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Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and 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", Hitchcock became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo appearances in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65). Among other accolades, his films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins, although he never won the award for Best Director, despite five nominations.
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and businesswoman. Lopez is regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of her time, credited with breaking barriers for Latino Americans in Hollywood and helping propel the Latin pop movement in music. She is also known for her cultural impact through fashion, branding, and shifting mainstream beauty standards.
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential players in the sport's history, Bryant won five NBA championships and was an 18-time All-Star, four-time All-Star MVP, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, 12-time member of the All-Defensive Team, the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), two-time NBA Finals MVP, and two-time scoring champion. He ranks fourth in league all-time regular season and postseason scoring. Bryant was posthumously named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021 and was a two-time inductee to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, for his playing career in 2020 and as a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic team in 2025.
Taylor Lautner
American actor
Rita Hayworth
American actress (1918–1987)
Gregory Peck
American actor (1916–2003)
James Cagney
American actor and dancer (1899–1986)
John Ford
American film director (1894–1973)
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Hungarian-American socialite and actress (1917–2016)
Frank Capra
Italian-born American film director (1897–1991)
Bob Hope
American entertainer (1903–2003)
Dean Martin
Dean Martin was an American singer, actor, comedian and television host. Nicknamed the "King of Cool", he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century.
Gwen Stefani
American singer
Fergie
American singer, rapper and actress
Gary Sinise
American actor
Martin Sheen
Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez, known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. His work spans more than six decades of television and film, and his accolades include three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and four Actor Awards. In 1989, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Mia Farrow
Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow is an American actress. She first gained notice for her role as Allison MacKenzie in the prime-time television soap opera Peyton Place and gained further recognition for her subsequent short-lived marriage to Frank Sinatra. She achieved her career breakthrough and international acclaim as the titular character Rosemary in Roman Polanski's psychological horror film Rosemary's Baby (1968), receiving nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She went on to appear in several films throughout the 1970s, such as Follow Me! (1972), The Great Gatsby (1974), and Death on the Nile (1978). Her younger sister is Prudence Farrow.
Helen Hayes
American actress (1900–1993)
Jane Wyman
American actress (1917–2007)
Chris Evert
American former tennis player (born 1954)
Loretta Young
American actress (1913–2000)
Mary Astor
American actress and author (1906–1987)
Nicholas Sparks
American writer and novelist
Andy Garcia
American actor and director (born 1956)
Bob Newhart
American stand-up comedian and actor (1929–2024)
Dave Brubeck
American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012)
Tim Conway
American actor and comedian (1933–2019)
Steve Bannon
Stephen Kevin Bannon is an American media executive, political strategist, pundit and former investment banker. He served as the White House's chief strategist for the first seven months of President Donald Trump's first administration before Trump fired him. He is a former executive chairman of Breitbart News. Since 2019, Bannon has hosted the War Room podcast.
Tom Brady
Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 23 seasons. He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots and was a central contributor to the franchise's dynasty from 2001 to 2019. In his final three seasons, he played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady is widely regarded as the greatest quarterback of all time.
Walter Brennan
American actor (1894–1974)
Rey Mysterio
American professional wrestler
Rachel Maddow
American television news host and political commentator
Jack Dorsey
American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter
John Barrymore
American actor (1882–1942)
Carroll Baker
American actress (born 1931)
Emily Osment
American actress and singer
Steve Vai
American guitarist
Joe DiMaggio
American baseball player (1914–1999)
Amanda Gorman
American poet and activist
Klay Thompson
Klay Alexander Thompson is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played his first 13 seasons with the Golden State Warriors, where Thompson was part of the "Splash Brothers." He is widely regarded as one of the best three-point shooters of all time. Thompson is a four-time NBA champion, a five-time NBA All-Star, a two-time All-NBA Third Team honoree, and was once named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. He has also won gold medals with the United States national team on their 2014 World Cup team and 2016 Olympic team.
Dean Koontz
American writer and screenwriter (born 1945)
Linda Cardellini
Linda Edna Cardellini is an American actress. In television, she is known for her starring roles in the teen drama Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), the medical drama ER (2003–2009), and the thriller Bloodline (2015–2017), as well as for her guest role as Sylvia Rosen on AMC's Mad Men (2013–2015). Her starring role in the Netflix dark comedy series Dead to Me (2019–2022) earned her a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress.
Cesar Chavez
Cesario Estrada "Cesar" Chavez was an American labor unionist and political activist. Along with Dolores Huerta and Gilbert Padilla, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). Ideologically, his worldview combined leftism with Catholic social teaching.
Mortimer J. Adler
American philosopher, author and educator (1902–2001)
Jeanne Crain
American actress (1925–2003)
Tom Araya
Chilean-American musician
Anthony Kennedy
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1988 to 2018
David Henrie
American actor
Jackie Coogan
American actor (1914–1984)
Robert Ryan
American actor (1909-1973)
Liberace
Władziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987) was an American pianist, singer, and actor. He was born in Wisconsin to parents of Italian and Polish origin and enjoyed a career spanning four decades of concerts, recordings, television, motion pictures, and endorsements. At the height of his fame, from the 1950s to 1970s, he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world, with established concert residencies in Las Vegas and an international touring schedule.
Ricardo Montalbán
Mexican actor (1920–2009)
Jimmy Durante
American actor, comedian and singer (1893–1980)
Christy Turlington
American model
Maria Shriver
First Lady of California from 2003 to 2011
McKayla Maroney
American artistic gymnast
Brendan Eich
American computer programmer and technology executive
Bill Richardson
Governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011
Desi Arnaz
Cuban-born American musician, actor and television producer (1917-1986)
Adolphe Menjou
American actor (1890–1963)