User:Bdschi/The 200

The 200 are the 200 most famous and influential people in history of mankind.

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• Jenny Aloni
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• Raissa Adler
• Annette Faße
• Achim Großmann
• Dong Xue
• Fischbach (Nuremberg)
• University of Technology Nuremberg
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• User:Bdschi/Ingeborg Andresen
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• User:Bdschi/Christina von Braun
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  • Sigismund von Braun
  • Hans Blüher (in references)
  • Michal Aviad
• User:Bdschi/Elisabeth von Dyck
  • Elisabeth von Dyck redirects to Members of the Red Army Faction
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• User:Bdschi/Yang Yu (skier)
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  • 2011–12 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
  • 2012–13 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
  • 2015–16 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
  • 2016–17 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup
  • Freestyle skiing at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
• User:Bdschi/Gudrun Genest
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  • Corinna Genest
• Neuschwanstein Murder

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  • Stanley Adams (whistleblower)
    Stanley George Adams (born c. 1927) is a former pharmaceutical company executive and corporate whistleblower, whose case was a cause célèbre in the 1970s.
    There is already a discussion on his talk page: Talk:Stanley Adams#May have died in 2016
  • Richard Draeger
    Richard Arthur "Dick" Draeger (born September 22, 1937) is an American rower who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Pasadena, California. In 1960 he was a crew member of the American boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed pairs event.
• Gestorben 2017
  
  • Raymond Bruckert
    Raymond Bruckert (born in Biel/Bienne, Canton of Bern, on November 19, 1935) is an author of Swiss novels, geography textbooks for primary education, as well as other technical and educational publications. He began to write novels shortly after his retirement.
  • Luvsanlkhagvyn Dashnyam
    Luvsanlkhagvyn Dashnyam (born 15 May 1940) is a Mongolian speed skater. He competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics, the 1968 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Winter Olympics.
  • Patricia Jünger
    Patricia Jünger (born 6 August 1951) is a Swiss-Austrian multi-media artist, conductor, sound director and composer.
  • John Moore (skier)
    John Moore (born 18 May 1933) is a British skier. He competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics, the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olympics.
  • Karel Štefl (cross-country skier)
    Karel Štefl (born 16 March 1946) is a Czech cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 15 kilometre event at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
  • Herman Van Loo
    Herman Van Loo (born 14 January 1945) is a former Belgian cyclist. He competed in the individual pursuit event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
• Gestorben 2018
  
  • Ernesto Bono
    Ernesto Bono (born 25 April 1936) is an Italian racing cyclist. He finished in ninth place in the 1959 Giro d'Italia.
  • Georges Dubois (skier)
    Georges Dubois (born 19 May 1935) is a Swiss cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 30 kilometre event at the 1964 Winter Olympics.
  • Peter Eggert
    Peter Eggert (born 8 June 1943 in Berlin) is a former German football player and manager.
  • Hanns Leske
    Hanns Leske (born 1950 in Berlin) is a German sports historian, political scientist and former Berlin local politician.
  • Orlando Mohorović
    Orlando Mohorović (born 1950 in Labin) is a Croatian artist. He is one of the original members of a group of artists called Labinski atelieri.
  • Paolo Nuzzi
    Paolo Nuzzi (born 2 December 1939) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed four films between 1964 and 1976. His 1974 film Il piatto piange was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival.
  • Olaf von Schilling
    Olaf von Schilling (born 16 September 1943) is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
  • Gary Schlosser
    Gary Joseph Schlosser (born c.1937) is a film producer who was most active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He is best known for co-producing the 1966 film Cowboy, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary, Short Subjects in 1967. Schlosser also served as executive producer of the cinéma vérité documentary film series The Social Seminar, produced by the University of California at Los Angeles for the National Institute of Mental Health from 1970 to 1972.
  • Werner Schraut
    Werner Schraut (born 25 April 1941) is a German weightlifter. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.
  • Jānis Vilsons
    Jānis Vilsons (born 10 January 1944 in Beja, Alūksne Municipality) is a Soviet former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
  • Peter Winter (philately)
    Peter Winter (born c. 1941 in Germany) is a stamp reproducer. He also trained as an opera singer.
• Gestorben 2019
  
  • Ara Baliozian
    Ara Baliozian (Armenian: Արա Պալիոզեան; born 10 December 1936) is an Armenian author, translator, and critic who is published in both Armenian and English.
  • Max Beck (luger)
    Max Beck (born 13 January 1952) is a Liechtensteiner luger. He competed in the men's singles and doubles events at the 1976 Winter Olympics.
  • Charles Thomas Butler
    Charles Thomas Butler (born June 11, 1932) is a former American bobsledder who competed in the 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, a gold in the 1959 World Championships, and three other medals at the World Championships.
  • Richard Connor
    Richard Carroll "Dick" Connor (born March 25, 1934) is a diver from the United States and Olympic bronze medalist. He represented his native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he received a bronze medal.
  • Peter Curtis (tennis)
    Peter Curtis (born 29 August 1945 ) is a former British professional tennis player. Curtis won one Grand Slam title in mixed doubles with his then-wife Mary Ann Eisel Curtis.
  • Charles Enz
    Charles Paul Enz (born 19 January 1925) is a Swiss theoretical physicist, known for his long association with Wolfgang Pauli.
  • Walburga Fricke
    Walburga Fricke (born 14 September 1936) is a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. She is a member of the Landtag of Bavaria.
  • José Giro
    José Giro (born 12 November 1955) is a Spanish cross-country skier. He competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics, the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics.
  • Milan Šamko
    Milan Šamko (born 1946 in Leipzig) is a German pianist and keyboardist. In the 1980s, he became a sought-after studio musician of the GDR.
  • Norbert Thom
    Norbert Thom (born 11 August 1946 in Kleinsteinlohe, Tiefenbach, Bavaria; residing in Köniz, Switzerland; Swiss citizen since 2011) is a German-Swiss economist and emeritus professor at the University of Bern where he taught business administration, organization design and human resource management until he retired in summer 2012.
  • Nadezhda Chernyshyova
    Nadezhda Petrovna Chernyshova (born 21 March 1951; Russian: Надежда Петровна Чернышёва) is a former coxswain who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
  • Frank Verleyen
    Frank Verleyen (born 26 February 1963) is a Belgian former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
• Gestorben 2020
  
  • Shamim Akhtar
    Shamim Akhtar (Urdu: شمیم اختر; born on 9 March 1954) is a Pakistani politician who was Minister Provincial Assembly (MPA) Punjab, Pakistan from 2013 to 2018.
  • Jean Anastasi
    Jean Anastasi (born 16 December 1935) is a French former professional racing cyclist. He rode in three editions of the Tour de France.
  • Anatoli N. Andrianov
    Anatoli (or Anatoly) Nikolaievich Andrianov (Анатолий Николаевич Андрианов, born 21 July 1936) is а Russian mathematician.
  • Ulrich Büscher
    Ulrich Büscher (born 20 October 1958) is a German former football player.
  • Manfred Christ
    Manfred Christ (born 18 February 1940 in Aschaffenburg) is a German politician, representing the Christian Social Union of Bavaria.
  • Jean-Loup Gervais
    Jean-Loup Gervais (born 10 September 1936 in Paris) is a French theoretical physicist.
  • Bernard Hebb
    Bernard Hebb (born 1941 in Massachusetts, United States) is a classical guitarist and professor of classical guitar.
  • Bernt Jansson
    Bernt Jansson (born 26 June 1950) is a Swedish speed skater. He competed in the men's 1000 metres event at the 1976 Winter Olympics.
  • Rolf Jobst
    Rolf Jobst (born 31 March 1951 in Ebersbach, East Germany) is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.
  • Søren Wulff Johansson
    Søren Wulff Johansson (born 26 August 1971 in Hals, Denmark) is a Danish former decathlete. He was the first Danish person to receive a lifetime ban from sport, after failing doping tests for anabolic steroids in 1989 and 1995.
  • Peter Kalinke
    Peter Kalinke (born 21 December 1936) is a German footballer. He played in seven matches for the East Germany national football team from 1960 to 1961.
  • Göran Karlsson (cyclist)
    Göran Karlsson (born 21 September 1937) is a Swedish former professional racing cyclist. He rode in the 1960 Tour de France.
  • Hans-Georg Kraus
    Hans-Georg Kraus (born 25 October 1949) is a former professional German footballer.
  • Tom Moore (footballer)
    Thomas Lynch Moore (born 25 July 1936) is an English former amateur footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Darlington.
  • Gavrail Panchev
    Gavrail Panchev (born 15 October 1954 in Stamboliyski) is a Bulgarian author, researcher and publicist. In 1982, Gavrail Panchev acquired his master's degree in Bulgarian philology at Plovdiv University "Paisiy Hilendarski". Between 1983 and 1991 he worked consecutively as teacher and assistant director in High school "Father Paisiy" in Stamboliyski town. Gavrail Panchev was director of foundation "European month of culture" in Plovdiv city. Since 10 November 1989 he has published multitude articles in the Bulgarian national press (newspaper "Democracy", "Philosophical alternatives" magazine, newspaper Literatural forum, Democratic review magazine, newspaper Marica and others). Gavrail Panchev is author of eight books (Author and eight books (Between the slavery and the freedom, The change and others). His newest work, Biography of Aleko Konstantinov in three volumes is assessed by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences as the best research on the life of the prominent Bulgarian social and literature figure.
  • Michel Rateau
    Michel Rateau (born 4 September 1938 in Paris, France) is a French composer.
  • Michel Rey
    Michel Rey (born 3 February 1932) is a Swiss cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 15 kilometre event at the 1956 Winter Olympics.
  • Werner Weckert
    Werner Weckert (born 23 August 1938) is a Swiss former cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
• Gestorben 2021
  • Bernd Fasching
    Bernd Fasching (born 18 July 1955 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian painter and sculptor. He lives and works in Vienna.
    See Talk:Bernd Fasching#Has Bernd Fasching already passed away?
  • Romeo Frigo
    Romeo Frigo (born 28 July 1946) is a Swiss archer. He competed in the men's individual event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
  • Hans Schleuniger
    Hans Schleuniger (born 9 July 1933) is a Swiss former professional racing cyclist. He rode in the 1960 Tour de France.
• Gestorben 2022
  • Luis Aguiar (rower)
    Luis Aguiar (born 1 December 1939) is a Uruguayan rower. He competed in the men's coxed pair event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
• Gestorben 2023
  • Abdul Elah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
    Abdul Elah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: عبد الإله بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ʿAbd al ʾIlāh bin ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Saʿūd), also spelled Abdulillah, born 1939) is a member of the Saudi royal family. He is a son of King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and was an advisor to another of Abdulaziz's sons, King Abdullah. Prince Abdul Elah is the second oldest surviving son of Abdulaziz, the eldest being King Salman.
  • Dieter Bertholdt
    Dieter Bertholdt (born 20 July 1935) is a German chess player. See: Talk:Dieter Bertholdt#Status of a Dieter Bertholdt?
  • Anna Suvorova
    Anna A. Suvorova (born 11 January 1949 in Moscow) is a Russian orientalist and art critic. She is bilingual in Russian and Urdu.
• Gestorben 2024
  
