Hi Steemians,
This is an effort to provide some information on Five selected famous personalities born on this day.
Courtesy of this information goes to onthisday.com, famousbirthdays.com and wikipedia.org and image courtesy, google.com.
1. Meg Ryan
Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra famously known as Meg Ryan is a American actress, producer and director who started her career as an actress in 1981 with minor roles.
Her major breakthrough role came in the romantic comedy movie When Harry Met Sally for which, she also got her first Golden Globe nomination.
Then after, she acted in many romantic comedy movies like Sleepless in Seattle, French Kiss, You've Got Mail, When a Man Love a Woman to name a few.
Her other genre movies include Proof of Life, The Women, City of Angels.
In 1994, People Magazine named her as one among "the 50 most beautiful people in the world".
2. Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi was the 4th Prime Minister of India and to date, she is the only female Prime Minister of India.
She served as Prime Minister for 2 terms, 1966 to 1977 and 1980 until her assassination in 1984.
She was known for political ruthlessness.
She was named as the "Woman of the Millennium" in an online pole conducted by BBC in 1999.
3. James A. Garfield
James A. Garfield was the 20th President of United States serving as President for 9 months.
Garfield's accomplishments as President include purging corruption in Post Office, improving American naval power, presidential authority against senatorial courtesy in executive appointments.
Before becoming the President of United States, Garfield served as a major general in Union Army during the American Civil War.
4. Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein is a American fashion designer founder of Calvin Klein Inc., an American fashion house which started as a coat shop in 1968 and has grown big enough to produce various collections including famous Calvin Klein Jeans.
In 2002, Calvin Klein Inc. was sold to Phillips Van Heusen.
5. Sushmita Sen
Sushmita Sen is an Indian actress, model and was the winner of Miss Universe Beauty Pageant in 1994.
She was the first Indian woman to be Miss Universe.
After she came back from beauty pageant, she started working as a model and eventually started working as an actress with Hindi film Dastak.
Her other famous movies include Biwi No. 1, Sirf Tum.
The movie Biwi No. 1 earned her an Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.
