- Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie (born June 4, 1975) is an American film actress, a former fashion model, and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. She is often cited by popular media as the world's sexiest person and her off-screen life is widely reported. She has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Academy Award. After appearing as a child alongside her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film "Lookin' to Get Out", … - Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress. She rose to fame with her role in 1998's "The Horse Whisperer" and subsequently gained critical acclaim for her roles in "Ghost World", "Lost in Translation" and "Girl with a Pearl Earring", the latter two earning her Golden Globe Award nominations in 2003. - Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica served as the national spokesperson for the 2006 Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign ( unicefusa.org/trickortreat ). Throughout the month of October, Parker encouraged kids to get involved by raising funds for vulnerable children around the world with the time-honored orange Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF box. In 2005, she designed a limited edition Gap t-shirt to benefit UNICEF's tsunami relief and recovery efforts. - Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York, New York) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, television personality and author. He is the CEO of Trump Organization, an American-based real estate developer, and the founder of Trump Entertainment, which operates several casinos. He received a great deal of publicity following the success of his reality television show, … - Bob Hope
Bob Hope, KBE (May 29 1903 - July 27 2003), was an English-born American entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, in movies, and in performing tours for U.S. Military personnel, well known for his good natured humor and career longevity. - Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. Since the 1960s Fonda has appeared in several movies. She has won two Academy Awards and received several other awards and nominations. She initially announced her retirement from acting in 1991, and said for many years that she would never act again, but she returned to film in 2005 with "Monster in Law", … - Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan (born 5 February 1976 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an award-winning Indian actor. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. His wife is former Miss World and actress Aishwarya Rai. - Shirley Temple
Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928) later known as Shirley Temple Black, is an American former child actress. She starred in over 40 films during the 1930s. She was later a diplomat and is now retired - Liv Tyler
Liv Tyler (born Liv Rundgren, on July 1, 1977 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, New York) is an American actress most famous for her roles of Grace Stamper in "Armageddon" and Arwen in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. - Sidney Poitier
Sir Sidney Poitier KBE, (born February 20 1927), is an Academy Award-winning Bahamian American actor, film director, and activist. He broke through as a star in acclaimed performances in American films and plays, which, by consciously defying racial stereotyping, gave a new dramatic credibility for black actors to mainstream film audiences in the Western world. - Annie Duke
Annie Duke was born in Concord, New Hampshire. Her brother Howard Lederer is also a professional poker player; her sister Katy Lederer is an author and poet. Annie went to Columbia University where she double majored in English and psychology. Annie Duke was awarded a NSF Fellowship to attend graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania to study cognitive psychology, specifically psycholinguistics. - Shabana Azmi
Ms Azmi is a noted activist who has been involved in the rights of women, development, reproductive health, housing for the economically weaker sections, public health and HIV AIDS. In 1992, she was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund and, in 2006, she was awarded the Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award for her work with the slum dwellers of Mumbai. - Gough Whitlam
Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC (born 11 July 1916), known as Gough Whitlam (pronounced "Goff"), is an Australian former politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia. After initially falling short of gaining enough seats to win government at the 1969 election, Whitlam led the Labor Party in to government at the 1972 election after 23 years of conservative government in Australia. - Cate Blanchett