  • Morton Brown
    Morton Brown (born August 12, 1931) is an American mathematician who specialized in geometric topology.
  • Jouko Jokinen
    Jouko Jokinen (born 30 November 1936) is a Finnish speed skater. He competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olympics.

French

• Décès en janvier 2024
  
  • Poul Svendsen
    Poul Verner Svendsen (born 21 April 1927) is a Danish rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Svendsen was born in Copenhagen in 1927. In 1952, he was a crew member of the Danish boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed pair event.
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• Décès en mai 2024
  
• Décès en juin 2024
  
• Décès en juillet 2024
  
  • Zemaryalai Tarzi
    Dr. Zemaryalai Tarzi (Pashto: زمریالی طرزی‎; 1939–2024) is an archaeologist from Afghanistan. Born in Kabul in 1939, Professor Tarzi completed his studies under the supervision of Professor Daniel Schlumberger, in the process obtaining the first of three Ph.Ds. From 1973 to 1979, he was Director General of Archaeology and Preservation of Historical Monuments of Afghanistan as well as the Director of the Archaeology Institute of Afghanistan.From 1972 to 1979 he directed the excavations in Bamiyan and Hadda on the sites of Tape Shotor and Tape Tope Kalan. Tarzi was exiled to France in 1979, where he assumed the post of Professor of Eastern Archaeology at the University of Strasbourg. He was Director for the French Archaeological Missions for the Surveys and Excavations of Bamiyan from 2003 - 2013. Dr. Tarzi starred in Christian Frei's documentary The Giant Buddhas about the Taliban's destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyan in March 2001. Professor Tarzi is the author of over hundred articles and books, and served as president of the Association for the Protection of Afghan Archaeology (APAA), funded by his daughter Nadia Tarzi in 2002 and based in San Rafael, California.
• Décès en aout 2024
  
• Décès en septembre 2024
  
  • Jean Bérenger
    Jean Bérenger (born 2 October 1934) is a French historian, director of research at the CNRS, professor at the Faculty of History of the University of Strasbourg and, starting from 1990, at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. Bérenger specializes in the history of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and in military history, mainly of the modern era, but has also published works on the contemporary era. His doctorate dealt with the history of Austria and Hungary in the 17th century.
• Décès en octobre 2024
  

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (/ˈlɪŋkən/ LING-kən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the United States through the American Civil War, defending the nation as a constitutional union, defeating the insurgent Confederacy, abolishing slavery, expanding the power of the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy.

