American filmmakers
Andrew Levitas is an American visual artist and filmmaker whose work also includes acting, producing, and writing. He is best known publicly for directing the drama Minamata, while his visual-art practice remains a separate and continuing part of his professional identity. He is married to Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins,
Economics
Alexander Kaletski is a British economist, financial journalist, author, and co-founder of the research firm Gavekal. Readers most often encounter him as an economic and market commentator whose work links policy, politics, and investor expectations. He is particularly associated with his former work at The Times and with Capitalism
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“Adam Kennedy” can refer to more than one person, so the right identification depends on where you saw the name. In older U.S. film and television material, it usually refers to the American actor, screenwriter, and novelist born in 1922; in AFL coverage, it usually refers to the former
American actors
Adah Isaacs Menken was a nineteenth-century American actress, poet, journalist, and self-publicist whose performance in *Mazeppa* made her internationally famous. In 1861, she played a male prisoner bound to a horse in a flesh-colored costume that created the appearance of exposed flesh, turning a melodramatic scene into
American actors
Abbi Jacobson is an actor, comedian, writer, producer and illustrator best known for co-creating and starring in *Broad City* and for co-creating and leading Amazon Prime Video’s *A League of Their Own*. She first broke through with Ilana Glazer, turning their independent *Broad City* web series into
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Frank Moore is not one reliably identifiable person: the name is shared by artists, writers, athletes, public figures, and private individuals. If you found it in a caption, footnote, obituary, archive, or search result, confirm the person through details beyond the name before relying on the information. The two Frank
Indigenous literature
Thomas King is the Canadian-American novelist, essayist, broadcaster, and storyteller whose work appears frequently on literature and Indigenous studies reading lists. Of Cherokee and Greek descent, he writes fiction and nonfiction about Indigenous life, colonial history, public myths, and the consequences of the stories societies repeat. This is not
The Lives Behind the Roles: Biographies of American Actors and Actresses
Yuri Druzhnikov was a Soviet-born Russian writer, journalist, and literary historian whose work examined Soviet censorship, official myths, and literary reputation. He is best known for challenging the Soviet legend of Pavlik Morozov, and his career was shaped by unofficial circulation, foreign publication, and emigration. He was an influential,
Tim Gunn is the fashion educator and television mentor best known for guiding designers on Project Runway. He became widely known by helping contestants solve design problems before runway judging, drawing on years of teaching and fashion-program leadership rather than a celebrity design label. His calm, candid feedback and
Kate Bornstein is a transgender and nonbinary author, performer, playwright, and activist whose books and performances became important parts of trans and queer cultural history. Their work helped bring questions about gender beyond medical systems and academic theory, asking readers to reconsider the expectation that everyone must fit neatly into
Kate Albrecht is the creator and public-facing designer behind Mr. Kate, the home-design brand known for makeover videos, DIY ideas, products, and related media. If you found her through a Mr. Kate room reveal or social post, she is the designer viewers most often see shaping the room
Luther Standing Bear was an Oglala Lakota writer, interpreter, actor, lecturer, and public advocate who explained Native life and criticized federal policies from a Native point of view. Through books, public appearances, and film work, he challenged the idea that Indigenous people belonged only to the past and opposed efforts
Roger Steffens is a widely cited reggae historian and Bob Marley specialist whose work also includes broadcasting, writing, collecting, curating, and photography. Journalists, filmmakers, collectors, and fans refer to him because he has spent decades assembling and interpreting recordings, documents, interviews, images, and firsthand accounts connected to Jamaican music. He
Norris Church Mailer was an American writer, artist, and former model, born Barbara Jean Davis in Atkins, Arkansas. She is best known in many search results as Norman Mailer’s sixth and final wife, but she also published a novel and two memoirs and had a public identity as Norris
Serena Williams is a former world No. 1 and one of the greatest players of the Open Era. She won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, a women’s Open Era record, along with 39 major titles across singles, doubles, and mixed doubles and four Olympic gold medals. Her legacy extends
Victoria Unikel was a private person known in Russian-language coverage mainly through reports that she was once married to Konstantin Ernst, the Russian television executive and media figure. Later accounts linked her to serious illness and death, but the public record is sparse and many details repeated online are
Jason Lee is the American actor and former professional skateboarder best known for playing Earl Hickey in *My Name Is Earl*, Brodie Bruce in *Mallrats*, and Jeff Bebe in *Almost Famous*. He also played Dave Seville in the *Alvin and the Chipmunks* films and voiced Syndrome in Pixar’s *The
Howard Stern is an American radio host and interviewer who became famous by turning a provocative morning show into a national entertainment brand. He first drew attention through blunt language, sexual humor, celebrity interviews, arguments with staff and callers, and material many broadcasters would not air. Known for years as
Ivana Trump was a Czech-born American businesswoman, author and public figure who was Donald Trump’s first wife and the mother of Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump. She built her own career as a model, Trump Organization executive, businesswoman and author, while remaining closely associated with