Oliver Platt is an American actor known for TV roles on 'Chicago Med' and 'The West Wing,' as well as a string of film credits that includes 'The Three Musketeers,' 'Casanova' and '2012.'

• Television Actor, Film Actor, Theater Actor
  (1960–)

The onset of Amazon Prime Day brought news that the online behemoth's CEO, Jeff Bezos, had achieved a net worth of $150 billion. That number surpassed the inflation-adjusted record held by Bill Gates, whose $100 billion peak in 1999 translates to $149 billion today.

• Business Leader, Entrepreneur
  (1964–)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was a spiritual leader known for developing the Transcendental Meditation technique and spreading it all over the world. He became famous for being the spiritual guru to the Beatles.

• (1917–2008)

Considered one of todays leading news correspondents, Christiane Amanpour has covered many of the worlds most dangerous conflicts and devastating events.

• News Anchor, Journalist
  (1958–)

Heather Mills is best known as the ex-wife of musician Paul McCartney as well as for her activism and philanthropy.

• Animal Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Philanthropist, Model, Reality Television Star
  (1968–)

Emmy Award-winning actress Kirstie Alley played Rebecca Howe on the TV series Cheers and has struggled with weight problems in the public eye. She's also competed on the dance-competition show Dancing with the Stars.

• Film Actress, Reality Television Star, Television Actress
  (1951–)

Zayn Malik was one of the five members of One Direction, an English-Irish boy band that has topped the pop charts.

• Singer
  (1993–)

John Singer Sargent was an Italian-born American painter whose portraits of the wealthy and privileged provide an enduring image of Edwardian-age society.

• Painter
  (1856–1925)

Katherine MacGregor starred as Harriet Oleson, a comedic villain whom audiences loved to hate, on 'Little House on the Prairie' from 1974 to 1983.

• Television Actress
  (1925–)

Hermann Göring was a leader of the Nazi Party. He was condemned to hang as a war criminal in 1946 but took his own life instead.

• Military Leader
  (1893–1946)

Howard Stern is a disk jockey, talk show host, author and television personality. His long-running show broadcasts via satellite radio.

• Actor, Radio Talk Show Host
  (1954–)

Civil rights leader James Farmer headed the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and organized the historic Freedom Rides of 1961.

• Civil Rights Activist, Journalist
  (1920–1999)

Melanie Chisholm, also known as "Sporty Spice" and "Mel C," became famous in the mid-1990s with the all-girl British pop group the Spice Girls.

• Singer
  (1974–)

Singer-filmmaker Rob Zombie has delighted and shocked audiences with his horror-rock music and his scary, violent films.

• Director, Singer
  (1965–)

Rhythm and blues singer Ruth Brown signed with Atlantic Records at a young age and recorded a number of hit songs throughout the 1950s.

• Singer, Theater Actress
  (1928–2006)

Vivekananda was a spiritual leader and activist who attempted to combine Indian spirituality with Western ideas.

• Religious Figure, Activist
  (1863–1902)

Alfred Rosenberg served as leader of the Nazi party during Hitler's imprisonment, wrote on German racial purity and was executed as a war criminal.

• War Crimes
  (1893–1946)

Charles Perrault was a French poet and author known for writing the Mother Goose fairy tales.

• Poet, Author
  (1628–1703)

Jack London was a 19th century American author and journalist, best known for the adventure novels White Fang and The Call of the Wild.

• Author, Journalist
  (1876–1916)

Conservative Rush Limbaugh hosts the syndicated and controversial radio talk show, The Rush Limbaugh Show. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame.

• Radio Talk Show Host
  (1951–)

Joe Frazier was the world heavyweight boxing champion from February 1970 until January 1973 and fought in the famous "Thrilla in Manila" in 1975.

• Boxer
  (1944–2011)

Edmund Burke served in the British Parliament 1774-1794, where he dealt with revolutions in America and France, as well as troubles in India and Ireland.

• (c. 1729–1797)

P.W. Botha was a former South African prime minister and president who maintained the racial caste system of apartheid.

• President (non-U.S.), Prime Minister
  (1916–2006)

Mexican-born dancer and choreographer José Limón is recognized as an important figure in the American modern dance movement of the 1930s-1960s.

• Choreographer, Ballet Dancer
  (1908–1972)