Quoteikon Hall Of Fame
The Quoteikon Hall Of Fame is our curated list of famous and infamous people with quotes and alternative bio's written about each person.
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Abigail Van Buren
Occupation: Advice columnist
Date of Birth: 4th July 1918
Place of Birth: Sioux City, Iowa, U.S. -
Abraham Lincoln
Occupation: Politician, statesman and 16th president of the U.S.
Date of Birth: 12th February 1809
Place of Birth: Sinking Spring Farm, Kentucky, U.S. -
Abraham Maslow
Occupation: Psychology professor
Date of Birth: 1st April 1908
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. -
Adolf Hitler
Occupation: Soldier, politician, author and Führer of the Third Reich
Date of Birth: 20th April 1889
Place of Birth: Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary -
Adrian Boult
Occupation: Conductor
Date of Birth: 8th April 1889
Place of Birth: Chester, Cheshire, England -
Adrian Durham
Occupation: Radio broadcaster and football journalist
Date of Birth: 13th May 1969
Place of Birth: Peterborough, England -
Albert Einstein
Occupation: Theoretical physicist
Date of Birth: 14th March 1879
Place of Birth: Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire -
Alcide de Gasperi
Occupation: Politician and Italian prime minister
Date of Birth: 3rd April 1881
Place of Birth: Pieve Tesino, Tyrol, Austria-Hungary -
Alexandre Dumas
Occupation: Novelist and playwright
Date of Birth: 24th July 1802
Place of Birth: Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, First French Republic -
Alfred Nobel
Occupation: Chemist and inventor
Date of Birth: 21st October 1833
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden -
Alfred North Whitehead
Occupation: Philosopher and mathematician
Date of Birth: 15th February 1861
Place of Birth: Ramsgate, England -
Allen Allensworth
Occupation: Slave, soldier and chaplain
Date of Birth: 7th April 1842
Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. -
Ambrose Burnside
Occupation: General and governor
Date of Birth: 23rd May 1824
Place of Birth: Liberty, Indiana, U.S. -
Anthony Casso
Occupation: Mafioso
Date of Birth: 21st May 1940
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S. -
Antonio Vivaldi
Occupation: Composer and virtuoso violinist
Date of Birth: 4th March 1678
Place of Birth: Venice, Republic of Venice -
Aristotle
Occupation: Philosopher, scientist and educator
Date of Birth: 384 BC
Place of Birth: Stagira, Chalcide, Northern Greece -
Arthur Balfour
Occupation: Politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom
Date of Birth: 25th July 1848
Place of Birth: East Lothian, Scotland -
Arthur Griffith
Occupation: Politician and President of Dáil Éireann
Date of Birth: 31st March 1871
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland -
Arthur Schopenhauer
Occupation: Philosopher and author
Date of Birth: 22nd February 1788
Place of Birth: Danzig, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth -
Audrey Hepburn
Occupation: Actress and humanitarian
Date of Birth: 4th May 1929
Place of Birth: Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium -
Augusto Roa Bastos
Occupation: Soldier, writer and journalist
Date of Birth: 13th June 1917
Place of Birth: Asunción, Paraguay -
Babe Ruth
Occupation: Professional baseball player
Date of Birth: 6th February 1895
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. -
Benazir Bhutto
Occupation: Politician, Prime Minister and Stateswoman
Date of Birth: 21st June 1953
Place of Birth: Karachi, Sind, Dominion of Pakistan -
Benito Juárez
Occupation: Politician and 26th president of Mexico
Date of Birth: 21st March 1806
Place of Birth: San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, New Spain -
Benito Mussolini
Occupation: Journalist, politician, prime minister and dictator
Date of Birth: 29th July 1883
Place of Birth: Predappio, Kingdom of Italy -
Benjamin Disraeli
Occupation: Politician, novelist, Prime Minister and Statesman
Date of Birth: 21st December 1804
Place of Birth: Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England -
Bertrand Russell
Occupation: Philosopher, mathematician and historian
Date of Birth: 18th May 1872
Place of Birth: Trellech, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom -
Bette Davis
Occupation: Actress
Date of Birth: 5th April 1908
Place of Birth: Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. -
Bill Bojangles Robinson
Occupation: Dancer and actor
Date of Birth: 25th May 1878
Place of Birth: Richmond, Virginia, U.S. -
Billie Holiday
Occupation: Singer and songwriter
Date of Birth: 7th April 1915
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. -
Billy Wilder
Occupation: Director and screenwriter
Date of Birth: 22nd June 1906
Place of Birth: Sucha, Austria-Hungary -
Bing Crosby
Occupation: Singer and actor
Date of Birth: 3rd May 1903
Place of Birth: Tacoma, Washington, U.S. -
Birgit Nilsson
Occupation: Soprano operatic singer
Date of Birth: 17th May 1918
Place of Birth: Västra Karup, Skåne, Sweden -
Blaise Pascal
Occupation: Mathematician, physicist and philosopher
Date of Birth: 19th June 1623
Place of Birth: Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France -
Blanche K. Bruce
Occupation: Plantation owner and politician
Date of Birth: 1st March 1841
Place of Birth: Farmville, Virginia, U.S. -
Bob Denard
Occupation: Soldier of fortune
Date of Birth: 29th April 1929
Place of Birth: Bordeaux, France -
Bob Hope
Occupation: Actor, comedian and singer
Date of Birth: 29th May 1903
Place of Birth: Well Hall, Eltham, London, England -
Brendan Behan
Occupation: Poet, novelist, and playwright
Date of Birth: 9th February 1923
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland -
Brian Clough
Occupation: Footballer and football manager
Date of Birth: 21st March 1935
Place of Birth: Middlesbrough, England -
Brian Jones
Occupation: Musician, singer and songwriter
Date of Birth: 28th February 1942
Place of Birth: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England -
Brigitte Bardot
Occupation: Actress and animal rights activist
Date of Birth: 28th September 1934
Place of Birth: Paris, France -
Burt Bacharach
Occupation: Composer and musician
Date of Birth: 12th May 1928
Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. -
Butterfly McQueen
Occupation: Dancer and actress
Date of Birth: 7th January 1911
Place of Birth: Tampa, Florida, U.S. -
Carl Bernstein
Occupation: Investigative journalist and author
Date of Birth: 14th February 1944
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., U.S. -
Carly Simon
Occupation: Singer, songwriter and author
Date of Birth: 25th June 1945
Place of Birth: Bronx, New York City, U.S. -
Carol Potter
Occupation: Actress
Date of Birth: 21st May 1948
Place of Birth: New York City, U.S. -
Charlemagne
Occupation: Roman Emperor and king of the Franks
Date of Birth: 2nd April 742
Place of Birth: Frankish Kingdom -
Charles Aznavour
Occupation: Singer, songwriter, actor and diplomat
Date of Birth: 22nd May 1924
Place of Birth: Paris, France -
Charles Baggage
Occupation: Mathematician and inventor
Date of Birth: 26th December 1791
Place of Birth: Southwark, London, U.K. -
Charles Barry
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: 23rd May 1795
Place of Birth: Westminster, London -
Charles Baudelaire
Occupation: Poet, author and critic
Date of Birth: 9th April 1821
Place of Birth: Paris, France -
Charles Darwin
Occupation: Author, biologist, naturalist and geologist
Date of Birth: 12th February 1809
Place of Birth: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England -
Charles de Gaulle
Occupation: Soldier, resistance leader and French president
Date of Birth: 22nd November 1890
Place of Birth: Lille, France -
Charles Dickens
Occupation: Writer, novelist and social reformer
Date of Birth: 7th February 1812
Place of Birth: Landport, Hampshire, England -
Charles Stewart Parnell
Occupation: Irish nationalist politician
Date of Birth: 27th June 1846
Place of Birth: Avondale, County Wicklow, Ireland -
Charles Waddell Chesnutt
Occupation: Author and political activist
Date of Birth: 20th June 1858
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. -
Che Guevara
