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Spiro Agnew
Governor, U.S. Vice President / 1918 - 1996
Spiro Agnew was twice elected U.S. vice president under Richard Nixon, but resigned from his second term after being charged with bribery, conspiracy and tax fraud.
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(1918-1996)
Governor, U.S. Vice President
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Zayed bin Sultan al-Shaykh Nahayan
World Leader, Prince / 1918 - 2004
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan (1918–2004) was ruler of Abu Dhabi and president of the United Arab Emirates 1971–2004.
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(1918-2004)
World Leader, Prince
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Patty Andrews
Singer / 1918 - 2013
Singer and entertainer Patty Andrews was the youngest member of the trio the Andrews Sisters, one of America's most popular musical groups of the 1930s and '40s.
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(1918-2013)
Singer
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Mary Kay Ash
Entrepreneur / 1918 - 2001
Entrepreneur Mary Kay, founder of Mary Kay Inc., built a profitable business from scratch that created new opportunities for women to achieve financial success.
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(1918-2001)
Entrepreneur
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Paul Harvey
Radio Personality / 1918 - 2009
American radio commentator Paul Harvey spent a long life delivering conservative broadcasts on current events, reaching, at his peak, 24 million people daily.
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(1918-2009)
Radio Personality
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Ingmar Bergman
Director, Producer, Television Producer, Screenwriter / 1918 - 2007
Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director and producer best known for films such as The Seventh Sea (1956), Cries and Whispers (1971) and Autumn Sonata (1978).
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(1918-2007)
Director, Producer, Television Producer, Screenwriter
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Leonard Bernstein
Songwriter, Pianist / 1918 - 1990
Leonard Bernstein was one of the first American-born conductors to receive worldwide fame. He composed the score for the Broadway musical West Side Story.
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(1918-1990)
Songwriter, Pianist
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Joey Bishop
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Talk Show Host / 1918 - 2007
Entertainer Joey Bishop starred in his own TV sitcom, and hosted his own late-night talk show. He was a member of the Rat Pack, along with Frank Sinatra.
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(1918-2007)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Talk Show Host
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Art Carney
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Comedian / 1918 - 2003
Art Carney was an Oscar-winning actor and comedian best known for his role as Jackie Gleason's best friend, Ed Norton, on the pioneering sitcom The Honeymooners.
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(1918-2003)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Comedian
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Nicolae Ceausescu
World Leader / 1918 - 1989
Nicolae Ceausescu was the leader of Communist Romania for more than two decades until his execution in 1989.
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(1918-1989)
World Leader
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Cicely Saunders
Nurse, Philanthropist, Journalist / 1918 - 2005
Cicely Saunders was a nurse, social worker who founded the first modern hospice, St. Christopher's Hospice, in 1967 to provide palliative care to those in need.
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(1918-2005)
Nurse, Philanthropist, Journalist
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Howard Cosell
Talk Show Host, News Anchor / 1918 - 1995
Howard Cosell was a sports broadcaster who had a distinctive and influential on-air personality.
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(1918-1995)
Talk Show Host, News Anchor
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Anwar el-Sadat
World Leader / 1918 - 1981
Anwar el-Sadat was the one-time president of Egypt (1970-1981) who shared the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for establishing peace agreements with Israel.
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(1918-1981)
World Leader
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Gertrude B. Elion
Chemist / 1918 - 1999
American biochemist and pharmacologist Gertrude B. Elion helped develop drugs to treat leukemia and prevent kidney transplant rejection. She won a Nobel Prize for medicine in 1988.
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(1918-1999)
Chemist
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Barney Ewell
Track and Field Athlete / 1918 - 1996
Barney Ewell was one of the leading sprinters of the 1940s, and won three medals at the 1948 Olympics.
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(1918-1996)
Track and Field Athlete
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Bob Feller
Baseball Player / 1918 - 2010
Bob Feller was the first 20th-century pitcher to pitch three no-hit games, and his record of 348 season strikeouts stood for 19 years.
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(1918-2010)
Baseball Player
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Richard Feynman
Academic, Inventor, Physicist / 1918 - 1988
American physicist Richard Feynman is an American physicist best known for his work in quantum mechanics. He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb.
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(1918-1988)
Academic, Inventor, Physicist
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Betty Ford
U.S. First Lady / 1918 - 2011
Betty Ford became the First Lady when President Nixon resigned and made her Vice President husband, Gerald Ford, the acting President.
