Those in the entertainment world such as singers, actors, Film Directors, musicians, writers,sportman & sportwoman etc.
- Agatha Christie @ Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan @ Agatha Christie: famous British writer of detective stories. She wrote 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections. Died 12 January 1976 at the aged of 85.
- Akira Kurosawa (1910 - 1998) : Japanese filmmaker who created 30 films of his own. His film "Rashomon" in 1950 became the first Japanese movie to achieve success in the West.
- Akira Toriyama(1955 - 2024) : authoring highly influential and popular series, articularly Dragon Ball.
- Alec Guiness (Sir) (1914 - 2000) : born Alec Guiness de Cuffe > English actor, among his famous film is "Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957) and "A Passage to India" in 1984.
- Alexander Cartwright Jr. (1820 - 1892): established the first rule of Modern Baseball game in 1845.
- Alexandre Villaplane (1904 - 1944) : a French football player in the 1928 Summer Olympic and Captain of the Team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. He was a Nazi Collaboraor who was arrested and executed for his actions during World War II.
- Alphonse de Lamartine (1790 - 1869) : French Author > wrote the book "Historie de le Turqui" which praised the character of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.
- Annie Bessant (1847 - 1933) : Author of "The Life and Teaching of Muhammad".
- Arthur Charles Clarke (Sir) (1917 - 2008) : an English science fiction writer > he co-write the screenplay for the 1968 film "2001 :A Space Odyssey" widely regarded as one of the most influential films of all time.
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) : Full name is Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle > creator of Sherlock Holmes in 1887.
- Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) : full name Audrey Kathleen Hepburn > British actress > ranked by the American Film Institute as the 3rd greatest female screen legend from the Classical Hollywood cinema.
- Bette Davis (1908-1989) : Full name Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis> American actress - one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history.
- Billie Holiday (1915 - 1959) : Born Eleanora Fagan > American jazz and swing music singer - the greatest and most expressive jazz singer of al time.
- Billie Jean King (1943 - ) : American former World No. 1 Tennis player - winner of a record 20 Wimbledon titles.
- Bing Crosby (1904-1977): real name Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr - American Singer and actor. He made over 70 feature films and recorded more than 1,600 songs.
- Bjorn Borg @ Bjorn Rune Borg (1956 - ): famous Swedish tennis player > won the French Open Championship in 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979. The only man to have won the WImbledon Singles title five years running (1876-80).
- Bob Beamon (1946 - ) : Born Robert Beamon > American former track and field athlete, his world record in the long jump at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968 stood for almost 23 years until it was broken in 1991 by Mike Powell.
- Bob Holiday (1932 - 2017) : American actor > best known for playing Superman in the 1966 Broadway musical "It's a bird.... It's a Plane...It's Superman"
- Bob Hope (1903 - 2003) : Born Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope > English-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer. He appeared in more than 70 short and feature films.
- Bob Kane @ Robert Kane (1915 - 1998) : American comic book writer - created Batman and many early related characters for DC Comics.
- Bob Marley @ Robert Nesta Marley (1945 - 1981) : Jamaican Singer, songwriter and guitarist - considered one of the pioneers of reggae.
- Bobby Charlton, Sir (1937 - 2023) : English Professional footballer - capped over 100 times for England.
- Bobby Fischer @ Robert James Fischer (1943 - 2008) : the first U.S Player to win the world's Championship in Chess in 1972.
- Boris Pasternak (1890 - 1960) : full name Boris Leonidovich Pasternak > Russian poet & novelist > author of "Doctor Zhivago" (1957 - a novel that takes place between the Russian Revolution of 1905 and the first World War.
- Brian Jones (1942 - 1969) : Born Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones > founder of the Rolling Stones, the British blues outfit in 1962.
- Brigitte Bardot (1934 - ): Real name Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot > Famous French film actress. She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1985.
- Bud Collyer (1908 - 1969) : born Clayton Johnson Heermance Jr. > American radio actor > famous in the roles of Clark Kent / Superman on radio in animated cartoons.
