1887-1995
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Anne Bancroft was an American actress associated with the Method acting school, which she had studied under Lee Strasberg.
1931-2005
Actor Antonio Banderas has starred in some of Hollywood's most high-profile films, including Interview with the Vampire, Desperado and The Mask of Zorro.
1960-
Charles Barkley is a former professional basketball player. He was one of the NBA's most dominating power forwards.
1963-
Victoria Beckham is a fashion designer and singer chiefly known for her work with the Spice Girls and for being the wife of soccer star David Beckham.
1974-
1944-
1507-1536
The only child of singing duo Sonny and Cher, Chaz Bono is a transgendered author, activist and television personality.
1969-
1921-2003
Heiress, model, singer, and actress Carla Bruni is best known for her romances and marriage to French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
1967-
William F. Buckley was a writer and political TV personality who helped make conservative politics popular in the 1950s-1970s.
1925-2008
Sir Michael Caine is an English film actor, perhaps best known for his roles in 1986's Hannah and Her Sisters and 1999's The Cider House Rules.
1933-
1876-1950
Charlemagne was the King of the Franks from 768 and the Emperor of the Romans from 800 until his death in 814. He empire united most of Western Europe
768-814
1630-1685
1550-1574
1368-1422
1682-1718
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Celia Cruz, known as the "Queen of Salsa," was one of the most successful Latin American music performers of the 20th century.
1925-2003
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1881-1959
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1861-1947
1799-1879
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1827-1915
Tom Ford is an American fashion designer and film director. He is famous for turning around the Gucci fashion house and creating the Tom Ford label.
1961-
Vivica Fox is an American actress and television producer who is best known for her roles in the films Independence Day, Soul Food and Kill Bill: Vol 1.
1964-
Ben Franklin is best known for his participation in the movement for American Independence as a writer and diplomat.
1706-1790
1976-
American actress Teri Garr is perhaps best known for her role as Dustin Hoffman's girlfriend in 1981's Tootsie and opposite Michael Keaton in 1983's Mr. Mom.
1947-
Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar is best known for her role in the critically acclaimed TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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1862-1931
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Angie Harmon is American model and actress who has starred in the series Baywatch Nights and Law & Order.
1972-
Teri Hatcher is an American actress best known for her TV roles as Susan Mayer on the series Desperate Housewives and Lois Lane on Lois & Clark.
1964-
Anne Hathaway is an American actress. She has starred in The Devil Wears Prada as an intern and in the title Role of Becoming Jane about Jane Austen.
1982-
Charles Melville Hays was an American railway executive of the Grand Trunk Railway. He died at sea on the RMS Titanic in 1912.
1856-1912
Anne Heche is an American actress, known for her role on the series Another World, as well as for personal life. She was once wed to comedian Ellen DeGeneres.
1969-
American actor Charlton Heston is well known for his heroic roles in the films El Cid, Planet of the Apes, The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur.
1923-2008
Paris Hilton is best known as the Heiress and Reality star that courts regular media attention for her socialite lifestyle and short-lived romances.
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1693-1740
W.K. Kellogg founded the Kellogg Company, which makes cereal products that have become popular around the world.
1860-1951
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Actress Angela Lansbury's career has spanned eight decades. She is well-known for her 12-year run as the sleuth Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote.
1925-
Sophia Loren is an Italian actress, one of Italy's most recognized women and its most famous movie stars.
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1915-2005
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1854-1946
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1885-1956
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Anthony Minghella won the Oscar for Best Director for The English Patient (1996). His projects were often very bold.
1954-2008
Sese Seko Mobutu was the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (also known as Zaire for much of his reign) from 1965 to 1997.
1930-1997
With a handful of hits to his credit, singer Wayne Newton has spent more than five decades as one of Las Vegas's most popular entertainers.
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1937-2006
William S. Paley was a businessman who started what would become the CBS television network.
1901-1990
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Anna Pavlova was a Russian ballerina of the late 19th and early 20th century. She is widely considered one of the finest classical ballet dancers in history.
1881-1931
1932-1992
1178-1208
1605-1665
1811-1884
Zac Posen is a fashion designer who became the Next Big Thing before he even had his first runway show.
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Queen Elizabeth was the Queen consort of King George VI until his death in 1952, is best known for her moral support to the British people during WWII.
1900-2002
1915-2001
1926-
Queen Rania of Jordan is best known for her advocacy work in public health, education and as an outspoken opponent of the practice of "honor killings."
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1907-1995
1908-1985
1931-2007
Robert II was the King of Scotland from 1371 - 1390 and is best known for his largely ineffectual reign.
1316-1390
1918-2009
Andy Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1.
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1881-1912
Wayne Rooney is a Premier League soccer superstar. He's the youngest goal scorer and the youngest to play in 200 games in the league's history.
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Antonio Sabato Jr. is best known as a model for Calvin Klein underwear and as an actor on General Hospital, Melrose Place and The Bold and the Beautiful.
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Edie Sedgwick was a socialite and model who became a muse to Andy Warhol in the 1960s.
1943-1971
1926-
1096-1154
Tilda Swinton is a British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films. She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Michael Clayton.
1960-