Buddha – Founder of Buddhism
Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, The Buddha (Enlightened one), Tathagata (He who has come thus)
(563 BC, Lumbini near Kapilavastu (now Nepal), India - 483 BC, Kushinagar,...
Robert de Niro – Two-time Academy Award-winning
Robert de Niro
Robert Anthony De Niro Jr.
(17 August 1943, New York)
Nationality: United States of America, Italy
Category: Celebrities
Occupation: Actors, Film Directors
Unique distinction: Iconic Italian-American film...
Teresa Scanlan – Miss America 2011
Teresa Scanlan
(February 6, 1993, Colton, California, USA)
Nationality: United States of America
Category: Celebrities
Occupation: Models
Unique distinction: Miss Southeast 2010, Miss Nebraska 2010 ( youngest Miss...
Mother Teresa – Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Mother Teresa
Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
(26/27 August 1910, Üsküb, Ottoman Empire (now Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) -5 September 1997, Calcutta, India) (aged 87)
Nationality: India
Category: Votaries...
Shania Twain – Canadian Singer and Songwriter
Shania Twain
Eilleen Twain, Eilleen Regina Edwards
(August 28, 1965, Windsor, Ontario, Canada)
Nationality: Canada
Category: Celebrities
Occupation: Singers, Models
Specification: Country Pop
Unique distinction: The author of the best-selling album...
Elton John – Famous Pop superstar and Composer
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John born Reginald Kenneth Dwight
( March 25, 1947, Pinner, Middlesex, England)
Nationality: United Kingdom
Category: Celebrities
Occupation: Singers, pianists, composers
Unique distinction: The...
Melinda Gates – Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Melinda Gates
born Melinda Ann French, Melinda French Gates
(August 15, 1964, Dallas, Texas, USA)
Nationality: United States of America
Category: Leaders
Occupation: Philanthropists, Businessmen
Unique distinction: Co-founder and co-chair...
Alexander Hamilton – One of United States Founding Fathers
Alexander Hamilton
(January 11, 1755 or 1757, Charles Town, Nevis, British West Indies - July 12, 1804, New York City) (aged 47 or 49)
Nationality:...
Nicole Kidman – Academy Award-winning actress
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman
(20 June 1967, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)
Nationality: Australia
Category: Celebrities
Occupation: Actors
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Comedy
Unique distinction: American and Australian actress, Oscar-winning star as best...
Oprah Winfrey – The most famous American television host
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfrey
(Lady O, Deepak Oprah - a send up of Deepak Chopra, a self-help guru)
29 January 1954, Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA
Nationality: United...
Angela Merkel – First female Chancellor of Germany
Angela Merkel
Angela Dorothea Kasner
Born on 17 July 1954, Hamburg, West Germany
Nationality: Germany
Category: Leaders
Occupation: Politicians
Unique distinction: The first female Chancellor of Germany, the de...
Woody Allen – One of America’s Leading Filmmakers
Woody Allen
Allan Stewart Konigsberg
(December 1, 1935, Brooklyn, NY)
Nationality: United States of America
Category: Celebrities
Occupation: Film Directors, Actors
Unique distinction: He is a film genius, one...