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Theirry Henry

20 Nov 2009 07:39:41 GMT

Thierry Henry is the global soccer star whose handball goal against Ireland in 2009 made him also globally infamous. Thierry was by then 15 years into a pro career that started with a French ... more

Oprah Winfrey

19 Nov 2009 17:44:55 GMT

Orpah Winfrey is the most successful female talk show host in American TV history. She went into broadcasting in the early 1970s; after anchoring and reporting TV news in Nashville, Tennessee and ... more

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

19 Nov 2009 17:41:18 GMT

A 7'2" center with a soft touch and an unstoppable hook shot, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won six NBA championships in his 20-year pro career. The last ... more

Don Knotts

19 Nov 2009 13:09:23 GMT

Pop-eyed and pencil-necked, Don Knotts made a career out of playing jittery underdogs with wavering voices and big dreams. Knotts was a regular on the ... more

Dakota Fanning

19 Nov 2009 10:23:29 GMT

Child screen star Dakota Fanning's performance in 2001's I Am Sam (with Sean Penn) earned her critical praise and a ... more

Robert Pattinson

19 Nov 2009 10:08:22 GMT

With his rippling brow and matinee-idol chin, Robert Pattinson became a movie heartthrob after appearing as the vampire Edward Cullen in the 2008 teen romance Twilight. Pattinson was born in ... more

Jason Lee

19 Nov 2009 10:06:12 GMT

Jason Lee was a professional skateboarding champion before he was cast as Brodie Bruce in Kevin Smith's movie Mallrats (1995). He then played Banky Edwards in ... more

Werner Herzog

19 Nov 2009 09:58:16 GMT

Film critics can't seem to decide whether Werner Herzog is a genius or charlatan, but his position as one of the most well-known German "new wave" filmmakers ... more

John Ensign

19 Nov 2009 09:51:39 GMT

Republican John Ensign is the U.S. senator from Nevada who went from being known as an up-and-coming party leader during his first term to a scandal-plagued adulterer halfway through his second term. ... more

Kristen Stewart

19 Nov 2009 09:51:01 GMT

Kristin Stewart played Bella Swan, the love interest of vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), in the films Twilight (2008) and New Moon (2009). ... more

John Allen Muhammad

19 Nov 2009 09:07:02 GMT

Known as the "Beltway Sniper," John Allen Muhammad killed or helped kill 10 people in and around Washington, DC during a three-week shooting spree in ... more

Imre Nagy

19 Nov 2009 04:59:02 GMT

Imre Nagy was a Hungarian political leader whose efforts at reform in Soviet-controlled Hungary led to his removal from office in 1956 and his execution in 1958. Born in Hungary when it was part of ... more

Benny Hill

18 Nov 2009 13:57:56 GMT

As Benny Hill, Alfred Hill appeared in comedy revues on stage, on the radio and, in 1949, on the television show Hi, There. In 1955 he began ... more

Cate Blanchett

18 Nov 2009 11:52:49 GMT

Cate Blanchett is one of the Australia's best-known actors, as well as a five-time Oscar nominee, known especially for playing Queen Elizabeth I. Blanchett grew up in ... more

Barbara Mandrell

18 Nov 2009 10:44:34 GMT

Barbara Mandrell came from a musical family, and by her teens was a multi-instrumentalist (including sax, steel guitar, banjo and bass). In the 1970s she began to gain national attention with hits ... more

Mickey Mouse

18 Nov 2009 05:31:07 GMT

Mickey Mouse debuted in the 1928 animated short Steamboat Willie and went on to become the familiar symbol of Walt Disney studios. A cheerful rodent in white ... more

Elizabeth Smart

17 Nov 2009 13:25:43 GMT

Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her bedroom on 5 June 2002 by a gun-wielding stranger who had broken into her family's Salt Lake City home. Smart's younger sister, Mary Katherine, witnessed the ... more

Allen Iverson

17 Nov 2009 12:09:02 GMT

A lightening-quick guard with an attacking style, Allen Iverson played two years of college basketball for Georgetown University before being drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1996. He soon ... more

Nidal Malik Hasan

17 Nov 2009 09:34:30 GMT

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is the U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of killing 12 fellow soldiers and a civilian in a shooting spree at Fort Hood in Texas on 5 November 2009. He has been charged with 13 ... more

George Hamilton

17 Nov 2009 04:14:04 GMT

George Hamilton is an actor who is better known for his off-screen persona: a suave, well-dressed escort of beautiful women. He is particularly famous for his eternal golden-brown tan, which over the ... more

Neil Young

16 Nov 2009 15:59:07 GMT

One of the few Woodstock-generation rockers whose late career didn't rely on reunions and re-issues, Neil Young in the '90s earned the title "Godfather of Grunge", along with a new ... more

Sarah Palin

16 Nov 2009 12:03:13 GMT

Sarah Palin, the first female governor of Alaska, was John McCain's running mate in the U.S. presidental elections of 2008. ... more

George Clooney

16 Nov 2009 09:34:11 GMT

George Clooney spent 10 years as an acting unknown until his role as Dr. Doug Ross in the hospital drama E.R. made him TV's hottest heartthrob in 1994. He left the show in 1999 and moved on to ... more

Elmore Leonard

16 Nov 2009 09:31:21 GMT

Elmore Leonard has been a top-selling writer since the mid-1980s, the author of more than three dozen crime and western novels famous for their crackling dialogue and dark humor. Leonard had a ... more

Jack Foley

16 Nov 2009 09:10:01 GMT

Jack Foley is the bank-robbing hero of Elmore Leonard's novels Out of Sight (1996) and Road Dogs (2009). Foley is a career bank robber who claims to ... more