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Q5879
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
Sarah Bernhardt
French stage actress, painter and sculptor (1844–1923)
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
Friedrich Schiller
German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)

Meryl Streep
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress. Recognized as one of the most versatile performers of her era, Streep is noted for her technical precision, command of dialects, and professional longevity. She is an alumna of Vassar College and the Yale School of Drama, holding a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Fine Arts. Her artistic process often includes refining her characters' dialogue so that their motivations possess a psychological depth and agency that transcend traditional archetypes. Beyond her creative work, she is a prominent advocate for gender parity, labor protections, and a challenge to the influence of the male gaze in film criticism and production.

Julia Roberts
Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress. Known for her leading roles across several genres, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. She became known for portraying charming and relatable characters in romantic comedies and blockbusters, before expanding into dramas, thrillers, and independent films.

Gerhart Hauptmann
German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912 (1862-1946)

Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. His music and showmanship have had a significant, lasting effect on the music industry, and his songwriting partnership with the lyricist Bernie Taupin is one of the most successful in history. John was the 19th person to achieve an "EGOT", winning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards. He has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

Q7724
Swedish writer and painter (1849–1912)
Humphrey Bogart
American actor (1899–1957)

Anne Hathaway
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Her films have grossed over $6.8 billion worldwide. She was among the world's highest-paid actresses in 2015.

Dario Fo
Italian actor, playwright, comedian, singer-songwriter, theater director, painter, and political activist (1926-2016)

Daniel Craig
Daniel Wroughton Craig is an English actor. He gained international fame by playing the fictional secret agent James Bond in the films Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021).

Paul Heyse
German writer (1830–1914)
Christopher Plummer
Canadian actor (1929–2021)

Jacques Offenbach
German-born French composer (1819–1880)
Lauren Bacall
American actress (1924–2014)

Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren is an English actor. Regarded amongst Britain's greatest actors, Mirren is the recipient of several accolades including an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, four BAFTA Awards, five Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, two Cannes Film Festival Awards, a Volpi Cup and a Laurence Olivier Award. She is the only person to have achieved both the US and UK Triple Crowns of Acting, and has also received the BAFTA Fellowship, Honorary Golden Bear, Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award. Mirren was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003.
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
Roger Moore
English actor (1927–2017)
Carlo Goldoni
Italian playwright (1707-1793)

P. T. Barnum
American showman and politician (1810–1891)

Jude Law
David Jude Heyworth Law is an English actor. He began his career in British theatre before landing small roles in various television productions and feature films. Law gained international recognition for his role in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Academy Award in the same category.

Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his musical versatility, with his discography incorporating a wide variety of many elements, such as Latin pop, dance, reggaeton, salsa, and other genres. Born in San Juan, Martin began appearing in television commercials at age nine and began his musical career at twelve, as a member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo. He began his solo career in 1991 while in Sony Music Mexico, gaining recognition in Latin America with the release of his first two studio albums, Ricky Martin (1991) and Me Amaras (1993), both of which were focused on ballads.
Gene Hackman
American actor (1930–2025)
Anthony Quinn
Mexican and American actor (1915–2001)
George Gershwin
American composer and pianist (1898–1937)
Anne Bancroft
American actress (1931–2005)
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Swiss author and dramatist (1921-1990)
Alec Guinness
British actor (1914–2000)
Jessica Biel
American actress (born 1982)
Elia Kazan
American director and actor (1909–2003)
Bob Hope
American entertainer (1903–2003)
Gilbert Gottfried
American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
Viola Davis
American actress and producer (born 1965)

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.

Stefán Karl Stefánsson
Icelandic actor (1975–2018)
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
Helen Hunt
American actress

David Copperfield
American illusionist

Faye Dunaway
American actress

Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer (1938–1993)

Q154014
German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose (1813–1837)

Claire Danes
Claire Catherine Danes is an American actress. Prolific in film and television since her teens, she is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. In 2012 and 2026, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist (1874–1929)
Joanne Woodward
American actress (born 1930)

Bette Midler
Bette Midler is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author. Throughout her six-decade career Midler has received numerous accolades, including four Golden Globe Awards, three Grammy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Kennedy Center Honor, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award.
Leonid Andreyev
Russian playwright, author and poet (1871–1919)
Alan Alda
American actor (born 1936)
Marcel Pagnol
novelist, playwright and filmmaker from France (1895-1974)
Kevin Kline
American actor (born 1947)

Walter Matthau
American actor, comedian and director (1920–2000)
Margot Fonteyn
British ballerina
Lee Marvin
American actor (1924–1987)

Kerry Washington
Kerry Marisa Washington is an American actress. She has received several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two Tony Awards. She was included in Time's 100 list of most influential people in 2014, and Forbes named her the eighth highest-paid television actress in 2018.

Vincent Price
American actor (1911–1993)
Albert Finney
British actor (1936–2019)
F. Murray Abraham
American actor (born 1939)
Peter Falk
American actor (1927–2011)