Lincoln in 1863

Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln

Adele

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE (/əˈdɛl/; born 5 May 1988), known mononymously as Adele, is an English singer-songwriter. She is known for her mezzo-soprano vocals and sentimental songwriting. Adele has received numerous accolades including 16 Grammy Awards, 12 Brit Awards (including three for British Album of the Year), an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

Adele for Vogue in 2021

Wikipedia: Adele

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. During his dictatorship, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims.

Portrait of Adolf Hitler, 1938

Wikipedia: Adolf Hitler

Agatha Christie

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime"—a moniker which is now trademarked by her estate—or the "Queen of Mystery". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

Black and white portrait photograph of Christie as a middle-aged woman

Wikipedia: Agatha Christie

Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei (Chinese: 艾未未; pinyin: Ài Wèiwèi, English pronunciation: (help·info); born 28 August 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on democracy and human rights. He investigated government corruption and cover-ups, in particular the Sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of "tofu-dreg schools" in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport on 3 April, for "economic crimes". He was detained for 81 days without charge. Ai Weiwei emerged as a vital instigator in Chinese cultural development, an architect of Chinese modernism, and one of the nation's most vocal political commentators.

Ai in 2017

Wikipedia: Ai Weiwei

Al Pacino

Alfredo James Pacino (/pəˈtʃiːnoʊ/ pə-CHEE-noh; Italian: [paˈtʃiːno]; born April 25, 1940) is an American actor. Considered one of the greatest and most influential actors of the 20th century, Pacino has received numerous accolades: including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards achieving the Triple Crown of Acting. He also received four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and been honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2001, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2007, the National Medal of Arts in 2011, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2016.

Pacino in 2016

Wikipedia: Al Pacino

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (/ˈaɪnstaɪn/ EYEN-styne; German: [ˈalbɛɐt ˈʔaɪnʃtaɪn] ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held to be one of the greatest and most influential scientists of all time. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics, and was thus a central figure in the revolutionary reshaping of the scientific understanding of nature that modern physics accomplished in the first decades of the twentieth century. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc², which arises from relativity theory, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect", a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory. His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. In a 1999 poll of 130 leading physicists worldwide by the British journal Physics World, Einstein was ranked the greatest physicist of all time. His intellectual achievements and originality have made the word Einstein broadly synonymous with genius.

Portrait by Ferdinand Schmutzer, 1921

Wikipedia: Albert Einstein

Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell (/ˈɡreɪ.əm/, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885.

Bell c. 1917

Wikipedia: Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander der Große

Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to the throne in 336 BC at the age of 20 and spent most of his ruling years conducting a lengthy military campaign throughout Western Asia, Central Asia, parts of South Asia, and Egypt. By the age of 30, he had created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to northwestern India. He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered to be one of history's greatest and most successful military commanders.

Alexander in the Alexander Mosaic

Wikipedia: Alexander the Great

Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the "Master of Suspense", he became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo roles in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65). His films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins, although he never won the award for Best Director, despite five nominations.

Hitchcock, c. 1960s

Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Nobel

Alfred Bernhard Nobel (/noʊˈbɛl/ noh-BEL, Swedish: [ˈǎlfrɛd nʊˈbɛlː] ; 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer and businessman. He is known for inventing dynamite as well as having bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prize. He also made several important contributions to science, holding 355 patents in his lifetime. Nobel's most famous invention was dynamite, an explosive using nitroglycerin; it was patented in 1867.

Nobel in 1896

Wikipedia: Alfred Nobel

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Mary Earhart (/ˈɛərhɑːrt/ AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer and writer. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, was one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.

Earhart beneath the nose of her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, March 1937 in Oakland, California, before departing on her final round-the-world attempt prior to her disappearance

Wikipedia: Amelia Earhart

Amy Winehouse

Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues, reggae and jazz.

Winehouse singing in front of a microphone, looking to the side.

Wikipedia: Amy Winehouse

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol (/ˈwɔːrhɒl/; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, producer, and leading figure in the pop art movement. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture. Some of his best-known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental films Empire (1964) and Chelsea Girls (1966), and the multimedia events known as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966–67).

