Basic Famous People - Biographies of Celebrities and other Famous People

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This online biographical reference contains thousands of profiles of famous people and celebrities, living and dead. Our database of biographies includes celebrities of music, movies and television as well as current famous people and historical figures from all fields of human endeavor.

We invite you to start by selecting famous people & celebrities from today's birthdays and death anniversaries,or browsing our alphapetical listing above. You may also be interested in our browsing our constantly updating lists of most popular actors, musicians, people in the news, and historical figures. Be sure to check out our lists of most significant famous people of all time, as well as by field.

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Today's Birthdays of Famous People & Celebrities:

	0009	Titus Flavius Vespasian Royalty - Roman Emperor, 69-79 AD
	1787	Louis Daguerre Inventor - Invented Daguerreotype photography
	1797	Sojourner Truth Activist - Ain't I a Woman?
	1874	Clarence Day Author - Life with Father
	1882	Amelita Galli-Curci Singer - Coloratura soprano
	1882	Jacques Maritain Philosopher - French Catholic philosopher
	1899	Eugene Ormandy Conductor - 44-year tenure with the Philadelphia Orchestra
	1939	Margaret Atwood Author - The Handmaid's Tale
	1960	Kim Wilde Musician - Kids in America
	1975	David Ortiz Baseball - Boston Red Sox 1st baseman

Today's Birthdays of Famous People & Celebrities - Complete

Today's Death Anniversaries of Famous People & Celebrities:

	0942	Odo of Cluny Saint - Twelve choral antiphons in honour of Saint Martin
	1886	Chester A. Arthur President - 21st US President
	1889	William Allingham Poet - Day and Night Songs
	1922	Marcel Proust Author - Remembrance of Things Past
	1962	Niels Bohr Physicist - Father of Quantum Theory
	1969	Joseph P. Kennedy Business - Patriarch of the Kennedy clan
	1976	Man Ray Photographer - Dadaist photographer
	1994	Cab Calloway Jazz Musician - King of Hi-De-Ho

Today's Death Anniversaries of Famous People & Celebrities - Complete

Recent Deaths:

	1947	Mitch Mitchell Drummer - Drummer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience
	1932	Miriam Makeba Singer - South African singer and civil rights activist
	1942	Michael Crichton Author - Jurassic Park, Westworld, etc.
	1924	Yma Sumac Singer - Vocalist with a 4.5-octave
	1912	Studs Terkel Author - Working

Most Influencial People:

	0004	Jesus of Nazareth Religion - Son of God
	1879	Albert Einstein Physicist - Theory of relativity
	1643	Isaac Newton Physicist - Father of modern physics
	0010	Paul the Apostle Religion - Apostle to the Gentiles
	1393	Moses Religion - Wrote the Torah
	0570	Muhammad Religion - Muslim Prophet
	0050	Cai Lun Inventor - Inventor of paper
	1398	Johannes Gutenberg Inventor - Inventor of movable type
	1451	Christopher Columbus Explorer - Re-discovered the New World
	1822	Louis Pasteur Chemist - Discovered process of pasteurization
	1564	Galileo Galilei Astronomer - Invented telescope
	0384	Aristotle Philosopher - Politics
	0365	Euclid of Alexandria Mathematician - The Elements
	1889	Adolf Hitler Head of State - Teppichfresser
	1957	Osama Bin Laden Terrorist - Head of al Qaeda terrorist organization
	1809	Abraham Lincoln President - 16th US President, 1861-65
	1946	George W. Bush President - 43rd US President
	1911	Ronald Reagan President - 40th US President, 1981-89
	1483	Martin Luther Religion - Created Protestant movement
	1847	Thomas A. Edison Inventor - Invented the light bulb
	0563	Gautama Buddha Religion - Enlightened One
	0551	Confucius Religion - Founder of Confucianism
	1929	Martin Luther King Activist - African American civil rights activist
	1564	William Shakespeare Playwright - Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth
	1818	Karl Marx Philosopher - Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto