- Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey (born March 27 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director and actress. Her debut was in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola and became the first recording act to have its first five singles top the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993, a series of hit records established her position as Columbia's highest-selling act.
- Chris Hero
Chris Spradlin (born December 24 1979) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Chris Hero. He is a mainstay of many independent wrestling promotions, including IWA Mid-South, Combat Zone Wrestling, Juggalo Championshit Wrestling, CHIKARA, Ring of Honor, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, as well as Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan.
- Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (born May 8, 1975, in Madrid, Spain) is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-winning Spanish-born, Miami-based singer and is of Asian and european ancestry. His Asian ancestry comes from his mother's side of the family. Iglesias is the son of the famous Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and the Filipina socialite Isabel Preysler.
- Joan Of Arc
Joan of Arc, or Jeanne d'Arc in French, (1412 - May 30, 1431) is a 15th century national heroine of France. She was beatified in 1909 and canonized as a saint in 1920. Joan asserted that she had visions from God which told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' War. The uncrowned King Charles VII sent her to the siege at Orléans as part of a relief mission.
- Milo Ventimiglia
Milo Anthony Ventimiglia (born July 8 1977) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the NBC series "Heroes" as idealistic hero Peter Petrelli and in the family-oriented television series "Gilmore Girls" as Rory's rebel boyfriend Jess Mariano.
- Heracles
Heracles was the name of an illegitimate son born to Alexander III of Macedon by his mistress Barsine, daughter of Satrap Artabazus of Phrygia in 327 BC. The first son to be born to Alexander, he was named after the Greek hero Heracles, from whom that royal family claimed its descent. At the time of his birth, there was no reason to consider Heracles a possible candidate for the throne. His father was still 29 years old and about to marry the princess Roxana, of Bactria, …
- William Wallace
Sir William Wallace (c. 1270-August 23, 1305) was a knight and Scottish patriot, who led a resistance against the English occupation of Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence. He is considered the greatest hero in Scotland's history. Wallace was the inspiration for the poem "The Acts and Deeds of Sir William Wallace, Knight of Elderslie" by the 15th century minstrel Blind Harry. The 1995 film "Braveheart" is based on the poem.
- Ali Larter
Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter (born February 28, 1976) is an American actress and former fashion model best known for her screen roles aimed at teenage audiences. Her best known television series is "Heroes". Her famous Hollywood films were "Varsity Blues", "House on Haunted Hill", "Final Destination", "Legally Blonde", and finally Resident Evil: Extinction'
- Zachary Quinto
Zachary J. Quinto (born June 2, 1977) is an American actor who is most famously known for his roles as Adam Kaufman on "24", Sasan on "So NoTORIous" and Gabriel "Sylar" Gray on NBC's "Heroes".
- Masi Oka
Oka: I got to see a little bit of it, but I guess the crowd reacted well. It was very cool, because I realize that Hiro is kind of representative of all the comic book geeks. I myself am a big Manga freak as well, so I was just happy that I could give it justice, and it seemed like a lot of the audience members did connect to the character, so that was very cool.
- Hassan Nasrallah
Hassan Nasrallah (b. August 30 1960, Bourj Hammoud, Beirut, Lebanon) is the current Secretary General of the Lebanese Islamist party Hezbollah. He is also a Shi'a cleric who is a protege of Ali Khamenei. Nasrallah is considered a terrorist by the U.S. and U.K. governments.
- Tan Dun
Tan Dun is a Chinese contemporary classical composer, most widely known for his Grammy and Oscar-award winning scores for the movies "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero".
- George Takei
George Hosato Takei (born April 20, 1937) is an American actor known for his role in the TV series "Star Trek", in which he played the helmsman Hikaru Sulu on the USS "Enterprise". Takei is also known for his baritone voice and deep-throated catch phrase, "Oh my!" Consequently, Takei began recurring appearances as the announcer for "The Howard Stern Show" on January 9, 2006, after that show's move to satellite radio.
- Tim Kring
Tim Kring (born July 9, 1957 in El Dorado County, California, USA) is the creator of American television series "Heroes", "Crossing Jordan" and "Strange World". He has also written and produced many television shows and films. He graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1983. One of his earlier projects was "Misfits of Science", which, like "Heroes", featured superpowered humans as a main theme.
- Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 - December 31, 1972) was a Major League Baseball right fielder and right-handed batter. He was elected to the Hall of Fame posthumously in 1973 as the first Hispanic American to be selected, and the only exception to the mandatory five-year post-retirement waiting period since it was instituted in 1954. Clemente was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the youngest of four children. He played 18 seasons in the majors from 1955 to 1972, …
- Greg Grunberg
Gregory Phillip Grunberg, born to a Jewish family July 11, 1966, in Los Angeles, California, is an American television actor. He is married to Elizabeth Grunberg and has three children. He is best known for his starring role as Matt Parkman on the NBC television series "Heroes", ongoing since 2006. Other notable roles included the characters Sean Blumberg on "Felicity" (1998-2002) and Eric Weiss on "Alias" (2001-2006), both produced by childhood friend, …
- Wong Fei Hung
Wong Fei Hung (July 9, 1847-March 25, 1924) was a martial artist, healer, and revolutionary who became a Chinese folk hero and the subject of numerous television series and films. As a healer and medical doctor, Wong practiced and taught acupuncture and other forms of traditional Chinese medicine at 'Po Chi Lam' (寶芝林), his clinic in Foshan, Guangdong Province, China, where he was known for his compassion and policy of treating any patient.
- Tom Brown
Tom Brown (1705 - 1746) was born in Kirkleatham near Stockton. He is a hero of the Battle of Dettingen. Tom had two horses killed under him, and had lost two fingers from his left hand, but when the regiment's standard was captured he galloped into the thickest of fighting and recovered it, receiving eight cuts in his face, head, and neck, as well as two bullets in his back and a cut across his forehead that went down to his right eyebrow. He also had his nose cut off.
- Hero Of Alexandria
Hero (or Heron) of Alexandria was a Hellenistic engineer and geometer who flourished in Alexandria, Roman Egypt. Among his most famous inventions were the first documented steam engine, the "aeolipile", and a windwheel, constituting one the earliest instances of wind harnessing. He is said to have been a follower of the Atomists. Some of his ideas were derived from the works of Ctesibius.
- Pawan Kalyan
Pawan Kalyan (born September 2, 1971) is a popular Indian film star and director in Andhra Pradesh. He is fondly called as Power Star by his fans.His birth name is Konidala Kalyan.
- Jack Coleman
Jack Coleman (born February 21, 1958 in Easton, Pennsylvania) is an American actor and screenwriter, best known for replacing Al Corley in the role of Steven Carrington in the 1980s prime time soap opera "Dynasty" and for portraying Mr. Bennet in science fiction drama series "Heroes".
- James White
James White (April 7, 1928 - August 23, 1999) was a prolific Northern Irish author of science fiction novellas, short stories, and novels. He is probably best-known as the author of the Sector General series of novels. The first novels were assembled from strung-together short stories, but later Sector General adventures were written as full-length novels. The first Sector General novel was published in 1962, and the last published posthumously in 1999.
- Allu Arjun
Allu "Bunny" Arjun, born April 8 1983, is a Telugu film actor. He is the son of producer Allu Aravind, grandson of the comedian Padmashree Allu Ramalingaiah and nephew of the famous Telugu actors Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan. Allu debuted as a special appearance in the movie Daddy, that was produced by his father. His dancing abilities in the film bagged him more offers as an actor.
- Genesis
"Genesis" is the pilot episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series "Heroes". It was directed by David Semel and written by Tim Kring.
- Josey Scott
Josey Scott (born Joseph Sappington May 3, 1972 in Memphis, Tennessee) is the lead singer of post-grunge band Saliva. In addition to the success associated with his band Saliva, Scott garnered fame from a duet with Chad Kroeger of Nickelback. Together, they wrote and performed "Hero", which was used as one of the theme songs to the 2002 film "Spider-Man". He made a cameo appearance on Jay-Z's "Takeover" on his 2001 album The Blueprint.
- Bhagat Singh
Bhagat Singh (Urdu-Shahmukhi:) (September 28, 1907-March 23, 1931) was an Indian freedom fighter, considered to be one of the most famous revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement. For this reason, he is often referred to as Shaheed Bhagat Singh (the word "shaheed" means "martyr"). He is also believed by many to be one of the earliest Marxists in India.
- Sendhil Ramamurthy
Sendhil Ramamurthy (born May 17, 1974) is an American actor, born in Chicago, Illinois. He plays the Indian geneticist Mohinder Suresh in the NBC drama "Heroes". He was born in the US to Indian parents, both of whom are physicians. His parents are from Bangalore, India. He has one sister, who is a physician, doing a residency in a combined internal medicine and psychiatry residency program. He and his sister were raised in San Antonio.
