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Yasser Arafat
Political Leader / 1929 - 2004
Yasser Arafat was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 until his death in 2004, a tumultuous period in which clashes with neighboring Israel were prevalent.
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(1929-2004)
Political Leader
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Werner Arber
Biologist / 1929 -
Werner Arber is a microbiologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1978 for his work in molecular genetics.
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(1929-)
Biologist
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Ed Asner
Animal Rights Activist, Television Actor / 1929 -
Actor Ed Asner is best known as gruff-but-lovable newsman Lou Grant, who debuted on TV sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He also lent his voice to the movie Up.
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(1929-)
Animal Rights Activist, Television Actor
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Chet Baker
Singer, Trumpet Player / 1929 - 1988
U.S. trumpeter and singer Chet Baker's subdued tone and gentle phrasing made him the epitome of the cool jazz ( bebop) of the 1950s.
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(1929-1988)
Singer, Trumpet Player
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LaVern Baker
Singer / 1929 - 1997
American singer LaVern Baker helped pioneer the R&B sound in the 1950s and released multiple hits with Atlantic Records, including the famous "Tweedle Dee."
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(1929-1997)
Singer
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Chuck Barris
Entrepreneur, Game Show Host, Television Producer / 1929 -
Television producer Chuck Barris produced the popular game shows The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, and the Gong Show. His autobiography was made into a film.
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(1929-)
Entrepreneur, Game Show Host, Television Producer
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Jean Baudrillard
Academic Author, Sociologist / 1929 - 2007
Jean Baudrillard was a French postmodern social theorist and philosopher who developed theories of "hyperreality" and "simulacrum."
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(1929-2007)
Academic Author, Sociologist
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Ronnie Biggs
Thief / 1929 -
Involved in the Great Train Robbery of 1963, Ronnie Biggs became the world's most famous fugitive. He avoided capture for more than 30 years.
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(1929-)
Thief
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Whitey Bulger
Organized Crime Boss / 1929 -
James "Whitey" Bulger has been on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list since 1999, number two, behind Osama bin Laden.
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(1929-)
Organized Crime Boss
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June Carter Cash
Songwriter, Singer / 1929 - 2003
June Carter Cash was a Grammy-winning country singer who was married to and performed with country music star Johnny Cash.
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(1929-2003)
Songwriter, Singer
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John Cassavetes
Film Actor, Television Actor, Director / 1929 - 1989
Film director and actor John Cassavetes made his directorial debut with the critically praised Shadows and featured roles in such films as The Dirty Dozen.
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(1929-1989)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Director
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Liz Claiborne
Business Leader, Fashion Designer / 1929 - 2007
Liz Claiborne was a fashion designer and icon who created a clothing empire. She's also the first woman to found a company (Liz Claiborne Inc.) that landed on the Fortune 500 list.
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(1929-2007)
Business Leader, Fashion Designer
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Dick Clark
Television Personality / 1929 - 2012
Dick Clark was a TV personality known for the shows American Bandstand, $25,000 Pyramid and TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, among others.
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(1929-2012)
Television Personality
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Cy Coleman
Songwriter / 1929 - 2004
Cy Coleman was a composer who worked with Broadway songwriters including, Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden, Bob Fosse and Neil Simon.
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(1929-2004)
Songwriter
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George Crumb
Songwriter / 1929 -
American composer George Crumb is known for his unusual and haunting timbres. He won a Pulitzer for his 1967 work, Echoes of Time and the River.
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(1929-)
Songwriter
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Bob Denard
Military Leader / 1929 - 2007
Bob Denard was a mercenary who participated in roughly 20 coups (or attempted coups) and civil wars across postcolonial Africa and other regions.
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(1929-2007)
Military Leader
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Gerald Edelman
Doctor, Biologist, Immunologist, Neurologist / 1929 -
The work of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Gerald Edelman contributed greatly to the fields of both immunology and neuroscience.
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(1929-)
Doctor, Biologist, Immunologist, Neurologist
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Bill Evans
Pianist / 1929 - 1980
Bill Evans is best known for his jazz piano work on Miles Davis' Kind of Blue and many other records.
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(1929-1980)
Pianist
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Jules Feiffer
Illustrator, Journalist, Author, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1929 -
American cartoonist and writer Jules Feiffer became famous for his “Feiffer,” a satirical cartoon strip notable for its emphasis on very literate captions.
