American singer and songwriter Billie Eilish became a pop superstar by way of her distinctive musical and fashion sensibilities and songs like "Ocean Eyes," "Bad Guy" and "Therefore I Am."

Audre Lorde wrote the poetry collections 'From a Land Where Other People Live' and 'The Black Unicorn,' as well as memoirs like 'A Burst of Light.'

British actor Daniel Kaluuya made his name in the U.K. on the hit series 'Skins,' before becoming a Hollywood star with his Oscar-nominated role in 'Get Out.'

Elisa Lam was a 21-year-old tourist whose 2013 disappearance and death at the Cecil Hotel received widespread attention. Her death was ruled accidental, but there are still unanswered questions about what happened to her.

Serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, also known as the "Happy Face Killer," brutally murdered eight women between 1990 and 1995.

Elizabeth Carmichael promised to revolutionize the automotive industry with a fuel-efficient car called the Dale, but the vehicle was never manufactured. While facing fraud charges, she was publicly revealed to be a transgender woman.

Patrick Mahomes is an NFL quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs football team.

Bree Newsome is an artist and Black activist who entered the national spotlight when she climbed a flagpole at the South Carolina Capitol grounds to remove a Confederate battle flag in 2015.

TV and radio host Larry King, known for his straight to the point interviewing technique, hosted 'Larry King Live' for 25 years.

Stacey Abrams is a politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2006-2017, and ran for the governor of the state in 2018. She is also the founder of the organization Fair Fight.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is the first woman of color to be elected to Congress from Massachusetts. She is a member of "The Squad."

Cori Bush is a Democratic Missouri congresswoman and activist, who protested for 400 days in Ferguson, Missouri after the death of Michael Brown Jr.

Fred Hampton was a leader in the Black Panther Party who was harassed and targeted by local law enforcement and the FBI, resulting in his murder during a police raid on his apartment on December 4, 1969.

Siegfried Fischbacher was one-half of the performing duo Siegfried and Roy.

Peter Sutcliffe was a British serial killer known as the Yorkshire Ripper whose 1975-80 murder spree left residents of northern England living in fear.

Charley Pride was one of the few Black country musicians to have had considerable success in the largely white country music industry and was only the second Black musician to perform at the Grand Ole Opry.

Cedric Richmond is a former five-term U.S. congressman from Louisiana. After co-chairing Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign, he was named the president-elect's senior advisor and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.

Jen O'Malley Dillon became the first woman to manage a winning Democratic presidential campaign in 2020, before her appointment as President Joe Biden's deputy chief of staff.

Mike Donilon is a longtime Democratic political pollster, strategist and consultant who was named senior adviser to President Joe Biden in 2020.

Ron Klain is a lawyer, political operative and former aide to Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. He was named President Joe Biden's chief of staff in November 2020.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz was an American screenwriter, director and producer known for writing hit movies such as 'All About Eve,' 'A Letter to Three Wives' and 'Cleopatra.'