Famous People

Ilmar Laaban

Estonian poet and publicist, working in Sweden (1921-2000)

1921 — 2000

Ilmar Raag

Estonian screenwriter and film director (born 1968)

1968 — present

Ilmar Kullam

Estonian basketball player, coach and sportsperson (1922–2011)

1922 — 2011

Burn Gorman

British actor (born 1974)

1974 — present

Rakhshan Bani-E'temad

Iranian film director and screenwriter

1954 — present

Ron-Robert Zieler

German association football player

1989 — present

Rabie Rabie Meftah

Algerian footballer

1985 — present

Rabie Yassin

Egyptian footballer

1960 — present

Pirro Gonzaga

16th-century Catholic cardinal

1505 — 1529

Pirro Ligorio

Italian architect, painter, antiquarian and garden designer

1513 — 1583

Iretioluwa Osayemi

Nigerian actress

1982 — present

Eilif Peterssen

Norwegian painter (1852-1928)

1852 — 1928

Edsger W. Dijkstra

Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)

1930 — 2002

Ebou Adams

Gambian association football player

1996 — present

Adunni Ade

Nigerian actress and model

1976 — present

Svetozar Cvetković

Serbian actor

1958 — present

Svetozar Vujović

Yugoslav footballer (1940-1993)

1940 — 1993

Svetozar Ćorović

Bosnian writer (1875–1919)

1875 — 1919

Svetozar Vukmanović

Serbian partisan (1912-2000)

1912 — 2000

Svetozar Miletić

Serbian politician (1826-1901)

1826 — 1901

Svetozar Pribićević

Croatian Serb politician (1875–1936)

1875 — 1936

Svetozar Marović

Montenegrin politician

1955 — present

Svetozar Marković

Serbian political activist, literary critic and philosopher (1846-1875)

1846 — 1875

Svetozar Boroević

Austro-Hungarian field marshal

1856 — 1920

Svetozar Gligorić

Serbian and Yugoslavian chess player (1923–2012)

1923 — 2012

Shahabuddin Shahab al-DIn Mar'ashi Najafi

Iraqi marja' (1897-1990)

1897 — 1990

Shahabuddin Ahmed

President of Bangladesh (1930–2022)

1930 — 2022

Sergejs Naumovs

Latvian ice hockey player (born 1969)

1969 — present

Sergejs Žoltoks

Latvian professional ice hockey centre (1972–2004)

1972 — 2004

Roschdy Zem

French Moroccan actor and film director

1965 — present

Qixuan Qixuan

Chinese archer

2000 — present

Izzeldin Abuelaish

Canadian-Palestinian medical doctor

1955 — present

Harijs Vītoliņš

Latvian ice hockey player and coach (born 1968)

1968 — present

Badou Jack

Swedish boxer

1983 — present

Badou Ndiaye

Senegalese association football player

1990 — present

Badou Badou

Moroccan footballer and coach

1959 — present

Bacary Sagna

French footballer (born 1983)

1983 — present

Atis Slakteris

Latvian politician (born 1956)

1956 — present

Atis Kronvalds

Latvian writer (1837–1875)

1837 — 1875

Orlane Kanor

French handball player

1997 — present

Diletta Leotta

Italian television presenter

1991 — present

Alsu Kurmasheva

Russian-American journalist

1976 — present

Valer Toma

Romanian rower

1957 — present

Ottar of Hålogaland

Norwegian explorer

900 — 901

Mastura Şeref Han

Kurdish poet (1805–1848)

1805 — 1848

Somerville Alexander

British geologist, academic, physicist and radio astronomer

1908 — 1958

Imants Kalniņš

Latvian composer (born 1941)

1941 — present

Imants Bodnieks

Latvian cyclist

1941 — present