1990s

People

World leaders

• Prime Minister Bob Hawke (Australia)
• Prime Minister Paul Keating (Australia)
• Prime Minister John Howard (Australia)
• President Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello (Brazil)
• President Itamar Franco (Brazil)
• President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (Brazil)
• Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (Canada)
• Prime Minister Kim Campbell (Canada)
• Prime Minister Jean Chrétien (Canada)
• "Paramount Leader" Deng Xiaoping (People's Republic of China)
• President Jiang Zemin (People's Republic of China)
• President Lee Teng-hui (Republic of China on Taiwan)
• President Franjo Tu?man (Croatia)
• Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (Denmark)
• President Hosni Mubarak (Egypt)
• President François Mitterrand (France)
• President Jacques Chirac (France)
• Chancellor Helmut Kohl (Germany)
• Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (Germany)
• Governor David Clive Wilson (Hong Kong (under British rule))
• Governor Christopher Francis Patten (Hong Kong (under British rule))
• Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa (Hong Kong, People's Republic of China)
• Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee (India)
• President Mohammad Khatami (Iran)
• President Saddam Hussein (Iraq)
• Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (Israel)
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Israel)
• Emperor Akihito (Japan)
• Governor Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira (Macau (under Portuguese rule))
• Chief Executive Edmund Ho (Macau, People's Republic of China)
• President Yasser Arafat (Palestinian Authority)
• Pope Pope John Paul II
• President Corazon Aquino (Philippines)
• President Fidel Ramos (Philippines)
• President Joseph Estrada (Philippines)
• Prime Minister Mike Moore (New Zealand)
• Prime Minister Jim Bolger (New Zealand)
• Prime Minister Jenny Shipley (New Zealand)
• Prime Minister Helen Clark (New Zealand)
• President Ion Iliescu (Romania)
• President Emil Constantinescu (Romania)
• President Boris Yeltsin (Russia)
• Taoiseach Charles Haughey (Republic of Ireland)
• Taoiseach Albert Reynolds (Republic of Ireland)
• Taoiseach John Bruton (Republic of Ireland)
• Taoiseach Bertie Ahern (Republic of Ireland)
• President Boris Yeltsin (Russia)
• President Wee Kim Wee (Singapore)
• President Ong Teng Cheong (Singapore)
• President Sellapan Ramanathan (Singapore)
• President Frederik Willem de Klerk (South Africa)
• President Nelson Mandela (South Africa)
• President Kim Dae-jung (South Korea)
• President Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Union)
• Queen Elizabeth II (United Kingdom et al.)
• Prime Minister John Major (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Tony Blair (United Kingdom)
• President George H.W. Bush (United States)
• President Bill Clinton (United States)
• President Slobodan Milo?evi? (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)

Entertainers

• 2pac
• Ace of Base
• Adam Sandler
• Aaliyah
• Alanis Morrissette (Jagged Little Pill)
• Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs, Titus)
• Ashley Judd
• Ben Affleck (Good Will Hunting)
• Bill Hicks
• Billy Bob Thornton
• Boyz II Men
• Bret Hart
• Britney Spears
• Bruce Willis (the Die Hard series, Pulp Fiction)
• Mariah Carey
• Dana Carvey (Wayne's World)
• Carmen Electra
• Christina Aguilera
• Cuba Gooding Jr (Boyz N the Hood, Jerry Maguire)
• Amy Grant
• Dave Matthews Band
• Demi Moore (Ghost, Striptease, A Few Good Men)
• Denzel Washington (Malcolm X, Mo' Better Blues, Philadelphia)
• Destiny's Child (Destiny's Child, The Writing's On The Wall)
• Ellen DeGeneres (Ellen)
• Elizabeth Berkley (Saved by the Bell, Showgirls)
• Friends
• Courtney Cox
• Jennifer Aniston
• Lisa Kudrow
• Matt LeBlanc
• Matthew Perry
• David Schwimmer
• The Fugees
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Se7en)
• Liam Gallagher of Oasis
• Noel Gallagher of Oasis
• Whitney Houston (The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale)
• Halle Berry (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge,Bullworth)
• Harrison Ford
• Helen Hunt (Mad About You, Twister, As Good as It Gets)
• Hootie & The Blowfish
• Jack Nicholson
• Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld)
• Jerry Springer
• Jim Carrey (', The Mask)
• Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman, Notting Hill)
• Kate Winslet (Titanic)
• Keanu Reeves (The Matrix)
• Kurt Cobain
• Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic)
• Liam Neeson
• Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone)
• The Undertaker
• Martin Lawrence (House Party, Martin, Bad Boys)
• Mary J Blige (What's the 411?)
• Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting)
• Meg Ryan
• Mel Gibson (Braveheart)
• Michael Jackson
• Michael Keaton
• Michelle Pfeiffer (The Age of Innocence, Batman Returns)
• Mike Myers (Wayne's World, Saturday Night Live, )
• Mira Sorvino
• Nicole Kidman (My Life, Eyes Wide Shut)
• Notorious B.I.G.
• Oasis
• Phil Collins
• Pamela Anderson (Baywatch)
• Pearl Jam
• Queen Latifah (Living Single, Set It Off)
• Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction)
• Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List, The English Patient)
• Samuel L. Jackson (Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction)
• Sandra Bullock (Speed, A Time to Kill)
• Shawn Michaels
• Stone Cold Steve Austin
• Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns)
• Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (Saved by the Bell,Beverly Hills 90210)
• TLC (Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes, T-Boz, Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas)
• Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Philadelphia, Toy Story, The Green Mile)
• Toni Braxton (Toni Braxton (album))
• U2 (Achtung Baby)
• Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction)
• Whoopi Goldberg (Sister Act, Ghost, Ghosts of Mississippi, Hollywood Squares)
• Will Smith (The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Men In Black)