Occupation: Revolutionary, doctor and author
Date of Birth: 14th June 1928
Place of Birth: Rosario, Santa Fe province, Argentina -
Chiang Kai-shek
Occupation: Revolutionary and military leader
Date of Birth: 31st October 1887
Place of Birth: Fenghua, Zhejiang, Qing dynasty China -
Christopher Columbus
Occupation: Explorer, navigator and colonist
Date of Birth: 31st October 1451
Place of Birth: Genoa, Republic of Genoa -
Cicely Tyson
Occupation: Actress and model
Date of Birth: 19th December 1924
Place of Birth: Harlem, New York City, U.S. -
Clark Gable
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 1st February 1901
Place of Birth: Cadiz, Ohio, U.S. -
Clark L Hull
Occupation: Psychologist and author
Date of Birth: 24th May 1884
Place of Birth: Akron, New York, U.S. -
Claude Monet
Occupation: Artist and painter
Date of Birth: 14th November 1840
Place of Birth: Paris, France -
Coco Chanel
Occupation: Fashion designer
Date of Birth: 19th August 1883
Place of Birth: Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France -
Confucius
Occupation: Philosopher
Date of Birth: 28th September 551 BC
Place of Birth: Zou, Lu, Zhou Kingdom -
Daniel F Malan
Occupation: Politician and prime minister
Date of Birth: 22nd May 1874
Place of Birth: Riebeek-Wes, Cape Colony -
Dante Alighieri
Occupation: Poet and philosopher
Date of Birth: 21st May 1265
Place of Birth: Florence, Republic of Florence -
Darryl McDaniels
Occupation: Rapper and music producer
Date of Birth: 31st May 1964
Place of Birth: Harlem, New York, U.S. -
David Frost
Occupation: Television host and journalist
Date of Birth: 7th April 1939
Place of Birth: Tenterden, Kent, England -
David Lloyd George
Occupation: Lawyer, politician and prime minister
Date of Birth: 17th January 1863
Place of Birth: Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire, England -
Dean Martin
Occupation: Actor, singer and comedian
Date of Birth: 7th June 1917
Place of Birth: Steubenville, Ohio, U.S. -
Dennis Weaver
Occupation: Actor and environmentalist
Date of Birth: 4th June 1924
Place of Birth: Joplin, Missouri, U.S. -
Diana Dors
Occupation: Actress and model
Date of Birth: 23rd October 1931
Place of Birth: Swindon, Wiltshire, England -
Diana Ross
Occupation: Singer and actress
Date of Birth: 26th March 1944
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, U.S. -
Didier Drogba
Occupation: Professional footballer
Date of Birth: 11th March 1978
Place of Birth: Abidjan, Ivory Coast -
Ding Ling
Occupation: Writer and author
Date of Birth: 12th October 1904
Place of Birth: Linli, Hunan, China -
Dirk Bogarde
Occupation: Actor, author and novelist
Date of Birth: 28th March 1921
Place of Birth: West Hampstead, London, England -
Dizzy Dean
Occupation: Baseball player and sportscaster
Date of Birth: 16th January 1910
Place of Birth: Lucas, Arkansas, U.S. -
Dolly Parton
Occupation: Singer, songwriter and actress
Date of Birth: 19th January 1946
Place of Birth: Pittman Center, Tennessee, U.S. -
Donald Trump
Occupation: Real estate executive and 45th U.S. president
Date of Birth: 14th June 1946
Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, U.S. -
Doris Day
Occupation: Singer, actress and animal activist
Date of Birth: 3rd April 1922
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. -
Douglas MacArthur
Occupation: Soldier and general of the U.S. army
Date of Birth: 26th January 1880
Place of Birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. -
Drew Barrymore
Occupation: Actress, author and producer
Date of Birth: 22nd February 1975
Place of Birth: Culver City, California, U.S. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Occupation: General and 34th president of the U.S.
Date of Birth: 14th October 1890
Place of Birth: Denison, Texas, U.S. -
Dylan Thomas
Occupation: Poet and writer
Date of Birth: 27th October 1914
Place of Birth: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom -
Eamon de Valera
Occupation: Politician, prime minister and president of Ireland
Date of Birth: 14th October 1882
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S. -
Edgar Allan Poe
Occupation: Poet and short story writer
Date of Birth: 19th January 1809
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. -
Edith Piaf
Occupation: Singer and actress
Date of Birth: 19th December 1915
Place of Birth: Belleville, Paris, France -
Edward De Vere
Occupation: Poet and playwright
Date of Birth: 12th April 1550
Place of Birth: Hedingham Castle, Essex, England -
Edward Lear
Occupation: Artist, author, illustrator and poet
Date of Birth: 12th May 1812
Place of Birth: Holloway, Middlesex, England -
Edwin Henry Landseer
Occupation: Artist, painter and sculptor
Date of Birth: 7th March 1802
Place of Birth: London, England -
Elizabeth Taylor
Occupation: Actress
Date of Birth: 27th February 1932
Place of Birth: London, England, U.K. -
Ella Fitzgerald
Occupation: Jazz singer
Date of Birth: 25th April 1917
Place of Birth: Newport News, Virginia, U.S. -
Ellen DeGeneres
Occupation: Comedienne, talk show host and producer
Date of Birth: 26th January 1958
Place of Birth: Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. -
Elvis Presley
Occupation: Singer, actor and king
Date of Birth: 8th January 1935
Place of Birth: Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S. -
Emil Cioran
Occupation: Philosopher and author
Date of Birth: 8th April 1911
Place of Birth: Resinár, Austria-Hungary -
Emile Zola
Occupation: Novelist and playwright
Date of Birth: 2nd April 1840
Place of Birth: Paris, France -
Emilio Aguinaldo
Occupation: Military leader, politician and president
Date of Birth: 22nd March 1869
Place of Birth: Kawit, Cavite, Philippines -
Eric Clapton
Occupation: Singer, songwriter and guitarist
Date of Birth: 30th March 1945
Place of Birth: Ripley, Surrey, England -
Erich Fromm
Occupation: Psychologist and philosopher
Date of Birth: 23rd March 1900
Place of Birth: Frankfurt am Main, German Empire -
Ernest Hemingway
Occupation: Novelist and short-story writer
Date of Birth: 21st July 1899
Place of Birth: Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. -
Ernest Lawson
Occupation: Artist and landscape painter
Date of Birth: 22nd March 1873
Place of Birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada -
Errol Flynn
Occupation: Actor and philanderer
Date of Birth: 20th June 1909
Place of Birth: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -
Eva Peron
Occupation: Actress and politician
Date of Birth: 7th May 1919
Place of Birth: Los Toldos, Argentina -
Evo Morales
Occupation: Union leader, politician and president
Date of Birth: 26th October 1959
Place of Birth: Isallawi, Sullka, Bolivia -
Farrah Fawcett
Occupation: Actress, model, and artist
Date of Birth: 2nd February 1947
Place of Birth: Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. -
Federico Garcia Lorca
Occupation: Poet and playwright
Date of Birth: 5th June 1898
Place of Birth: Granada, Andalusia, Spain -
Ferdinand Marcos
Occupation: Politician and 10th President of the Philippines
Date of Birth: 11th September 1917
Place of Birth: Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, Philippine Islands -
Ferenc Puskás
Occupation: Footballer, coach and manager
Date of Birth: 2nd April 1927
Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary -
Fidel Castro
Occupation: Revolutionary leader
Date of Birth: 13th August 1926
Place of Birth: Birán, Cuba -
Florence Nightingale
Occupation: Nurse and statistician
Date of Birth: 12th May 1820
Place of Birth: Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany -
Francis Bacon
Occupation: Philosopher and Lord Chancellor
Date of Birth: 22nd January 1561
Place of Birth: The Strand, London, England -
Francisco de Paula Santander
Occupation: Freedom fighter, president and statesman
Date of Birth: 2nd April 1792
Place of Birth: Rosario de Cúcuta, New Granada -
Francisco Goya
Occupation: Artist and painter
Date of Birth: 30th March 1746
Place of Birth: Fuendetodos, Spain -
Francis Crick
Occupation: Physicist and neuroscientist
Date of Birth: 8th June 1916
Place of Birth: Weston Favell, Northamptonshire, England -
Francis Ford Coppola
Occupation: Movie director, producer and screenwriter
Date of Birth: 7th April 1939
