People (in my good books)

1. Maxima Acuna Atalaya Chaupe

Self | Maxima

2. Ansel Adams

Art_department | Ben Casey

Ansel Adams is widely regarded as one of the most famous photographers of all time, particularly in reference to his striking images of the American wilderness. Adams placed great value upon technical mastery of his craft, carefully evaluating gradations of light in the image, manipulating degree ...

3. Jane Addams

Writer | Shoes

Jane Addams was born on September 6, 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois, USA. She was a writer, known for Shoes (1916), Votes for Women (1912) and Mutual Weekly, No. 16 (1915). She died on May 21, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

4. Cannonball Adderley

Soundtrack | The Wolf of Wall Street

Cannonball Adderley was born on September 15, 1928 in Tampa, Florida, USA. He was a music artist and actor, known for The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Mindhunters (2004) and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004). He was married to Olga James. He died on August 8, 1975 in Gary, Indiana, USA.

5. Isabelle Adjani

Actress | Possession

Isabelle Yasmine Adjani was born in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, a suburb of Paris, to Emma Augusta "Gusti" (Schweinberger) and Mohammed Adjani. Her father was a Kabyle Algerian, from Iferhounène, and her mother was a Bavarian German. She grew up speaking German fluently. After winning a school ...

6. Ibrahim Ag Alhabib

Soundtrack | Ibiza: The Silent Movie

Ibrahim Ag Alhabib is known for Ibiza: The Silent Movie (2019), Independent Lens (1999) and Tinariwen sur l'eau (2013).

7. Muhammad Ali

Actor | The Greatest

Muhammad Ali beat more champions and top contenders than any heavyweight champion in history. He defeated heavyweight kings Sonny Liston (twice), Floyd Patterson (twice), Ernie Terrell, Jimmy Ellis, Ken Norton (twice), Joe Frazier (twice), George Foreman and Leon Spinks. He defeated ...

8. Dave Allen

Writer | Dave Allen at Large

Born of a prominent Irish journalist in Dublin, Ireland, Dave Allen started out working and touring through English theatres and night clubs. Only occasionally working on radio, he made his first TV appearance on the BBC's "New Faces." He managed to tour with The Beatles while they were still ...

9. Salvador Allende

Self | ¡Qué hacer!

Allende became the Socialist President of Chile--elected by popular vote--in 1970 who was replaced by the now notorious Augusto Pinochet. It has been reported that Allende committed suicide. But it has not been determined whether his death was the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound or by fire...

10. Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Camera_department | La diosa arrodillada

Manuel Álvarez Bravo was born on February 4, 1902 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was a cinematographer, known for La diosa arrodillada (1947), Sonatas (1959) and Albur de amor (1947). He was married to Colette Urbajtel, Doris Heyden and Lola Alvarez Bravo. He died on October 19, 2002 ...

11. Carmen Amaya

Actress | Los Tarantos

Carmen Amaya, one of Spain's most revered flamenco dancers and singers, made her flamenco debut in 1919--at the age of 6! She took Spain by storm, and the next year had a triumphant engagement in Paris. In 1941 she performed in the US, at the prestigious Carnegie Hall, to great acclaim, and was ...

12. Baba Amte

Turbulent Waters

Baba Amte is known for Turbulent Waters (2001).

13. Theodoros Angelopoulos

Director | Mia aioniotita kai mia mera

Theo Angelopoulos began to study law in Athens but broke up his studies to go to the Sorbonne in Paris in order to study literature. When he had finished his studies, he wanted to attend the School of Cinema at Paris but decided instead to go back to Greece. There he worked as a journalist and ...

14. Martha Argerich

Soundtrack | Wasabi

Martha Argerich was born on June 5, 1941 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an actress and composer, known for Wasabi (2001), The Tree of Life (2011) and Another Woman (1988). She has been married to Stephen Kovacevitch since 1974. They have one child. She was previously married to Charles Dutoit ...

15. Nana Yaa Asantewaa

Actress | Diabolo

Nana Yaa Asantewaa is known for Diabolo (1991), Sweet Lost (2022) and Kukesi (2018).

16. Peggy Ashcroft

Actress | A Passage to India

Academy Award-winning, legendary English actress - who maintained her status in the British acting elite for decades. Made a Dame of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956. Almost always on stage, she appeared rarely in film, her first being The Wandering Jew (1933). On stage she was cast...

