Coco Chanel
With her trademark suits and little black dresses, fashion designer Coco Chanel created timeless designs that are still popular today.
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With her trademark suits and little black dresses, fashion designer Coco Chanel created timeless designs that are still popular today.
Former teen heartthrob beloved for his role in ‘The Karate Kid,’ actor Ralph Macchio has appeared in movies, theater and on television.
Multiple Grammy winner and “Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin was known for such hits as “Respect,” “Freeway of Love” and “I Say a Little Prayer.”
Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer is often called the “father of the atomic bomb” for leading the Manhattan Project, the program that developed the first nuclear weapon during World War II.
Claude Monet was a famous French painter whose work gave a name to the art movement Impressionism, which was concerned with capturing light and natural forms.
Gregory Peck is best known for his larger-than-life film roles, particularly as Atticus Finch in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’
Nancy Reagan was a former Hollywood actress, the first lady of the United States during President Ronald Reagan’s time in office and the founder of the “Just Say No” drug awareness campaign.
Dave Chappelle is a comedian whose Comedy Central program, Chappelle’s Show, became a smash hit in the early 2000s.
Actor Gene Wilder made his first huge splash as the title character in the film ‘Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory’ among other memorable roles.