Celebrities Starting with I.

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24 celebrities starting with I, including Idris Elba, Irrfan Khan and Isabella Rossellini. Browse profiles by profession, country and birth year.

24 celebrities on Famousy have a name that starts with I. Ranked by popularity, the best known are Idris Elba, Irrfan Khan, Isabella Rossellini, Isabelle Huppert, Ian Holm and Ingmar Bergman. The most common professions are writers (14), actors (11), screenwriters (8) and journalists (5). The best-represented countries are United States (7), France (3) and United Kingdom (3). Birth years run from 1877 to 1981, and the most common birth decade is the 1950s (4 people). The earliest-born is Isadora Duncan (1877) and the most recently born is Ivanka Trump (1981). 6 of them are living, and 18 have passed away. Among those still living, Idris Elba is the best known. The group includes 9 women and 15 men. Browse every profile below, or jump to another letter from the A to Z index.

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Ira Gershwin

United States

Ira Gershwin won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the musical Of Thee I Sing, co-written with his brother George Gershwin and collaborators. He wrote lyrics for hundreds of songs including I Got Rhythm, Embraceable You, and Someone to Watch Over Me. He contributed to Broadway shows like Lady Be Good and Porgy and Bess. He received a Grammy Trustees Award and a Congressional Gold Medal. Gershwin died in 1983 at age 86.

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