- Buddy Holly @ Charles Hardin Holley : (1936 - 1959) > the first rock singer to use the back-up of lead, rhythm and bass guitar with drum. Died in plane crash 1959.
- Cary Grant(1904 - 1986) : English and American actor > He was named the second greatest male star of the Golden Age of Hollywood by the American Film Institute in 1999.
- Charles Brace Darrow (1889 - 1967) : American board game designer who is credited as the inventor of the board game Monopoly by Parker Brothers, the game's publisher.
- Charles Dickens (1812-1879) : full name Charles John Huffam Dickens > Famous British novelist.
- Charles Frambach Berlitz (1914 - 2003) : American Polyglot > author of 1974 Bestseller "The Bermuda Triangle".
- Charles Spencer Chaplin (Sir): (1889 - 1977) > better known as Charlie Chaplin, English comic actor, filmaker and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film.
- Christopher Reeve (1952 - 2004) : American actor > playing the character of Superman film with series (1978 - 1987). Died of Cardiac Arrest on 10 October 2004.
- Clark Gable (1901 - 1960) : full name is William Clark Gable > the most popular leading man in Hollywood, he was named the seventh greatest male movie star of classic American ciname by the Amerian Film Institute.
- Cornelius Ryan (1920 -1974) : Irish journalist and author > his famous book "The Longest Day: 6 June 1944 D-Day" (1959 & "A Bridge too Far" (1974).
- Coroebus of Elis (c. 776 BC) : the winner of the first recorded Olympics, from Elis, Southern Greece.
- Daniel Defoe (1660 - 1731) : English novelist and journalist > his most famous novel is "Robinson Crusoe" published in 1719.
- Darryl Francis Zanuck (1902 - 1979) : an American Film Producer > director of the famous war movie "The Longest Day" (1962).
- David Lean (Sir) (1908 - 1991) : British Film Director > directed the large-scale epics such as "The Bridge of River Kwai" (1957) , "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) , "Doctor Zhivago" (1965) and " A Passage to India" (1984).
- Diego Maradona (1960 - ) : Argentine professional football player - regarded as the greatest players in the history of the sport.
- Dimitrios Loundras (1885 - 1970) : Greek gymnast and naval officer at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens > the youngest ever olympian competed at the age of 10 years old.
- Douglas Fairbanks (1883 - 1939) : born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman > American actor, the first to playe the masked Vigilante Zorro. He was founding member of United Artists as well as the Moton Picture Academy and hosted the 1st Academy Awards in 1929.
- Dwight Filley Davis Sr. (1879 - 1945) : American tennis player and politician - best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition.
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1949): the first person to write Detective story with title "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" published by Graham's Magazine, Philadelphia in 1842 > considered the world's first detective story.
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 - 1950) : American novelist > created the famous character Tarzan of the Apes in his novels.
- Edward Gibbon (1737 - 1794): English essayist, historian and politician. His most important work "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" published in 6 volumes between 1776 to 1789.
- Edwin Corley Moses (1955 - ) : American former Hurdler who won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals (122 consecutive races) and set the world record in the event four times.
- Elias Boudinot @ Buck Watie(1801 - 1839) : editor of "The Cherokee Phoenix" - published in English and Cherokee at New Echota in 1828.
- Elizabeth Taylor (1932 - 2011) : full name Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor > a British and American actress. She was ranked greatest female screen legends by the American Film Institute in 1999.
- Elvis Presley @ Elvis Aaron Presley (1935 - 1977) : American singer > known as "King of Rock and Roll" . He died of heart failure on August 16, 1977 at the aged of 42.
- Emanuel Godinho de Eredia (1563 - 1623) : Bugis -Portuguese writer > wrote a number of books, including an early account of the Malay Peninsula.
- Emanuel Lasker (1868 - 1941): German Chess Player > Second World Chess Champion holding the title for 27 years from 1894 - 1921.
- Emile Eugene Jean Louis Cohl (1857 - 1938) : French caricaturist > "The Father of the Animated Cartoon".
- Emily Dickinson @ Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830 - 1886) : one of the most important figures in American poetry.
- Enid Mary Blyton (1897 - 1968) : English children's writer - her books have been worldwide bestsellers - selling more that 600 million copies.