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(1929-)
Illustrator, Journalist, Author, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Anne Frank
1929 - 1945
Anne Frank is a Jewish girl that had to go into hiding during World War II. She is best known for the diary that she kept, which continues to touch people today.
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(1929-1945)
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Brian Friel
Author, Playwright / 1929 -
Brian Friel is an Irish dramatist and short-story writer notable for such plays as Translations and Dancing at Lughnasa.
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(1929-)
Author, Playwright
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Joey Gallo
Organized Crime Boss / 1929 - 1972
New York gangster Joey Gallo was both a hero and villain; a very public criminal who hung out with pop stars and was immortalized in the Bob Dylan song, Joey.
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(1929-1972)
Organized Crime Boss
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Frank Gehry
Architect / 1929 -
Frank Gehry is a Canadian-American architect known for postmodern designs, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.
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(1929-)
Architect
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Murray Gell-Mann
Physicist / 1929 -
Nobel Prize–winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann developed the concept of "strangeness" and gave the name "quark" to the basic building block of matter.
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(1929-)
Physicist
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Berry Gordy Jr.
Entrepreneur / 1929 -
Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records, the most successful black owned music company in the history of the United States.
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(1929-)
Entrepreneur
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Grace Kelly
Film Actress, Princess / 1929 - 1982
A highly popular film actress in the 1950s, Grace Kelly starred in movies such as Dial M for Murder and To Catch a Thief. She married Prince Rainier III of Monaco.
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(1929-1982)
Film Actress, Princess
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Thom Gunn
Poet / 1929 - 2004
Thom Gunn was an award-winning poet known for works that included Fighting Terms, Touch and The Man With Night Sweats.
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(1929-2004)
Poet
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Songwriter, Pianist, Singer / 1929 - 2000
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins was a blues/soul singer known for his over-the-top theatricality and the hit “I Put a Spell on You.”
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(1929-2000)
Songwriter, Pianist, Singer
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Lee Hazlewood
Entrepreneur, Songwriter, Music Producer, Singer / 1929 - 2007
American singer-songwriter and music producer Lee Hazlewood was a pioneer in the musical genre of country rock and wrote “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’".
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(1929-2007)
Entrepreneur, Songwriter, Music Producer, Singer
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Audrey Hepburn
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Philanthropist / 1929 - 1993
Actress Audrey Hepburn, star of Breakfast at Tiffany's, remains one of Hollywood's greatest style icons and one of the world's most successful actresses.
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(1929-1993)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Philanthropist
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Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Journalist, Author, Screenwriter / 1929 - 2005
Cuban born writer Guillermo Infante was a success for many works, including Tres tristes tigres, winning the Miguel Cervantes literary prize in 1997.
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(1929-2005)
Journalist, Author, Screenwriter
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Joseph Jackson
1929 -
Joseph Jackson is best known for being the father of of international pop superstar Michael Jackson.
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(1929-)
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Jerome Kagan
Scholar, Psychologist / 1929 -
Jerome Kagan is a professor of psychology at Harvard University and is regarded as key pioneer in the field of developmental psychology.
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(1929-)
Scholar, Psychologist
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Imre Kertész
Journalist, Author / 1929 -
Imre Kertész is a Hungarian writer who survived the Holocaust and went on to win the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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(1929-)
Journalist, Author
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Activist, Minister / 1929 - 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist, who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.
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(1929-1968)
Civil Rights Activist, Minister
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Paul C Lauterbur
Educator, Chemist / 1929 - 2007
Paul C. Lauterbur is an American chemist best known for his work in helping to develop magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for internal body structures scanning.
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(1929-2007)
Educator, Chemist
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Ursula K. Le Guin
1929 -
Ursula Le Guin is a writer known for her science fiction and high fantasy works and her various essays.
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(1929-)
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Ira Levin
Author, Playwright / 1929 - 2007
Author Ira Levin wrote some of the gripping novels of the 1960s and 1970s, including Rosemary's Baby and The Boys from Brazil.
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(1929-2007)
Author, Playwright
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Joey Lombardo
Organized Crime Boss / 1929 -
Joey Lombardo is best known for his mafia associations in Chicago and defrauding the Teamster's Union.
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(1929-)
Organized Crime Boss
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Magnus Magnusson
Game Show Host, Academic Author / 1929 - 2007
Magnus Magnusson was a writer and TV personality known for his 25 years on the BBC game show Mastermind.
