| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 751 pages) : color illustrations, portraits |
| Contents |
Saba Ahmed 1985 -, activist and attorney -- Svetlana Alexievich 1948-, author and journalist -- Alejandro Aravena 1967-, architect -- Jacques Audiard 1952-, filmmaker -- Erica Baker 1980 -, software engineer -- Caitriona Balfe 1979-, actress -- Leigh Bardugo 1975-, author -- Matthew Barney 1967-, artist -- Gael García Bernal 1978-, actor -- Simone Biles 1997-, gymnast -- Jackie Biskupski 1966-, mayor of Salt Lake City -- Raphael Bob-Waksberg 1984-, television writer -- Chris Borland 1990-, professional football player -- Michael Botticelli 1958-, government official -- Heather Bresch 1969-, Chief Executive Officer of Mylan -- Bill Broun 1967 -, author -- Kate Brown 1960-, governor of Oregon -- Carrie Brownstein 1974-, musician and actress -- Muhammadu Buhari 1942-, president of Nigeria -- Dutee Chand 1996-, track and field athlete -- R. Martin Chavez 1964 -, Chief Information Officer for Goldman Sachs and Company -- Priyanka Chopra 1982-, actress -- Erika Christakis 1964 -, educator -- Judy Clarke 1952-, attorney -- Benjamin Clementine 1988-, musician -- Emma Cline 1989-, author -- Paulo Coelho 1947-, author -- Elizabeth Cutler and Julie Rice, founders of SoulCycle -- Dennis Daugaard 1953-, governor of South Dakota -- Angus Deaton 1945-, economist -- Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi, documentary filmmakers -- Matthew Desmond 1980 -, sociologist -- Whitfield Diffie 1944-, computer scientist -- Brandon Victor Dixon 1981-, actor -- Pete Docter 1968-, filmmaker -- Channing Dungey 1969-, president of ABC Entertainment Group -- Ashton Eaton 1988-, decathlete -- Ezra Edelman 1974-, filmmaker -- John Bel Edwards 1966-, governor of Louisiana -- Abdel Fattah el-Sisi 1954-, president of Egypt -- Cynthia Erivo 1987-, actress -- Elle Fanning 1998-, actress -- Eric Fanning 1968-, U.S. Secretary of the Army -- Christiana Figueres 1956-, United Nations official -- Donald Glover 1983-, actor and writer -- Franklin Graham 1952-, evangelist -- Lauren Groff 1978-, author -- Fethullah Gülen 1941-, cleric -- Demna Gvasalia 1981-, fashion designer -- Yaa Gyasi 1990 -, author -- Garth Risk Hallberg 1978-, author -- John Hanke 1967-, Chief Executive Officer of Niantic -- Mona Hanna-Attisha 1976 -, physician -- David Harrower 1966-, playwright -- Todd Haynes 1961-, film director and screenwriter -- Nadiya Hussain 1984-, reality-television personality -- Gianni Infantino 1970-, sports administrator -- Oscar Isaac 1979-, actor -- Marlon James 1970-, author -- Adam Johnson 1967-, author -- Leslie Jones 1967-, actress and comedian -- Michael B. Jordan 1987-, actor -- Colin Kaepernick 1987-, professional football player -- Stephen Karam 1979 -, playwright -- Megyn Kelly 1970-, journalist -- Angelique Kerber 1988-, professional tennis player -- Naeem Khan 1958-, fashion designer |
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Darren Walker 1959-, president of the Ford Foundation -- Alli Webb 1975 -, founder of Drybar -- Ben Whishaw 1980-, actor -- Colson Whitehead 1969-, author -- Danny Willett 1987-, professional golfer -- Craig Wright 1970-, computer scientist -- Lisa Yuskavage 1962-, artist -- Zendaya 1996-, actress -- Dasha Zhukova 1981-, foundation executive -- Chantal Akerman 1950-2015, filmmaker -- Karl Albrecht 1920-2014, founder of Aldi -- Richard Attenborough 1923-2014, film director and actor -- Ernie Banks 1931-2015, professional baseball player -- Yogi Berra 1925-2015, professional baseball player and manager -- Grace Lee Boggs 1915-2015, activist -- Marcus Borg 1942-2015, religious scholar -- Jane Bown 1925-2014, photographer -- Amelia Boynton Robinson 1911-2015, activist -- Ben Bradlee 1921-2014, journalist -- Fredric Brandt 1949-2015, dermatologist -- Norman Bridwell 1928-2014, author and illustrator -- Jack Bruce 1943-2014, musician -- Vince Camuto 1936-2015, fashion designer -- David Carr 1956-2015, journalist -- Eugenie Clark 1922-2015, ichthyologist -- Alice Coachman 1923-2014, track and field athlete -- Joe Cocker 1944-2014, musician -- Ornette Coleman 1930-2015, musician and composer -- Susan Ahn Cuddy 1915-2015, naval officer -- Donna Douglas 1932-2015, actress -- Eileen Ford 1922-2014, modeling agency founder -- James Garner 1928-2014, actor -- Frank Gifford 1930-2015, professional football player and broadcaster -- Stan Goldberg 1932-2014, artist -- Nadine Gordimer 1923-2014, author -- Lesley Gore 1946-2015, singer and songwriter -- P.D. James 1920-2014, author -- Frances Kelsey 1914-2015, physician -- B.B. King 1925-2015, musician -- Ben E. King 1938-2015, singer -- Christopher Lee 1922-2015, actor -- Lee Kuan Yew 1923-2015, prime minister of Singapore -- Moses