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, U.S. -
Francis Galton
Occupation: Sociologist, psychologist and anthropologist
Date of Birth: 16th February 1822
Place of Birth: Sparkbrook, Birmingham, England -
Franklin D Roosevelt
Occupation: Politician and 32nd U.S. President
Date of Birth: 30th January 1882
Place of Birth: Hyde Park, New York, U.S. -
Frank Lloyd Wright
Occupation: Architect and designer
Date of Birth: 8th June 1867
Place of Birth: Richland Center, Wisconsin, U.S. -
Frank Sinatra
Occupation: Singer, actor and producer
Date of Birth: 12th December 1915
Place of Birth: Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. -
Franz Liszt
Occupation: Composer and pianist
Date of Birth: 22nd October 1811
Place of Birth: Doborján, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire -
Franz Kafka
Occupation: Novelist and short story writer
Date of Birth: 3rd July 1883
Place of Birth: Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) -
Fred Astaire
Occupation: Dancer, actor and singer
Date of Birth: 10th May 1899, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Place of Birth: 22nd June 1987, Los Angeles, California, U.S. -
Frédéric Chopin
Occupation: Composer and pianist
Date of Birth: 1st March 1810
Place of Birth: Żelazowa Wola, Mazowsze, Duchy of Warsaw -
Frederik Willem De Klerk
Occupation: Politician and president
Date of Birth: 18th March 1936
Place of Birth: Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa -
Friedrich Nietzsche
Occupation: Philosopher and author
Date of Birth: 15th October 1844
Place of Birth: Röcken, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia -
Galileo Galilei
Occupation: Mathematician, astronomer and philosopher
Date of Birth: 15th February 1564
Place of Birth: Pisa, Duchy of Florence -
Gary Player
Occupation: Golfer
Date of Birth: 1st November 1935
Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa -
George Bernard Shaw
Occupation: Critic, playwright and author
Date of Birth: 26th July 1856
Place of Birth: Portobello, Dublin, Ireland -
George Formby
Occupation: Singer, musician and actor
Date of Birth: 26th May 1904
Place of Birth: Wigan Lancashire U.K. -
George III
Occupation: Monarch, King of Great Britain
Date of Birth: 4th June 1738
Place of Birth: Norfolk House, London -
George Orwell
Occupation: Novelist and polemic journalist
Date of Birth: 25th June 1903
Place of Birth: Motihari, Bihar, British India -
Georges Pompidou
Occupation: Banker, politician, prime minister and president
Date of Birth: 5th July 1911
Place of Birth: Montboudif, France -
George Stephenson
Occupation: Engineer and inventor
Date of Birth: 9th June 1781
Place of Birth: Wylam, Northumberland, England -
George Washington
Occupation: Farmer, revolutionary and President
Date of Birth: 22nd February 1732
Place of Birth: Popes Creek, Virginia, British America -
Giacomo Casanova
Occupation: Author, philanderer and spy
Date of Birth: 2nd April 1725
Place of Birth: Venice, Republic of Venice -
Gina Lollobrigida
Occupation: Actress and sculptor
Date of Birth: 4th July 1927
Place of Birth: Subiaco, Italy -
Giorgio Armani
Occupation: Fashion designer
Date of Birth: 11th July 1934
Place of Birth: Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy -
Giovanni Morassutti
Occupation: Actor, theatre director and cultural entrepreneur
Date of Birth: 15th March 1980
Place of Birth: Padua, Italy -
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Occupation: General, nationalist and freedom fighter
Date of Birth: 4th July 1807
Place of Birth: Nice, First French Empire -
Giuseppe Verdi
Occupation: Opera composer
Date of Birth: 10th October 1813
Place of Birth: Le Roncole, Taro, French Empire -
Guru Nanak
Occupation: Founder of the Sikh religion
Date of Birth: 29th November 1469
Place of Birth: Rāi Bhoi Kī Talvaṇḍī -
Gustave Courbet
Occupation: Artist, painter and sculptor
Date of Birth: 10th June 1819
Place of Birth: Ornans, Doubs, Kingdom of France -
Gustav Kirchhoff
Occupation: Physicist
Date of Birth: 12th March 1824
Place of Birth: Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia -
Gustav Klimt
Occupation: Artist and painter
Date of Birth: 14th July 1862
Place of Birth: Baumgarten, Austrian Empire -
Gustav Mahler
Occupation: Composer and conductor
Date of Birth: 7th July 1860
Place of Birth: Kalischt, Bohemia, Austrian Empire -
Gwendolyn Brooks
Occupation: Poet, teacher and author
Date of Birth: 7th June 1917
Place of Birth: Topeka, Kansas, U.S. -
Haile Selassie
Occupation: Regent and emperor
Date of Birth: 23rd July 1892
Place of Birth: Ejersa Goro, Ethiopian Empire -
Hal Needham
Occupation: Stuntman, actor, screenwriter and director
Date of Birth: 6th March 1931
Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. -
Hans Christian Andersen
Occupation: Author, poet and novelist
Date of Birth: 2nd April 1805
Place of Birth: Odense, Funen, Kingdom of Denmark -
Harold Macmillan
Occupation: Soldier, politician and prime minister
Date of Birth: 10th February 1894
Place of Birth: Belgravia, London, England -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Occupation: Author
Date of Birth: 14th June 1811
Place of Birth: Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S. -
Harrison Ford
Occupation: Actor and movie producer
Date of Birth: 13th July 1942
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S. -
Harry S Truman
Occupation: Politician and 33rd president of the United States
Date of Birth: 8th May 1884
Place of Birth: Lamar, Missouri, U.S. -
Heinrich Himmler
Occupation: Reichsführer of the SS
Date of Birth: 7th October 1900
Place of Birth: Munich, Bavaria, German Empire -
Helen Mirren
Occupation: Actress
Date of Birth: 26th July 1945
Place of Birth: Chiswick, London, England -
Henry Addington
Occupation: Politician and prime minister
Date of Birth: 30th May 1757
Place of Birth: Holborn, Middlesex, England -
Henry Cowell
Occupation: Pianist and composer
Date of Birth: 11th March 1897
Place of Birth: Menlo Park, California, U.S. -
Henry Ford
Occupation: Industrialist and car maker
Date of Birth: 30th July 1863
Place of Birth: Greenfield Township, Michigan, U.S. -
Henry Kissinger
Occupation: Politician and diplomat
Date of Birth: 27th May 1923
Place of Birth: Fürth, Germany -
Henry Raeburn
Occupation: Artist and painter
Date of Birth: 4th March 1756
Place of Birth: Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland -
Hermann Göring
Occupation: Commander In Chief Of The Luftwaffe
Date of Birth: 12th January 1893
Place of Birth: Rosenheim, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire -
Hernan Cortes
Occupation: Conquistador and Governor
Date of Birth: 1485
Place of Birth: Medellín, Extremadura, Castile -
Ho Chi Minh
Occupation: Revolutionary and 1st President of Vietnam
Date of Birth: 19th May 1890
Place of Birth: Kim Liên, Nghệ An Province, French Indochina -
Horatio Nelson
Occupation: British Royal Navy Officer
Date of Birth: 29th September 1758
Place of Birth: Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England -
Hugo Chavez
Occupation: Soldier, politician and president
Date of Birth: 28th July 1954
Place of Birth: Sabaneta, Venezuela -
Humphrey Bogart
Occupation: Actor and cultural icon
Date of Birth: 25th December 1899
Place of Birth: New York City, U.S. -
Ian McEwan
Occupation: Novelist and screenwriter
Date of Birth: 21st June 1948
Place of Birth: Aldershot, England -
Ian Smith
Occupation: WW2 pilot and 8th Prime Minister of Rhodesia
Date of Birth: 8th April 1919
Place of Birth: Selukwe, Southern Rhodesia -
Ice Cube
Occupation: Rapper, actor, producer and screenwriter
Date of Birth: 15th June 1969
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S. -
Idi Amin
Occupation: Soldier and Ugandan dictator
Date of Birth: 17th May 1925
Place of Birth: Koboko, Uganda -
Igor Stravinsky
Occupation: Composer, conductor and pianist
Date of Birth: 17th June 1882
Place of Birth: Oranienbaum, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire -
Ilie Nastase
Occupation: Tennis player
Date of Birth: 19th July 1946
Place of Birth: Bucharest, Romania -
Imelda Marcos
Occupation: Politician and first lady of the Philippines
Date of Birth: 2nd July 1929
