Lady Gaga
American singer-songwriter and actress known for theatrical pop, genre-crossing collaborations and an Academy Award-winning song.
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Showing 49–72 of 106LeBron James
American basketball player who became the NBA's all-time leading scorer.
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American actor and producer known for intense dramatic roles and environmental advocacy.
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British Formula One driver with seven world championships, tied with Michael Schumacher for the most in the sport's history.
Read biographyLionel Messi
Argentine footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history and winner of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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Lionel Richie
Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and television personality.
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American singer-songwriter known as the “Queen of Pop” and for reinventing her image across a career spanning four decades.
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Australian actress and producer known for The Wolf of Wall Street, Barbie and her production company LuckyChap Entertainment.
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Polish-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity and was the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences.
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American actress, model and singer who became one of the biggest stars and most enduring cultural icons of the 1950s.
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American actor widely considered one of the most influential screen performers, known for method acting.
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American filmmaker acclaimed for gritty, kinetic dramas about crime, faith and guilt.
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American actress widely regarded as one of the greatest screen actors of her generation, with more Academy Award nominations than any other performer.
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American singer, songwriter and dancer known as the “King of Pop”, whose 1982 album Thriller became the best-selling album of all time.
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American basketball player widely regarded as the greatest of all time, who led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships.
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American swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 28 medals including 23 golds.
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American heavyweight boxer and activist, three-time world heavyweight champion, widely known as “The Greatest”.
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American astronaut who became the first person to walk on the Moon, on July 20, 1969.
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Serbian-American inventor and engineer whose work on alternating current electrical systems shaped modern power.
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Serbian tennis player who had won a record 24 men's Grand Slam singles titles by the end of 2025.
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American media executive, talk show host and philanthropist who built one of the most influential media empires in the world.
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English singer known as the “Prince of Darkness”, lead vocalist of Black Sabbath and a pioneer of heavy metal.
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American football quarterback who led the Kansas City Chiefs to three Super Bowl victories.
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