Star Bios
309 stars who shaped the era — each in a heritage engraving.
Adam Sandler
Comedy · 1990s
Alan Ladd
Film & Screen · 1940s
Alanis Morissette
Music · 1990s
Alex Trebek
Television · 1980s
Andre Agassi
Sports · 1990s
Andy Warhol
Voices & Culture · 1980s
Ann-Margret
Film & Screen · 1960s
Annie Lennox
Music · 1980s
Anthony Quinn
Film & Screen · 1950s
Aretha Franklin
Music · 1960s
Arnold Palmer
Sports · 1960s
Audrey Hepburn
Film & Screen · 1950s
Babe Ruth
Sports · 1920s
Barbara Stanwyck
Film & Screen · 1940s
Barry Sanders
Sports · 1990s
Bella Lugosi
Film & Screen · 1930s
Ben E. King
Music · 1950s
Bessie Smith
Music · 1920s
Bette Davis
Film & Screen · 1940s
Betty Grable
Film & Screen · 1940s
Bill Murray
Comedy · 1980s
Bill Russell
Sports · 1960s
Billie Jean King
Sports · 1970s
Billy Crystal
Comedy · 1980s
Billy Idol
Music · 1980s
Bing Crosby
Music · 1940s
Bjorn Borg
Sports · 1970s
Bo Diddley
Music · 1960s
Bo Jackson
Sports · 1980s
Bob Cousy
Sports · 1950s
Bon Jovi
Music · 1980s
Bono
Music · 1980s
Brad Pitt
Film & Screen · 1990s
Brett Favre
Sports · 1990s
Bruce Springsteen
Music · 1980s
Bruce Willis
Film & Screen · 1990s
Burt Lancaster
Film & Screen · 1950s
Buster Keaton
Comedy · 1920s
Cal Ripken Jr.
Sports · 1990s
Candice Bergen
Television · 1990s
Carl Lewis
Sports · 1980s
Carl Sagan
Voices & Culture · 1980s
Cary Grant
Film & Screen · 1940s
Celine Dion
Music · 1990s
Charlie Chaplin
Comedy · 1930s
Charlie Parker
Music · 1940s
Chevy Chase
Comedy · 1980s
Chris Evert
Sports · 1970s
Chris Farley
Chris Farley
Comedy · 1990s
Chris Rock
Comedy · 1990s
Chuck Berry
Music · 1950s
Cicely Tyson
Film & Screen · 1960s
Clark Gable
Film & Screen · 1930s
Cyndi Lauper
Music · 1980s
Dale Earnhardt
Sports · 1990s
Dan Aykroyd
Comedy · 1980s
David Letterman
Television · 1990s
Debbie Reynolds
Film & Screen · 1950s
Deion Sanders
Sports · 1990s
Demi Moore
Film & Screen · 1990s
Denzel Washington
Film & Screen · 1990s
Desi Arnaz
Television · 1950s
Diana Ross
Music · 1960s
Don Johnson
Television · 1980s
Doris Day
Film & Screen · 1950s
Dorothy Dandridge
Film & Screen · 1950s
Dr. Dre
Music · 1990s
Duke Ellington
Music · 1930s
Dustin Hoffman
Film & Screen · 1970s
Eartha Kitt
Music · 1960s
Eddie Murphy
Comedy · 1980s
Eddie Vedder
Music · 1990s
Elizabeth Taylor
Film & Screen · 1950s
Ella Fitzgerald
Music · 1940s
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedy · 1990s
Elvis Presley
Music · 1950s
Emmitt Smith
Sports · 1990s
Errol Flynn
Film & Screen · 1930s
Etta James
Music · 1950s
Faith Hill
Music · 1990s
Florence Griffith Joyner
Sports · 1980s
Frank Sinatra
Music · 1940s
Fred Astaire
Film & Screen · 1930s
Garth Brooks
Music · 1990s
Geena Davis
Film & Screen · 1980s
Gene Kelly
Film & Screen · 1940s
George C. Scott
Film & Screen · 1950s
George Michael
Music · 1980s
Ginger Rogers
Film & Screen · 1930s
Glenn Close
Film & Screen · 1980s
Gloria Estefan
Music · 1990s
Gloria Swanson
Film & Screen · 1920s
Goldie Hawn
Film & Screen · 1980s
Gordie Howe
Sports · 1960s
Gordon Parks
Voices & Culture · 1960s
Grace Kelly
Film & Screen · 1950s
Greer Garson
Film & Screen · 1940s
Gregory Peck
Film & Screen · 1940s
Greta Garbo
Film & Screen · 1930s
Gwyneth Paltrow
Film & Screen · 1990s
Hakeem Olajuwon
Sports · 1990s
Hall & Oates
Music · 1980s
Halle Berry
Film & Screen · 1990s
Hank Aaron
Sports · 1970s