Malone 1955-2015, professional basketball player -- Jayne Meadows 1919-2015, actress -- Anne Meara 1929-2015, actress -- Mary Ann Mobley 1937-2014, actress -- Jerrie Mock 1925-2014, aviator -- R.A. Montgomery 1936-2014, author -- Walter Dean Myers 1937-2014, author -- John Nash 1928-2015, mathematician and professor -- Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015, actor -- Maureen O'Hara 1920-2015, actress -- Ian Paisley 1926-2014, cabinet official -- Don Pardo 1918-2014, television announcer -- Terry Pratchett 1948-2015, author -- Paul Prudhomme 1940-2015, chef -- Luise Rainer 1910-2014, actress -- Fred Ruffner 1926-2014, publisher -- Marian Seldes 1928-2014, actress -- Omar Sharif 1932-2015, actor -- Joseph C. Shivers 1920-2014, chemist -- Dick Smith 1922-2014, special-effects makeup artist -- John Sperling 1921-2014, founder of University of Phoenix -- Mark Strand 1934-2014, author -- A. Alfred Taubman 1924-2015, real estate developer -- Dick Van Patten 1928-2015, actor -- Johnny Winter 1944-2014, musician -- Louis Zamperini 1917-2014, athlete and military officer |
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Sadiq Khan 1970-, mayor of London, England -- Karl Ove Knausgaard 1968-, author -- Marie Kondo 1985 -, author -- Pedro Pablo Kuczynski 1938-, president of Peru -- Kendrick Lamar 1987-, rap artist -- Brie Larson 1989-, actress -- Katie Ledecky 1997-, swimmer -- Joanne Liu 1965-, physician -- Bailey Loverin 1994-, activist -- Mauricio Macri 1959-, president of Argentina -- Rami Malek 1981-, actor -- Simone Manuel 1996-, swimmer -- Bill Marler 1958 -, attorney -- Nergis Mavalvala 1968-, astrophysicist -- Theresa May 1956-, prime minister of Britain -- Floyd Mayweather 1977-, professional boxer -- Tom McCarthy 1966-, screenwriter and director -- Ben McKenzie 1978-, actor -- DeRay Mckesson 1985-, activist -- Adriana Melo 1970 -, physician -- Alessandro Michele 1972-, fashion designer -- Pranav Mistry 1981-, inventor -- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka 1955-, executive director of UN Women -- Sérgio Moro 1972-, federal judge -- Wagner Moura 1976-, actor -- Matthias Müller 1953-, Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen -- Joanna Newsom 1982-, harpist and singer -- Cam Newton 1989-, professional football player -- Yotam Ottolenghi 1968-, chef and author -- Sarah Parcak 1979-, archaeologist -- Nate Parker 1979-, film director, screenwriter, and actor -- Teyonah Parris 1987-, actress -- Sarah Paulson 1974-, actress -- Lucy Peng 1973 -, Chief Executive Officer of Alibaba Small and Micro Financial Services Group -- Salvador Pérez 1990-, professional baseball player -- Sundar Pichai 1972-, Chief Executive Officer of Google -- Dan Price 1984-, Chief Executive Officer of Gravity Payments -- Mónica Puig 1993-, professional tennis player -- Michael Punke 1964-, author and government official -- Questlove 1971-, musician -- Amar Ramasar 1981-, dancer -- Bruce Rauner 1957-, governor of Illinois -- Henriette Reker 1956-, mayor of Cologne, Germany -- Leah Remini 1970-, actress and author -- Jason Robins 1980-, Chief Executive Officer of DraftKings -- Saoirse Ronan 1994-, actress -- Olivier Rousteng 1986-, fashion designer -- Gerard Ryle 1965-, journalist -- Léa Seydoux 1985-, actress -- Martin Shkreli 1983-, former harmaceutical-company executive -- Shane Smith 1969-, Chief Executive Officer of Vice Media -- Jill Soloway 1965-, television writer and director -- Chris Stapleton 1978-, singer and songwriter -- Jessica Swale 1982-, playwright -- Mark Takano 1960-, politician -- Justin Theroux 1971-, actor -- Peter Thiel 1967-, venture capitalist -- Krista Tippett 1960-, radio host -- Colm Tóibín 1955-, author -- Meghan Trainor 1993-, singer and songwriter -- Justin Trudeau 1971-, prime minister of Canada -- Sherry Turkle 1948-, cultural analyst and author -- Malcolm Turnbull 1954-, prime minister of Australia -- Ivo van Hove 1958-, theater director -- Max Verstappen 1997-, race car driver |
| Summary |
Provides timely and informative profiles of the world's most interesting people |
| Notes |
"ISSN 0899-0417." |
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"Includes indexes from 1985 through 2017." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Biography -- 21st century.
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Celebrities -- Biography.
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Biography.
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Celebrities.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Avery, Laura, 1972- editor.
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| ISBN |
1410312895 |
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9781410312891 |
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