One name
by erico_oktaviannes | created - 23 Jun 2012 | updated - 17 Oct 2012 | PublicFamous people known by single name in alphabetical order
1. Aaliyah
Soundtrack | Romeo Must Die
Talented. Beautiful. Modest. These three words described R&B singer-turned-actress Aaliyah perfectly.
Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Diane (Hankerson) and Michael Haughton. Her uncle was music manager Barry Hankerson and her brother is director Rashad Haughton. Aaliyah was ...
2. Adele
Soundtrack | Skyfall
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born May 5, 1988) is a British singer-songwriter who has sold millions of albums worldwide and won a total of 15 Grammys as well as an Oscar. Adele's first two albums, 19 and 21, earned her critical praise and a level of commercial success unsurpassed among her peers. ...
3. Akon
Soundtrack | Ra.One
Akon, born Aliaune Thiam, grew up in Senegal before he and his family (including his father, jazz percussionist Mor Thiam) eventually settled in the USA, in the state of New Jersey. There he discovered hip-hop and R&B music as well as crime. He was eventually jailed, but he used the time to work on...
4. Annabella
Actress | Le million
At age 16, Annabella was chosen by Abel Gance to appear in Napoleon (1927). In the 30s, she became a star of French movies. She made movies in numerous other countries, before being called to Hollywood in 1938, where she met and married Tyrone Power. She remained in the USA until 1947. Then she ...
5. Ant
Actor | The Underground Comedy Movie
Celebrity comedian ANT was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, comedian , host, producer and writer. In July 1993, he legally changed his name to ANT from Anthony Steven Kalloniatis. The correct orthography is ANT, spelled in all caps.
Born to Greek immigrant parents (Lee and Maria -...
6. Beck
Soundtrack | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Beck David Hansen is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his experimental and Lo-Fi style, and became known for creating musical collages of wide-ranging genres. He has musically encompassed folk, funk, soul, hip hop, electronic, ...
7. Björk
Soundtrack | Dancer in the Dark
Born in 1965 in the Icelandic capital city of Reykjavik, the daughter of Gudmundur Gunnarsson (an electrician) and Hildur Hauksdóttir who divorced before her second birthday, Björk grew up in a hippie-type community with her mother and her seven siblings. She started to study classical music at the...
8. Bono
Soundtrack | Across the Universe
Bono was born Paul David Hewson in Dublin, Ireland on May 10, 1960, to Iris (Rankin) and Brendan Robert Hewson. He has been the lead singer of the rock band U2 since 1976. U2 has won 22 Grammy Awards to date, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. Lauded by fans and critics ...
9. Brandy Norwood
Actress | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Brandy Norwood is an African-American singer-songwriter and actress from McComb, Mississippi. She is known for her roles in Moesha, Osmosis Jones and Cinderella. She has released many R&B albums and singles since the 1990s. She is known as "The Vocal Bible". She gave birth to a daughter named ...
aka Brandy
10. Capucine
Actress | The Pink Panther
With classic patrician features and an independent, non-conformist personality, Capucine began her film debut in 1949 at the age of 21 with an appearance in the film Rendezvous in July (1949). She attended school in France and received a BA degree in foreign languages. Married for six months in her...
11. Carmencita
Soundtrack | Übermut im Salzkammergut
Carmencita was born in 1868 in Almeria, Spain. She died in 1910.
12. Charo
Actress | Thumbelina
Charo was born on January 15, 1951 in Murcia, Spain. She is an actress, known for Thumbelina (1994), The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979) and Tiger by the Tail (1970). She was previously married to Kjell Rasten and Xavier Cugat.
13. Chayanne
Soundtrack | Dance with Me
Elmer Figueroa de Arce, better known as Chayanne, was born in Puerto Rico, the third of five siblings. He is married to Venezuelan Mariana Elizabeth "Marilisa" Maronesa de Figueroa, with whom he has a son, Lorenzo Valentino and a daughter, Isadora Sofia. Chayanne debuted as a singer at ten years of...
14. Cher
Actress | Moonstruck
The beat goes on ... and on ... and as strong as ever for this superstar entertainer who has well surpassed the half-century mark while improbably transforming herself from an artificial, glossy "flashionplate" singer into a serious, Oscar-worthy, dramatic actress ... and back again! With more ups ...
15. Cheryl
Actress | What to Expect When You're Expecting
Born in 1983, British singer Cheryl Cole studied dance, modeled and appeared in advertisements as a child. Her crowd-pleasing performances on Popstars: The Rivals (2002) won her membership to the pop group Girls Aloud and vaulted her into music stardom, virtually overnight. Cole has also enjoyed ...
now Cheryl
16. Common
Actor | John Wick: Chapter 2
First known as a rapper who became one of the more prominent voices in hip-hop's new millennium renaissance, Common later transitioned into acting. He was born in Chicago, and is the son of educator Dr. Mahalia Ann Hines and Lonnie Lynn, an ABA basketball player turned youth counselor.
On October 6,...
17. Des'ree
Soundtrack | Romeo + Juliet
Des'ree was born on November 30, 1968 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Romeo + Juliet (1996), Captain Marvel (2019) and Nothing to Lose (1997).
18. Dido
Soundtrack | 127 Hours
Dido was born on December 25, 1971 in Kensington, London, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for 127 Hours (2010), Crossroads (2002) and Love Actually (2003). She has been married to Rohan Gavin since 2010. They have one child.
19. Duffy
Soundtrack | Pirate Radio
Duffy was born on June 23, 1984 in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for The Boat That Rocked (2009), Legend (2015) and Filth (2013).
20. Eminem
Soundtrack | 8 Mile
Eminem was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III in St. Joseph, Missouri, to Deborah R. (Nelson) and Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr., who were in a band together, Daddy Warbucks. He is of English, as well as some German, Scottish, and Swiss-German, ancestry. Marshall spent his early childhood being shoved ...
21. Enya
Soundtrack | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin, the fourth youngest of nine children, comes from the small village of Dore (Dobhar in Irish) in the Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair) region of County Donegal in northwestern Ireland. She now lives in Killiney, a coastal district on the southern outskirts of Dublin The family ...
22. Eve
Actress | Barbershop
Eve was born on November 10, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Barbershop (2002), xXx (2002) and Whip It (2009). She has been married to Maximillion Cooper since June 14, 2014. They have one child.
23. Fabian
Actor | The Longest Day
Swinging teen idol Fabiano Anthony Forte, better known to his fans as Fabian, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1943, to a police officer. His father took ill and died when Fabian was young and the boy was forced to find work to help pay the family bills. With no experience but looks to die...
24. Fabio
Actor | Bubble Boy
Fabio was born on March 15, 1959 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He is an actor, known for Bubble Boy (2001), Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) and Dumbbells (2014).
25. Falco
Soundtrack | Pineapple Express
He was born as Johann Hölzel in Vienna, but was mostly called "Hans". Very young, he was considered as a new Mozart and decided to have a musical career. He started playing the bass guitar in local bands such as "Drahdiwaberl" or "The Hallucination Company". Around that time he changed his name to ...
26. Fergie
Soundtrack | Nine
Fergie was born Stacy Ann Ferguson on March 27, 1975 in Hacienda Heights, California, to Theresa Ann "Terri" (Gore) and John Patrick Ferguson, both schoolteachers. Her ancestry includes German, English, Irish, Scottish, Swedish, and Luxembourgish. When she was a teenager, her parents divorced, ...
aka Fergie
27. Flea
Actor | Baby Driver
Michael Peter Balzary was born on the sixteenth of October 1962, in Melbourne, Australia. When he was four, his parents divorced and Michael, his sister Karen and his mother Patricia headed for New York; they didn't stay long and soon ended up in L.A. (in 1972), where his step-father, a jazz ...
28. Godfrey
Actor | Soul Plane
Godfrey was born on July 21, 1969 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Soul Plane (2004), Chain Reaction (1996) and Americanish (2021).
29. Gotye
Soundtrack | The Great Gatsby
Gotye is a Belgian-born Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter.