Warhol in 1980

Wikipedia: Andy Warhol

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie (/dʒoʊˈliː/; born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress, filmmaker and humanitarian. The recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards, she has been named Hollywood's highest-paid actress multiple times.

A headshot of Angelina Jolie at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2022

Wikipedia: Angelina Jolie

Anne Frank

Annelies Marie Frank (German: [ˈanə(liːs maˈʁiː) ˈfʁaŋk] , Dutch: [ˌɑnəˈlis maːˈri ˈfrɑŋk, ˈɑnə ˈfrɑŋk] ; 12 June 1929 – c. February or March 1945) was a German-born Jewish girl who kept a diary in which she documented life in hiding under Nazi persecution during the German occupation of the Netherlands. She is a celebrated diarist who described everyday life from her family hiding place in an Amsterdam attic. One of the most-discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously with the 1947 publication of The Diary of a Young Girl (originally Het Achterhuis in Dutch, lit. 'the back house'; English: The Secret Annex), in which she documents her life in hiding from 1942 to 1944 — it is one of the world's best-known books and has been the basis for several plays and films.

Frank in May 1942, two months before she and her family went into hiding

Wikipedia: Anne Frank

Archimedes

Archimedes of Syracuse (/ˌɑːrkɪˈmiːdiːz/, ARK-ihm-EE-deez; c. 287 – c. 212 BC) was an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Considered the greatest mathematician of ancient history, and one of the greatest of all time, Archimedes anticipated modern calculus and analysis by applying the concept of the infinitely small and the method of exhaustion to derive and rigorously prove a range of geometrical theorems. These include the area of a circle, the surface area and volume of a sphere, the area of an ellipse, the area under a parabola, the volume of a segment of a paraboloid of revolution, the volume of a segment of a hyperboloid of revolution, and the area of a spiral.

Archimedes Thoughtful by Domenico Fetti (1620)

Wikipedia: Archimedes

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Louise Franklin (/əˈriːθə/ ə-REE-thə; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the "Queen of Soul", Rolling Stone twice named her as the greatest singer of all time. With global sales of over 75 million records, Franklin is one of the world's best-selling music artists.

Franklin in 1968

Wikipedia: Aretha Franklin

Aristoteles

Aristotle (/ˈærɪsˌtɒtəl/ ARR-iss-tot-əl; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs, pronounced [aristotélɛːs]; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science.

Roman copy (in marble) of a Greek bronze bust of Aristotle by Lysippos (c. 330 BC), with modern alabaster mantle

Wikipedia: Aristotle

People with the given name Aristotle

The modern Greek name is also anglicized Aristotelis; the French form is Aristote:

• Aristotle of Athens, 5th century BCE tyrant
• Aristotle of Cyrene (4th century BC), philosopher of the Cyrenaic school
• Aristotle the Dialectician (3rd century BC), a philosopher who killed the tyrant Abantidas of Sicyon
• Aristotle of Sicily, a rhetorician
• Aristotle, several authors mentioned in a passage on writers named "Aristotle" by the writer Diogenes Laërtius in his Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (v. 35) but who are otherwise unknown:
  • Aristotle, author of a work On Excess (Περὶ Πλεονασμοῦ)
  • Aristotle, author of a work on the Iliad
• Aristotle, three obscure philosophers of the Peripatetic school
  • Aristotle, mentioned in the Meteaphysics of Syrianus (12.55) as having composed commentaries on the philosophies of his namesake Aristotle
  • Aristotle, son of Erasistratus, is mentioned by Sextus Empiricus in his Adversus Mathematicos (Πρὸς μαθηματικούς)
  • Aristotle of Mytilene, who was apparently one of the most distinguished speculative philosophers in the time of the medical writer Galen (De Consuetud. p. 553, ed. Paris.)
• Aristotle of Chalcis, historical writer
• Aristotle of Argos (3rd century BC), rebel who led a revolt against the rule of Cleomenes III in Argos
• Aristotle of Mytilene (2nd century AD), Peripatetic philosopher in the time of Galen
• Aristotele Fioravanti (c. 1415–c. 1486), Italian Renaissance architect and engineer
• Aristotelis Valaoritis (1824–1879), Greek poet
• Aristotle Onassis (1906–1975), Greek shipping magnate
• Aristóteles Picho (1957–21 December 2013), Peruvian actor
• Aristotle Pollisco (Gloc-9), Filipino rapper
• Aristotelia Peloni, Greek journalist and politician in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
• Aristotle Athari, comedian and cast member on Saturday Night Live

Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Kathleen Hepburn (née Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from the Classical Hollywood cinema and was inducted into the International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List.

Hepburn in 1956

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Augustus

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Latin: Octavianus), was the founder of the Roman Empire. He reigned as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. The reign of Augustus initiated an imperial cult, as well as an era associated with imperial peace (the Pax Romana or Pax Augusta) in which the Roman world was largely free of armed conflict (aside from expansionary wars and the Year of the Four Emperors, the latter of which occurring after Augustus' reign). The Principate system of government was established during his reign and lasted until the Crisis of the Third Century.

Augustus of Prima Porta, 1st century

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/ , bə-RAHK hoo-SAYN oh-BAH-mə; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president in U.S. history. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008, as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004, and as a civil rights lawyer and university lecturer.

Obama standing in the Oval Office with his arms folded and smiling

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath, a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the first postmaster general.

Portrait by Joseph Duplessis, 1778

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Beyoncé

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (/biˈɒnseɪ/ bee-ON-say; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter and businesswoman. Dubbed as "Queen Bey" and a prominent cultural figure of the 21st century, she has been recognized for her artistry and performances, with Rolling Stone naming her one of the greatest vocalists of all time.

Beyoncé in 2023

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Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992. Clinton, whose policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy, became known as a New Democrat.

Official portrait, 1993

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Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and writer best known for co-founding the software giant Microsoft, along with his childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief software architect, while also being its largest individual shareholder until May 2014. He was a prominent pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s.

Bill Gates in 2023

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Generally regarded as one of the greatest songwriters ever, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 60-year career. He rose to prominence in the 1960s, when his songs "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963) and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (1964) became anthems for the civil rights and antiwar movements. Initially modeling his style on Woody Guthrie's folk songs, Robert Johnson's blues, and what he called the "architectural forms" of Hank Williams's country songs, Dylan added increasingly sophisticated lyrical techniques to the folk music of the early 1960s, infusing it "with the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry". His lyrics incorporated political, social, and philosophical influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning counterculture.

Dylan in 2010

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Bob Marley

Robert Nesta Marley OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican reggae singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of the genre, Marley fused elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady in his music and was renowned for his distinctive vocal and songwriting style. Marley's contribution to music increased the visibility of Jamaican music worldwide and made him a global figure in popular culture. Over the course of his career, Marley became known as a Rastafarian icon, and he infused his music with a sense of spirituality. He is also considered a global symbol of Jamaican music and culture and identity, and was controversial in his outspoken support for democratic social reforms. He also supported legalisation of cannabis, and advocated for Pan-Africanism. In 1976, Marley survived an assassination attempt in his home, which was thought to be politically motivated.

Black and white image of Bob Marley

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Bono

Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by the nickname Bono (/ˈbɒnoʊ/ BON-oh), is an Irish singer-songwriter and activist. He is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band U2.

Bono performing on the Joshua Tree Tour 2017 in Indianapolis

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Brad Pitt

William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. As a public figure, Pitt has been cited as one of the most powerful and influential people in the American entertainment industry.

Brad Pitt in 2019

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Britney Spears

Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. Often referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she is credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Spears has sold over 150 million records worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling music artists. She has earned numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award, 15 Guinness world records, six MTV Video Music Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards (including the Millennium Award), the inaugural Radio Disney Icon Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her heavily choreographed videos earned her the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.

Spears in 2013

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Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee (Chinese: 李小龍; born Lee Jun-fan, 李振藩; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that is sometimes credited with paving the way for modern mixed martial arts (MMA). Lee is considered by some commentators and martial artists to be the most influential martial artist of all time and a pop culture icon of the 20th century, who bridged the gap between East and West. He is credited with promoting Hong Kong action cinema and helping to change the way Chinese people were presented in American films.

Bruce Lee

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Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Nicknamed "the Boss", he has released 21 studio albums during a career spanning six decades, most of which feature his backing band, the E Street Band. Springsteen is a pioneer of heartland rock, a genre combining mainstream rock music with poetic and socially conscious lyrics that feature narratives primarily concerning working class American life. He is known for his descriptive lyrics and energetic concerts, which sometimes last over four hours.

Springsteen in 2012

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Celine Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion CC OQ (/seɪˌliːn diˈɒn/ say-LEEN dee-ON; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the "Queen of Power Ballads", she is noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals. Her music has incorporated genres such as pop, rock, R&B, gospel, and classical music. Her recordings have been mainly in English and French, although she has also sung in Spanish, Italian, German, Latin, Japanese, and Chinese.