17. Fred Astaire

Actor | The Towering Inferno

Fred Astaire was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Johanna (Geilus) and Fritz Austerlitz, a brewer. Fred entered show business at age 5. He was successful both in vaudeville and on Broadway in partnership with his sister, Adele Astaire. After Adele retired to marry in 1932, Astaire headed to Hollywood. ...

18. David Attenborough

Self | Blue Planet II

Born 8 May 1926, the younger brother of actor Lord Richard Attenborough. He never expressed a wish to act and, instead, studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University, graduating in 1947, the year he began his two years National Service in the Royal Navy. In 1952, he joined BBC Television at ...

19. Ali Abu Awwad

Self | Encounter Point

20. Shabana Azmi

Actress | Fire

One of the leading lights of the 1965-1990's Indian New Wave, Shabana Azmi (alongside the late Smita Patil) was one of the main female actors who dominated the films of the so-called "Parallel Cinema" in India in the 1970s and 1980s. Born to noted Urdu progressive poet and lyricist Kaifi Azmi and ...

21. Sunderlal Bahuguna

Self | The World About Us

22. James Baldwin

Writer | I Am Not Your Negro

James Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for I Am Not Your Negro (2016), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) and American Playhouse (1980). He died on December 1, 1987 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

23. Agustín Barrios

Composer | In Paraguay

Agustín Barrios was born on May 5, 1885 in San Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay. He was a composer, known for In Paraguay (2008), Requiem (2002) and Peter von Bagh (2016). He died on August 7, 1944 in San Salvador, El Salvador.

24. Clara Barton

Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821 in North Oxford, Massachusetts, USA. Clara died on April 12, 1912 in Glen Echo, Maryland, USA.

25. Bashô Matsuo

Writer | Le voyage de Bashô

Bashô Matsuo was born in 1644. Bashô was a writer, known for The Voyage of Bashô (2019), Basho (2008) and Tomorrow and the Next Day, Will They Still Be? (2014). Bashô died in 1694 in Osaka, Japan.

26. Ludwig van Beethoven

Soundtrack | Elysium

Beethoven was the child of a Flamian musician family and became a member of the electoral orchestra of Bonn in 1783. In 1787 he studied at Mozart's in Vienna and in 1792 he moved all to Vienna becoming a student of Joseph Haydn. The Vienna High Society loved him as a piano player as well as as ...

27. Harry Belafonte

Actor | Bobby

Harold George Belafonte was born on March 1, 1927 in New York City. He was educated at the New York Dramatic Workshop. He grew up in Jamaica, British West Indies, and did folk-singing in nightclubs and theaters, and on television and records. His debut was at the Village Vanguard in New York. Also,...

28. Tony Benn

Self | Folk Britannia

Tony Benn is the son, grandson and father of MPs, he retired from the House of Commons in May 2001, after fifty years in Parliament making him the longest serving Labour MP in the history of the party. His service in the House of Commons was not continuous: he lost his Bristol seat in 1983 and was ...

29. Aneurin Bevan

Self | This Week

Aneurin Bevan was born on November 15, 1897 in Tredegar, South Wales, UK. He is known for This Week (1956), Panorama (1953) and Small World (1958). He was married to Jennie Lee. He died on July 6, 1960 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

30. Juliette Binoche

Actress | The English Patient

Juliette Binoche was born in Paris, France, to Monique Yvette Stalens, a director, teacher, and actress, and Jean-Marie Binoche, a sculptor, director, and actor. Her mother was born in Czestochowa, Poland, of French, Walloon Belgian, and Polish descent, while her father is French. Juliette was only...

31. Jussi Björling

Soundtrack | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Jussi Björling was born on February 2, 1911 in Stora Tuna, Dalarnas län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Atonement (2007) and Funny Games (2007). He was married to Anna-Lisa Berg. He died on September 9, 1960 in Siarö, Stockholms län, Sweden.

32. William Blum

Self | The National Security Forum

William Blum was born on March 6, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He died on December 9, 2018 in Virginia, USA.

33. Humphrey Bogart

Actor | Casablanca

Humphrey DeForest Bogart was born in New York City, New York, to Maud Humphrey, a famed magazine illustrator and suffragette, and Belmont DeForest Bogart, a moderately wealthy surgeon (who was secretly addicted to opium). Bogart was educated at Trinity School, NYC, and was sent to Phillips Academy ...

34. Peter Bonetti

Self | Fantasy Football League

Peter Bonetti was born on September 27, 1941 in Putney, London, England, UK. He was married to Kay McDowell and Frances Jennings. He died on April 12, 2020 in the UK.

