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Danny Boyle
English filmmaker
Jon Bon Jovi
John Francis Bongiovi Jr., known professionally as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He is best known as the founder and frontman of the rock band Bon Jovi, which was formed in 1983. He has released 16 studio albums with his band as well as two solo albums.
Werner Herzog
German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director (born 1942)
Seth MacFarlane
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer. He is the creator and star of the television series Family Guy and The Orville, and co-creator of the television series American Dad! and The Cleveland Show. He also co-wrote, co-produced, directed, and starred in the films Ted, its sequel Ted 2, and A Million Ways to Die in the West.
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Dutch politician (born 1963)
Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro Gómez is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, gothicism and horror, often blending the genres, with an effort to infuse visual or poetic beauty in the grotesque. He has had a lifelong fascination with monsters, which he considers symbols of great power. He is known for pioneering dark fantasy in the film industry and for his use of insectile and religious imagery, his themes of Catholicism, celebrating imperfection, underworld motifs, practical special effects, and dominant amber lighting.
Frank Wilczek
American theoretical physicist
Anne Rice
American writer
Karl Kraus
Austrian playwright and publicist (1874–1936)
Dashiell Hammett
American writer (1894–1961)
Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao Sr. is a Filipino professional boxer and former politician. Nicknamed "PacMan", he is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time, becoming the only eight-division world champion in boxing history. He also served as a senator of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022.
Ellen Burstyn
American actress
Robert Altman
American filmmaker (1925–2006)
Taylor Momsen
Taylor Michel Momsen is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, model, and former actress. Prior to her retirement from acting, she portrayed the character of Cindy Lou Who in the film How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Alexandra Anami in Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002), Molly in Underdog (2007), and Jenny Humphrey on The CW's teen drama series Gossip Girl. Momsen has been the frontwoman of the American rock band The Pretty Reckless since their inception in 2009.
James McAvoy
Scottish actor (born 1979)
Alfred Jodl
German general and convicted war criminal (1890–1946)
Alan Alda
American actor (born 1936)
Billy Joel
American singer, songwriter, and pianist (born 1949)
Christian de Duve
Belgian biochemist, cytologist (1917–2013)
Sean Combs
Sean John Combs, also known professionally as Diddy, is an American former rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor. He is credited with the discovery and development of musical artists such as the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and Usher, among others.
Billy Connolly
Scottish actor and comedian
Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi (; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé ( ; ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials RG, was a Belgian comic strip artist. He is best known for creating The Adventures of Tintin, the series of comic albums that are considered one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. He was also responsible for two other well-known series, Quick & Flupke (1930–1940) and The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko (1936–1957). His works were executed in his distinctive ligne claire drawing style.
Brian Eno
British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)
Elio Di Rupo
Belgian politician (born 1951)
Paul Bettany
British actor
David Hasselhoff
American actor, singer, producer, and businessman (born 1952)
Timothy Leary
American psychologist (1920–1996)
Mandy Moore
American actress and singer (born 1984)
Mário Soares
President of Portugal (1924–2017)
Joyce Carol Oates
American author (born 1938)
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
French phenomenological philosopher
John Lydon
British-born Irish-American singer and songwriter
Guðni Jóhannesson
President of Iceland (2016-2024)
Víctor Jara
Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, and political activist (1932-1973)
Julius Streicher
German publisher, Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1885-1946)
Hilary Mantel
British writer (1952–2022)
Bill de Blasio
109th Mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2022
Hank Aaron
American baseball player (1934–2021)
Kevin Smith
American filmmaker (born 1970)
Roger Zelazny
U.S. science fiction and fantasy writer and poet (1937–1995)
Bill Maher
American stand-up comedian and television host
Emily Deschanel
American actress, television producer, and film producer
Simon Baker
Simon Lucas Baker is an Australian actor and director. He first gained prominence on the Australian soap opera E Street (1992–1993). He later starred in the CBS legal drama The Guardian (2001–2004), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama in 2002. From 2008 to 2015, he portrayed Patrick Jane in the drama series The Mentalist, earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2009. Baker has also appeared in several films, including L.A. Confidential (1997), Restaurant (1998), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), and Margin Call (2011).
Louis C.K.
American comedian, actor, and filmmaker (born 1967)
Rosie O'Donnell
American comedian, producer, actress, and television personality
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American singer, songwriter, and rapper
Karen Armstrong
author and comparative religion scholar from Great Britain
Robert Smith
English singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
Gabriel Byrne
Irish actor
John Harsanyi
Hungarian economist (1920-2000)
Peter Capaldi
Scottish actor and filmmaker (born 1958)
Željko Komšić
Bosnian Croat politician
Empress Michiko
wife of Emperor Akihito of Japan
Joe Rogan
American broadcaster, comedian, and actor (born 1967)
Chaka Khan
American singer (born 1953)
Jon Hamm
Jonathan Daniel Hamm is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Don Draper in the period drama series Mad Men (2007–2015), for which he won numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
Park Chan-wook
South Korean film director, screenwriter and film producer (born 1963)
Louise Brooks
American actress (1906–1985)
John Desmond Bernal
Irish scientist (1901-1971)
Alejandro Amenábar
Spanish-Chilean film director, screenwriter and composer