Harrison Ford
Film & Screen · 1980s
Harry Belafonte
Music · 1950s
Hedy Lamarr
Film & Screen · 1950s
Henry Fonda
Film & Screen · 1940s
Humphrey Bogart
Film & Screen · 1940s
Ike Turner
Music · 1960s
Ingrid Bergman
Film & Screen · 1940s
Irene Dunne
Film & Screen · 1930s
Isaac Hayes
Music · 1970s
Jack Nicholson
Film & Screen · 1970s
Jack Nicklaus
Sports · 1970s
Jackie Gleason
Television · 1950s
Jackie Robinson
Sports · 1940s
James Baldwin
Voices & Culture · 1960s
James Cagney
Film & Screen · 1930s
James Dean
Film & Screen · 1950s
James Stewart
Film & Screen · 1940s
Jane Fonda
Film & Screen · 1960s
Jane Pauley
Voices & Culture · 1980s
Jane Russell
Film & Screen · 1940s
Janet Jackson
Music · 1980s
Jay Leno
Television · 1990s
Jayne Mansfield
Film & Screen · 1950s
Jean Arthur
Film & Screen · 1930s
Jean Harlow
Film & Screen · 1930s
Jeanne Moreau
Film & Screen · 1950s
Jerry Rice
Sports · 1980s
Jerry Seinfeld
Television · 1990s
Jesse Owens
Sports · 1930s
Jim Brown
Sports · 1960s
Jim Carrey
Comedy · 1990s
Jim Thorpe
Sports · 1920s
Joan Collins
Television · 1980s
Joan Crawford
Film & Screen · 1940s
Joan Fontaine
Film & Screen · 1940s
Joanne Woodward
Film & Screen · 1960s
Jodie Foster
Film & Screen · 1980s
Joe DiMaggio
Sports · 1940s
Joe Louis
Sports · 1930s
Joe Montana
Sports · 1980s
John Candy
Comedy · 1980s
John Coltrane
Music · 1950s
John McEnroe
Sports · 1980s
John Wayne
Film & Screen · 1950s
Johnny Depp
Film & Screen · 1990s
Josephine Baker
Voices & Culture · 1920s
Judy Garland
Music · 1940s
Julia Roberts
Film & Screen · 1990s
Julie Andrews
Music · 1960s
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Sports · 1970s
Katharine Hepburn
Film & Screen · 1940s
Kathleen Turner
Film & Screen · 1980s
Keanu Reeves
Film & Screen · 1990s
Kelsey Grammer
Television · 1990s
Ken Griffey Jr.
Sports · 1990s
Kevin Costner
Film & Screen · 1980s
Kirk Douglas
Film & Screen · 1950s
Kurt Cobain
Music · 1990s
Kurt Russell
Film & Screen · 1980s
Lana Turner
Film & Screen · 1940s
Larry Bird
Sports · 1980s
Larry Hagman
Television · 1980s
Lauren Bacall
Film & Screen · 1940s
Lee Marvin
Film & Screen · 1950s
Lena Horne
Music · 1940s
Leonard Bernstein
Voices & Culture · 1960s
Leonardo DiCaprio
Film & Screen · 1990s
Lillian Gish
Film & Screen · 1920s
Lionel Richie
Music · 1980s
Little Richard
Music · 1950s
Lou Gehrig
Sports · 1930s
Louis Armstrong
Music · 1930s
Lucille Ball
Television · 1950s
Madonna
Music · 1980s
Mae West
Comedy · 1930s
Magic Johnson
Sports · 1980s
Mahalia Jackson
Voices & Culture · 1940s
Mariah Carey
Music · 1990s
Marilyn Monroe
Film & Screen · 1950s
Marlon Brando
Film & Screen · 1950s
Martina Navratilova
Sports · 1980s
Marvin Gaye
Music · 1960s
Mary Lou Retton
Sports · 1980s
Matthew Broderick
Film & Screen · 1980s
Maximilian Schell
Film & Screen · 1950s
Maya Angelou
Voices & Culture · 1990s
Meg Ryan
Film & Screen · 1990s
Mel Gibson
Film & Screen · 1980s
Mia Farrow
Film & Screen · 1960s
Mia Hamm
Sports · 1990s
Michael Douglas
Film & Screen · 1980s
Michael J. Fox
Film & Screen · 1980s
Michael Jackson
Music · 1980s
Michael Jordan
Sports · 1980s
Michelle Pfeiffer
Film & Screen · 1990s
Mickey Mantle
Sports · 1950s
Mickey Rooney
Film & Screen · 1940s
Mike Myers
Comedy · 1990s
Mike Tyson
Sports · 1980s
Miles Davis
Music · 1950s
Molly Ringwald
Film & Screen · 1980s
Montgomery Clift
