Famous People by Profession Throughout History
We surface standout historical figures and cultural icons grouped by their professions. Pick a field to browse detailed biographies, timelines, and inspiring stories.
We track 64 distinct professions across 8124 curated profiles. Here the most populated ones.
Actors
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Actor
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Tom Cruise
Actor
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Will Smith
Actor
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Clint Eastwood
Actor
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Animators
22 curated profiles.
Walt Disney
Animator
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Amelia Earhart
Animator
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Hayao Miyazaki
Animator
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Jim Henson
Animator
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Shigeru Miyamoto
Animator
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John Lasseter
Animator
Read biography →Architects
3 curated profiles.
Norman Foster
Architect
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Christopher Wren
Architect
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Daniel Burnham
Architect
Read biography →Artists
13 curated profiles.
Andy Warhol
Artist
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Pablo Picasso
Artist
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Leonardo da Vinci
Artist
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Artist
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Artist
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Gloria Vanderbilt
Artist
Read biography →Astronauts
4 curated profiles.
Neil Armstrong
Astronaut
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John Glenn
Astronaut
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Astronaut
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Frank Borman
Astronaut
Read biography →Athletes
158 curated profiles.
Lionel Messi
Athlete
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Kobe Bryant
Athlete
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Michael Jordan
Athlete
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Muhammad Ali
Athlete
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Cristiano Ronaldo
Athlete
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Michael Schumacher
Athlete
Read biography →Authors
120 curated profiles.
Michelle Obama
Author
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Stephen King
Author
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Mark Twain
Author
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Ian Fleming
Author
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Theodor Seuss
Author
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John Grisham
Author
Read biography →Beauty Queens
12 curated profiles.
Vanessa Williams
Beauty Queen
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Lara Dutta
Beauty Queen
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Sushmita Sen
Beauty Queen
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Gloria Diaz
Beauty Queen
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Vanessa Lachey
Beauty Queen
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Lee Meriwether
Beauty Queen
Read biography →Businessmen
31 curated profiles.
Donald Trump
Businessman
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Bill Gates
Businessman
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Businessman
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Henry Ford
Businessman
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Businessman
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Businessman
Read biography →Cartoonists
6 curated profiles.
Mickey Mouse
Cartoonist
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Charles Schulz
Cartoonist
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Mel Blanc
Cartoonist
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Scott Adams
Cartoonist
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Marjane Satrapi
Cartoonist
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Jack Davis
Cartoonist
Read biography →Chefs
9 curated profiles.
Anthony Bourdain
Chef
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Julia Child
Chef
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Wolfgang Puck
Chef
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Alton Brown
Chef
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Antonio Carluccio
Chef
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Chef
Read biography →Coaches
11 curated profiles.
Phil Jackson
Coach
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Alex Ferguson
Coach
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Bear Bryant
Coach
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Mike Ditka
Coach
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Arsène Wenger
Coach
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Luis Enrique
Coach
Read biography →Comedians
300 curated profiles.
Robin Williams
Comedian
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Jerry Seinfeld
Comedian
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Lucille Ball
Comedian
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Bill Cosby
Comedian
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Adam Sandler
Comedian
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John Cleese
Comedian
Read biography →Composers
24 curated profiles.
John Williams
Composer
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Duke Ellington
Composer
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Richard Wagner
Composer
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George Gershwin
Composer
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
Composer
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Burt Bacharach
Composer
Read biography →Content Creators
13 curated profiles.
Terri Irwin
Content Creator
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Richard Simmons
Content Creator
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Laura Bailey
Content Creator
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Content Creator
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Andrew Bachelor
Content Creator
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Jim Cummings
Content Creator
Read biography →Criminals
4 curated profiles.
Jim Jones
Criminal
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David Carpenter
Criminal
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Caryl Chessman
Criminal
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Damien Echols
Criminal
Read biography →Dancers
50 curated profiles.
Gene Kelly
Dancer
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Fred Astaire
Dancer
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Debbie Allen
Dancer
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Cyd Charisse
Dancer
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Dancer
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Josephine Baker
Dancer
Read biography →Designers
5 curated profiles.
Jonathan Ive
Designer
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Designer
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Designer
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Hilary Farr
Designer
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David Carson
Designer
Read biography →Diplomats
7 curated profiles.
Henry Kissinger
Diplomat
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Adel Imam
Diplomat
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Madeleine Albright
Diplomat
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Diplomat
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Caroline Kennedy
Diplomat
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
Diplomat
Read biography →Directors
257 curated profiles.
Christopher Nolan
Director
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Martin Scorsese
Director
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Francis Ford Coppola
Director
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Director
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Jon Favreau
Director
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Peter Jackson
Director
Read biography →Economists
7 curated profiles.
Alan Greenspan
Economist
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Milton Friedman
Economist
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John Kenneth Galbraith
Economist
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Paul Krugman
Economist
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Joseph Stiglitz
Economist
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Mohammad Yunus
Economist
Read biography →Entrepreneurs
12 curated profiles.