Place of Birth: Manila, Philippines -
Immanuel Kant
Occupation: Philosopher
Date of Birth: 22nd April 1724
Place of Birth: Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia -
Imran Khan
Occupation: Cricketer and Prime Minister
Date of Birth: 5th October 1952
Place of Birth: Lahore, Pakistan -
Indira Gandhi
Occupation: Politician and 3rd Indian Prime Minister
Date of Birth: 19th November 1917
Place of Birth: Allahabad, British India -
Ingmar Bergman
Occupation: Filmmaker, director and screenwriter
Date of Birth: 14th July 1918
Place of Birth: Uppsala, Sweden -
Ingrid Bergman
Occupation: Actress
Date of Birth: 29th August 1915
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden -
Irving Berlin
Occupation: Composer and songwriter
Date of Birth: 11th May 1888
Place of Birth: Tolochin, Russian Empire -
Isaac Babel
Occupation: Journalist, writer and playwright
Date of Birth: 13th July 1894
Place of Birth: Odessa, Russian Empire -
Isaac Newton
Occupation: Physicist, mathematician and astronomer
Date of Birth: 4th January 1643
Place of Birth: Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England -
Isabella Rossellini
Occupation: Actress, model and author
Date of Birth: 18th June 1952
Place of Birth: Lazio, Rome, Italy -
Isaiah Berlin
Occupation: Historian, political theorist and philosopher
Date of Birth: 6th June 1909
Place of Birth: Riga, Russian Empire -
Ivor Novello
Occupation: Actor, composer and playwright
Date of Birth: 15th January 1893
Place of Birth: Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales -
Iwan Bloch
Occupation: Dermatologist, psychiatrist, sexologist and author
Date of Birth: 8th April 1872
Place of Birth: Delmenhorst, Grand Ducal Oldenburg, Germany -
Jack Lemmon
Occupation: Actor and musician
Date of Birth: 8th February 1925
Place of Birth: Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. -
James Cagney
Occupation: Actor and dancer
Date of Birth: 17th July 1899
Place of Birth: New York City, U.S. -
James Dean
Occupation: Actor and cultural icon
Date of Birth: 8th February 1931
Place of Birth: Marion, Indiana, U.S. -
James Joyce
Occupation: Novelist and poet
Date of Birth: 2nd February 1882
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland -
James Keir Hardie
Occupation: Politician and first leader of the Labour Party
Date of Birth: 15th August 1856
Place of Birth: Newhouse, Lanarkshire, Scotland -
James Parkinson
Occupation: Surgeon, geologist and social and political activist
Date of Birth: 11th April 1755
Place of Birth: Shoreditch, London, England -
Jane Bolin
Occupation: Attorney and judge
Date of Birth: 11th April 1908
Place of Birth: Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. -
Jason Miller
Occupation: Playwright, character actor and director
Date of Birth: 22nd April 1939
Place of Birth: Long Island City, New York, U.S. -
Jawaharlal Nehru
Occupation: Freedom fighter, statesman and prime minister
Date of Birth: 14th November 1889
Place of Birth: Allahabad, India -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Occupation: Philosopher
Date of Birth: 28th June 1712
Place of Birth: Grand Rue, Geneva, Republic of Geneva -
Jean Moulin
Occupation: Prefect and WW2 resistance leader
Date of Birth: 20th June 1899
Place of Birth: Béziers, Languedoc, France -
Jimmy Boyle
Occupation: Author, artist and sculptor
Date of Birth: 17th May 1944
Place of Birth: Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland -
Jo Ann Robinson
Occupation: Teacher and civil rights activist
Date of Birth: 17th April 1912
Place of Birth: Culloden, Georgia U.S. -
Joey Gallo
Occupation: Self employed gangster
Date of Birth: 7th April 1929
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S. -
John Constable
Occupation: Artist and painter
Date of Birth: 11th June 1776
Place of Birth: East Bergholt, Suffolk, East Anglia, England -
John F. Kennedy
Occupation: 35th President of the U.S.
Date of Birth: 29th May 1917
Place of Birth: Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. -
John Keats
Occupation: Poet
Date of Birth: 31st October 1795
Place of Birth: Moorgate, London, England -
John Lennon
Occupation: Singer, musician and peace activist
Date of Birth: 9th October 1940
Place of Birth: Liverpool, England -
Johns Hopkins
Occupation: Investor and Philanthropist
Date of Birth: 19th May 1795
Place of Birth: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, U.S. -
John Wayne
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 26th May 1907
Place of Birth: Winterset, Iowa, U.S. -
Joseph Goebbels
Occupation: Reich Minister of Propaganda
Date of Birth: 29th October 1897
Place of Birth: Rheydt, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire -
Joseph Peter Grace
Occupation: CEO and industrialist
Date of Birth: 25th May 1913
Place of Birth: Manhasset, New York, U.S. -
Joseph Stalin
Occupation: Supreme leader of the Soviet Union
Date of Birth: 18th December 1878
Place of Birth: Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire -
Judy Garland
Occupation: Actress, singer and dancer
Date of Birth: 10th June 1922
Place of Birth: Grand Rapids, Minnesota, U.S. -
Kabir
Occupation: Mystic poet
Date of Birth: 1440
Place of Birth: Varanasi, Jaunpur, India -
Karen Carpenter
Occupation: Singer and musician
Date of Birth: 2nd March 1950
Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. -
Karl Lagerfeld
Occupation: Fashion designer, artist and photographer
Date of Birth: 10th September 1933
Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany -
Karl Marx
Occupation: Philosopher and political theorist
Date of Birth: 5th May 1818
Place of Birth: Trier, Kingdom of Prussia -
Katharine Hepburn
Occupation: Actress
Date of Birth: 12th May 1907
Place of Birth: Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. -
Kathe Kollwitz
Occupation: Artist, painter and sculptress
Date of Birth: 8th July 1867
Place of Birth: Königsberg, Prussia -
Katherine Dunham
Occupation: Dancer, choreographer and author
Date of Birth: 22nd June 1909
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S. -
Keith Moon
Occupation: Drummer, songwriter and actor
Date of Birth: 23rd August 1946
Place of Birth: Wembley, London U.K. -
Keith Relf
Occupation: Singer, songwriter and musician
Date of Birth: 22nd March 1943
Place of Birth: Richmond, Surrey, England -
Kelly Monaco
Occupation: Model and actress
Date of Birth: 23rd May 1976
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. -
Kenny Rogers
Occupation: Singer, songwriter and actor
Date of Birth: 21st August 1938
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, U.S. -
Kevin Spacey
Occupation: Actor and producer
Date of Birth: 26th July 1959
Place of Birth: South Orange, New Jersey, U.S. -
Kim Jong Il
Occupation: Supreme Leader of North Korea
Date of Birth: 16th February 1941
Place of Birth: Vyatskoye, Soviet Union -
Kim Philby
Occupation: British spy and Soviet double agent
Date of Birth: 1st January 1912
Place of Birth: Ambala, Punjab, British India -
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Occupation: Entrepreneur and founder of Biocon
Date of Birth: 23rd March 1953
Place of Birth: Bangalore, Karnataka, India -
Knute Rockne
Occupation: American football coach
Date of Birth: 4th March 1888
Place of Birth: Voss, Norway -
Kwame Nkrumah
Occupation: First Prime Minister of Ghana
Date of Birth: 21st September 1909
Place of Birth: Nkroful, Gold Coast -
Lala Lajpat Rai
Occupation: Author, politician and freedom fighter
Date of Birth: 28th January 1865
Place of Birth: Dhudike, Punjab, British India -
Lana Turner
Occupation: Actress
Date of Birth: 8th February 1921
Place of Birth: Wallace, Idaho, U.S. -
Lauren Bacall
Occupation: Actor and model
Date of Birth: 16th September 1924
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, U.S. -
Laurence Olivier
Occupation: Actor and director
Date of Birth: 22nd May 1907
Place of Birth: Dorking, Surrey, England -
Lavrentiy Beria
Occupation: Soviet politician and chief of the secret police
Date of Birth: 29th March 1899
Place of Birth: Merkheuli, Sukhum Okrug, Russian Empire -
Lech Kaczynski
Occupation: Polish politician and and former president
Date of Birth: 18th June 1949
Place of Birth: Warsaw, Poland -
Lee Kuan Yew
