertson Clifford Parker Robertson III was an American actor whose career in film and television spanned over six decades. Robertson portrayed a young Joh... Profile ready Clifford Odets Clifford Odets Clifford Odets was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. In the mid-1930s, he was widely seen as the potential successor to Nobel Priz... Profile ready Clifton Webb Clifton Webb Clifton Webb was an American actor, singer, and dancer. Originally trained as a ballroom dancer, he first achieved prominence on Broadway as a st... Profile ready Clive Lloyd Clive Lloyd Sir Clive Hubert Lloyd is a Guyanese-British former cricketer and captain of the West Indies cricket team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest... Profile ready Clive Owen Clive Owen Clive Owen is an English actor. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for playing the lead role in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 t... Profile ready Colin Firth Colin Firth Colin Andrew Firth is an English actor and producer. He was identified in the mid-1980s with the "Brit Pack" of rising young British ac... Profile ready Constantijn Huygens Constantijn Huygens Sir Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem, was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was also secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick H... Profile ready Constantine the Great Constantine the Great Constantine I, also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. ... Profile ready · 1 related article Constantius Chlorus Constantius Chlorus Marcus Flavius Valerius Constantius, also called Constantius I, was a Roman emperor from 305 to 306—and was father of Constantine the Great, the ... Profile ready Cormac McCarthy Cormac McCarthy Cormac McCarthy was an American author who wrote twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western, post-... Profile ready Corneille Heymans Corneille Heymans Corneille Jean François Heymans was a Belgian physiologist. He studied at the Jesuit College of Saint Barbara and then at Ghent University, where... Profile ready Crimean Tatars Crimean Tatars Crimean Tatars, or simply Crimeans, are an Eastern European Turkic ethnic group and nation autochthonous to Crimea. Their ethnogenesis lasted tho... Profile ready · 1 related article Cui Jian Cui Jian Cui Jian is a Chinese singer-songwriter and musician. Known for his countercultural impact, he has launched a ground-breaking musical trend of Ch... Profile ready Curtly Ambrose Curtly Ambrose Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose KCN is an Antiguan former cricketer who played 98 Test matches for the West Indies. Widely acknowledged as one ... Profile ready Cy Young Cy Young Denton True "Cy" Young was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher and manager. Born in Gilmore, Ohio, he worked on his family&... Profile ready · 1 related article Daniel Webster Daniel Webster Daniel Webster was an American lawyer, statesman, and diplomat who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as... Profile ready · 1 related article Danny Boyle Danny Boyle Daniel Francis Boyle is an English film director and producer. 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