35. Björn Borg

Producer | 2018 Laver Cup

Bjorn Borg is one of the greatest players in tennis history. Perhaps the greatest player of the open era in tennis. He is the 1st of two men to have won Wimbledon 5 straight years in the modern era; the 2nd being Roger Federer. He also won the French Open 6 times for a total of 11 major titles, the...

36. James Dean Bradfield

Soundtrack | Sweet Sixteen

James Dean Bradfield was born on February 21, 1969 in Newport, Gwent, South Wales, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Sweet Sixteen (2002), I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007) and Dirty Weekend (1993). He has been married to Mylene Halsall since 2004.

37. Anouar Brahem

Composer | Der gläserne Blick

Anouar Brahem was born on October 20, 1957 in Halfaouine, Tunis, Tunisia. He is a composer, known for Der gläserne Blick (2003), Araby (2017) and The Golden Horseshoes (1989).

38. Vera Brittain

Writer | Testament of Youth

Vera Brittain was born on December 29, 1893 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Testament of Youth (2014), Testament of Youth (1979) and The First World War (2003). She was married to George Catlin. She died on March 29, 1970 in Wimbledon, Surrey, ...

39. Louise Brooks

Actress | Die Büchse der Pandora

Mary Louise Brooks, also known by her childhood name of Brooksie, was born in the Midwestern town of Cherryvale, Kansas, on November 14, 1906. She began dancing at an early age with the Denishawn Dancers (which was how she left Kansas and went to New York) and then with George White's Scandals ...

40. Derren Brown

Producer | Derren Brown: The Experiments

Derren Brown was born on February 27, 1971 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. He is a producer and writer, known for Derren Brown: The Experiments (2011), Ghost Stories (2017) and Crooked House (2008).

41. Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Self | Bir Resim Bir Hikaye

42. Gro Harlem Brundtland

Self | Dagsrevyen

A politician of unusual popularity, Gro Harlem Brundtland was Norway's first woman prime minister. Born in Oslo, the daughter of a doctor who later became a cabinet minister, Gro Harlem studied medicine in Oslo and qualified as a physician. In 1960 she married Arne Olav Brundtland, a leader of the ...

43. Vashti Bunyan

Soundtrack | Labor Day

Vashti Bunyan was born in 1945 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Labor Day (2013), Away We Go (2009) and Babyteeth (2019).

44. José Raúl Capablanca

Actor | Shakhmatnaya goryachka

A chess grandmaster and the World Chess Champion from 1921 to 1927, Capablanca appeared in Chess Fever (1925), which was filmed while he was in Moscow competing in an international tournament. As a chess player, he was known for his clear, logical style, and at his peak he was considered almost ...

45. Rachel L. Carson

Writer | The Sea Around Us

Rachel L. Carson was born on May 27, 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a writer, known for The Sea Around Us (1953), Omnibus (1952) and The Sense of Wonder (2001). She died on April 14, 1964 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.

46. Fidel Castro

Actor | Araaayyyyy!!!

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born in Birán, Holguin Province, Cuba, the fifth of nine children of Ángel María Bautista Castro y Argiz, a plantation owner originally from Galicia, Spain, who operated a plantation in Cuba's Oriente Province. His mother, Lina Ruz González, was a servant in his ...

47. Charles Chaplin

Writer | The Great Dictator

Considered to be one of the most pivotal stars of the early days of Hollywood, Charlie Chaplin lived an interesting life both in his films and behind the camera. He is most recognized as an icon of the silent film era, often associated with his popular character, the Little Tramp; the man with the ...

48. Cyd Charisse

Actress | Silk Stockings

Cyd Charisse was born Tula Ellice Finklea on March 8, 1922, in Amarillo, Texas. Born to be a dancer, she spent her early childhood taking ballet lessons and joined the Ballet Russe at age 13. In 1939, she married Nico Charisse, her former dance teacher. In 1943, she appeared in her first film, ...

49. Cesar Chavez

Self | The Fight in the Fields

Cesar Chavez was born on March 31, 1927 in Yuma, Arizona, USA. He was married to Helen Chavez. He died on April 23, 1993 in San Luis, Arizona, USA.

50. Hugo Chávez

Self | The War on Democracy

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (28 July 1954 - 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician who was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period in 2002. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when ...