Gotye has released three studio albums independently and one album featuring remixes of tracks from his first two albums. He is a founding member of the Melbourne indie-pop trio The Basics, who have independently ...
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30. Hoku
Soundtrack | Legally Blonde
Hoku (she dropped her last name after relocating to Los Angeles to record the album) has been singing ever since she can remember, often appearing with her father. She was only 11 when he gave her a solo turn, belting out Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You". The song immediately became a ...
31. Hyde
Soundtrack | Godzilla
Hyde was the guitarist in another band when he was "recruited" by Tetsuya in 1991 to form the band L'Arc~en~Ciel. Since then, Hyde became the main lyricist of the band, although he also composes music for the band, and for his solo work. In his solo work, Hyde started with singles such as "...
32. Iman
Actress | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Iman was born on July 25, 1955 in Mogadishu, Somalia. She is a producer and actress, known for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), L.A. Story (1991) and No Way Out (1987). She was previously married to David Bowie, Spencer Haywood and Hassan ?.
33. Jewel
Soundtrack | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Jewel was born on May 23, 1974 in Payson, Utah, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), Ride with the Devil (1999) and Clueless (1995). She was previously married to Ty Murray.
aka Jewel
34. JoJo
Actress | Aquamarine
JoJo was born Joanna Noëlle Levesque on December 20, 1990 in Brattleboro, Vermont and raised in Foxborough, Massachusetts to Diana Lynn Levesque (née Blagden) & Joel Maurice Levesque. She has Polish, English, Irish & Scottish ancestry on Diana's side and French-Canadian ancestry on Joel's side. Her...
aka JoJo
35. Juanes
Soundtrack | Goal II: Living the Dream
Juanes was born on August 9, 1972 in Medellin, Colombia. He is a music artist and actor, known for Goal II: Living the Dream (2007), Juanes: Es por ti (2002) and Juanes: Fíjate bien (2001). He has been married to Karen Martínez since August 6, 2004. They have three children.
36. Julian
Actor | Cargo
Julian was born on October 12, 1970 in West Covina, California, USA. He is an actor and director. He was previously married to Lanny Barbie and Jill Kelly.
37. Kajol
Actress | Fanaa
Kajol Devgn is a well-known Bollywood actress known for her exceptional performances on screen. She attended St. Joseph's Convent School in Panchgani and was actively involved in extra-curricular activities such as dancing. In her early teens, Kajol was supposed to make her debut as an actress in a...
38. Kelis
Soundtrack | xXx
Kelis was born on August 21, 1979 in Harlem, New York, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for xXx (2002), Ocean's Eight (2018) and The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005). She was previously married to Mike Mora and Nas.
39. Kesha
Soundtrack | On the Basis of Sex
Ke$ha was born on March 1, 1987, in Los Angeles, California. Her big break came from cameo on rapper Flo Rida's 2009 No. 1 hit "Flo Rida Feat. Ke$ha: Right Round (2009)." Soon after, she landed a record contact with RCA and released her first single, Ke$ha: TiK ToK (2009). The party anthem ...
40. Kitarô
Soundtrack | Manhunter
Kitarô was born on February 4, 1953 in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan. He is a music artist and composer, known for Manhunter (1986), Heaven & Earth (1993) and The Soong Sisters (1997).
41. Koyuki
Actress | The Last Samurai
She rose to fame in the drama Kimi wa petto (2003) with Jun Matsumoto and gained huge popularity.
Her first international film was The Last Samurai (2003) where she played Taka, wife of a Samurai slain by the character Nathan Algren, portrayed by Tom Cruise, Koyuki was well-known in Japan for years ...
42. Lalaine
Actress | Lizzie McGuire
Lalaine Vergara-Paras, or simply Lalaine, is best known for her role as Lizzie's (Hilary Duff) best friend Miranda Sanchez in the hit TV series Lizzie McGuire (2001), and she has confirmed that she will appear in the reboot. Lalaine released her music album "Inside Story" in 2003. She currently ...
43. Liberace
Soundtrack | Behind the Candelabra
Most remembered for his extravagant costumes and trademark candelabra placed on the lids of his flashy pianos, Liberace was loved by his audiences for his music talent and unique showmanship. He was born as Wladziu Valentino Liberace on May 16, 1919, into a musical family, in Wisconsin. His mother, ...
44. Litefoot
Actor | The Indian in the Cupboard
Gary "Litefoot" Davis, an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation, has been a notable figure in Indian Country for nearly 30 years. First recognized for his considerable achievements in music, film and television with eight award winning albums, as well as award-winning starring roles in such films ...
45. Lulu
Soundtrack | To Sir, with Love
Lulu Kennedy-Cairns was born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie in Glasgow, Scotland on November 3, 1948. As a teenager, she toured the northern clubs with her band, the Luvvers. After her initial success with a cover of "Shout" reaching #7 in 1964, Lulu went on to establish herself as one of the ...
46. Madhubala
Actress | Mughal-E-Azam
Arguably the most beautiful artiste to ever grace the Indian screen, Madhubala rose from humble beginnings to become the most captivating star India has ever produced. Madhubala was born Mumtaz Jehan Begum on Valentine's Day 1933, in a poor, conservative family of Pathan Muslims in Delhi, a part of...
47. Madonna
Soundtrack | A League of Their Own
The remarkable, hyper-ambitious Material Girl who never stops re-inventing herself, Madonna has sold over three hundred million records and CDs to adoring fans worldwide. Her film career, however, is another story. Her performances have consistently drawn scathing or laughable reviews from film ...
48. Mako
Actor | Conan the Barbarian
Born in Japan, Makoto Iwamatsu was living there with his grandparents while his parents studied art in the United States, when Japan and the U.S. went to war in 1941. His parents remained in the U.S., working for the Office of War Information, and, at the cessation of the conflict, were granted U.S...
49. Mantovani
Soundtrack | Happiness
Annunzio Paolo Mantovani was born November 15, 1905, in Venice, Italy, the son of a violinist who performed at La Scala under the baton of maestro Arturo Toscanini. Born into a musical household, Mantovani was taught the piano and music theory while a youth. When Mantovani's father was appointed ...
50. Margo
Actress | Lost Horizon
The daughter of a Mexican surgeon, Maria Margarita Guadalupe Teresa Estella Castilla Bolado y O'Donnell was born in Mexico City. As a niece to famous bandleader Xavier Cugat, she performed with his orchestra from the age of nine as a specialty dancer in nightclubs, and, later, on the Starlight Roof...
51. Matisyahu
Actor | The Possession
Matisyahu was born on June 30, 1979 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The Possession (2012), Knocked Up (2007) and King Without a Crown.
52. Maxwell
Soundtrack | Life
Maxwell was born on May 23, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Life (1999), Little Man (2006) and Girls Trip (2017).
53. Maïwenn
Actress | Polisse
Maïwenn (sometimes credited as Maïwenn Besco or her birth name Maïwenn Le Besco, born 17 April 1976) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter.
Maïwenn Le Besco was born in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, a suburban area east of Paris. Maïwenn is of mixed Breton, Vietnamese, French, ...
54. McG
Director | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
McG was born on August 9, 1968 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Terminator Salvation (2009) and The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020).
55. Meiko
Soundtrack | TiMER
Meiko is known for Timer (2009), Into the Cold: A Journey of the Soul (2010) and Wake (2009).
56. Meja Kullersten
Soundtrack | (Sökarna)
Meja is one of Swedens best selling artists with sales up to 2.5 million units. She has been collaborating with some of the worlds best producers and writers including Billy Steinberg (Madonna, Pretenders, Celine Dion) Marty Frederiksen (Ozzy Osbourne, The Cult), Stephen Lippson, Annie Lennox, ...
aka Meja
57. Mika
Soundtrack | Kick-Ass
Mika was born on August 18, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon. He is an actor and composer, known for Kick-Ass (2010), Monte Carlo (2011) and Spy (2015).
