Brigitte Bardot is a French dancer, model and actress who became an international icon in the 1950s and '60s with films like And God Created Women and Contempt.
Confucius was an influential Chinese philosopher, teacher and political figure known for his popular aphorisms and for his models of social interaction.
Actress Hilary Duff came to fame as the title character on the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire. Her debut pop record, Metamorphosis, went triple-platinum.
Janeane Garofalo is an Emmy Award-nominated TV and film actress, comedian and political activist known for work like Reality Bites and The Truth About Cats & Dogs.
Alice Marble was a women's tennis champion, winner of 12 U.S. Open and 5 Wimbledon titles. She also served as U.S spy in Switzerland during WWII.
Marcello Mastroianni often played the ideal European male in Federico Fellini's films.
William S. Paley was a businessman who started what would become the CBS television network.
Ethel Rosenberg and husband Julius Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage in 1951. They were both executed by the U.S. government in 1953.
Mira Sorvino is an Academy Award-winning actress who starred in Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite.
Ed Sullivan was a journalist, producer and TV host known for his successful variety program The Ed Sullivan Show.
David Walker was an African American abolitionist whose pamphlet was one of the most radical documents of the antislavery movement.
Actress Naomi Watts starred in Mulholland Drive and The Ring. She's also a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations, and works on HIV/AIDS awareness programs.