51. Joaquim Chissano

Self | Plot for Peace

52. Noam Chomsky

Triangle of Sadness

Noam Chomsky was born on December 7, 1928, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His undergraduate and graduate years were spent at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his PhD in linguistics in 1955. From 1951-55, he was a Junior Fellow of the Harvard University Society of Fellows. While a ...

53. Julie Christie

Actress | Doctor Zhivago

Julie Christie, the British movie legend whom Al Pacino called "the most poetic of all actresses," was born in Chabua, Assam, India, on April 14, 1940, the daughter of a tea planter and his Welsh wife Rosemary, who was a painter. The young Christie grew up on her father's plantation before being ...

54. Leonard Cohen

Soundtrack | Watchmen

Leonard Cohen was born on September 21, 1934 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was a music artist and composer, known for Watchmen (2009), Night Magic (1985) and Natural Born Killers (1994). He died on November 7, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

55. Alina Cojocaru

Actress | Great Performances

Alina Cojocaru was born on May 27, 1981 in Bucharest, Romania. She is an actress, known for Great Performances (1971), The Sleeping Beauty (2007) and Giselle (2006).

56. John Coltrane

Soundtrack | Adrift

John Coltrane was born on September 23, 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina, USA. He was a music artist and composer, known for Adrift (2018), Vanilla Sky (2001) and Zodiac (2007). He was married to Alice Macleod and Juanita Grubbs. He died on July 17, 1967 in Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA.

57. Nadia Comaneci

Actress | The Veil

Nadia Comaneci was born on November 12, 1961 in Onesti, Romania. She is an actress, known for The Veil (2017), Rock et Belles Oreilles: The DVD 1988 (2001) and Touched by an Angel (1994). She has been married to Bart Conner since April 26, 1996. They have one child.

58. Jeremy Corbyn

Actor | Sumotherhood

Jeremy Corbyn was born on May 26, 1949 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Sumotherhood (2023), Revolting (2017) and In Conversation with Jeremy Corbyn (2016). He has been married to Laura Álvarez since 2013. He was previously married to Claudia Bracchitta and Jane ...

59. Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Producer | Le monde du silence

Jacques-Yves Cousteau was born on June 11, 1910, in Saint-André-de-Cubzac (Gironde) in France. He entered the naval academy in 1930, was graduated and became a gunnery officer. Then, while he was training to be a pilot, a serious car accident ended his aviation career. In order to rehabilitate his ...

60. Johan Cruijff

Actor | Johan Cruijff- Legendary goals_skills_passing

Johan Cruyff (or Cruijffie) is voted the best European soccer player of the twentieth century (and the second best worldplayer). He started his career with AJAX Amsterdam and led them to 4 European finals of which 3 were won (1971/1972/1973). In 1973 Cruyff joined Barcelona (for a the then ...

61. Penélope Cruz

Actress | Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Known outside her native country as the "Spanish enchantress", Penélope Cruz Sánchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sánchez, a hairdresser. As a toddler, she was already a compulsive performer, re-enacting TV commercials for her family's amusement, but she decided to ...

62. Dang Nhat Minh

Director | Mùa oi

Dang Nhat Minh was born in 1938 in Hue, Vietnam. He is a director and writer, known for The Guava House (2000), Nostalgia for Countryland (1995) and When the Tenth Month Comes (1984).

63. Mervyn Davies

Actor | Old Scores

Mervyn Davies was born on December 9, 1946 in Swansea, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Old Scores (1991), This Is Your Life (1955) and We Are the Champions (1973). He was married to Jeni and Shirley Davies. He died on March 15, 2012 in the UK.

64. Leonardo Da Vinci

Writer | The Year of Living Locked Up

The archetypal "Renaissance Man," Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest scientific minds as well as one of the greatest visual artists the human race has ever produced. The illegitimate son of a wealthy Florentine notary, Piero da Vinci, and a peasant woman named Caterina, Leonardo was born in ...

65. Miles Davis

Soundtrack | Adrift

Miles Davis, famous jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader, was born 26 May 1926 in Alton, Illinois. He moved to New York in 1944 and studied at Juilliard. He left school and entered the jazz society of New York, meeting such famous musicians as Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker and Charles Mingus. ...

66. Ellen DeGeneres

Producer | Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Emmy-winning talk show host Ellen Lee DeGeneres was born in Metairie, Louisiana, a New Orleans suburb. She is the daughter of Betty DeGeneres (née Elizabeth Jane Pfeffer), a speech therapist, and Elliott Everett DeGeneres, Jr., an insurance agent. Her brother is musician and producer Vance DeGeneres...

67. Eugène Delacroix

Music_department | Une Dame de Coeur

Delacroix studied at the Paris Academy and was a student of Pierre Narcisse Guérin, who taught him classicist painting. But Delacroix was an admirer of the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, whose style he mainly embraced in his own work. He also took his cue from the work of the French ...

68. Robert De Niro

Actor | Cape Fear

One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. He was trained ...

69. Catherine Destivelle

Self | Rock Queen

Catherine Destivelle was born on July 24, 1960 in Oran, Algeria.

70. Princess Diana

Self | Charles & Diana: Never Meant to Be

Princess Diana was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, and the mother of Prince William and Prince Harry. Diana's activism and glamour made her an international icon and earned her an enduring popularity.

Diana was born into the British nobility ...

71. Denis Diderot

Writer | Immagini di un convento

One of the most prominent French philosophes and the author of "L'Encyclopédie", Diderot was born in 1713, the son of a cutler. An ardent student of classical literature, he attended the University of Paris, from which he received a master of the arts degree in 1732. A radical freethinker, Diderot ...

72. Frederick Douglass

Writer | Frederick Douglass - My Path to Freedom

Frederick Douglass was born in 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland, USA. He was a writer, known for Frederick Douglass - My Path to Freedom (2024) and What to the American Slave Is the 4th of July? (2013). He was married to Helen Pitts and Anna Murray. He died on February 20, 1895 in Washington, ...

73. W.E.B. Du Bois

Writer | Scary Stories Around the Fire

W.E.B. Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Scary Stories Around the Fire (2021). He was married to Shirley Graham and Nina Gomer. He died on August 27, 1963 in Accra, Ghana.

74. Andrée Dumon

Self | Les combattants de l'ombre - Des résistants européens contre le nazisme

75. Judith Durham

Actress | Cash and Company

Her voice was unique and pure honey. Judith Durham achieved lasting fame as the lead vocalist for the Australian harmony folk/gospel/pop group The Seekers, formed by bass player Athol Guy and guitarists Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley. With more than 50 million record sales, The Seekers became the ...

76. Shirin Ebadi

Self | Nasrin

Shirin Ebadi was born on June 21, 1947 in Tehran, Iran.

77. Abdul Sattar Edhi

Self | These Birds Walk

Abdul Sattar Edhi was born in 1928 in Gujarat, India. He died on July 8, 2016 in Karachi, Pakistan.

78. Gareth Edwards

Actor | Old Scores

Sir Gareth Owen Edwards CBE (born 12 July 1947) is a Welsh former rugby union player who played scrum-half and has been described by the BBC as "arguably the greatest player ever to don a Welsh jersey".

In 2003, in a poll of international rugby players conducted by Rugby World magazine, Edwards was ...

79. Albert Einstein

Writer | Schooling the World

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, to a German Jewish family. He was the son of Pauline (Koch) and Hermann Einstein, a featherbed salesman. Albert began reading and studying science at a young age, and he graduated from a Swiss high school when he was 17. He then attended a ...

80. Bill Evans

Soundtrack | The Firm

Bill Evans was born on August 16, 1929 in Plainfield, New Jersey. His father was of Welsh descent, his mother was of Russian Orthodox background. His mother was an amateur pianist and gave Evans his first piano lessons at home as well as at her church. At the age of 6 he started classical piano ...

81. Gwynfor Evans

Self | The Celts

82. Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.

Although Faraday received little formal education, he was one of the most ...

83. Roger Federer

Self | The Argentine Miracle of Tennis

Federer is the former #1 ranked tennis player in the world, having held the number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks.

He won the Indesit ATP 2004 Race on September 14. The ATP confirmed that his lead was insurmountable, marking what is believed to be the earliest a player has locked up...

84. Noel Fitzpatrick

Actor | The Devil's Tattoo

Noel Fitzpatrick was born on the 13th of December to a farmer Sean Fitzpatrick and his wife Rita. Noel studied veterinary medicine in University College of Dublin and graduated in 1990. He then worked in several large-animal vets in Ireland where he performed his very first orthopedic operation. In...

85. Margot Fonteyn

Actress | Romeo and Juliet

Peggy Hookham was always destined to be a dancer. Her Brazilian/Irish mother groomed her for stardom from almost as soon as she could walk. When she was aged 8 her father's work took the family to Shanghai. Peggy and her Mother returned to the UK when she was 14. Her father stayed in Shanghai and ...

86. Anne Frank

Writer | Anne Frank Remembered

Born in Germany in 1929 and raised and raised in Germany and Amsterdam. In 1942, shortly after receiving a diary for her 13th birthday, she and her family were forced to go into hiding to escape Hitler's persecution of the Jews. Hiding with another family and a dentist in an annex behind the ...

87. Galileo Galilei

Writer | Body of the Moon - Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

In 1575 Galileo moved to Florence with his parents. He returned to Pisa in 1581 to study mathematics, where he studied until 1585. At the Florentine Accademia del Disegno he became acquainted with the writings of Archimdes and in 1586 constructed a hydrostatic balance. In 1589 he was appointed ...

88. Antoni Gaudí

Self | Kentler Ve Gölgeler

Gaudi y Cornet initially completed an apprenticeship as a blacksmith. In 1872 he began studying at the Escola Superior d'Arquitectura in Barcelona. While still studying, he and another Catalan architect designed the fountain system in the Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona. The building project was...

89. Leymah Gbowee

Women, War & Peace

Leymah Gbowee was born in Liberia. She is known for Women, War & Peace (2011), Small Small Thing (2013) and Prophets of Change.

90. Haile Gebrselassie

Self | Endurance

Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian distance runner. He was born in the city of Bekoji, in the Arsi region of central Ethiopia. In the 10,000m competition he has 2 Olympic gold medals, 4 World Championships, and held the world record until it was broken by compatriot Kenenisa Bekele. He won the ...

91. Antonio Gramsci

Writer | Nel mondo grande e terribile

Gramsci grew up in humble circumstances. At the age of four he suffered a back injury that left him hunchbacked for the rest of his life. He already showed extraordinary achievements in elementary school. In 1908, Gramsci began studying linguistics at the University of Cagliari. With the help of a ...

92. Cary Grant

Actor | North by Northwest

Once told by an interviewer, "Everybody would like to be Cary Grant", Grant is said to have replied, "So would I."

Cary Grant was born Archibald Alec Leach on January 18, 1904 in Horfield, Bristol, England, to Elsie Maria (Kingdon) and Elias James Leach, who worked in a factory. His early years in ...

93. Tanni Grey-Thompson

Actress | Twenty Twelve

Tanni Grey-Thompson was born on July 26, 1969 in Cardiff, Wales, UK. She is an actress, known for Twenty Twelve (2011), Absolutely Fabulous (1992) and Game On: The Unstoppable Rise of Women's Sport (2023). She has been married to Ian Thompson since 1999. They have one child.

94. Sylvie Guillem

Actress | Prokofiev: Cinderella

Sylvie Guillem was born on February 25, 1965 in Paris, France. She is a writer and actress, known for Prokofiev: Cinderella (1997), Evidentia - A Film Conceived by Sylvie Guillem (1995) and Une étoile pour l'exemple (1988). She is married to Gilles Tapie.

95. Ara Güler

Actor | Bul Beni

Ara Güler was born on August 16, 1928 in Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Bul Beni (2011), Bay E (1995) and Journey to the Sun (1999). He was married to Suna Güler. He died on October 17, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey.

96. Otto Hahn

Self | Aus Genf: Internationale Friedens-Atom-Konferenz

Otto Hahn was born on March 8, 1879 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was married to Edith Junghans. He died on July 28, 1968 in Göttingen, Germany.

97. Tarja Halonen

Self | Rouva Presidentti

Tarja Halonen was born on December 24, 1943 in Helsinki, Finland. She has been married to Pentti Arajärvi since August 26, 2000.

98. Françoise Hardy

Soundtrack | The Dreamers

Françoise Hardy was born on January 17, 1944 in Paris, France. She is an actress and composer, known for The Dreamers (2003), The Boat That Rocked (2009) and 8 Women (2002). She has been married to Jacques Dutronc since March 30, 1981. They have one child.

99. Thomas Hardy

Writer | Far from the Madding Crowd

Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840 in Upper Bockhampton, Dorset, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Tess (1979) and Maiden No More. He was married to Florence Emily Dugdale and Emma Lavinia Gifford. He died on January 11, 1928 in Dorchester, Dorset, ...

100. Jasmine Harman

Self | A Place in the Sun: Home or Away?

Jasmine Harman was born in 1975 in Hackney, London, England, UK. She has been married to Jon Boast since June 2009. They have one child.