Persons
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Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa, known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She received a number of honours, including the 1962 Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize and 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.
Collections: Women's History Month
Otis Redding
Otis Redding is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. He received many posthumous accolades, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Scott Grimes
Scott Grimes is an American actor, voice artist, singer, and songwriter. Some of his most prominent roles include appearances in "ER", "Party of Five", "Band of Brothers", "The Orville", and the animated sitcom "American Dad!", voicing Steve Smith.
Crystal Waters
Crystal Waters is an American house and dance music singer and songwriter, best known for her 1990s dance hits "Gypsy Woman" and "100% Pure Love". All three of her studio albums produced a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
Chris Evans
Chris Evans is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his superhero roles as the Marvel Comics characters Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Human Torch in "Fantastic Four" and its 2007 sequel.
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa (1994 - 1999). He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.
Collections: Black History Month
Robert Downey, Jr.
Robert Downey, Jr. is an actor. As of 2017, the U.S. domestic box-office grosses of his films total over $4.2 billion, with worldwide grosses surpassing $9.6 billion, making him the fifth highest-grossing U.S. domestic box-office star of all-time.
Craig Mack
Craig Mack was an American rapper from Brentwood, New York. Although his first single was released under the name MC EZ in 1988, he is best known for his 1994 hit single "Flava In Ya Ear", which was released under his real name.
Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, author, and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology. He was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics.
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack was the first, and remains the only, solo artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year on two consecutive years (1973 and 1974), for the songs "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly with His Song".
Commodores
Commodores are a band, which was at its peak in the late 1970s through the mid 1980s. The group's most successful period was in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Lionel Richie was the co-lead singer. In 1986, the Commodores won their first Grammy.
Keala Settle
Keala Settle is an American actress and singer. The song "This Is Me" from the film, principally sung by Settle, won the 2018 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Frances McDormand
Frances McDormand is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, which makes her one of the few performers to receive the Triple Crown of Acting.
Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman is known for his role as Sirius Black in the "Harry Potter" series and Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour" (2017), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Films in which he has starred have grossed over $10.9 billion.
Natalia Lafourcade
Natalia Lafourcade is a Mexican pop-rock singer and songwriter, who since her debut in 2003 has been one of the most successful singers in the pop rock scene in Latin America. Her band's name is Natalia y La Forquetina.
Jordan Peele
Jordan Peele is an Academy Award winning actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director. He had a career breakthrough in 2017 with his solo directorial debut, the horror film "Get Out", which earned critical acclaim and was a box office success.
Timothée Chalamet
Timothée Chalamet gained recognition for his role in "Call Me by Your Name", which earned him nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award. He is the third youngest nominee for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the youngest since 1939.
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens' debut album "A Sun Came" was released in 2000 on the Asthmatic Kitty label. He received an Academy Award nomination in 2018 for Best Original Song for "Mystery of Love" from the movie "Call Me by Your Name" (2017).
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant is an American retired professional basketball player and businessman. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, he won gold medals as a member of the U.S. national team.
Allison Janney
Allison Janney's performance in the black comedy "I, Tonya" (2017) garnered widespread acclaim and earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, as well as an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq has been a bearer for "old school" R&B since his early days as a member of the multi-platinum group Tony! Toni! Toné!. He has also produced songs for such artists as D'Angelo, TLC, En Vogue, Kelis, Mary J. Blige, and Whitney Houston.
There are 2,318 total persons in this view, with 25 items displayed per page.