58. Moby
Soundtrack | Southland Tales
Richard Melville Hall was born September 11, 1965, in the Manhattan, New York City, in the Harlem neighborhood to Elizabeth McBride (née Warner) and James Frederick Hall. His mother was a medical secretary and his father a professor of chemistry. The nickname Moby was assigned by his father, and ...
59. Monica
Soundtrack | Big Momma's House
Monica Arnold was born October 24, 1980, in Oak Park, Georgia, to Marilyn Best, a church singer and airline customer service representative, and M.C. "Billy" Arnold, Jr., a mechanic. At the age of four, she began singing in her local church choir. After entering many talent shows, Monica was ...
aka Monica
60. Morrissey
Soundtrack | Shaun of the Dead
Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Davyhulme, Manchester, England, UK. At a very early age, he took an interest in writing. His top priority was poetry, though he would have his biography on James Dean, "James Dean Is Not Dead", published by his early 20s. His literary influences ranged from ...
61. Nelly
Soundtrack | The Longest Yard
Nelly went to Spain with his father, Air Force Man Cornall Haynes Sr., until he was 3 years old, then moved to St. Louis. Nelly's folks struggled financially and split up when he was 7. As the youngest child in the neighborhood he grew up getting into trouble with the big kids. As a result he ended...
62. Nena
Soundtrack | Watchmen
The woman the world knows simply as NENA was born in the small German town of Hagen in 1960 as Gabriele Susanne Kerner. But "Nena" was not simply a stage name she would assume later on. The wunderkind of the German new wave scene got the name at the age of three while on vacation with her family in...
63. Nico
Soundtrack | Allegiant
Model and singer Nico was born in Cologne, Germany in 1938. She was a part of the Andy Warhol "scene" in the 1960s. A member of The Velvet Underground experimental rock band (with John Cale), circa 1967, she made several solo albums during the 1970s. A heroin addict for the latter part of her life,...
64. N!xau
Actor | The Gods Must Be Crazy
N!xau, a San from the Kalahari Desert, was discovered by director Jamie Uys and cast in the lead role in the 1980 movie The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980). He received only a few hundred dollars for his work in that film, but was astute enough to negotiate for over half a million for his appearance in ...
65. Pink
Actress | Thanks for Sharing
Pink was born Alecia Beth Moore in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and was later raised in Philadelphia. Her parents, Judith Moore (née Kugel), a nurse, and Jim Moore, a Vietnam veteran, divorced when she was very young. Her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family, while her father has Irish, German, ...
66. Pitbull
Actor | Epic
Armando Christian Pérez, known by the stage name Pitbull or Mr. Worldwide, is an American rapper. His first recorded mainstream performance was on a solo track from Lil Jon's 2002 album Kings of Crunk. In 2004, Pitbull released his debut album M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records. It included production ...
67. Pitof
Director | Vidocq
Pitof started his career in 1976 as photographer, assistant director and editor for films and commercials. He then branched out into musical scoring, software design and graphic design for televisions, music videos and commercials.
A pioneer of digital imaging in France, Pitof made his debut in ...
68. Prince
Soundtrack | Under the Cherry Moon
Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Mattie Shaw, a jazz singer and social worker, and John L. Nelson, a lyricist and pianist. His father's stage name was "Prince Rogers". His parents were both from African-American families from Louisiana. They separated during his youth, ...
69. Psy
Soundtrack | Psy: Gangnam Style
Psy is a South Korean pop singer and International satirical pop performer whose hit single, "Gangnam Style," won the 2012 Best Video MTV Europe Award and became a viral video on YouTube. He is also a songwriter, record producer and rapper.
He was born on December 31, 1977 in Seoul, South Korea as ...
70. Rasputin
Self | Punk's Not Dead
71. Rekha
Actress | Koi... Mil Gaya
Bhanurekha was born in the Tamil-speaking Ganesan household on October 10, 1954. Her dad was the popular Tamil actor, Gemini, while her mom was a popular Telugu actress, Pushpavalli. She has seven sisters and one brother. One of her sisters is Dr. Kamala Selvaraj, while another one, Radha, lives in...
