Famous People

Bob Marley

The musician who made reggae a world language, and a Rastafarian who sang of freedom. Born at Nine Mile on 6 February 1945 at 02:30.

Bruce Lee

The martial artist and actor who opened kung fu to the West and died at thirty-two. Born in San Francisco on 27 November 1940 at 07:12.

Audrey Hepburn

The actress of “Roman Holiday” and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”, who gave her last years to UNICEF. Born in Brussels on 4 May 1929 at 03:00.

Charlie Chaplin

The Tramp in the bowler hat, who made silent film an art and mocked Hitler in 1940. Born in London on 16 April 1889 at about 20:00.

Salvador Dalí

The surrealist of the melting clocks and the moustache, who made himself his own chief exhibit. Born in Figueres on 11 May 1904 at 08:45.

Pablo Picasso

Co-inventor of cubism and the most prolific artist of the century: some twenty thousand works. Born in Málaga on 25 October 1881 at 23:15 local mean time.

Helena Blavatsky

The founder of the Theosophical Society, whose books opened Eastern metaphysics to the West. Born at Yekaterinoslav in the night of 12 August 1831.

Paramahansa Yogananda

The yogi who brought kriya yoga to America and wrote the “Autobiography of a Yogi”. Born in Gorakhpur on 5 January 1893 at 20:38 local mean time.

Ramana Maharshi

The sage of Arunachala, who taught a single question — “who am I?”. Born at Tiruchuzhi on 30 December 1879 at 01:00 local mean time.

Sri Aurobindo

A revolutionary who became a yogi: the author of integral yoga and founder of the Pondicherry ashram. Born in Calcutta on 15 August 1872 at 04:53 local mean time.

Swami Vivekananda

Ramakrishna’s disciple, who opened Vedanta to the West with his address to the 1893 Parliament of Religions. Born in Calcutta on 12 January 1863 at 06:33 local mean time.

Mother Teresa

The nun who founded an order in Calcutta for those dying in the street; Nobel Peace Prize 1979. Born in Skopje on 26 August 1910 at 14:25.