- Erich von Daniken (1935 - ) : born Erich Anton Paul von Daniken > a Swiss author, famous author of "Chariots of God" sold over 40 million copies.
- Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899 - 1961): commonly known as Ernest Hemingway > American novelist, awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. Committed Suicide in 1961.
- Eugene Augustin Lauste (1857 - 1935) : a French inventor instrumental in the technological development of the history of cinema.
- Francis Ford Coppola : US film director, writer and producer > the leading figures of the New Hollywood. Recipient of 5 Academic Awards, 6 Golden Globe Awards, 2 Palmes d'Or and a BAFTA Award. Among his famous film are the "The Godfather".
- Frank Sinatra @ Frank Albert Sinatra (1915 - 1998) : American singer and actor.
- Franz Joseph Haydn: the Austrian composer known as "The Father of the Symphony".
- George Edward Foreman (1949 - ) : American former Professional Boxer > a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist.
- George Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) : American film director, actor, writer and producer >considered to be among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.
- George Reeves (1914 - 1959) : born George Keefer Brewer > American actor, best known for pertraying Clark Kent/Superman in the television series "Adventures of Superman" (1952 - 1958). His death by gunshot at age 45 remains controversial.
- Greta Garbo (1905 - 1990) : Swedish - American actress. In 1999 the American Film Institute reanked Garbo Film on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood Cinema.
- Harrison Ford (1942 - ): American actor > starred as Indiana Jones in Steven Spielberg's fantasy adventure film "Raiders of The Lost Ark" (1981).
- Henry Fonda @ Henry Jaynes Fonda (1905 - 1982) : Full name Henry Jaynes Fonda> American actor whose career spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood.
- Henry Purcell: The British Composer, he was only 18 when he was appointed Composer for the King's Violin in 1677.
- Humphrey Bogart: famous US actor (1899-1957). He was selected as the Greatest Male Star of classic American drama in 1999.
- Jack Dempsey @William Harrison Dempsey (1895 - 1983) : American Boxer - World Heavyweight Champion (1919 - 1926).
- James Byron Dean a.k.a James Dean (1931-1955) : American actor, one of the most influential figures in Hollywood in the 1950s. He died in a car crash on 30 September 1955 near Cholame, California, U.S.A
- Jane Fonda (1937 - ) : full name Jane Seymour Fonda> an American actress and activist.
- Jimi Hendrix (1942 - 1970) : Born Johnny Allen Hendrix> American guitarist, songwriter and singer. He died as a result of a barbiturate overdose.
- Joe Louis @ Joseph Louis Barrow (1914 - 1981) : American Professional Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion from 1937 - 1949.
- Johann Sebastian Bach : (1685-1750) > master of choral and instrumental music, over 1000 of his compositions survive even today.
- John Lawrence Sullivan (1858 - 1918) : the first heavyweight Champion of gloved boxing (1882 - 1892)
- John Wayne @ Marion Robert Morrison (1907 - 1979) : an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood's Golden Age.
- Johnny Weissmuller (1904 - 1984) : a Hungarian-born ethnic German American Olympic swimmer. Between 1932 and 1948 he played the character of Tarzan in 12 MGM folms made from the stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- Joseph Grimaldi: (1779 - 1837) > a brilliant clown, singer, dancer and actor and is regarded as one of the greatest clowns of all time. Clowns are often called Joey in honour of him.
- Juan Manuel Fangio (1911 - 1995) : Argentine Racing Driver - he was the World Grand Prix champion a record five times (1952: 1954-57).
- Judy Garland (1922 - 1969) : American actress > rose to International fame in "The Wizard of Oz" in 1939.
- Katherine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) : born Katharine Houghton Hepburn> American actress whose career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned six decades.
- Louis Armstrong: Black US Jazz musician and singer > his most famous song being "What's a Wonderful World."
- Louis Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) : French Composer,believed that big was beautiful. His ideal orchestra consisted of 240 stringed instruments, 30 harps, 30 pianos and plenty of wind and percussion instruments.
