Social Media Influencers

Known as the quintessential “femme fatale” of the "Golden Age of Hollywood," Sophia Loren rose from participating in a beauty pageant as a teenager, to being the first actor to win the Academy Award for a foreign-language movie. The Italian bombshell is also known for her affair with Cary Grant.

Jon Bernthal is best known as Shane Walsh from The Walking Dead and Frank from The Punisher. While studying at the School of Moscow Art Theater, Bernthal played professional baseball and participated in European baseball leagues. He is an advocate for equal treatment of pit bulls and co-owns a charity.

Kristen Johnston is an American actress best known for portraying Sally Solomon in the popular television series 3rd Rock from the Sun, for which she won a couple of Primetime Emmy Awards. Kristen Johnston, who fought against alcohol addiction, mentors high school girls with self-esteem and addiction issues.

Gary Cole initially gained fame as a stage actor, working with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago. He is also known for playing Nighthawk in Midnight Caller and for his Emmy-nominated role of Kent Davison in Veep. He voiced major characters in Harvey Birdman, Family Guy, and Kim Possible.

Jim Croce was an American rock and folk singer-songwriter. At the peak of his popularity, Jim Croce died in a plane crash at age 30. Many of his works were released posthumously and achieved popularity. Jim Croce's music has been used in many popular films, such as The Hangover Part II, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Hobbs & Shaw.

Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal survived four Nazi concentration camps, including the notorious Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp. He later devoted his life to finding out information about Nazi war criminals to bring them to trial. He wrote several books on his experiences, such as The Sunflower and I Chased Eichmann.

Jean Sibelius was a Finnish violinist and composer. Widely regarded as Finland's greatest composer, Sibelius' music is credited with having kindled nationalism in Finland during the country's struggle for independence from Russia. His work has inspired other important composers like Douglas Lilburn. The International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, which is held every five years, is named after him.

Annie Besant was a British theosophist, socialist, writer, orator, educationist, women's rights activist, and philanthropist. Despite being British, Besant supported India's freedom movement and even joined the Indian National Congress. She is also credited with co-founding Banaras Hindu University. Besant also helped launch the Indian Home Rule movement to campaign for democracy in the country.