Born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1969, Cate Blanchett began her career in theatre, after graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992. ... Cate's first high-profile, international role was lead in the 1998 movie Elizabeth, for which she won Best Actress awards at both the BAFTAs and Golden Globes, plus an Academy Award nomination. - Gary Graham
Gary Graham (b. June 7, 1950 in Long Beach, California, USA) is an American actor. He is probably best known for his starring role as Detective Matt Sikes in the television series "Alien Nation" (1989-1990), which was followed by the TV movies "Alien Nation: Dark Horizon" (1994), "Alien Nation: Body and Soul" (1995), "Alien Nation: Millennium" (1996), "Alien Nation: The Enemy Within" (1996), … - Dith Pran
Dith Pran was born into a respectable family in 1942. He grew up in Siemp Reap, Cambodia. Cambodia was under the rule of the French, but at the time the Japanese army had invaded it. Although most of Cambodia was poor, he grew up in a family with at least a little bit of money. His father had a high ranking job in the government, and while most had to work, Pran was able to go to school. - Phyllis Diller
Phyllis Diller (born Phyllis Ada Driver on July 17, 1917) is a Golden Globe-nominated American comedian who is considered one of the pioneers of female stand-up comedy. The stage character she created was a wild-haired, eccentrically dressed housewife who made jokes about a husband named "Fang" while smoking from a long cigarette holder. She is also known for her distinctive, cackling laugh, one of the best-recognized in comedy. - Samantha Smith
Samantha Reed Smith (June 29 1972 - August 25 1985) was an American schoolgirl from Houlton, Maine who was called "America's Youngest Ambassador" in the United States and the "Goodwill Ambassador" in the Soviet Union during her short lifetime. She became famous in these two countries and well-known worldwide after writing a letter to the Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Yuri Andropov during the Cold War, … - The Scary Guy
At 6ft tall, 18 stone and tattooed from head to toe ... The Scary Guy is quite possibly the most powerful Agent For Change on the planet today! The Power to Create World Peace Lives Within Each and Everyone of Us. - The Scary Guy 2000 - Herman van Veen
Hermannus Jantinus "Herman" van Veen (born 14 March, 1945) is a Dutch stage performer, actor, musician and singer/songwriter and author. He is the creator of the Dutch cartoon Alfred J. Kwak, for which he also wrote and performed the theme music. Van Veen was born in Utrecht, The Netherlands. He started performing with Erik van der Wurff in his twenties while studying at the Conservatoire. He rose to fame in the 1970s with stage shows that combined witty cabaret, satire, … - Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater (b. May 27, 1950) is an American Jazz singer. She is a two-time Grammy Award Winner, Tony Award Winner and Host of NPR's Syndicated Radio show "JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater". She is a United Nations Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). - Ewan McGregor
I was born on March 31, 1971, in Perth Royal Hospital, Scotland. I was the second son of teachers Jim and Carol McGregor. My brother Colin, a tornado fighter pilot, is two years older than me. I grew up in the small town of Crieff - Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (pronounced /ref fanz/; born 22 December 1962) is an English actor. He has appeared in films such as Schindler's List, Quiz Show, The English Patient, Oscar and Lucinda, Red Dragon, The Constant Gardener, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and the Harry Potter films. Most recently he appeared in The Reader. - Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger
Arnold clearly harbored political ambitions for a long time. In 1977, six years before he became a US citizen, he told a German magazine: "When one has money, one day it becomes less interesting. And when one is also the best in film, what can be more interesting? Perhaps power. Then one moves into politics and becomes governor or president or something." He realized that one day his movie-making days were numbered and began thinking about a career in politics. - Danny Lebern Glover
Actor, producer and humanitarian Danny Glover has been a commanding presence on screen, stage and television for more than 25 years. As an actor, his film credits range from the blockbuster Lethal Weapon franchise to smaller independent features, some of which Glover also produced. - Iman
Iman (born July 25, 1955 in Mogadishu, Somalia as Iman Abdulmajid, Somali: Iimaan Cabdimajiid) is a supermodel based in the United States. - Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson , born in Ireland, studied to be a teacher before turning to acting. He received an Academy Award nomination for his work in Schindlers List , a Golden Globe nomination for Michael Collins , and a Tony Award nomination for Anna Christie . He has starred in numerous films including Star Wars: Episode 1The Phantom Menace; Nell; and Husbands and Wives . - Howard Goodall