Dion in 2012

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Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin FRS FRGS FLS FZS JP (/ˈdɑːrwɪn/ DAR-win; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and considered a fundamental concept in science. In a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace, he introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history and was honoured by burial in Westminster Abbey.

Darwin, c. 1854, when he was preparing On the Origin of Species

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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ˈdɪkɪnz/; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today.

Charles Dickens, Portrait by Jeremiah Gurney, c. 1867–1868

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Charlie Chaplin

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.

Chaplin in the early 1920s

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Che Guevara

Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Spanish: [ˈtʃe ɣeˈβaɾa]; 14 June 1928 – 9 October 1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.

Guerrillero Heroico, 1960

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Christoph Kolumbus

Christopher Columbus (/kəˈlʌmbəs/; between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and European colonization of the Americas. His expeditions were the first known European contact with the Caribbean and Central and South America.

Posthumous portrait by Sebastiano del Piombo, 1519

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Clark Gable

William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor. Often referred to as the "King of Hollywood", he had roles in more than 60 films in a variety of genres during a career that lasted 37 years, three decades of which was as a leading man. He was named the seventh greatest male movie star of classic American cinema by the American Film Institute.

Gable in a publicity portrait in 1940

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Claude Monet

Oscar-Claude Monet (UK: /ˈmɒneɪ/, US: /moʊˈneɪ, məˈ-/, French: [klod mɔnɛ]; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his long career, he was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of impressionism's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions of nature, especially as applied to plein air (outdoor) landscape painting. The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting Impression, soleil levant, exhibited in 1874 (the "exhibition of rejects") initiated by Monet and his associates as an alternative to the Salon.

Monet c. 1899

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Clint Eastwood

Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide, Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the mid-1960s and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five Dirty Harry films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity. Elected in 1986, Eastwood served for two years as the mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

Eastwood in 2010

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Coco Chanel

Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (/ʃəˈnɛl/ shə-NEL, French: [ɡabʁijɛl bɔnœʁ kɔko ʃanɛl] ; 19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post–World War I era with popularizing a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style. This replaced the "corseted silhouette" that had earlier been dominant with a style that was simpler, far less time-consuming to put on and remove, more comfortable, and less expensive, all without sacrificing elegance. She is the only fashion designer listed on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. A prolific fashion creator, Chanel extended her influence beyond couture clothing, realizing her aesthetic design in jewellery, handbags, and fragrance. Her signature scent, Chanel No. 5, has become an iconic product, and Chanel herself designed her famed interlocked-CC monogram, which has been in use since the 1920s.

Coco Chanel in Los Angeles, 1931

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Confucius

Confucius (孔子; pinyin: Kǒngzǐ; lit. 'Master Kong'; c. 551 – c. 479 BCE), born Kong Qiu (孔丘), was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. Confucius's teachings and philosophy underpin the East Asian culture and society, and remain influential across China and East Asia to this day. His philosophical teachings, called Confucianism, emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice, kindness, sincerity, and a ruler's responsibilities to lead by virtue.

Depiction of Confucius by Wu Daozi (685–758), Tang dynasty

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Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH ComM (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾiʃˈtjɐnu ʁɔˈnaldu]; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr and the Portugal national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo has won five Ballon d'Or awards, a record three UEFA Men's Player of the Year Awards, and four European Golden Shoes, the most by a European player. He has won 33 trophies in his career, including seven league titles, five UEFA Champions Leagues, the UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League. Ronaldo holds the records for most appearances (183), goals (140) and assists (42) in the Champions League, goals in the European Championship (14), international goals (128) and international appearances (205). He is one of the few players to have made over 1,200 professional career appearances, the most by an outfield player, and has scored over 850 official senior career goals for club and country, making him the top goalscorer of all time.

Ronaldo with Al Nassr in 2023

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Dalai Lama

The 14th Dalai Lama (spiritual name: Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, also known as Tenzin Gyatso; né Lhamo Thondup; born 6 July 1935), known to the Tibetan people as Gyalwa Rinpoche, is, as the incumbent Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibet. He is considered a living Bodhisattva; specifically, an emanation of Avalokiteśvara in Sanskrit, and Chenrezig in Tibetan. He is also the leader and a monk of the Gelug school, the newest school of Tibetan Buddhism, formally headed by the Ganden Tripa. The central government of Tibet, the Ganden Phodrang, invested the Dalai Lama with temporal duties until his exile in 1959.

Dalai Lama in 2012 02

Daniel Craig

Daniel Wroughton Craig CMG (born 2 March 1968) is an English actor. He gained international fame by playing the fictional secret agent James Bond for five installments in the film series, from Casino Royale (2006) up to No Time to Die (2021).

