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Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer and activist. A global cultural icon, widely known by the nickname "the Greatest", he is often regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. He held the Ring magazine heavyweight title from 1964 to 1970, was the undisputed champion from 1974 to 1978, and was the WBA and Ring heavyweight champion from 1978 to 1979. In 1999, he was named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated and the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC.
Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2012. Schumacher won a record-setting seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, tied by Lewis Hamilton in 2020, and—at the time of his retirement—held the records for most wins (91), pole positions (68), and podium finishes (155), while he maintains the record for most fastest laps (77), among others.
Henry VIII
Henry VIII was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. After the Pope refused to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, Henry passed legislation that severed England and Ireland from the Roman Catholic Church and established the monarch as Supreme Head of the Church of England, initiating the English Reformation. He subsequently married five more times; two marriages were annulled, and two wives were executed.
Kanye West
Ye is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He has been listed among the greatest rappers of all time and referred to as one of the most prominent figures in hip-hop. His music, characterized by frequent stylistic shifts, has been credited with facilitating the emergence of rappers who did not conform to gangster rap conventions. He is also known for his controversial public persona, including his polarizing cultural and political commentary.
Maurice Ravel
French composer (1875–1937)
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
Evangeline Lilly
Canadian actress (born 1979)
Eadweard Muybridge
English-American photographer (1830–1904)
Gabby Giffords
American politician and gun control activist (born 1970)
Roseanne Barr
American actress and comedian (born 1952)
Frankie Muniz
Francisco James Muniz IV is an American actor and professional stock car racing driver. Muniz came to prominence in the 2000s playing the titular character of the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006), for which he was nominated for an Emmy and two Golden Globe Awards. He also worked in the films Big Fat Liar (2002), Deuces Wild (2002), Agent Cody Banks (2003), and Racing Stripes (2005). At the height of his fame in 2003, Muniz was considered one of the most popular child actors and "one of Hollywood's most bankable teens".
Gary Busey
American actor (born 1944)
Seymour Papert
MIT mathematician, computer scientist, and educator (1928–2016)
Phineas Gage
19th century American railway worker who survived a large brain trauma
Richard Hammond
English motoring journalist and broadcaster
Hunter Biden
American businessman and lobbyist (born 1970)
Bryan Danielson
American professional wrestler
Richard Ramirez
American serial killer (1960–2013)
Tracy Morgan
American actor and comedian
Rudi Dutschke
German student activist (1940–1979)
Michael Hutchence
Australian singer (1960–1997)
Rik Mayall
English actor, comedian and writer (1958–2014)
Charles Sumner
American abolitionist and statesman (1811–1874)
Nikolai Karachentsov
Soviet-Russian stage and film actor, singer and musician
Charles the Child
King of Aquitaine from 855
Georges Gilles de la Tourette
French physician (1857-1904)
Sam Kinison
American comedian (1953–1992)
Matt Hughes
American mixed martial arts fighter
Michael Hogan
Canadian actor
James Brady
White House Press Secretary under Ronald Reagan (1940-2014)
Audley Harrison
British boxer
Chris Irwin
British racing driver
Peter Tatchell
British gay rights activist (born 1952)
Bill Johnson
American alpine ski racer (1960-2016)
Amy Cuddy
American psychologist
Perry Saturn
American professional wrestler
Adonis Stevenson
Canadian boxer
James Cracknell
British rower
Richard Speck
Richard Benjamin Speck was an American mass murderer who killed eight student nurses in their South Deering, Chicago, residence by stabbing, strangling, slashing their throats, or a combination of the three on the night of July 13–14, 1966. Speck also raped one victim before killing her. A ninth potential victim, student nurse Corazon Amurao, survived by hiding beneath a bed.
Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo
Prince of Bulgaria (1962-2015)
Chi Cheng
American bassist (1970–2013)
Spalding Gray
actor, dramatist, playwright, screenwriter (1941–2004)
Vladimir Konstantinov
Soviet and Russian ice hockey player
Mike Adamle
American football player and sports broadcaster (born 1949)
Leonardo David
Italian alpine skier (1960–1985)
Óscar Larios
Mexican boxer
Andrew Greeley
Irish-American Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, journalist and novelist, 1928-2013
Bill Mantlo
American comic book writer
Christopher Nowinski
American professional wrestler
Frida Wallberg
Swedish boxer
Denis Boytsov
Russian boxer
Magomed Abdusalamov
Russian boxer
Bob Woodruff
American television journalist
Gregor Baci
Hungarian nobleman and accident victim
José Antonio Gallardo
Spanish association football player (1961-1987)
Alonzo Clemons
American artist
Michael Watson
English boxer
Ricky Ray Rector
American murderer (1950-1992)
Osmar Santos
Brazilian painter and journalist
Gary Dockery
American coma patient