- Luciano Pavarotti (1935 - 2007) : Italian Operatic Tenor, one of the most acclaimed tenors of all time.
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Famous German Composer
- Mae West @ Mary Jane "Mae" West (1893 - 1980) : an American actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter and playwright.
- Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) : born Norma Jeane Mortenson > an Amerivan actress and model, the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s. Died of Barbiturate Overdose on 4 August 1962.
- Mark Spit (1950 - ) : full name Mark Andrew Spitz > American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. The most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olymics in Munich, winning 7 gold medals.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) : full name is Samuel Longhorne Clemens > an American writer > the greatest humorist the United States has produced.
- Marlon Brando: famous US film Actor > remembered for his film "The Last Tango in Paris" (1972).
- Martina Navratilova (1956 - ) : a Czech-American professional tennis player, one of the most successful tennis players of all time, ranked as the world No. 1 in Woman's singles for 332 weeks.
- Mary Pickford @ Gladys Louise Smith (1892 - 1979) : a Canadian-American film actress and producer. A pioneer in the American film industry, the most popular actresses of the silent film era.
- Mary Randolph : 1762 - 1828) : Southern American Author of "The Virginia Housewife" and wife of Gen. Robert E. Lee. She was the first person to be buried at the Arlington National Cemetery.
- Matthew Webb: the first person to swim the English Channel on 24 May 1875.
- Michael Jackson (1958-2009) : born Michael Joseph Jackson - an American singer, songwriter, dancer & philanthropist - one of the most significant figures of the 20th century - died of Cardiac arrest on 25 June 2009.
- Mick Jagger (1943 - ) : full name: Sir Michael Philip Jagger > one of the founder members of the Rolling Stones.
- Mike Tyson (1966 - ) : real name Michael Gerard Tyson : American professional Boxer > world heavyweight champion from 1987 - 1990.
- Muhammad Ali: former name Cassius Clay > a black Muslim and the only man to have won the World Heavyweight Championship in Boxing 3 times (1964, 1974 and 1978).
- Neville Chamberlain (Sir) : invented the first game of snooker when he was serving with the British Army in India in 1875.
- Patty Hill Smith & Mildred Hill : composed the famous song "Happy Brithday to You" in 1892.
- Paul Anka @ Paul Albert Anka (1941 - ) : a Canadian and American singer, songwriter and actor.
- Peggy Ashcroft @ Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft (1907 - 1991) : English actress > won an oscar for her role in "A Passage to India" in 1984.
- Pele @ Edson Arantes do Nascimento: (1940 - 2022) : Brazillian professional footballer - regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
- Richard Burton @ Richard Walter Jenkins Jr. (1925 - 1984) : : famous Welsh actor(1925-1984) > married the actress Elizabeth Taylor.
- Robert Mitchum @ Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (1917 - 1997) : American actor > Number 23 on the American Film Institute's list of the greates male stars of classic American cinema.
- Robert Wagner @ Robert John Wagner Jr. (1930 - ) : American actor > known for starring in the television shows 'It Takes a Thief' (1968-1970).
- Rudolph Valentino (1895 - 1926) : full name Rodolfo Pietro Fillberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella> an Italian actor, well-known silent films actor.
- Sean Connery @ Sir Thomas Sean Connery (1930 - 2020) : Scottish actor > first actor to portray fictional British Secret Agent 'James Bond' in motion pictures.
- Spencer Tracy (1900 - 1967) : full name Spencer Bonaventure Tracy > American actor - known for his natural performing style and versatility. He was ranked the 9th greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema by the American Film Institute in 1999.
- Steven Allan Spielberg (1946 - ) : American filmmaker - a major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster.
- Walt Disney (1901 - 1966) : his full name is Walter Elias Disney, American animator, film producer. A pioneer of the American Animation industry. He made his first Mickey Mouse film in 1928 and created other famous animal characters such as Donald Duck, Pluto and Goofy.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) : an English playwright, poet and actor > regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.
- William Webb Ellis : During the football match at Rugby School in 1823, William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it. This is how Rugby was invented.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: (1756 - 1791 > the greatest classical composer in history.