Howard Goodall (b. May, 1958) is a British composer of musicals, choral music and music for television. He also presents music-based programming for the television. Goodall was born in Bromley, Kent and studied music at Christ Church, Oxford. - Deepika Padukone
Latest Bollywood heart-throb Deepika Padukone has not put academics on the back-burner and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts course at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). She has grabbed eyeballs with her performance in "Om Shanti Om " and is the latest Bollywood heart-throb. But Deepika Padukone has not put academics on the back-burner and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts course at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). - Andrea Marcovicci
Andrea Marcovicci (born November 18,1948 in New York City) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress and singer. As an actress she first became known in the television soap opera "Love is a Many Splendored Thing", as Dr. Betsy Chernak Taylor from 1970-1973. She also appeared in the short-lived 1985 series "Berrenger's", as well as starring on the hit CBS series "Trapper John, M.D." as Fran Brennan Gates from 1985-1986. - W. Morgan Sheppard
William Morgan Sheppard (sometimes credited as W. Morgan Sheppard) is a British actor born in London to an Anglo Irish family but educated in Ireland. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 1956-58 before spending 12 years as Associate Artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He appeared on Broadway in 1966 with "Marat-Sade" and later in 1975 with "Sherlock Holmes". - Claude Bolling
Claude Bolling (born April 10, 1930), is a renowned French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor. He was born in Cannes, studied at the Nice Conservatory, then in Paris. A child prodigy, by age 14 he was playing jazz piano professionally, with Lionel Hampton, Roy Eldridge, and Kenny Clarke. He has written music for over one hundred films, mostly French, starting with the score for a 1957 documentary about the Cannes Film Festival, … - Fereydoun Hoveyda
Fereydoun Hoveyda ("Fereydūn Hoveyda", born 21 September, 1924 in Damascus, Syria - died 3 November 2006 in Clifton, Virginia, USA) was an Iranian influential diplomat, writer and thinker. He was the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations from 1971 until 1979. - Ian McKellen
Sir Ian Murray McKellen, KBE (born May 25, 1939) is a veteran English stage and screen actor, the recipient of a Tony Award and two Oscar nominations. McKellen is best known to moviegoers in recent years for his roles as Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy and as Magneto in the "X-Men" trilogy. His work has spanned genres from serious Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. - Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Phillip "Mick" Jagger CBE (born July 26, 1943) is an English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer and businessman. He is best known as the lead singer of the English rock band The Rolling Stones. - Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn was an Academy Award-winning Anglo-Dutch actress of film and theatre, Broadway stage performer, ballerina, fashion model, and humanitarian. Raised under Nazi rule in Arnhem, Netherlands during World War II, Hepburn trained extensively to become a ballerina, before deciding to pursue acting. She first gained notice for her starring role in the Broadway production of "Gigi" (1951). She was then cast in "Roman Holiday" (1953) as Princess Ann, … - Bhupen Hazarika
Bhupen Hazarika is a multi-faceted artist from Assam, a state in the north-eastern part of India. As a singer, he is known for his wonderfully crisp voice and flawless diction; as a lyricist, he is known for poetic compositions and parables that touch on a wide range of themes---ranging from the erotic to social and political commentary; and as a composer for his use of folk music with a touch of the contemporary. He also participated, first as a child artist, … - Nigel Planer
Nigel George Planer (born February 22, 1953 in London) is an English actor, novelist and playwright. He was educated at Westminster School, Sussex University and LAMDA. - Robert Ginty
Robert Ginty (born November 14, 1948 in New York, New York) is an American movie actor, producer, scenarist, and director of movies and TV series episodes. He is mostly famous for his many B-movie appearances. - Peter Egan
Peter Egan (born September 28, 1946) is a British actor best known for playing smooth neighbour Paul Ryman in 1980s sitcom "Ever Decreasing Circles". His first television role was as the sex-and-cinema-obsessed Seth Starkadder in the BBC serialisation of "Cold Comfort Farm" in 1968. In 1969 he had come to notoriety as the acid-throwing gangster Hogarth in the controversial Granada TV series "Big Breadwinner Hog".
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