The Contemporary Era

Contemporary era

Ronaldo Nazario

b. September 22, 1976

Brazilian association football player (born 1976)

Contemporary era

David Beckham

b. May 2, 1975

English footballer (born 1975)

Contemporary era

Mia Hamm

b. March 17, 1972

American soccer player

Contemporary era

Serena Williams

b. September 26, 1981

Winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles, a tennis era unto herself

Contemporary era

Venus Williams

b. June 17, 1980

American tennis player (born 1980)

Contemporary era

Roger Federer

b. August 8, 1981

Swiss tennis player (born 1981)

Contemporary era

Rafael Nadal

b. June 3, 1986

Spanish tennis player (born 1986)

Contemporary era

Novak Djokovic

b. May 22, 1987

Serbian tennis player (born 1987)

Contemporary era

Steffi Graf

b. June 14, 1969

German tennis player

Contemporary era

Martina Navratilova

b. October 18, 1956

Czech-American tennis player

Contemporary era

Tiger Woods

b. December 30, 1975

American golfer

Contemporary era

Wayne Gretzky

b. January 26, 1961

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1961)

Contemporary era

Michael Phelps

b. June 30, 1985

American swimmer (born 1985)

Contemporary era

Simone Biles

b. March 14, 1997

American artistic gymnast

Contemporary era

Nadia Comaneci

b. November 12, 1961

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist (born 1961)

Contemporary era

Ayrton Senna

March 21, 1960 – May 1, 1994

Brazilian racing driver (1960–1994)

Contemporary era

Michael Schumacher

b. January 3, 1969

German racing driver (born 1969)

Contemporary era

Lewis Hamilton

b. January 7, 1985

British racing driver

Contemporary era

Sachin Tendulkar

b. April 24, 1973

Indian cricket player (born 1973)

Contemporary era

Steve Jobs

February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011

Co-founder of Apple who fused technology with design

Contemporary era

Steve Wozniak

b. August 11, 1950

American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.

Contemporary era

Bill Gates

b. October 28, 1955

Co-founder of Microsoft turned global health philanthropist

Contemporary era

Oprah Winfrey

b. January 29, 1954

American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)

Contemporary era

Richard Branson

b. July 18, 1950

British business magnate

Contemporary era

Elon Musk

b. June 28, 1971

American businessman (born 1971)

Contemporary era

Jeff Bezos

b. January 12, 1964

American business magnate (born 1964)

Contemporary era

Mark Zuckerberg

b. May 14, 1984

American Internet entrepreneur

Contemporary era

Larry Page

b. March 26, 1973

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur (born 1973)

Contemporary era

Sergey Brin

b. August 21, 1973

American billionaire businessman (born 1973)

Contemporary era

Jack Ma

b. September 10, 1964

Chinese businessman

Contemporary era

Jensen Huang

b. February 17, 1963

American entrepreneur and businessman; founder and CEO of Nvidia

Contemporary era

Nawaz Sharif

b. December 25, 1949

Former prime minister of Pakistan

Contemporary era

Shehbaz Sharif

b. September 23, 1951

Prime Minister of Pakistan (2022–2023; 2024–present)

Contemporary era

Maryam Nawaz

b. October 28, 1973

Pakistani politician

Contemporary era

Asif Ali Zardari

b. July 26, 1955

President of Pakistan (2008–2013; since 2024)

Contemporary era

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

b. September 21, 1988

Pakistani politician

Contemporary era

Asim Munir

b. 1968

Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan (born 1968)

Contemporary era

Bilquis Edhi

August 14, 1947 – April 15, 2022

Pakistani philanthropist

Contemporary era

Pervez Hoodbhoy

b. July 11, 1950

Pakistani nuclear physicist

Contemporary era

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

b. December 9, 1974

Pakistani sufi singer

Contemporary era

Abida Parveen

b. February 20, 1954

Pakistani Sufi Muslim singer, composer and musician

Contemporary era

Atif Aslam

b. March 12, 1983

Pakistani playback singer and songwriter

Contemporary era

Ali Zafar

b. May 18, 1980

Pakistani singer and film actor

Contemporary era

Junaid Jamshed

September 3, 1964 – December 7, 2016

Pakistani recording artist

Contemporary era

Ali Azmat

b. April 20, 1970

Pakistani singer

Contemporary era

Salman Ahmad

b. December 12, 1963

Musician, actor

Contemporary era

Bilal Maqsood

b. March 23, 1971

Pakistani musician

Contemporary era

Faisal Kapadia

b. June 29, 1971

Vocalist

Contemporary era

Ali Noor

Pakistani rock singer and co-founder of the band Noori

Contemporary era

Ali Hamza

Pakistani musician and co-founder of the band Noori

Contemporary era

Shafqat Amanat Ali

b. February 26, 1965

Pakistani singer

Contemporary era

Alamgir

b. April 3, 1950

Bangladeshi actor

Contemporary era

Nazia Hassan

April 3, 1965 – August 13, 2000

Pakistani singer (1965–2000)

Contemporary era

Reshma

1947 – November 3, 2013

Folk singer from Pakistan

Contemporary era

Ali Salman

Pakistani television host, actor and model

Contemporary era

Waqar Zaka

Pakistani television host and internet personality

Contemporary era

Sajal Aly

b. January 17, 1994

Pakistani actress and model

Contemporary era

Ayeza Khan

b. January 15, 1991

Pakistani actress and model

Contemporary era

Zamad Baig

Pakistani singer who won the first and only season of Pakistan Idol in 2014

Contemporary era

Fahad Mustafa

b. June 26, 1983

Pakistani actor, producer and model