Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries
Filterable archive covering centuries of intellectual, artistic, and moral contributions to the human story.
Tommy Sale
Thomas Sale was an English rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.
Gomer Lloyd
Gomer Lloyd was a British bobsledder. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.
Amby Fogarty
Ambrose Gerald Fogarty, known as Amby Fogarty, was an Irish professional football player. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.
Klaas Bakker
Klaas Bakker was a Dutch footballer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.
Igor Sergun
Igor Dmitrievich Sergun was a Russian military officer who was a director of GRU, Russia's military intelligence service, from 2011 until his death in January 2016. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.
Cristina Grado
Maria Cristina Grado was an Italian actress and voice actress. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.
John McDade Howell
John McDade Howell was the seventh chancellor of East Carolina University. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.
Mirko Vujaฤiฤ
Mirko Vujaฤiฤ was a Montenegrin athlete. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.
Kaneko Shigeji
Shigeji Kaneko was a Japanese featherweight boxer during the 1950s. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.
Matt Hobden
Matthew Edward Hobden was an English cricketer, a right-arm fast-medium bowler who batted right-handed. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.
Frances Cress Welsing
Frances Luella Cress Welsing was an American psychiatrist and well-known proponent of the pseudoscientific melanin theory. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.
Leonard White
Leonard White was a British actor, director and television producer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.
Rino Salviati
Gastone Tisalvi, best known as Rino Salviati was an Italian singer, guitarist and film actor.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.
Matthiew Klinck
Matthiew Klinck was a Canadian film director and producer who lived in Belize. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.
Maria Garbowska-Kierczyลska
Maria Garbowska-Kierczyลska was a Polish film, stage and television actress, sometimes known as Marianna Garbowska. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.
Michel Delpech
Jean-Michel Delpech, known as Michel Delpech, was a French singer-songwriter and actor.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.
Marcel Barbeau
Marcel Barbeau, was a Canadian painter, sculptor, and graphic and performance artist who used different forms of abstraction and art techniques and technology to express himself.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.
Tim Francis
Harold Huyton Francis, known as Tim Francis, was a New Zealand diplomat. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.