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(1929-2007)
Game Show Host, Academic Author
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Imelda Marcos
Political Leader / 1929 -
Imelda Marcos spent more than 20 years as the first lady of the Philippines. She became infamous for her spending habits and enormous shoe collection.
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(1929-)
Political Leader
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Vera Miles
Actress / 1929 -
Vera Miles is a prolific American film and TV actress. She's best known for her role as Lila Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.
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(1929-)
Actress
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Fernanda Montenegro
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Entrepreneur / 1929 -
Regarded as Brazil's most talented actress, Fernanda Montenegro's career has spanned more than fifty years and included countless stage, TV and film roles.
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(1929-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Entrepreneur
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Bob Newhart
Television Actor / 1929 -
A low-key satirist, Bob Newhart starred in a series of TV sitcoms, The Bob Newhart Show (1971–1978), Newhart (1982–1990), and Bob (1992).
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(1929-)
Television Actor
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
U.S. First Lady, Publisher / 1929 - 1994
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, noted for her style and elegance, was the wife of President John F. Kennedy and a U.S. first lady. She later married Aristotle Onassis.
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(1929-1994)
U.S. First Lady, Publisher
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John Osborne
Theater Actor, Producer, Playwright / 1929 - 1994
British playwright John Osborne's Look Back in Anger ushered in a new movement in British drama and made him known as the first of the "Angry Young Men."
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(1929-1994)
Theater Actor, Producer, Playwright
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Buck Owens
Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer, Television Personality / 1929 - 2006
Country singer Buck Owens is one of several musicians credited with creating the Bakersfield Sound, which combines rock and classic country music.
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(1929-2006)
Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer, Television Personality
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Arnold Palmer
Golfer / 1929 -
Arnold Palmer, nicknamed "The King," is a former champion golfer and is considered one of the sport's all-time greats.
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(1929-)
Golfer
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Joan Plowright
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1929 -
Dame Joan Plowright is an English stage and film actress. She was married to Sir Laurence Olivier.
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(1929-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Christopher Plummer
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1929 -
Regarded as one of the most brilliant Canadian actors of his generation, Christopher Plummer played Captain Von Trapp in the 1965 movie The Sound of Music.
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(1929-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor
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Chaim Potok
Religious Leader, Editor, Author / 1929 - 2002
Rabbi and author Chaim Potok wrote The Chosen, along with several other novels featuring characters grappling with clashing secular and religious views.
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(1929-2002)
Religious Leader, Editor, Author
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Adrienne Rich
Scholar, Academic Author, Journalist, Poet / 1929 - 2012
Adrienne Rich is a U.S. poet, scholar and critic whose work exhibits her commitment to the women's movement and a lesbian/feminist aesthetic influence.
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(1929-2012)
Scholar, Academic Author, Journalist, Poet
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William Safire
Journalist, Author / 1929 - 2009
William Safire was a writer whose column "On Language" was a long-running feature of the New York Times Magazine.
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(1929-2009)
Journalist, Author
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Nicodemo Scarfo
Organized Crime Boss / 1929 -
Mob boss Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo controlled Philadelphia's organized crime for many years, even from prison.
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(1929-)
Organized Crime Boss
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Beverly Sills
Singer / 1929 - 2007
Beverly Sills is best known for her soprano voice as an opera performer. After many successful decades, she made her debut with the Met in 1975.
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(1929-2007)
Singer
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Omar Torrijos
General, Political Leader / 1929 - 1981
Omar Torrijos held dictator-like control over Panama from 1968 to 1978. During that time, he signed a treaty with the U.S. to bring the canal under Panamanian control.
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(1929-1981)
General, Political Leader
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Max von Sydow
Film Actor, Theater Actor / 1929 -
Max von Sydow is a Swedish stage and screen actor known for collaboration with director Ingmar Bergman in such films as The Seventh Seal.
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(1929-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor
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Barbara Walters
News Anchor, Television Producer, Journalist / 1929 -
TV Journalist Barbara Walters was on the Today show for 11 years. She is also the first woman to co-anchor a network (ABC) evening news program.
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(1929-)
News Anchor, Television Producer, Journalist
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Edward O. Wilson
Biologist / 1929 -
Edward O. Wilson is the world's foremost expert on ants, and proponent of sociobiology, which explores the genetic basis of social behavior.
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(1929-)
Biologist