Films

See also: 1990s in film

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Books & Literature

• The Bridges of Madison County, by Robert James Waller
• Chicken Soup for the Soul, by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
• The Client, by John Grisham
• Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, by Rebecca Wells
• The Firm, by John Grisham
• The Greatest Generation, by Tom Brokaw
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J. K. Rowling
• How to Make an American Quilt, by Whitney Otto
• It Takes A Village, by Hillary Clinton
• Jazz, by Toni Morrison
• Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, by John Gray
• The Perfect Storm, by Sebastian Junger
• The Way Things Ought to Be, by Rush Limbaugh
• The Sum of All Fears, by Tom Clancy

Sports figures

; American Football :

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: Troy Aikman

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: John Elway

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: Brett Favre

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: Jim Kelly

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: Dan Marino

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: Jerry Rice

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: Bruce Smith

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: Emmitt Smith

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: Barry Sanders

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: Reggie White

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: Steve Young

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; Athletics :

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: Sergey Bubka

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: Linford Christie

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: Haile Gebrselassie

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: Hicham El Guerrouj

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: Michael Johnson

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; Australian Rules Football :

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: Tony Lockett

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; Baseball :

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: Roger Clemens

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: Derek Jeter

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: Greg Maddux

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: Mark McGwire

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: Cal Ripken Jr

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: Sammy Sosa

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: Larry Walker

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; Basketball :

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: Charles Barkley

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: Larry Bird

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: Kobe Bryant

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: Tim Duncan

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: Kevin Garnett

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: Allen Iverson

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: Michael Jordan

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: Karl Malone

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: Shaquille O'Neal

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: Scottie Pippen

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: David Robinson

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: Dennis Rodman

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: John Stockton

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; Boxing :

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: Oscar De La Hoya

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: George Foreman

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: Evander Holyfield

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: Mike Tyson

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; Cricket :

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: Curtly Ambrose

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: Allan Donald

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: Ian Healy

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: Brian Lara

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: Glenn McGrath

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: Muttiah Muralitharan

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: Mark Taylor

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: Sachin Tendulkar

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: Courtney Walsh

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: Shane Warne

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: Steve Waugh

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; Cycling :

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: Marco Pantani

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: Lance Armstrong

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: Miguel Induráin

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; Football :

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: Dennis Bergkamp

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: Ryan Giggs

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: Oliver Kahn

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: Jurgen Klinsmann

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: Paolo Maldini

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: Ronaldo

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: Alan Shearer

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: George Weah

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: Zinedine Zidane

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; Golf :

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: Tiger Woods

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; Ice Hockey :

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: Wayne Gretzky

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; Motor Sport :

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: Dale Earnhardt

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: Jeff Gordon

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: Michael Schumacher

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: Ayrton Senna

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; Rowing

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: Steve Redgrave

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: Matthew Pinsent

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; Rugby Football :

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: Andrew Johns

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: Jonah Lomu

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; Skating :

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: Michelle Kwan

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: Nancy Kerrigan

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; Alpine Skiing :

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: Alberto Tomba

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; Nordic Skiing :

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: Bjørn Dæhlie

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; Tennis :

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: Andre Agassi

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: Jennifer Capriati

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: Steffi Graf

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: Martina Hingis

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: Anna Kournikova

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: Pete Sampras

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: Monica Sele?

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: Serena Williams

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: Venus Williams

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