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:

	1688	Alexander Pope Poet -
	1808	G�rard de Nerval Poet - French romantic poet
	1813	Richard Wagner Composer - Ride of the Valkyries
	1859	Arthur Conan Doyle Author - Creator of Sherlock Holmes
	1907	Laurence Olivier Actor - Nazi dentist in The Marathon Man
	1914	Vance Packard Sociologist - The Hidden Persuaders
	1924	Charles Aznavour Actor -
	1930	Harvey MIlk Politician - Openly gay SF city supervisor assassinated
	1936	Jill Tweedie Columnist - The Guardian's Women's Page
	1941	Paul Winfield Actor - Nigger Jim in the 1974 Huckleberry Finn
	1946	George Best Soccer - Greatest soccer player in history?
	1950	Bernie Taupin Songwriter - Elton John's lyricist
	1970	Naomi Campbell Actor -

Today's Birthdays of Famous People & Celebrities - Complete

Today's Death Anniversaries of Famous People & Celebrities:

	1540	Francesco Guicciardini Historian - Father of Modern History
	1849	Maria Edgeworth Author - Castle Rackrent
	1885	Victor Hugo Author - Les Mis�rables
	1910	Jules Renard Author - Poil de Carotte
	1961	Joan Davis Actor - I Married Joan
	1967	Langston Hughes Poet - The Negro Speaks of Rivers
	1970	Joseph Wood Krutch Critic - The Modern Temper
	1984	John Marley Actor - Godfather horsehead recipient
	1998	John Derek Actor - Tarzan, the Ape Man

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