Keira Christina Knightley, OBE is an English actress. Her starring roles in independent films and period dramas have earned her nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Academy Awards.
Karl Marx
Karl Marx was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary. Died March 14, 1883.
Alan Turing
Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. Died June 7, 1954.
Katie Price
Katrina Amy Alexandra Alexis Price, previously known by the pseudonym Jordan, is an English media personality, model, businesswoman, singer and author.
Lance Armstrong
Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist. Born September 18, 1971 in Plano, Texas, United States.
Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology.
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst. Freud was born to Galician Jewish parents in the Moravian town of Freiberg, in the Austrian Empire.
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. Born July 24, 1897. Disappeared July 2, 1937.
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France.
Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer and the first person to walk on the Moon. Born August 5, 1930.
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was a British politician, army officer, and writer. Born November 30, 1874 in Blenheim Palace, United Kingdom.
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John CBE is an English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. Born March 25, 1947 in Pinner, Middlesex, England.
