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Joy Adamson
Animal Rights Activist, Journalist / 1910 - 1980
Joy Adamson was a conservationist who pioneered the movement to preserve African wildlife. She won renown with her books about raising the lion cub Elsa.
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(1910-1980)
Animal Rights Activist, Journalist
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Momofuku Ando
Entrepreneur, Inventor / 1910 - 2007
Momofuku Ando was the founder of Nissin Food Products Company and the inventor of instant noodles.
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(1910-2007)
Entrepreneur, Inventor
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Jean-Louis Barrault
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Director / 1910 - 1994
Jean-Louis Barrault was a French actor director, and mime. He is best known for his role in the film The Children of Paradise (1945).
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(1910-1994)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Director
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Kitty Carlisle
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Singer, Television Personality / 1910 - 2007
Actress, singer, television personality and arts advocate Kitty Carlisle is best known for her long run as a panelist on the television show To Tell The Truth.
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(1910-2007)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Singer, Television Personality
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Jacqueline Cochran
Pilot / 1910 - 1980
Jacqueline Cochran is a pioneering 20th century pilot who was an advocate for female aviators during WWII and the first woman to break the sound barrier.
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(1910-1980)
Pilot
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Jacques Cousteau
Photographer, Explorer, Filmmaker, Inventor, Military Leader, Scientist / 1910 - 1997
Jacques Cousteau was a French undersea explorer, researcher, photographer and documentary host who invented diving and scuba devices, including the Aqua-Lung. He also conducted underwater expeditions and produced films and television series, including the Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau.
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(1910-1997)
Photographer, Explorer, Filmmaker, Inventor, Military Leader, Scientist
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Cyril Cusack
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Playwright / 1910 - 1993
Cyril Cusack was an Irish actor with the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland and he appeared in over 90 films.
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(1910-1993)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Playwright
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Paul J. Flory
Educator, Activist, Chemist, Journalist / 1910 - 1985
American chemist Paul J. Flory won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1974 for his work with polymers, the building blocks of plastic and rubber.
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(1910-1985)
Educator, Activist, Chemist, Journalist
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Abe Fortas
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice / 1910 - 1982
Nominated to replace Earl Warren as chief justice in 1968, Abe Fortas became the first nominee for that post since 1795 to fail to win Senate approval.
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(1910-1982)
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice
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Paulette Goddard
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Model / 1910 - 1990
Paulette Goddard was an American actress best known for her film performances and her marriage to Charlie Chaplin and Burgess Meredith.
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(1910-1990)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Model
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Sidney Leslie Goodwin
1910 - 1912
Sidney Leslie Goodwin died as a small child in the sinking of the Titanic, with his identity being discovered almost a century later via DNA analysis.
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(1910-1912)
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George Heard Hamilton
Historian / 1910 - 2004
Art historian George Heard Hamilton was a 19th and 20th century art expert. He directed the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.
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(1910-2004)
Historian
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John Hammond
Civil Rights Activist, Music Producer / 1910 - 1987
Record producer John Hammond crusaded for racial integration in the music business, and is regarded as the most important nonmusician in the history of jazz.
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(1910-1987)
Civil Rights Activist, Music Producer
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William Hanna
Artist, Director, Producer, Television Producer / 1910 - 2001
William Hanna was half of the cartoon-producing team of Hanna-Barbera, who created Tom & Jerry, Yogi Bear and The Flintstones.
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(1910-2001)
Artist, Director, Producer, Television Producer
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Howlin' Wolf
Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer / 1910 - 1976
Howlin’ Wolf was a singer and musician famous for his Mississippi Delta style blues singing, guitar and harmonica playing, which he performed in Chicago clubs.
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(1910-1976)
Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer
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Joseph Kasavubu
World Leader / 1910 - 1969
Joseph Kasavubu was the first president of the independent Congo republic from 1960 to 1965, who shortly after independence ousted the Congo's first premier.
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(1910-1969)
World Leader
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Akira Kurosawa
Painter, Director / 1910 - 1998
Akira Kurosawa was the first Japanese film director to win international acclaim, with such films as Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952), and Ran (1985).
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(1910-1998)
Painter, Director
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Carlos Marcello
Organized Crime Boss / 1910 - 1993
Carlos Marcello was best known as the mob boss of New Orleans, and for the FBI's investigation of his possible involvement in JFK's assassination.
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(1910-1993)
Organized Crime Boss
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Mother Teresa
Nun, Saint / 1910 - 1997
Mother Teresa was the founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to helping the poor.
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(1910-1997)
Nun, Saint
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Pauli Murray
Educator, Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Legal Professional, Priest / 1910 - 1985
Reverend Pauli Murray is an American civil rights advocate and ordained priest. She is best known for furthering the civil rights and feminist causes.
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(1910-1985)
Educator, Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Legal Professional, Priest
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Bonnie Parker
Murderer, Thief / 1910 - 1934
Half of the notorious Bonnie and Clyde, Bonnie Parker became one of America's most famous outlaws. She and partner Clyde Barrow robbed banks and small businesses, leaving a bloody train of murder victims in their wake.
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(1910-1934)
Murderer, Thief
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William H. Pickering
Scientist / 1910 - 2004
William Pickering was a rocket scientist who oversaw many American forays into space in the 1950-1970s.
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(1910-2004)
Scientist
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Django Reinhardt
Guitarist / 1910 - 1953
Django Reinhardt was a jazz guitarist who became one of the first important soloists in the genre.
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(1910-1953)
Guitarist
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Laurance Rockefeller
Environmental Activist, Business Leader, Philanthropist / 1910 - 2004
Venture capitalist and environmentalist Laurance Rockefeller founded the American Conservation Association and put conservationism on the American agenda.
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(1910-2004)
Environmental Activist, Business Leader, Philanthropist
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William Schuman
Songwriter / 1910 - 1992
William Schuman was a Pulitzer-winning composer and the first president of New York's Lincoln Center.
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(1910-1992)
Songwriter
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Artie Shaw
Songwriter / 1910 - 2004
Artie Shaw was known for his role as a 1930's and 1940's jazz bandleader and clarinetist, known as the "King of the Clarinet".
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(1910-2004)
Songwriter
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William B Shockley
Physicist / 1910 - 1989
William Shockley was an engineer and co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1956 for his development of the transistor.
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(1910-1989)
Physicist
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Spade Cooley
Film Actor, Television Actor, Murderer, Musician / 1910 - 1969
Spade Cooley, the King of Western Swing, is best known for his musical success and the murder of his wife.
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(1910-1969)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Murderer, Musician
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T-Bone Walker
Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer / 1910 - 1975
Blues guitarist and singer-songwriter T-Bone Walker is best known for his hit song "Stormy Monday" and has been called the Charlie Parker of Blues guitar.
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(1910-1975)
Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer
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Mary Lou Williams
Educator, Songwriter, Pianist / 1910 - 1981
Mary Lou Williams was a jazz pianist who performed with and composed for many of the great jazz artists of the 1940s and '50s.
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(1910-1981)
Educator, Songwriter, Pianist
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Jane Wyatt
Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1910 - 2006
Emmy-award winning actress Jane Wyatt is best known for her role as housewife and mother Margaret Anderson on the CBS television sitcom Father Knows Best.
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(1910-2006)
Theater Actress, Television Actress