Occupation: 1st Prime Minister of Singapore
Date of Birth: 16th September 1923
Place of Birth: Singapore, Straits Settlements -
Lena Horne
Occupation: Singer, dancer and actress
Date of Birth: 30th June 1917
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S. -
Leonardo da Vinci
Occupation: Artist, engineer, sculptor and inventor
Date of Birth: 15th April 1452
Place of Birth: Vinci, Republic of Florence -
Leonid Brezhnev
Occupation: Politician and fifth leader of the Soviet Union
Date of Birth: 19th December 1906
Place of Birth: Kamenskoye, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire -
Leon Trotsky
Occupation: Revolutionary and political theorist
Date of Birth: 7th November 1879
Place of Birth: Yanovka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire -
Leo Sayer
Occupation: Singer, songwriter and musician
Date of Birth: 21st May 1948
Place of Birth: Shoreham On Sea, Sussex, England -
Leo Tolstoy
Occupation: Novelist, author and short story writer
Date of Birth: 9th September 1828
Place of Birth: Yasnaya Polyana, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire -
Les Paul
Occupation: Musician, songwriter and inventor
Date of Birth: 9th June 1915
Place of Birth: Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S. -
Liam Neeson
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 7th June 1952
Place of Birth: Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland -
Liberace
Occupation: Pianist, singer and showman
Date of Birth: 16th May 1919
Place of Birth: West Allis, Wisconsin, U.S. -
Lillian Hellman
Occupation: Playwright and screenwriter
Date of Birth: 20th June 1905
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. -
Little Richard
Occupation: Singer, songwriter and pianist
Date of Birth: 5th December 1932
Place of Birth: Macon, Georgia, U.S. -
Liza Minnelli
Occupation: Actress, singer and dancer
Date of Birth: 12th March 1946
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S. -
Lord Byron
Occupation: Poet, peer and philanderer
Date of Birth: 22nd January 1788
Place of Birth: London, England -
Lorenzo de' Medici
Occupation: Florentine Statesman
Date of Birth: 1st January 1449
Place of Birth: Florence, Republic of Florence -
Louis Armstrong
Occupation: Composer, singer and musician
Date of Birth: 4th August 1901
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. -
Louis Pasteur
Occupation: Microbiologist and chemist
Date of Birth: 27th December 1822
Place of Birth: Dole, France -
Louis XVI
Occupation: The King Of France
Date of Birth: 23rd August 1754
Place of Birth: Palace of Versailles, France -
Lucille Clifton
Occupation: Poet and writer
Date of Birth: 27th June 1936
Place of Birth: Depew, New York, U.S. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Occupation: Composer and pianist
Date of Birth: 16th December 1770
Place of Birth: Bonn, Holy Roman Empire -
Luigi Pirandello
Occupation: Playwright, novelist and poet
Date of Birth: 28th June 1867
Place of Birth: Girgenti, Sicily, Italy -
Luis Walter Alvarez
Occupation: Physicist and professor
Date of Birth: 13th June 1911
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, U.S. -
Mahathir Mohamad
Occupation: 4th and 7th Malaysian Prime Minister
Date of Birth: 10th July 1925
Place of Birth: Alor Setar, Kedah, British Malaya -
Mahatma Gandhi
Occupation: Lawyer, Politician, Activist and Writer
Date of Birth: 2nd October 1869
Place of Birth: Porbandar, Bombay Presidency, British India -
Mao Zedong
Occupation: Revolutionary and Chinese communist leader
Date of Birth: 26th December 1893
Place of Birth: Shaoshan, Hunan, Qing Empire -
Marc Chagall
Occupation: Artist and painter
Date of Birth: 6th July 1887
Place of Birth: Liozna, Vitebsk, Russian Empire -
Marco Polo
Occupation: Merchant, explorer and writer
Date of Birth: 15th September 1254
Place of Birth: Venice, Republic of Venice -
Marian Wright Edelman
Occupation: Lawyer and childrens rights activist
Date of Birth: 6th June 1939
Place of Birth: Bennettsville, South Carolina, U.S. -
Marilyn Monroe
Occupation: Actress, singer and model
Date of Birth: 1st June 1926
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S. -
Mark Twain
Occupation: Author, publisher and lecturer
Date of Birth: 30th November 1835
Place of Birth: Florida, Missouri, U.S. -
Marquis de Sade
Occupation: Writer, philosopher and philanderer
Date of Birth: 2nd June 1740
Place of Birth: Paris, France -
Martha Stewart
Occupation: Businesswoman, writer and television personality
Date of Birth: 3rd August 1941
Place of Birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. -
Martha Washington
Occupation: Plantation owner and first lady of the U.S.
Date of Birth: 13th June 1731
Place of Birth: Chestnut Grove, Virginia U.S. -
Martin Bormann
Occupation: Private Secretary to Adolf Hitler
Date of Birth: 17th June 1900
Place of Birth: Wegeleben, Prussia, German Empire -
Martin Luther King Jr
Occupation: Church minister and leader of the civil rights movement
Date of Birth: 15th January 1929
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. -
Martin Sheen
Occupation: Actor and activist
Date of Birth: 3rd August 1940
Place of Birth: Dayton, Ohio, U.S. -
Mary White Ovington
Occupation: Journalist, author, Social and political activist
Date of Birth: 11th April 1865
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S. -
Matthew C Perry
Occupation: Naval officer and Commodore of the United States Navy
Date of Birth: 10th April 1794
Place of Birth: Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. -
Mel Blanc
Occupation: Actor, voice actor and comedian
Date of Birth: 30th May 1908
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, U.S. -
Michael Caine
Occupation: Actor, producer and author
Date of Birth: 14th March 1933
Place of Birth: Rotherhithe, London, England -
Michael Collins
Occupation: Soldier and revolutionary leader
Date of Birth: 16th October 1890
Place of Birth: Sam's Cross, County Cork, Ireland -
Michelangelo
Occupation: Sculptor, painter, architect and poet
Date of Birth: 6th March 1475
Place of Birth: Caprese, Arezzo, Republic of Florence -
Michio Kaku
Occupation: Theoretical physicist, author and professor
Date of Birth: 24th January 1947
Place of Birth: San Jose, California, U.S. -
Mickey Spillane
Occupation: Novelist and actor
Date of Birth: 9th March 1918
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. -
Mike Tyson
Occupation: Boxer and world champion
Date of Birth: 30th June 1966
Place of Birth: Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. -
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Occupation: The last Shah of Iran
Date of Birth: 26th October 1919
Place of Birth: Tehran, Persia -
Montgomery Clift
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 17th October 1920
Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. -
Morgan Freeman
Occupation: Actor and producer
Date of Birth: 1st June 1937
Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. -
Muammar al-Gaddafi
Occupation: Revolutionary leader and dictator of Libya
Date of Birth: 7th June 1942
Place of Birth: Qasr Abu Hadi, Italian Libya -
Muhammad Ali
Occupation: Boxer and world champion
Date of Birth: 17th January 1942
Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. -
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Occupation: Soldier, founder and first President of Turkey
Date of Birth: 19th May 1881
Place of Birth: Salonica, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire -
Nancy Wilson
Occupation: Singer, songwriter and musician
Date of Birth: 16th March 1954
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, U.S. -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Occupation: Emperor and military general
Date of Birth: 15th August 1769
Place of Birth: Ajaccio, Corsica, France -
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Occupation: Plantation owner, slave trader and soldier
Date of Birth: 13th July 1821
Place of Birth: Chapel Hill, Tennessee, U.S. -
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Occupation: Novelist and writer
Date of Birth: 4th July 1804
Place of Birth: Salem, Massachusetts, U.S. -
Neil Diamond
Occupation: Singer, songwriter, musician and actor