Film & Screen · 1950s
Muddy Waters
Music · 1950s
Muhammad Ali
Sports · 1960s
Nadia Comaneci
Sports · 1970s
Nat King Cole
Music · 1940s
Natalie Wood
Film & Screen · 1950s
Nicolas Cage
Film & Screen · 1990s
Nicole Kidman
Film & Screen · 1990s
Nina Simone
Music · 1960s
Olivia De Havilland
Film & Screen · 1940s
Oprah Winfrey
Television · 1990s
Orson Welles
Film & Screen · 1940s
Otis Redding
Music · 1960s
Pat Benatar
Music · 1980s
Patrick Swayze
Film & Screen · 1980s
Paul Newman
Film & Screen · 1960s
Pele
Sports · 1960s
Pete Rose
Sports · 1970s
Pete Sampras
Sports · 1990s
Peter Finch
Film & Screen · 1950s
Peter O'Toole
Film & Screen · 1960s
Peter Sellers
Comedy · 1960s
Phil Collins
Music · 1980s
Prince
Music · 1980s
Princess Diana
Voices & Culture · 1990s
Red Grange
Sports · 1920s
Reggie Jackson
Sports · 1970s
Rex Harrison
Film & Screen · 1950s
Richard Burton
Film & Screen · 1960s
Richard Pryor
Comedy · 1970s
Rita Hayworth
Film & Screen · 1940s
Rita Moreno
Film & Screen · 1960s
Rob Lowe
Film & Screen · 1980s
Robert De Niro
Film & Screen · 1970s
Robert Mitchum
Film & Screen · 1940s
Robert Montgomery
Film & Screen · 1930s
Robert Redford
Film & Screen · 1970s
Robin Williams
Comedy · 1980s
Rock Hudson
Film & Screen · 1950s
Rocky Marciano
Sports · 1950s
Rodney Dangerfield
Comedy · 1980s
Rosalind Russell
Film & Screen · 1940s
Roseanne Barr
Television · 1990s
Run-DMC
Music · 1980s
Russell Crowe
Film & Screen · 1990s
Sam Cooke
Music · 1950s
Sammy Davis Jr.
Television · 1950s
Samuel L. Jackson
Film & Screen · 1990s
Sandra Bullock
Film & Screen · 1990s
Sandy Koufax
Sports · 1960s
Sarah Vaughan
Music · 1940s
Sean Connery
Film & Screen · 1960s
Sean Penn
Film & Screen · 1980s
Shania Twain
Music · 1990s
Shaquille O'Neal
Sports · 1990s
Sharon Stone
Film & Screen · 1990s
Shirley Chisholm
Voices & Culture · 1960s
Shirley MacLaine
Film & Screen · 1960s
Shirley Temple
Film & Screen · 1930s
Sid Caesar
Comedy · 1950s
Sidney Poitier
Film & Screen · 1950s
Sigourney Weaver
Film & Screen · 1980s
Simone Signoret
Film & Screen · 1950s
Smokey Robinson
Music · 1960s
Snoop Dogg
Music · 1990s
Sophia Loren
Film & Screen · 1950s
Spencer Tracy
Film & Screen · 1940s
Steffi Graf
Sports · 1990s
Stephen King
Voices & Culture · 1980s
Steve Jobs
Voices & Culture · 1990s
Steve Martin
Comedy · 1980s
Steve McQueen
Film & Screen · 1960s
Steve Reeves
Film & Screen · 1950s
Stevie Nicks
Music · 1980s
Stevie Wonder
Music · 1970s
Sting
Music · 1980s
Sugar Ray Robinson
Sports · 1940s
Susan Hayward
Film & Screen · 1940s
TLC
Music · 1990s
Tammi Terrell
Music · 1960s
Ted Williams
Sports · 1950s
Terry Bradshaw
Sports · 1970s
Thurgood Marshall
Voices & Culture · 1960s
Tiger Woods
Sports · 1990s
Tim Allen
Television · 1990s
Tim Berners-Lee
Voices & Culture · 1990s
Tina Turner
Music · 1960s
Tina Turner
Music · 1980s
Tom Cruise
Film & Screen · 1980s
Tom Hanks
Film & Screen · 1980s
Tom Selleck
Television · 1980s
Toni Braxton
Music · 1990s
Tony Curtis
Film & Screen · 1950s
Toshiro Mifune
Film & Screen · 1950s
Tupac Shakur
Music · 1990s
Walter Payton
Sports · 1980s
Wayne Gretzky
Sports · 1980s
Whitney Houston
Music · 1980s
Whoopi Goldberg
Comedy · 1980s
Will Smith
Film & Screen · 1990s
William Hurt
Film & Screen · 1980s
Willie Mays
Sports · 1950s
Wilt Chamberlain
Sports · 1960s
Winona Ryder
Film & Screen · 1990s