Larisa Oleynik

Larisa Oleynik is most famous as the star of the 1990s Nickelodeon show The Secret World of Alex Mack, where she played a teenager who gained strange and semi-wonderful powers. Her movie ... more

Pelé

The most famous footballer of his generation, Pelé joined the Santos Football Club in 1956 and stayed with the club through his retirement ... more

Landon Donovan

By age 24 Landon Donovan had played in two World Cups, won three Major League Soccer titles, and had three times been named the U.S. player of the year. A speedy striker with a scorer's flair around ... more

Jonas Salk

In 1955 Jonas Salk became a medical hero for developing a vaccine that helped conquer polio. Salk grew up in New York City and earned a medical degree in 1939 from New York University. During the ... more

Jim Morris

Jim Morris was the feel-good sports story of 1999, when at 35 he became a rookie pitcher for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Morris was a science teacher and baseball coach in a Texas high school when, ... more

Jack Lord

Despite his training at the prestigious Actors Studio and a long film career, Jack Lord is mostly remembered for playing tough, hair-heavy cop Steve ... more

David Bowie

David Bowie's first big hit was 1969's "Space Oddity." In 1972 he recorded The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, ... more

Hello Kitty

Hello Kitty is the popular cartoon character created in 1974 by the Sanrio Company of Japan. Hello Kitty is a white, mouthless female kitten who lives in a seemingly perfect world. Kind, friendly ... more

Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Gretzky was named the greatest player in National Hockey League history by The Hockey News in 1998. Among his accomplishments: he was the NHL's all-time leading scorer, he was named ... more

James King

James (now Jaime) King was a famously troubled teen supermodel of the 1990s; she was "discovered" at 14, a success at 15 and a heroin user at 16. After ... more

Bettie Page

Bettie Page (sometimes spelled Betty Page) was a pin-up model of the 1950s who became an iconic favorite of retro-loving pop culture fans during the 1980s and '90s. Page was a struggling actress ... more

DaMarcus Beasley

DaMarcus Beasley is the American soccer player nicknamed "Jitterbug" for his quickness and elusive qualities with the ball. Like his fellow American phenom Landon ... more