Date of Birth: 24th January 1941
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S. -
Nelson Mandela
Occupation: Lawyer, activist and politician
Date of Birth: 18th July 1918
Place of Birth: Mvezo, Cape Province, South Africa -
Nelson Rockefeller
Occupation: Businessman and politician
Date of Birth: 8th July 1908
Place of Birth: Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S. -
Nero
Occupation: 5th Emperor of Rome
Date of Birth: 15th December 37 AD
Place of Birth: Antium, Italia -
Niccolò Machiavelli
Occupation: Diplomat, political theorist and philosopher
Date of Birth: 3rd May 1469
Place of Birth: Florence, Republic of Florence -
Niccolò Paganini
Occupation: Virtuoso violinist and composer
Date of Birth: 27th October 1782
Place of Birth: Genoa, Republic of Genoa -
Nicholas II
Occupation: Tsar and emperor of Russia
Date of Birth: 18th May 1868
Place of Birth: Alexander Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire -
Nicholas Murray Butler
Occupation: Philosopher and president of Columbia University
Date of Birth: 2nd April 1862
Place of Birth: Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S. -
Nicolaus Copernicus
Occupation: Canon, astronomer and mathematician
Date of Birth: 19th February 1473
Place of Birth: Toruń, Prussia (Now Poland) -
Nikita Khrushchev
Occupation: Soviet statesman and cold war leader of USSR
Date of Birth: 15th April 1894
Place of Birth: Kalinovka, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire -
Nikki Giovanni
Occupation: Poet, writer and professor
Date of Birth: 7th June 1943
Place of Birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. -
Nikola Tesla
Occupation: Physicist and inventor
Date of Birth: 10th July 1856
Place of Birth: Smiljan, Austrian Empire (now Croatia) -
Noël Coward
Occupation: Playwright, composer and actor
Date of Birth: 16th December 1899
Place of Birth: Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK -
Nostradamus
Occupation: Physician, author, astrologer and seer
Date of Birth: 14th December 1503
Place of Birth: Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Provence, France -
Octavio Paz
Occupation: Poet and diplomat
Date of Birth: 31st March 1914
Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico -
O.J. Simpson
Occupation: American footballer and actor
Date of Birth: 9th July 1947
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California -
Oliver Reed
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 13th February 1938
Place of Birth: Wimbledon, London, England -
Olivia De Havilland
Occupation: Actress and writer
Date of Birth: 1st July 1916
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan -
Omar Sharif
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 10th April 1932
Place of Birth: Alexandria, Egypt -
Oprah Winfrey
Occupation: Talk show host, actress and producer
Date of Birth: 29th January 1954
Place of Birth: Kosciusko, Mississippi, U.S. -
Orlando Bloom
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 13th January 1977
Place of Birth: Canterbury, Kent, England -
Orson Welles
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 6th May 1915
Place of Birth: Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. -
Oscar Hammerstein II
Occupation: Librettist and theatrical producer
Date of Birth: 12th July 1895
Place of Birth: New York City, U.S. -
Oscar Wilde
Occupation: Author, playwright and poet
Date of Birth: 16th October 1854
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland -
Otto Von Bismarck
Occupation: Prussian president and Chancellor of the German Empire
Date of Birth: 1st April 1815
Place of Birth: Schönhausen, Province of Saxony, Prussia -
Ovid
Occupation: Poet
Date of Birth: Born: 20 March 43 BC
Place of Birth: Sulmo, Italy, Roman Republic -
Pablo Picasso
Occupation: Artist and painter
Date of Birth: 25th October 1881
Place of Birth: Málaga, Spain -
Pancho Villa
Occupation: Bandit, soldier and revolutionary
Date of Birth: 5th June 1878
Place of Birth: San Juan del Rio, Durango, Mexico -
Pat Boone
Occupation: Singer, composer and actor
Date of Birth: 1st June 1934
Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. -
Patrick Lichfield
Occupation: Photographer
Date of Birth: 25th April 1939
Place of Birth: Chelsea, London, England -
Pattie Boyd
Occupation: Model, photographer and author
Date of Birth: 17th March 1944
Place of Birth: Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom -
Paul Cézanne
Occupation: Artist and painter
Date of Birth: 19th January 1839
Place of Birth: Aix-en-Provence, France -
Paulette Goddard
Occupation: Actress and model
Date of Birth: 3rd June 1910
Place of Birth: Whitestone Landing, Queens, New York, U.S. -
Paul Gauguin
Occupation: Artist and painter
Date of Birth: 7th June 1848
Place of Birth: Paris, France -
Paul Newman
Occupation: Actor, director, race car driver and philanthropist
Date of Birth: 26th January 1925
Place of Birth: Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S. -
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Occupation: Poet, dramatist and novelist
Date of Birth: 4th August 1792
Place of Birth: Field Place, Warnham, West Sussex, England, UK -
Peter Carl Faberge
Occupation: Jeweller
Date of Birth: 30th May 1846
Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg, Russia -
Peter Lorre
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 26th June 1904
Place of Birth: Rózsahegy, Austria-Hungary -
Peter Paul Rubens
Occupation: Artist, painter and diplomat
Date of Birth: 28th June 1577
Place of Birth: Siegen, Nassau-Dillenburg, Holy Roman Empire -
Peter The Great
Occupation: Tsar and Emperor of Russia
Date of Birth: 9th June 1672
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia -
Philip Michael Thomas
Occupation: Actor and singer
Date of Birth: 26th May 1949
Place of Birth: Columbus, Ohio, U.S. -
Plato
Occupation: Philosopher
Date of Birth: 428 BC
Place of Birth: Athens, Greece -
Pol Pot
Occupation: Revolutionary and dictator
Date of Birth: 19th May 1925
Place of Birth: Prek Sbauv, Kampong Thom, Cambodia -
Qian Xuan
Occupation: Artist, poet and painter
Date of Birth: 1235
Place of Birth: Wuxing, Zhejiang Province, China -
Qi Baishi
Occupation: Artist, painter and poet
Date of Birth: 1st January 1864
Place of Birth: Xiangtan, Hunan, China -
Queen Cleopatra VII
Occupation: Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
Date of Birth: 69 BC
Place of Birth: Alexandria, Egypt -
Queen Elizabeth I
Occupation: Queen of England
Date of Birth: 7th September 1533
Place of Birth: Greenwich Palace, Greenwich, England -
Queen Latifah
Occupation: Singer, songwriter, actress, TV host and producer
Date of Birth: 18th March 1970
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, U.S. -
Queen Rania Of Jordan
Occupation: Queen, author, and peoples advocate
Date of Birth: 31st August 1970
Place of Birth: Kuwait City, Kuwait -
Queen Rani Of Jhansi
Occupation: Queen and rebel leader
Date of Birth: 19th November 1828
Place of Birth: Varanasi, India -
Quentin Crisp
Occupation: Actor, writer, raconteur and artists model
Date of Birth: 25th December 1908
Place of Birth: Sutton, Surrey, England -
Quentin Tarantino
Occupation: Director and screenwriter
Date of Birth: 27th March 1963
Place of Birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. -
Quincy Jones
Occupation: Record producer, composer and musician
Date of Birth: 14th March 1933
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S. -
Rabindranath Tagore
Occupation: Poet, composer, writer, philosopher and painter
Date of Birth: 7th May 1861
Place of Birth: Calcutta, British India -
Ram Mohan Roy
Occupation: Reformist
Date of Birth: 22nd May 1772
Place of Birth: Radhanagar, Bengal, British India -
Ramsay MacDonald
Occupation: Politician and Prime Minister
Date of Birth: 12th October 1866
Place of Birth: Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland, UK -
Raul Alfonsin
Occupation: Lawyer, politician and president of Argentina
Date of Birth: 12th March 1927
Place of Birth: Chascomús, Argentina -
Rembrandt
Occupation: Artist and painter
Date of Birth: 15th July 1606
Place of Birth: Leiden, Dutch Republic -
Richard Nixon
Occupation: Politician and 37th president of the U.S.