- James Kyson Lee
James Kyson Lee (born December 13, 1975) is an American actor who is best known for his role of Ando Masahashi on the NBC television series "Heroes".
- Leonard Roberts
Leonard Roberts (born November 17, 1972 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA) is an American actor. He graduated from DePaul University Theater School with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting. He is best known for his roles as Sean Taylor in "Drumline" and Forrest Gates on Season 4 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He most recently portrayed D.L. Hawkins on the TV series "Heroes". On May 21st, 2007, Leonard Roberts will be a guest on Bobba Music for Habbo USA.
- Ching Siu-Tung
Ching Siu-tung (born 1953) is a Hong Kong film director and action choreographer who has directed over 20 films, including the critically acclaimed supernatural fantasy "A Chinese Ghost Story" (1987). He began as an actor and martial arts instructor working in Hong Kong action cinema in the 1960s and 1970s (his father, Ching Gong, was a Shaw Studios director, and Ching Siu-tung had been trained in Peking opera as a child), …
- Richard Roundtree
Richard Roundtree (born July 9 1942) is an American actor and former male fashion model famous for portraying John Shaft in the film "Shaft" (1971) and in its two sequels, "Shaft's Big Score" (1972) and "Shaft in Africa" (1973). Roundtree was born in New Rochelle, New York to Kathryn, a nurse and housekeeper, and John Roundtree, a caterer and garbage collector. He attended Southern Illinois University.
- Casey Sheehan
Casey Austin Sheehan (May 29, 1979-April 4, 2004) was a Specialist in the United States Army who was killed by enemy action while serving in the Iraq War. He is the son of Patrick Sheehan, a sales representative, and Cindy Sheehan, who subsequently became a prominent anti-war protester.
- Alex Maleev
Alex Maleev is a comic book illustrator of Bulgarian descent best known for the Marvel Comics' series "Daredevil" Vol. 2, collaborating with writer Brian Michael Bendis. Maleev has a distinct drawing style of dark, grainy imagery, which gives his work the 16mm-camera look of old-fashioned documentary. In 2006, Maleev finished his run with Bendis in "Daredevil" and planned a collaboration with the writer on a new ongoing "Spider-Woman" series.
- Mordechai Vanunu
The traitor "' (born Marrakech, Morocco, October 13 1954), also known by his baptismal name John Crossman"', is an Israeli former nuclear technician who revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986. He was subsequently abducted in Rome by Israeli Mossad agents and smuggled to Israel, where he was tried in secret and convicted of treason.
- José Martí
José Julián Martí y Pérez was a leader of the Cuban independence movement from Spain and as well a renowned poet and writer. He is considered the Cuban people's National hero. He is often referred to as the Apostle of Cuban Independence. In many literary circles he is considered the Father of Modernismo predating and influencing Rubén Darío and influencing other poets such as Gabriela Mistral.
- Noah Gray-Cabey
Noah Gray-Cabey (born November 16, 1995) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Franklin Aloyisious Mumford on the ABC sitcom "My Wife and Kids", and as Micah Sanders in the NBC science-fiction drama "Heroes". Gray-Cabey was born in Newry, Maine to Whitney Gray and Shawn Cabey. He started playing the piano when he was eighteen months old. At age four, he performed in several venues throughout New England and Washington, …
- Kate Jackson
Kate Jackson, born 1979, is the lead-singer with British band The Long Blondes. She has been described in the NME as having the 'arrogant strut of Chrissie Hynde and the acidic tongue of a Dickens heroine.' She has also made the "NME" 'Cool List' though she responded to this accolade with: 'They probably thought they didn't have enough girls.
- Santiago Cabrera
Santiago Cabrera (born May 5, 1978) is a Chilean actor. The middle child of a Chilean diplomat father and homemaker mother, Cabrera was born in Caracas, Venezuela and lived in Toronto, London, Madrid and Romania before his family returned to Chile when he was fifteen years old. As captain of the soccer team in high school, Cabrera focused on athletics before switching gears and headed towards acting when his high school drama teacher encouraged him to try acting.
- Todd Beamer
Todd Morgan Beamer (November 24, 1968 - September 11, 2001) was a victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks. He was a passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93.
- Achilles
In Greek mythology, Achilles (also Akhilleus or Achilleus) (Ancient Greek:) was a hero of the Trojan War, the central character and greatest warrior of Homer's "Iliad", which takes for its theme, not the War of Troy in its entirety, but specifically the Wrath of Achilles. Later legends (beginning with a poem by Statius in the first century AD) state that Achilles was invulnerable on all of his body except for his heel.