Ben Barnes
Ben Barnes was plucked from a stage production of The History Boys to be the star of the Disney version of C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008). A graduate of London's Kingston University (2004), Barnes's early career featured a stint with a boy band called Hyrise and a bit part in the fantasy film Stardust (2007, starring Robert DeNiro). While on stage in The History Boys, Barnes caught the notice of a casting agent who led him to an eleventh-hour audition for the big-budget sequel to The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). Tall, dark and power-chinned, Barnes landed the role and signed on for a reported three-movie deal as Prince Caspian.

Carole King

Carole King's Tapestry (1971) was a number one album that won four Grammys and stayed on the charts for nearly six years. She got her start as a ... more

Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrödinger was a brilliant theoretical and experimental physicist who worked in Vienna, Zürich and Berlin in the first half of the 20th century. He was a significant contributor to ... more

David Prowse

Tall and broad-shouldered, David Prowse played the menacing villain Darth Vader in the 1977 film Star Wars. The film was a hit and Vader became Prowse's ... more

Richard Petty

Richard Petty is known to NASCAR fans as "The King" and as the driver of "Ol' 43." He became a record-breaking legend over three decades of auto racing. Petty, the son of driver ... more

Lili'uokalani

Queen Lili'uokalani was the queen of the Hawaiian Islands from 1891 until 1893, when she was deposed by those who sought annexation to the ... more