Date of Birth: 9th January 1913
Place of Birth: Yorba Linda, California, U.S. -
Richard Strauss
Occupation: Composer and conductor
Date of Birth: 11th June 1864
Place of Birth: Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria -
Ringo Starr
Occupation: Drummer, singer and actor
Date of Birth: 7th July 1940
Place of Birth: Dingle, Liverpool, U.K. -
Robert Durst
Occupation: Real estate
Date of Birth: 12th April 1943
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S. -
Robert Falcon Scott
Occupation: Naval officer and polar explorer
Date of Birth: 6th June 1868
Place of Birth: Plymouth, Devon, England -
Robert L Johnson
Occupation: Businessman
Date of Birth: 8th April 1946
Place of Birth: Hickory, Mississippi, U.S. -
Robert Mugabe
Occupation: Revolutionary, politician, prime minister and president
Date of Birth: 21st February 1924
Place of Birth: Kutama, Southern Rhodesia -
Robert The Bruce
Occupation: Rebel leader and King Of Scotland
Date of Birth: 11th July 1274
Place of Birth: Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland -
Ruben Gonzalez
Occupation: Musician
Date of Birth: 26th May 1919
Place of Birth: Santa Clara, Cuba -
Rudyard Kipling
Occupation: Journalist, author and poet
Date of Birth: 30th December 1865
Place of Birth: Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India -
Samuel Beckett
Occupation: Novelist, playwright and poet
Date of Birth: 13th April 1906
Place of Birth: Foxrock, Dublin, Ireland -
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Occupation: Composer, virtuoso pianist and conductor
Date of Birth: 1st April 1873
Place of Birth: Semyonovo, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire -
Sigmund Freud
Occupation: Neurologist, psychoanalyst and author
Date of Birth: 6th May 1856
Place of Birth: Freiberg, Moravia, Austrian Empire -
Simon Bolivar
Occupation: Soldier, revolutionary, politician and president
Date of Birth: 24th July 1783
Place of Birth: Caracas, Captaincy General of Venezuela, Spanish Empire -
Sirhan Sirhan
Occupation: Stable boy, jockey and assassin
Date of Birth: 19th March 1944
Place of Birth: Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel) -
Sirimavo Bandaranike
Occupation: Politician and prime minister
Date of Birth: 17th April 1916
Place of Birth: Ratnapura, British Colony of Ceylon -
Spencer Dryden
Occupation: Musician and drummer
Date of Birth: 7th April 1938
Place of Birth: New York, U.S. -
Stan Laurel
Occupation: Actor, comedian, writer and director
Date of Birth: 16th June 1890
Place of Birth: Ulverston, Lancashire, England -
Stanley Baldwin
Occupation: Industrialist, politician and prime minister
Date of Birth: 3rd August 1867
Place of Birth: Bewdley, Worcestershire, England -
Steve McQueen
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 24th March 1930
Place of Birth: Beech Grove, Indiana, U.S. -
Sugar Minott
Occupation: Singer, songwriter and record producer
Date of Birth: 25th May 1956
Place of Birth: Kingston, Jamaica -
Sukarno
Occupation: Freedom fighter and president of Indonesia
Date of Birth: 6th June 1901
Place of Birth: Surabaya, East Java, Dutch East Indies -
Sun Yat-sen
Occupation: Revolutionary and the Father of the Republic of China
Date of Birth: 12th November 1866
Place of Birth: Cuiheng, Guangdong, Qing Dynasty -
Susan Hayward
Occupation: Actress and singer
Date of Birth: 30th June 1917
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S. -
Suzanne Lenglen
Occupation: Tennis Player
Date of Birth: 24th May 1899
Place of Birth: Paris, France -
Tallulah Bankhead
Occupation: Actress of stage and screen
Date of Birth: 31st January 1902
Place of Birth: Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. -
Terry Crews
Occupation: American footballer, artist and actor
Date of Birth: 30th July 1968
Place of Birth: Flint, Michigan, U.S. -
Thabo Mbeki
Occupation: 2nd president of South Africa
Date of Birth: 18th June 1942
Place of Birth: Idutywa, Eastern Cape, South Africa -
Theodore Roosevelt
Occupation: Statesman, president and conservationist
Date of Birth: 27th October 1858
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S. -
Thomas Arne
Occupation: Composer and musician
Date of Birth: 12th March 1710
Place of Birth: Covent Garden, London, England -
Thomas Eakins
Occupation: Artist, painter and educator
Date of Birth: 25th July 1844
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. -
Thomas Hardy
Occupation: Novelist and poet
Date of Birth: 2nd June 1840
Place of Birth: Stinsford, Dorset, England -
Thomas Jefferson
Occupation: Lawyer, politician and president
Date of Birth: 13th April 1743
Place of Birth: Shadwell, Colony of Virginia, British America -
Thomas Mann
Occupation: Novelist and short story writer
Date of Birth: 6th June 1875
Place of Birth: Lübeck, German Empire -
Tina Turner
Occupation: Singer, songwriter, dancer and actress
Date of Birth: 26th November 1939
Place of Birth: Nutbush, Tennessee, U.S. -
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Occupation: Warrior, statesman and shogun
Date of Birth: 31st January 1543
Place of Birth: Okazaki Castle, Mikawa (now Okazaki, Japan) -
Tony Bennett
Occupation: Singer and Painter
Date of Birth: 3rd August 1926
Place of Birth: Astoria, Queens, New York, U.S. -
Tony Bouza
Occupation: Police officer and author
Date of Birth: 10th April 1928
Place of Birth: Ferrol, Spain -
Tony Curtis
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 3rd June 1925
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, U.S. -
Ugo Foscolo
Occupation: Patriot, poet, soldier and writer
Date of Birth: 6th February 1778
Place of Birth: Zakynthos, Ionian Islands, Republic of Venice -
Uhuru Kenyatta
Occupation: Politician, president and statesman
Date of Birth: 26th October 1961
Place of Birth: Nairobi, Kenya Colony -
Ulysses S. Grant
Occupation: General and 18th U.S. President
Date of Birth: 27th April 1822
Place of Birth: Point Pleasant, Ohio, U.S. -
Uma Thurman
Occupation: Actress and model
Date of Birth: 29th April 1970
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. -
U Ne Win
Occupation: Political and military leader
Date of Birth: 24th May 1911
Place of Birth: Paungdale, Pegu Province, Lower Burma, British India -
Upton Sinclair
Occupation: Author and novelist
Date of Birth: 20th September 1878
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. -
Uri Geller
Occupation: Illusionist and psychic
Date of Birth: 20th December 1946
Place of Birth: Tel Aviv, Palestine (now Israel) -
Ursula Andress
Occupation: Actress and model
Date of Birth: 19th March 1936
Place of Birth: Ostermundigen, Switzerland -
Usain Bolt
Occupation: Sprinter and athlete
Date of Birth: 21st August 1986
Place of Birth: Sherwood Content, Jamaica -
Usha Uthup
Occupation: Singer and actress
Date of Birth: 7th November 1947
Place of Birth: Bombay, Bombay State, India -
Usher
Occupation: Singer, songwriter and actor
Date of Birth: 14th October 1978
Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, U.S. -
Vaclav Havel
Occupation: Poet, playwright and president
Date of Birth: 5th October 1936
Place of Birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia -
Valentina Tereshkova
Occupation: Cosmonaut who was the first woman in space
Date of Birth: 6th March 1937
Place of Birth: Bolshoye Maslennikovo, Soviet Union -
Vera Wang
Occupation: Fashion designer
Date of Birth: 27th March 1949
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S. -
Vicente Fox
Occupation: Statesman, president and businessman
Date of Birth: 2nd July 1942
Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico -
Vigdis Finnbogadottir
Occupation: Academic and president of Iceland
Date of Birth: 15th April 1930
Place of Birth: Reykjavík, Iceland -
Viktor Yushchenko
Occupation: Banker, prime minister and president
Date of Birth: 23rd February 1954
Place of Birth: Khoruzhivka, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, Soviet Union -
Vincent Van Gogh
