Curated playlist
1965 births
- Dr. DreDr. Dre's G-funk had live musicians replay funk melodies instead of sampling them. It debuted on The Chronic.
- Ben StillerBen Stiller's films have grossed more than $2.6 billion in Canada and the United States, an average of $79 million per film. Behind that figure stands Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller, an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is known…
- Charlie SheenCharlie Sheen was the highest-paid actor on television in 2010, earning US$1.8 million for every episode of the sitcom Two and a Half Men. He had been born Carlos Irwin Estévez, and he grew up in a household where acting was the family…
- Clark HuntClark Hunt echoed his late father's trophy speech after Super Bowl LIV.
- James Wood (critic)Harold Bloom praised critic James Wood in 1999, then said in 2008 that Wood simply does not exist.
- BjörkBjörk had a record deal before she finished primary school. A teachers' recording of her singing aired nationally.
- Robert Downey Jr.Robert Downey Jr. was too big an insurance risk to hire until Mel Gibson paid his insurance bond.
- Scottie PippenScottie Pippen got no college scholarship offers, yet he ended up with six championship rings.
- Shah Rukh KhanShah Rukh Khan, known to fans by the initials SRK, has a following that one estimate puts above one billion people. A popularity survey claimed that 3.2 billion people worldwide know his name, more than know Tom Cruise. In Thailand he goes…
- Trent ReznorTrent Reznor once worked at Right Track Studio in Cleveland as an assistant engineer and janitor. Studio owner Bart Koster remembered his employee this way: "He is so focused in everything he does. When that guy waxed the floor, it looked…
- Slash (musician)Slash, the guitarist born Saul Hudson in Hampstead, London, on the 23rd of July 1965, owes his famous name to a restless child. The actor Seymour Cassel gave him the nickname because the boy was "always in a hurry, zipping around from one…
- Suge KnightSuge Knight posted Tupac Shakur's $1.4 million bail in 1995. In return, the rapper signed with Death Row Records.
- William DalrympleA book on an 1839 war led William Dalrymple to brief Afghan President Hamid Karzai. He also briefed the White House.
- Michael E. BrownMichael E. Brown found Eris, the distant world that cost Pluto its planet status.
- Dmitry MedvedevIn March 2023, Dmitry Medvedev posted that a missile could hit The Hague courthouse.
- Kazuko ShibuyaKazuko Shibuya drew the characters, monsters and menus for the first Final Fantasy.
- Petro PoroshenkoPetro Poroshenko, a chocolate maker, won Ukraine's presidency in 2014 without a runoff. He took 54.7% of the vote.
- DJ Jazzy JeffDJ Jazzy Jeff went home in tears after winning a Grammy. He had just $500 in his bank account.