Elon Musk
Entrepreneur
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Mark Zuckerberg
Entrepreneur
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Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur
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Jeff Bezos
Entrepreneur
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Richard Branson
Entrepreneur
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Larry Page
Entrepreneur
Read biography →Explorers
8 curated profiles.
Christopher Columbus
Explorer
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Jacques Cousteau
Explorer
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Aron Ralston
Explorer
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Explorer
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Penny Marshall
Explorer
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Explorer
Read biography →Fashion Designers
7 curated profiles.
Gianni Versace
Fashion Designer
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Tom Ford
Fashion Designer
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Ashley Olsen
Fashion Designer
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Christian Dior
Fashion Designer
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Kristin Cavallari
Fashion Designer
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Paloma Picasso
Fashion Designer
Read biography →Filmmakers
53 curated profiles.
Steven Spielberg
Filmmaker
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George Lucas
Filmmaker
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James Cameron
Filmmaker
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Quentin Tarantino
Filmmaker
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Guru Dutt
Filmmaker
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Ron Howard
Filmmaker
Read biography →Historians
3 curated profiles.
David Attenborough
Historian
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Niall Ferguson
Historian
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George Bancroft
Historian
Read biography →Humanitarians
8 curated profiles.
Martin Luther King
Humanitarian
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Rosa Parks
Humanitarian
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Mère Teresa
Humanitarian
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Malcolm X
Humanitarian
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Rosalynn Carter
Humanitarian
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Abbé Pierre
Humanitarian
Read biography →Inventors
9 curated profiles.
Thomas Edison
Inventor
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Nikola Tesla
Inventor
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Tim Berners-Lee
Inventor
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Charles Lindbergh
Inventor
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Inventor
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Samuel Morse
Inventor
Read biography →Journalists
66 curated profiles.
Barbara Walters
Journalist
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Anderson Cooper
Journalist
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Walter Cronkite
Journalist
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Bill O'Reilly
Journalist
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Dan Rather
Journalist
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Bob Woodward
Journalist
Read biography →Lawyers
9 curated profiles.
Marcia Clark
Lawyer
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James Comey
Lawyer
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Alan Dershowitz
Lawyer
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Stephen Breyer
Lawyer
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Jeff Cohen
Lawyer
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Christopher Darden
Lawyer
Read biography →Magicians
3 curated profiles.
David Copperfield
Magician
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Penn Jillette
Magician
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Steve Valentine
Magician
Read biography →Martial Artists
23 curated profiles.
Bruce Lee
Martial Artist
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Conor McGregor
Martial Artist
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Chuck Norris
Martial Artist
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Jet Li
Martial Artist
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Andrei Arlovski
Martial Artist
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Steven Seagal
Martial Artist
Read biography →Mathematicians
6 curated profiles.
Isaac Newton
Mathematician
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Alan Turing
Mathematician
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Ada Lovelace
Mathematician
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Roger Penrose
Mathematician
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Johnny Ball
Mathematician
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Julia Robinson
Mathematician
Read biography →Models
119 curated profiles.
Elle Macpherson
Model
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Tyra Banks
Model
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Naomi Campbell
Model
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Brooke Shields
Model
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Cindy Crawford
Model
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Gisele Bündchen
Model
Read biography →Musicians
386 curated profiles.
Michael Jackson
Musician
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Taylor Swift
Musician
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Rihanna
Musician
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Bob Dylan
Musician
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Musician
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Elvis Presley
Musician
Read biography →Novelists
4 curated profiles.
Florence Nightingale
Novelist
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Danielle Steel
Novelist
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Barbara Taylor Bradford
Novelist
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James Joyce
Novelist
Read biography →Others
54 curated profiles.
Julius Caesar
Other
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Stan Lee
Other
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Anne Frank
Other
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Amanda Knox
Other
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Other
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Garry Kasparov
Other
Read biography →Painters
5 curated profiles.
Frida Kahlo
Painter
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Painter
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Egon Schiele
Painter
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William Scott
Painter
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Painter
Read biography →Philanthropists
4 curated profiles.
Andrew Carnegie
Philanthropist
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Edwina Mountbatten
Philanthropist
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Dina Merrill
Philanthropist
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Tina Ambani
Philanthropist
Read biography →Philosophers
8 curated profiles.
Albert Camus
Philosopher
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Simone de Beauvoir
Philosopher
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Michel Foucault
Philosopher
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Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosopher
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Max Weber
Philosopher
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Philosopher
Read biography →Photographers
3 curated profiles.
Brandon Stanton
Photographer
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Richard Avedon
Photographer
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Anton Corbijn
Photographer
Read biography →Physicists
9 curated profiles.