Occupation: Artist and painter
Date of Birth: 30th March 1853
Place of Birth: Zundert, Netherlands -
Vladimir Horowitz
Occupation: Classical pianist
Date of Birth: 1st October 1903
Place of Birth: Kiev, Russian Empire -
Vladimir Lenin
Occupation: Revolutionary, politician and political leader
Date of Birth: 22nd April 1870
Place of Birth: Simbirsk, Russian Empire -
Vladimir Putin
Occupation: Secret service agent, politician, and president
Date of Birth: 7th October 1952
Place of Birth: Leningrad, Soviet Union -
Vojislav Kostunica
Occupation: Statesman, president and prime minister
Date of Birth: 24th March 1944
Place of Birth: Belgrade, German occupied Serbia -
Voltaire
Occupation: Writer and philosopher
Date of Birth: 21st November 1694
Place of Birth: Paris, France -
Wallis Simpson
Occupation: Socialite and Duchess of Windsor
Date of Birth: 19th June 1896
Place of Birth: Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, U.S. -
Walter Raleigh
Occupation: Writer, poet, and explorer
Date of Birth: 22nd January 1552
Place of Birth: Hayes Barton, East Budleigh, Devon, England -
Walter Winchell
Occupation: Journalist and gossip columnist
Date of Birth: 7th April 1897
Place of Birth: Harlem, New York City, U.S. -
Wangari Maathai
Occupation: Environmental and political activist
Date of Birth: 1st April 1940
Place of Birth: Nyeri, Kenya -
Warren Beatty
Occupation: Actor, director and producer
Date of Birth: 30th March 1937
Place of Birth: Richmond, Virginia, U.S. -
Wernher von Braun
Occupation: Rocket scientist
Date of Birth: 23rd March 1912
Place of Birth: Wirsitz, Posen Province, German Empire -
Wilfred Owen
Occupation: War poet
Date of Birth: 18th March 1893
Place of Birth: Oswestry, Shropshire, England -
Wilhelm Liebknecht
Occupation: Journalist, politician and author
Date of Birth: 29th March 1826
Place of Birth: Giessen, Germany -
Wilhelm Reich
Occupation: Psychoanalyst and inventor
Date of Birth: 24th March 1897
Place of Birth: Dobzau, Austria-Hungary -
William Ewart Gladstone
Occupation: Politician, prime minister and statesman
Date of Birth: 29th December 1809
Place of Birth: Rodney Street, Liverpool, England -
William Grant Still
Occupation: Composer and conductor
Date of Birth: 11th May 1895
Place of Birth: Woodville, Mississippi, U.S. -
William Harvey
Occupation: Royal physician to the crown
Date of Birth: 1st April 1578
Place of Birth: Folkestone, Kent, England -
William James
Occupation: Psychologist and philosopher
Date of Birth: 11th January 1841
Place of Birth: New York City, U.S. -
William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Occupation: Politician, Prime Minister and statesman
Date of Birth: 15th March 1779
Place of Birth: London, England -
William Monroe Trotter
Occupation: Editor and civil rights activist
Date of Birth: 7th April 1872
Place of Birth: Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S. -
William Shakespeare
Occupation: Playwright, poet and actor
Date of Birth: 23rd April 1564
Place of Birth: Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, Kingdom of England -
William Wordsworth
Occupation: Poet of the English Romantics
Date of Birth: 7th April 1770
Place of Birth: Cockermouth, Cumberland, England -
Winston Churchill
Occupation: Soldier, correspondent and Prime Minister
Date of Birth: 30th November 1874
Place of Birth: Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England -
Wolfe Tone
Occupation: Barrister and Irish freedom fighter
Date of Birth: 20th June 1763
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Occupation: Musician and classical composer
Date of Birth: 27th January 1756
Place of Birth: Salzburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Austria) -
Xaviera Hollander
Occupation: Call Girl, madam and author
Date of Birth: 15th June 1943
Place of Birth: Soerabaja, Dutch East Indies -
Xavier Dolan
Occupation: Actor, director and screenwriter
Date of Birth: 20th March 1989
Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada -
Xavier Niel
Occupation: Entrepreneur and businessman
Date of Birth: 25th August 1967
Place of Birth: Maisons-Alfort, Paris, France -
Xenocrates
Occupation: Philosopher and Scholarch of the Academy
Date of Birth: 396BC
Place of Birth: Chalcedon, Classical Greece -
Xenophanes
Occupation: Poet, philosopher and social critic
Date of Birth: 560 BC
Place of Birth: Colophon, Ancient Greece (now Turkey) -
Xenophon
Occupation: Soldier, philosopher and historian
Date of Birth: 431 BC
Place of Birth: Erchia, Ancient Greece -
Xi Jinping
Occupation: President of the People's Republic of China
Date of Birth: 15th June 1953
Place of Birth: Beijing, China -
Xi Yu Lin
Occupation: Professional golfer
Date of Birth: 25th February 1996
Place of Birth: Guangzhou, China -
Xun Kuang
Occupation: Confucian philosopher
Date of Birth: 310BC
Place of Birth: State of Zhao, China -
Xu Zhimo
Occupation: Poet and literary translator
Date of Birth: 15th January 1897
Place of Birth: Haining, Zhejiang province, China -
Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich
Occupation: Astrophysicist and cosmologist
Date of Birth: 8th March 1914
Place of Birth: Minsk, Russian Empire -
Yasmin Le Bon
Occupation: Model and designer
Date of Birth: 29th October 1964
Place of Birth: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England -
Yasser Arafat
Occupation: 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority
Date of Birth: 24th August 1929
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt -
Yasunari Kawabata
Occupation: Novelist and short story writer
Date of Birth: 11th June 1899
Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan -
Yogi Berra
Occupation: Baseball player, manager and coach
Date of Birth: 12th May 1925
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. -
Yoko Ono
Occupation: Musician, poet and artist
Date of Birth: 18th February 1933
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan -
Yo-Yo Ma
Occupation: Musician and cellist
Date of Birth: 7th October 1955
Place of Birth: Paris, France -
Yul Brynner
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 11th July 1920
Place of Birth: Vladivostok, Primorskaya Oblast, Far Eastern Republic -
Yuri Gagarin
Occupation: Pilot and cosmonaut
Date of Birth: 9th March 1934
Place of Birth: Klushino, Gzhatskiy Rayon, Zapadnaya Oblast, Soviet Union -
Yves Saint Laurent
Occupation: Fashion designer
Date of Birth: 1st August 1936
Place of Birth: Oran, French Algeria -
Zachary Taylor
Occupation: Soldier and 12th U.S. president
Date of Birth: 24th November 1784
Place of Birth: Barboursville, Virginia, U.S. -
Zach Galifianakis
Occupation: Actor, writer and comedian
Date of Birth: 1st October 1969
Place of Birth: Wilkesboro, North Carolina, U.S. -
Zeppo Marx
Occupation: Actor, comedian and inventor
Date of Birth: 25th February 1901
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, U.S. -
Zhang Ziyi
Occupation: Actress, dancer and model
Date of Birth: 9th February 1979
Place of Birth: Beijing, China -
Zhao Ziyang
Occupation: 3rd Premier of the People's Republic of China
Date of Birth: 17th October 1919
Place of Birth: Hua County, Henan, China -
Zhou Xun
Occupation: Actress and singer
Date of Birth: 18th October 1974
Place of Birth: Quzhou, Zhejiang, China -
Zhu Yuanzhang
Occupation: Soldier, founder and 1st emperor of the Ming Dynasty
Date of Birth: 21st October 1328
Place of Birth: Haozhou, Henan Jiangbei, Yuan Empire -
Zinedine Zidane
Occupation: Footballer and football manager
Date of Birth: 23rd June 1972
Place of Birth: Marseille, France -
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Occupation: Footballer
Date of Birth: 3rd October 1981
Place of Birth: Malmö, Sweden -
Zoe Wanamaker
Occupation: Actress
Date of Birth: 23rd May 1949
Place of Birth: New York City, U.S. -
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Occupation: Actress and socialite
Date of Birth: 6th February 1917
Place of Birth: Budapest, Austria Hungary