Patti LaBelle American Singer Patti LaBelle is an American singer, actress, and entrepreneur. LaBelle began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and front woman of the vocal group, Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles
Martin Van Buren The 8th President of the United States of America, former Vice President to President Andrew Jackson, and the FIRST president to be born after we declared independence. He was a founder of the Democratic party. Was was born to Dutch American Patriot parents who had been fighters in our war for independence, and is the only president to have spoken English as a second Language. Pretty cool huh? But, he denied Texas when they applied to join the Union, continued the policy of Indian removal, maintained peaceful relations with Britain, and created the independent treasury system which moved federal funds out of the standard banking system. Eventually he started having political problems with his own party for changing his previously accepting position on slavery and for refusing to allow Texas to join, so he quit the democratic party which was very strong in the South at the time, and formed a third party which it is argued threw the balance of power and potentially changed the outcome of the following presidential elections. Funny, considering he was initially a vocal advocate of having only a two party system divided along purely ideological lines. And in spite of all of this, and his obviously important place in history and as a leader of the USA, he is probably someone most people have never heard of.
Oona O'Neill Chaplin The daughter of Nobel and Pulitzer-Prize-winning American playwright Eugene O'Neill and the fourth and last wife of English actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin.
Ugueth Urbina - a two time MLB all-star, Urbina is the only player in Major League Baseball history with the initials U.U.
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Discovered what we now know as xrays, winner of the very first nobel prize in physics, 1901. Element 111 is named after him. The roentgen unit of measurement is also named after him. You might recognize it from its use alongside Kerma, Sieverts, Rems, Rads and Grays for measuring different aspects of radiation.
Also had a memorable role in "Maximum Overdrive". Zeppo Marx, the fourth Marx brother. Appeared in only a couple of their movies. Pretty much a straight man and provided a little romantic interest. I guess he's not all that famous but finding names that start with Z is hard.
Alex Zanardi, racing driver. Drove in Formula One and Indy Car until he lost his legs (and nearly his life) in a crash in Germany. Went on to win multiple gold medals in the Paralympics. Most recently competed in this years 24 Hours of Daytona in a car specially modified by BMW.
David Coulthard - former F1 driver and current analyst for the sport, also holds the undisputed world jawline championship