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(1918-2011)
U.S. First Lady
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John Forsythe
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1918 - 2010
John Forsythe was a theater, film and TV actor. He won Golden Globes for playing Blake Carrington in Aaron Spelling’s long-running prime-time drama Dynasty.
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(1918-2010)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor
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Billy Graham
Evangelist / 1918 -
Billy Graham was an evangelist at revival meetings, and on radio and television for over 40 years. He preached to more individuals than anyone else in history.
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(1918-)
Evangelist
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Rita Hayworth
Film Actress, Dancer, Pin-up / 1918 - 1987
American film actress Rita Hayworth is best known for her stunning explosive sexual charisma on screen in films throughout the 1930s and 1940s.
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(1918-1987)
Film Actress, Dancer, Pin-up
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William Holden
Film Actor / 1918 - 1981
William Holden was an actor who perfected the role of the cynic who acts heroically in spite of his scorn or pessimism.
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(1918-1981)
Film Actor
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E. Howard Hunt
Spy, Writer / 1918 - 2007
E. Howard Hunt was a CIA agent and PR consultant before he teamed up with G. Gordon Liddy to organize the Watergate break-in.
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(1918-2007)
Spy, Writer
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Elmore James
Guitarist / 1918 - 1963
Guitarist Elmore James was a mainstay of Chicago blues in the 1950s, with hits like "Dust My Broom" and "It Hurts Me Too."
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(1918-1963)
Guitarist
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Madeleine L'Engle
Author, Poet / 1918 - 2007
Madeleine L'Engle was chiefly a children's author known for such works as Meet the Austins and A Wrinkle in Time.
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(1918-2007)
Author, Poet
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Ann Landers
Writer / 1918 - 2002
Ann Landers was the famous advice columnist who developed a newspaper readership counting into the millions.
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(1918-2002)
Writer
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Professor Longhair
Songwriter, Pianist, Singer / 1918 - 1980
Professor Longhair is an African American singer and songwriter who helped shape New Orleans jazz and blues during the 1940's.
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(1918-1980)
Songwriter, Pianist, Singer
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Ida Lupino
Film Actress, Television Actress, Director, Screenwriter / 1918 - 1995
Ida Lupino was a famous mid-20th century film actress who was also a trailblazing director and producer in a male-dominated industry.
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(1918-1995)
Film Actress, Television Actress, Director, Screenwriter
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Nelson Mandela
Civil Rights Activist, World Leader, Journalist / 1918 -
Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa in 1994. A symbol of global peacemaking, he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
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(1918-)
Civil Rights Activist, World Leader, Journalist
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Spike Milligan
Actor, Comedian, Radio Personality, Writer / 1918 - 2002
Spike Milligan was an Irish writer and comedian best known for his work on The Goon Show.
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(1918-2002)
Actor, Comedian, Radio Personality, Writer
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Franco Modigliani
Economist / 1918 - 2003
Economist Franco Modigliani won a Nobel Prize in 1985 for his research of household savings and financial markets.
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(1918-2003)
Economist
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Birgit Nilsson
Singer / 1918 - 2005
Opera singer Birgit Nilsson was the leading Wagnerian soprano of her time. She sang at most of the great houses and festivals of the world.
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(1918-2005)
Singer
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Jack Paar
Radio Talk Show Host, Talk Show Host / 1918 - 2004
Jack Paar had no singing, dancing or acting talent, but he was blessed with "the gift of gab." That gift was enough to endear him to millions of American television viewers during his tenure as host of The Tonight Show (1957-1962).
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(1918-2004)
Radio Talk Show Host, Talk Show Host
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Don Pardo
Television Personality / 1918 -
Don Pardo is a velvet-toned television announcer known for his work over the years on such NBC shows as Saturday Night Live and The Price Is Right.
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(1918-)
Television Personality
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Pearl Bailey
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer, Journalist / 1918 - 1990
Pearl Bailey was a Tony Award-winning singer and actress known for her roles in works like Carmen Jones, House of Flowers, Hello, Dolly! and Porgy and Bess.
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(1918-1990)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer, Journalist
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Robert Preston
Film Actor, Theater Actor / 1918 - 1987
Actor Robert Preston was best known for his portrayal of the charismatic huckster in The Music Man - a role he played on Broadway and in the film adaptation.
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(1918-1987)
Film Actor, Theater Actor
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Bobby Riggs
Tennis Player / 1918 - 1995
Bobby Riggs was an American tennis player best known for playing in the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" with Billie Jean King.