72. Rihanna
Actress | Battleship
Rihanna was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20, 1988 in Bridgetown, St. Michael, Barbados to Monica Braithwaite, an accountant & Ronald Fenty, a warehouse supervisor. Her mother is Afro-Guyanese and her father is of Afro-Barbadian and British Isles ancestry. Rihanna lived the life of a normal ...
73. Rintarô
Director | Metoroporisu
Rintarô was born on January 22, 1941 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a director, known for Metropolis (2001), Ninja Scroll (1993) and Neo Tokyo (1987).
74. Robyn Carlsson
Soundtrack | Boy A
Robyn Carlsson was born on June 12, 1979 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. She is an actress and composer, known for Boy A (2007), R.I.P.D. (2013) and Deep Water (2022). She has been married to Max Vitali since 2014. They have one child.
aka Robyn
75. Ronaldo
Self | Goal II: Living the Dream
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima commonly known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian business owner, president of La Liga club Real Valladolid, owner of Brazilian club Cruzeiro FC and a retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Popularly dubbed O Fenômeno ('The Phenomenon and also nicknamed R9, he...
76. Sabu
Actor | The Thief of Bagdad
Sabu Dastagir (or Selar Shaik Sabu, depending on your resource) was born on January 27, 1924, in the little town of Mysore, India, which is nestled in the jungles of Karapur. The son of an elephant driver (mahout) in service for the Maharajah of his town, the young stable boy learned responsibility...
77. Seal
Soundtrack | Batman Forever
His Nigerian mother and Brazilian-born father were still studying when Seal was born. They were barely able to stay afloat with odd jobs. Shortly after his birth, Seal was sent to a foster family, where he grew up in sheltered conditions until he was four years old. In 1967, his mother Adebisi ...
78. Shaggy
Soundtrack | Money Train
Shaggy was born on October 22, 1968 in Kingston, Jamaica. He is a music artist and actor, known for Money Train (1995), No Time to Die (2021) and Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997). He has been married to Rebecca Parker since 2014. They have three children.
79. Shakira
Soundtrack | Zootopia
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born on February 2, 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia to Nidia del Carmen Mebarak (née Ripoll Torrado) & William Alberto Mebarak Chadid. She is of Lebanese, Spanish & Italian descent. Shakira began her musical career at the age of 12 and quickly captured fans around ...
80. Sinbad
Actor | Jingle All the Way
Sinbad was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan to two parents, Louise and the Baptist Rev. Dr. Donald Beckley Adkins and was then known as David Adkins. He is primarily known as an actor and somewhat a writer and proved his comedic acting style in House Guest (1994), Jingle All the Way (1996), First ...
81. Sisqó
Actor | Get Over It
This distinctive silver-haired singer established his performing credentials as a founding member of highly successful urban R&B quartet Dru Hill, who enjoyed transatlantic hits in the late 90s with singles such as 'How Deep Is Your Love' and 'These Are The Times'. The four members of Dru Hill set ...
82. Slash
Soundtrack | Barbie
Saul Hudson, mainly known as Slash, was born on July 23, 1965, and was raised in Stoke-on-Trent. Both his parents worked in the entertainment business, his mother being a clothing designer (she did some of David Bowie's costumes) and his father being an art director for a record company. When Slash...
83. Sting
Actor | Dune
Sting was born Gordon Matthew Sumner on 2 October, 1951 in Wallsend, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, the eldest of four children of Audrey (Cowell), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, an engineer and milkman. He received his name from a striped sweater he wore which looked like a bee...
84. Sukarno
Sukarno was born on June 6, 1901 in Surabaja, Java, Dutch East Indies. He died on June 21, 1970 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
85. Taboo
Soundtrack | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Taboo was born on July 14, 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), Taxi (2004) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). He has been married to Jaymie Dizon since July 12, 2008. They have one child.
86. Tabu
Actress | Andhadhun
Tabu is an Indian actress. She has mainly acted in Hindi films, though she has also starred in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi and Bengali-language films, as well as one American film. She has won the National Film Award for Best Actress twice, and holds the record for the most wins of Filmfare's...
