However, Mark Twain was more than just an author. The barefoot boy from hardscrabble Hannibal, Mo., rose to become a global celebrity, the most famous American of his time, rivaled only by Teddy ...

This means that the fraction of living famous people is 0.000086. Using only the total English-speaking population of the world (approximately 1.49 billion), the fraction is 0.00041.

The obituaries of 100 famous people were accidentally published due to a technical error—and for some individuals, this wasn't the first time. Subscribe To Newsletters. French Radio ...

Cemeteries are vast repositories for people who have passed. Really, though, they’re vast repositories for history, as these famous Vermonters show.