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(1918-1995)
Tennis Player
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Jerome Robbins
Choreographer, Director, Philanthropist, Television Producer / 1918 - 1998
Jerome Robbins' was one of the 20th centuries most popular Broadway ballet and musical choreographers.
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(1918-1998)
Choreographer, Director, Philanthropist, Television Producer
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Oral Roberts
Evangelist / 1918 - 2009
Radio and television evangelist Oral Roberts believed he had direct communications from God. In 1963, he founded Oral Roberts University.
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(1918-2009)
Evangelist
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George Rochberg
Songwriter / 1918 - 2005
Composer George Rochberg’s work was called “neo-Romantic” for its combination of avant-gardism and traditional music.
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(1918-2005)
Songwriter
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Julius Rosenberg
War Criminal, Spy / 1918 - 1953
Julius Rosenberg became an infamous figure in American history when he was convicted, along with his wife, Ethel Rosenberg, of giving military secrets to the Soviet Union in the early 1950s.
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(1918-1953)
War Criminal, Spy
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Juan Rulfo
Author / 1918 - 1986
Mexican writer John Rulfo is considered one of the finest novelists and short-story creators in 20th-century Latin America.
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(1918-1986)
Author
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Nipsey Russell
Actor, Comedian / 1918 - 2005
Nipsey Russell was best known for his comic rhymes and his appearances on TV game shows.
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(1918-2005)
Actor, Comedian
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Frederick Sanger
Chemist / 1918 -
Frederick Sanger received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice. He discovered the structure of insulin and researched of DNA molecule sequencing.
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(1918-)
Chemist
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W. Eugene Smith
Photographer / 1918 - 1978
W. Eugene Smith was a photojournalist known for his work during the Pacific Theater in WWII and his photo essays for popular magazines.
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(1918-1978)
Photographer
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Educator, Activist, Journalist, Author / 1918 - 2008
Alexander Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist and historian, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970.
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(1918-2008)
Educator, Activist, Journalist, Author
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Muriel Spark
Literary Critic, Academic Author, Publisher, Author, Poet / 1918 - 2006
Dame Muriel Spark was a Scottish novelist, poet and literary critic best known for her novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
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(1918-2006)
Literary Critic, Academic Author, Publisher, Author, Poet
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Mickey Spillane
Author / 1918 - 2006
Mickey Spillane was an American writer of mysteries and pulp fiction. His most famous creation was hard-boiled detective, Mike Hammer.
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(1918-2006)
Author
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Abigail Van Buren
Writer / 1918 - 2013
Pauline Phillips, best known by the pen name "Abigail Van Buren," was one of America's most adored advice columnists as the author of "Dear Abby." She was the twin sister of columnist Ann Landers.
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(1918-2013)
Writer
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Kurt Waldheim
Diplomat, World Leader / 1918 - 2007
Kurt Waldheim served two terms as the fourth secretary-general of the United Nations and was elected president of Austria 1986–1992.
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(1918-2007)
Diplomat, World Leader
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LeRoy Walker
Coach / 1918 - 2012
LeRoy Walker was the first black coach of an American Olympic team and the first black president of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
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(1918-2012)
Coach
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Mike Wallace
Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist / 1918 - 2012
Mike Wallace is an interviewer and reporter who has been working in TV and radio since 1939. He joined the program 60 Minutes in 1968.
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(1918-2012)
Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist
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Sam Walton
Entrepreneur / 1918 - 1992
Sam Walton was an American businessman best known for founding the retail chain Wal-Mart, which grew to be the world’s largest corporation.
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(1918-1992)
Entrepreneur
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Kenny Washington
Football Player / 1918 - 1971
Kenny Washington was one of the first African American college gridiron football stars on the West Coast and one of two black players to reintegrate the NFL.
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(1918-1971)
Football Player
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Joe Williams
Singer / 1918 - 1999
Joe Williams was an American singer known for his mastery of jazz, blues and ballads and for his association with Count Basie in the 1950s.
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(1918-1999)
Singer
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Ted Williams
Baseball Player, Coach / 1918 - 2002
Baseball legend Ted Williams was best known as the Boston Red Sox Player who had a contentious relationship with Boston fans, who he refused to tip his hat to during his career.
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(1918-2002)
Baseball Player, Coach
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Coleman Young
Civil Rights Activist, Mayor / 1918 - 1997
Coleman Young helped found the National Negro Labor Council, which sought jobs for African Americans, and was the first African American mayor of Detroit.
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(1918-1997)
Civil Rights Activist, Mayor