Daniel Craig in 2021

David Beckham

David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (/ˈbɛkəm/ BEK-əm; born 2 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer, the president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City. Primarily a right winger and known for his range of passing, crossing ability and free-kick taking, Beckham has been hailed as one of the greatest and most recognisable midfielders of his generation, as well as one of the best free-kick takers of all time. He won 19 major trophies in his career, and is the first English player to win league titles in four different countries: England, Spain, the United States and France.

Beckham at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships

David Bowie

David Bowie|David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (/ˈboʊi/ BOH-ee), was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft had a significant impact on popular music.

David Bowie, Chicago 2002-08-08, photo by Adam Bielawski

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David Livingstone

David Livingstone FRGS FRS (/ˈlɪvɪŋstən/; 19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, and an explorer in Africa. Livingstone was married to Mary Moffat Livingstone, from the prominent 18th-century Moffatt missionary family. Livingstone came to have a mythic status that operated on a number of interconnected levels: Protestant missionary martyr, working-class "rags-to-riches" inspirational story, scientific investigator and explorer, imperial reformer, anti-slavery crusader, and advocate of British commercial and colonial expansion. As a result, Livingstone became one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th-century Victorian era.

Livingstone in 1864

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Diana, Princess of Wales

Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997), was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her activism and glamour made her an international icon, and earned her enduring popularity.

Diana in 1997

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Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily for her decades-long career in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly, which led to success during the remainder of the 1960s (both as a solo artist and with a series of duet albums with Porter Wagoner), before her sales and chart peak came during the 1970s and continued into the 1980s. Some of Parton's albums in the 1990s did not sell as well, but she achieved commercial success again in the new millennium and has released albums on various independent labels since 2000, including her own label, Dolly Records.

Parton in 2010

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Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.

Official portrait, 2017

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (né Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, author, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States, and of American literature. Poe was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story, and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre, as well as a significant contributor to the emerging genre of science fiction. He is the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.

Poe in 1849

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Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas (UK: /ˈdeɪɡɑː/, US: /deɪˈɡɑː, dəˈɡɑː/; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, French: [ilɛːʁ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɛdɡaʁ də ɡa]; 19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.

Self-portrait (Degas Saluant), 1863

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Edith Piaf

Édith Piaf (born Édith Giovanna Gassion; 19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963) was a French singer best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres. She is widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers of the 20th century.

Piaf in 1946

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Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch (/mʊŋk/ MUUNK, Norwegian: [ˈɛ̀dvɑɖ ˈmʊŋk] ; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work, The Scream, has become one of Western art's most acclaimed images.

Munch in an undated photo

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Elisabeth I.

Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last monarch of the House of Tudor.

The Darnley Portrait, c. 1575

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Elisabeth II.

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states over the course of her lifetime and remained the monarch of 15 realms by the time of her death. Her reign of over 70 years is the longest of any British monarch, the longest of any female monarch, and the second longest verified reign of any monarch of a sovereign state in history.

Formal portrait, 1959

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Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor DBE (27 February 1932 – 23 March 2011) was a British and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She then became the world's highest paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her seventh on its greatest female screen legends list.

Publicity photo, late 1950s

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Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen Lee DeGeneres (/dəˈdʒɛnərəs/ də-JEN-ər-əs; born January 26, 1958) is an American comedian, television host, actress, and writer. She starred in the sitcom Ellen from 1994 to 1998, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for "The Puppy Episode". She also hosted the syndicated television talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show from 2003 to 2022, for which she received 33 Daytime Emmy Awards.

DeGeneres in 2009

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John CH CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist and composer. Acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his work during the 1970s and for his lasting impact on the music industry, his music and showmanship have had a significant impact on popular music. His songwriting partnership with lyricist Bernie Taupin is one of the most successful in history.

John at Glastonbury Festival 2023

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Known as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Presley's energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, brought both great success and initial controversy.

Presley in a publicity photograph for the 1957 film Jailhouse Rock

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Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is credited with popularizing hip hop in Middle America and is regarded as among the greatest rappers of all time. His success is considered to have broken racial barriers to the acceptance of white rappers in popular music. While much of his transgressive work during the late 1990s and early 2000s made him a controversial figure, he came to be a representation of popular angst of the American underclass and has been cited as influencing many musical artists. His most successful songs on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 include "The Real Slim Shady", "Without Me", "Lose Yourself", "Not Afraid", "Love the Way You Lie", "The Monster", "Godzilla", and "Houdini".

Eminem 2021 Color Corrected

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