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Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman, inventor, and investor. A pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, Jobs co-founded Apple Inc. with his early business partner Steve Wozniak as Apple Computer Company in 1976. After the company's board of directors fired him in 1985, he founded NeXT the same year and purchased Pixar in 1986, becoming its chairman and majority shareholder until 2007. Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 as CEO, where he was closely involved with the creation and promotion of many of the company's most influential products until his resignation in 2011.
Wentworth Miller
American and British actor
XXXTentacion
Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy (January 23, 1998 – June 18, 2018), professionally known as XXXTentacion, was an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Though a controversial figure due to his widely publicized legal troubles, XXXTentacion gained a cult following among his young fan base during his short career with his depression and alienation-themed music. Critics and audiences often credit him for his musical versatility, with his music exploring emo, trap, trap metal, nu metal, indie rock, lo-fi, hip-hop, R&B, and punk rock. He was considered to be a leading figure in the e
Teri Hatcher
American actress
F. Murray Abraham
American actor (born 1939)
Paul Anka
Paul Albert Anka is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and actor. His songs include "Diana", "You Are My Destiny", "Lonely Boy", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", "(You're) Having My Baby" and "My Way".
Queen Noor of Jordan
Queen and Queen Dowager of Jordan; philanthropist and activist
Shannon Elizabeth
American actress
Rowan Blanchard
American actress
Jenna Dewan
American actress, dancer and model (born 1980)
Caroline Aaron
American actress
Etel Adnan
Lebanese-American writer and artist (1925-2021)
Tommy Bolin
American guitarist (1951–1976)
Justin Hurwitz
American composer and screenwriter
Moustapha Akkad
American film director (1930–2005)
CocoRosie
CocoRosie is an American musical group formed in 2003 by sisters Sierra Rose "Rosie" and Bianca Leilani "Coco" Casady. The group's music has been described as folktronica, freak folk and "New Weird America", and incorporates elements of pop, blues, opera, electronica, and hip hop. The group has released eight studio albums, La Maison de Mon Rêve (2004), ''Noah's Ark (2005), The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn (2007), Grey Oceans (2010), Tales of a GrassWidow (2013), Heartache City (2015), Put the Shine On (2020) and Little Death Wishes (2025), and two EPs, Beautiful Boyz (2004) and Coco
Theo Rossi
American actor
Kelly Slater
American surfer (born 1972)
Jonah Bobo
American actor
Lisa Brennan-Jobs
American writer
Rama Duwaji
Rama Sawaf Duwaji is an American animator, illustrator, and ceramist, whose work has been featured across several media outlets and art venues in the US and Europe. She has been the first lady of New York City since the inauguration of her husband Zohran Mamdani as its mayor in January 2026.
AdMob
AdMob Google Inc., doing business as Google AdMob or simply AdMob, is a mobile advertising subsidiary of Google, originally founded by the Syrian entrepreneur Omar Hamoui. The name AdMob is a portmanteau for "advertising on mobile". It was incorporated on April 10, 2006 while Hamoui was in business school at Wharton School. The company is based in Mountain View, California. In November 2009, it was acquired by Google for $750 million. The acquisition was completed on May 27, 2010. Apple Inc. had also expressed interest in purchasing the company the same year, but they were out-bid by Google. P
Farrah Abraham
American television personality, author and singer
Safdie brothers
American film directors
Mojo Rawley
American professional wrestler
Bob Said
American racing driver
Amanda Setton
American actress (born 1985)
Sylvain Sylvain
American guitarist (1951–2021)
Brandon Saad
American ice hockey player
Tige Andrews
American actor (1920-2007)
Ian Bremmer
American political scientist
Jillian Michaels
American personal trainer, reality show personality, actress, talk show host and entrepreneur
Emilio Estefan
American musician
Frank Harary
American mathematician (1921–2005)
Scotty Pippen Jr.
American basketball player
Vic Tayback
American actor (1930–1990)
Hala Gorani
American journalist
Nasib Arida
Syrian poet and writer (1887–1946)
Traci Dinwiddie
American actress
Robert P. George
American legal scholar
Boaz Yakin
American screenwriter and film director
Helen Donath
American soprano
Isaac Mizrahi
fashion designer and television personality
Jonathan Roumie
American actor
Jehane Noujaim
Egyptian-American photographer, journalist and documentary filmmaker
Raphael of Brooklyn
American saint (1860-1915)
Eve Jobs
daughter of Steve Jobs and Laurene Powell Jobs
Joe Arridy
mentally disabled American man wrongfully executed for rape/murder and posthumously granted a pardon
John George
Syrian-American actor (1898-1968)
Sonny Burke
American musical arranger, composer, big band leader and producer (1914–1980)
Charlie Shrem
American entrepreneur
Ariel Helwani
Canadian MMA journalist
Paul Zaloom
American actor and puppeteer
Najeeb Halaby
United States businessman and government official (1915-2003)
Hrach Titizian
American film actor, stage actor and actor
Arwa Damon
American journalist
Marcus Lemonis
American businessman
Jesse Hutch
Canadian actor
Nicholas Samra
American bishop
Boris Said
American racing driver