87. Taimak
Actor | The Last Dragon
Taimak was born on June 27, 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Last Dragon (1985), Dreamers (1999) and Repeat Offenders: Jamais Vu (2011).
88. Thalía
Actress | María la del barrio
Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda (born 26 August 1971), known mononymously as Thalía, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, producer, actress and entrepreneur. She is considered one of the most successful and influential Mexican artists worldwide. Apart from her native Spanish, Thalía has also sung in ...
89. Tiffany
Soundtrack | Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
Tiffany was born on October 2, 1971 in Norwalk, California, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011), Jetsons: The Movie (1990) and Mega Piranha (2010). She was previously married to Ben George and Bulmaro Garcia.
90. Titoff
Actor | Les jolies choses
Titoff was born on July 18, 1972 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Pretty Things (2001), Payoff (2003) and Gomez vs. Tavarès (2007).
91. Tiësto
Soundtrack | Vacation
Longevity depends on evolution.
In 1994, Tijs Verwest donned his pseudonym: Tiësto. Today, the DJ and dance music producer is a GRAMMY® Award-winning, platinum-certified, international icon.
He is the only artist to ever hold the titles of "The Greatest DJ of All Time" courtesy of Mixmag, "#1 DJ" ...
92. Topol
Actor | Fiddler on the Roof
Topol was born on September 9, 1935 in Tel Aviv, Palestine [now Israel]. He was an actor and producer, known for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Flash Gordon (1980) and For Your Eyes Only (1981). He was married to Galia Topol. He died on March 8, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
93. Twiggy
Actress | The Boy Friend
Twiggy is a top model of the late 1960s, who made skinny an "inny," along with other famous skinny models such as Jean Shrimpton ("The Shrimp"), Veruschka von Lehndorff, and Penelope Tree ("The Tree"). She was born Leslie Hornby on September 19, 1949, in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, one of three...
94. Uggie
Actor | The Artist
Uggie is a Jack Russell terrier, born in 2002.
He was rescued from being sent to a dog pound by Omar Von Muller, animal trainer. His career included touring with a dog talent show in the United States and South America and starring in commercials.
His most famous movie roles are in Water for ...
95. Usher
Actor | The Faculty
Usher Raymond IV was born in Dallas, Texas, to Jonetta Patton (née O'Neal) and Usher Raymond III. He began singing when he was six years old, joining the local church choir at the behest of his mother who acted as choir director. Jonetta, a single mom, raised Usher and his younger brother, James, ...
aka Usher
96. Maila Nurmi
Actress | Vampira
The original glamour ghoul herself, "Vampira", of late night 1950s television, was actually born Maila Syrjäniemi (later changed to the easier surname Nurmi) on December 11, 1922 in Gloucester, Massachusetts (not Finland as she often claimed). Her uncle was the multiple Olympic medal runner Paavo ...
97. Vangelis
Composer | Blade Runner
Vangelis was a composer and performer who worked almost exclusively with electronic instruments. With Jean-Michel Jarre and Mike Oldfield in the 1970s, Vangelis was a pioneer in the instrumental music and a main influence in the creation of the musical genre "new age," a style related to spiritual,...
98. Vanity
Actress | Action Jackson
Vanity was a glamorous Canadian model and lead singer of the all-girl group "Vanity 6." She specialized in playing sultry female characters often in trouble with the law.
Vanity was born Denise Katherine Matthews in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Helga Senyk and James Levia Matthews...
99. Viva
Actress | Lions Love
Viva was born Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann in Syracuse, New York, to Mary Alice (McNicholas) and Wilfred Ernest Hoffmann, a well-to-do lawyer. She is the first child of a devout Catholic family, and is of German, Irish, English, and one eighth Italian, ancestry. Her parents had eight more children. ...
100. Zulu
Actor | Hawaii Five-O
Gilbert Francis Lani Damian Kauhi was born on October 17, 1937 on the Big Island of Hawaii. He was better known by the nickname his classmates gave him in high school, "Zulu". His most famous role was that of "Detective Kono Kalakaua" on the hit TV series, Hawaii Five-O (1968). The show helped ...
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