Albert Einstein
Physicist
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Marie Curie
Physicist
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Michio Kaku
Physicist
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Niels Bohr
Physicist
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Eugene Wigner
Physicist
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Abdus Salam
Physicist
Read biography →Playwrights
12 curated profiles.
Tennessee Williams
Playwright
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Arthur Miller
Playwright
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Oscar Wilde
Playwright
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Samuel Beckett
Playwright
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Sam Shepard
Playwright
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Eugene O'Neill
Playwright
Read biography →Poets
12 curated profiles.
Maya Angelou
Poet
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Robert Frost
Poet
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Sylvia Plath
Poet
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Emily Dickinson
Poet
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Dylan Thomas
Poet
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Walt Whitman
Poet
Read biography →Political Strategists
9 curated profiles.
Mahatma Gandhi
Political Strategist
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Nelson Mandela
Political Strategist
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Ruhollah Khomeini
Political Strategist
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Emiliano Zapata
Political Strategist
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Glenn Beck
Political Strategist
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Dana Perino
Political Strategist
Read biography →Politicians
68 curated profiles.
Abraham Lincoln
Politician
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Barack Obama
Politician
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Politician
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Bill Clinton
Politician
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Ronald Reagan
Politician
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Vladimir Putin
Politician
Read biography →Presenters
28 curated profiles.
Kathie Lee Gifford
Presenter
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Declan Donnelly
Presenter
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Bob Costas
Presenter
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Al Michaels
Presenter
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Anthony McPartlin
Presenter
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James May
Presenter
Read biography →Producers
25 curated profiles.
Quincy Jones
Producer
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Kevin Feige
Producer
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Clive Davis
Producer
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Dan Schneider
Producer
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Kathleen Kennedy
Producer
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Judd Apatow
Producer
Read biography →Psychologists
5 curated profiles.
Sigmund Freud
Psychologist
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Ruth Westheimer
Psychologist
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Joyce Brothers
Psychologist
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Chad Allen
Psychologist
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Rollo May
Psychologist
Read biography →Radio Hosts
16 curated profiles.
Howard Stern
Radio Host
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Rush Limbaugh
Radio Host
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Arthur Godfrey
Radio Host
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Casey Kasem
Radio Host
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Don Imus
Radio Host
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Robin Quivers
Radio Host
Read biography →Rappers
53 curated profiles.
Jay Z
Rapper
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Rapper
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Drake
Rapper
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Rap Monster
Rapper
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Kendrick Lamar
Rapper
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Dr Dre
Rapper
Read biography →Reality Stars
8 curated profiles.
Che Guevara
Reality Star
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Maria Menounos
Reality Star
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Holly Madison
Reality Star
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Kendra Wilkinson
Reality Star
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Richard Hatch
Reality Star
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Kate Gosselin
Reality Star
Read biography →Religious Leaders
7 curated profiles.
Pope John Paul II
Religious Leader
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Billy Graham
Religious Leader
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Joel Osteen
Religious Leader
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Rick Warren
Religious Leader
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Pat Robertson
Religious Leader
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Joseph Bernardin
Religious Leader
Read biography →Royalties
12 curated profiles.
Elizabeth II
Royalty
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Royalty
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Princess Diana
Royalty
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Diana Princess of Wales
Royalty
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Queen Elizabeth II
Royalty
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Charles
Royalty
Read biography →Scientists
20 curated profiles.
Stephen Hawking
Scientist
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Charles Darwin
Scientist
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Scientist
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Galileo Galilei
Scientist
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Scientist
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Jane Goodall
Scientist
Read biography →Singers
389 curated profiles.
Beyoncé Knowles
Singer
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Madonna
Singer
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Tina Turner
Singer
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Adele (singer)
Singer
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Selena Gomez
Singer
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Aretha Franklin
Singer
Read biography →Soldiers
6 curated profiles.
Chris Kyle
Soldier
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Virgil Grissom in Mitchell
Soldier
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Oliver North
Soldier
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Ayub Khan
Soldier
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Marcus Luttrell
Soldier
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John Eisenhower
Soldier
Read biography →Statesmen
8 curated profiles.
George Washington
Statesman
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Statesman
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Charles de Gaulle
Statesman
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Colin Powell
Statesman
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Evel Knievel
Statesman
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Statesman
Read biography →TV Hosts
50 curated profiles.
Johnny Carson
TV Host
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Oprah Winfrey
TV Host
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Ellen DeGeneres
TV Host
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Fred Rogers
TV Host
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Phil Donahue
TV Host
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Alex Trebek
TV Host
Read biography →Wrestlers
24 curated profiles.
John Cena
Wrestler
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Ronda Rousey
Wrestler
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Hulk Hogan
Wrestler
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Stone Cold Steve Austin
Wrestler
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Becky Lynch
Wrestler
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Shawn Michaels
Wrestler
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Socialites
4 curated profiles.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Socialite
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Socialite
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Socialite
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Socialite
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