323: Juliette Lewis Actress and Singer Born: 21 June 1973, Los Angeles, California, United States of America She is known for her roles in films like What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? and Whip It. Juliette took six years off of acting to pursue a music career, but eventually returned to Hollywood. She released two albums during…
322) Meira Kumar
322: Meira Kumar The First Female Speaker of Lok Sabha—the Lower House of Indian Parliament Born: 31 March 1945, Patna, India She served in that position from 2009 to 2014. Meira is a politician and diplomat. She was born into a political Dalit Family (Dalit means untouchable—today they are called Scheduled Caste), but obviously didn’t…
321) Hattie McDaniel
321: Hattie McDaniel Actress, Singer-songwriter and Comedian Born: 10 June 1895, Wichita, Kansas, United States of America Died: 26 October 1952, Los Angeles, California, United States of America Hattie is most known for her role in Gone With the Wind—notably because she won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role—the first person…
320) Zoë Saldana
320: Zoë Saldana Actress, Model, and Dancer Born: 19 June 1978, Passaic, New Jersey, United States of America Original Name: Zoë Yadira Saldaña Nazario Zoë spent the first ten years of her life in New York but the next seven years growing up in the Dominican Republic. Before she acted, Zoë danced with the Faces…
319) Anneliese Michel
319: Anneliese Michel Exorcism Victim Born: 21 September 1952, Leiblfing, Germany Died: 1 July 1976, Klingenberg am Main, Germany In 1975 and 1976, Anneliese underwent a Catholic Exorcism and ended up dying from lack of medical care. She was malnourished and dehydrated at the time of her death leading her parents and the priests who…
318) Ellen DeGeneres
318: Ellen DeGeneres Comedian, Actress, Television Host, Writer, and Producer Born: 26 January 1958, Metairie, Louisiana, United States of America Ellen is known for her sitcom Ellen (1994-1998) and her talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Her voice is also known famously for portraying everyone’s lovable blue fish friend Dory in the Finding Nemo Franchise….
317) Jodie Foster
317: Jodie Foster Academy Award Winning Actress, Producer, and Director Born: 19 November 1962, Los Angeles, California, United States of America Original Name: Alicia Christian Foster Jodie is most known for her role as Clarisse in the The Silence of the Lambs. She used to work a lot more as an actress but has slowed down…
316) Heidi Fleiss
316: Heidi Fleiss Former Madam, Columnist, and Television Personality Born: 30 December 1965, Los Feliz, California, United States of America She reportedly dropped out of high school in the tenth grade, but that never seemed to slow her down. Heidi was known as the Hollywood Madam because she provided prostitutes to high class men in…
315) Janet Yellen
315: Janet Yellen Money, Money, Money, Money…Money Born: 13 August 1946, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America Janet is an economist at the Brookings Institution and former chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018. She was the first woman to ever run “The Fed”. Before that, she served as Vice Chair from…
314) Condoleezza Rice
314: Condoleezza Rice Politician, Diplomat, and Former Secretary of State to the United States Born: 14 November 1954, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America She holds a bachelor’s, master’s, and a doctoral degree in Political science. After earning these degrees, she began teaching at Stanford University. Condoleezza was the first African American woman to serve…