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Peter Agre
Doctor / 1949 -
Peter Agre won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2003 for his discovery of the protein aquaporin which led to later important scientific breakthroughs.
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(1949-)
Doctor
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Loni Anderson
Film Actress, Television Actress, Pin-up / 1946 -
Loni Anderson is a TV actress notable for her sexy role as Jennifer Marlowe on the series WKRP in Cincinnati.
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(1946-)
Film Actress, Television Actress, Pin-up
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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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James Arness
Television Actor, Radio Personality / 1923 - 2011
James Arness is an American actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon on the TV show Gunsmoke for 20 years.
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(1923-2011)
Television Actor, Radio Personality
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Jessica Biel
Activist, Film Actress, Television Actress / 1982 -
Jessica Biel is a Hollywood sex symbol and actress, known for her work in the series 7th Heaven and films like The Illusionist and Total Recall.
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(1982-)
Activist, Film Actress, Television Actress
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Robert Bly
Anti-War Activist, Journalist, Author, Poet / 1926 -
American poet and activist Robert Bly is best known for writing Iron John: A Book About Men which is credited for starting the Mythopoetic men's movement.
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(1926-)
Anti-War Activist, Journalist, Author, Poet
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Warren Burger
Supreme Court Justice / 1907 - 1995
Warren Burger was the 15th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court after being nominated by President Richard Nixon.
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(1907-1995)
Supreme Court Justice
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Melvin Calvin
Educator, Chemist / 1911 - 1997
Melvin Calvin was an American biochemist who received the 1961 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of the chemical pathways of photosynthesis.
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(1911-1997)
Educator, Chemist
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Eddie Cochran
Musician / 1938 - 1960
Rock n' roll pioneer Eddie Cochran hit it big with songs "Summertime Blues" and "C'mon Everybody" before a car crash ended his life in 1960.
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(1938-1960)
Musician
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Ethan Coen
Director, Screenwriter / 1957 -
Screenwriter Ethan Coen and his brother have written numerous award-winning films including Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Fargo, and No Country for Old Men.
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(1957-)
Director, Screenwriter
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Joel Coen
Director, Screenwriter / 1954 -
Director Joel Coen and his brother made their screen debut in 1984 with the first of many films dedicated to a filmmaking style that is notably eccentric.
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(1954-)
Director, Screenwriter
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William O. Douglas
Educator, Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice, Government Official / 1898 - 1980
William O. Douglas was a government official who in 1939 became the second youngest Supreme Court justice in U.S. history.
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(1898-1980)
Educator, Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice, Government Official
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Bob Dylan
Songwriter, Singer / 1941 -
Bob Dylan is a folk rock singer-songwriter whose career began in the early 1960s with songs that chronicled social issues like war and civil rights.
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(1941-)
Songwriter, Singer
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Author / 1896 - 1940
American short-story writer and novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for his turbulent personal life and his famous novel The Great Gatsby.
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(1896-1940)
Author
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Judy Garland
Film Actress, Television Actress, Pin-up, Singer / 1922 - 1969
Actress and singer Judy Garland was the star of many classic musical films, and was known for her tremendous talent and troubled life.
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(1922-1969)
Film Actress, Television Actress, Pin-up, Singer
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J. Paul Getty
Art Collector, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist / 1892 - 1976
Billionaire businessman J. Paul Getty became president of the Getty Oil Company after his father George Getty’s death. His Getty Foundation funds the J. Paul Getty Museum and other artist endeavors.
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(1892-1976)
Art Collector, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
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Terry Gilliam
Film Actor, Television Actor, Artist, Comedian, Filmmaker / 1940 -
Terry Gilliam is a filmmaker and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Two of his hit films include 12 Monkeys and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
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(1940-)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Artist, Comedian, Filmmaker
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Peter Graves
Actor, Television Personality / 1926 - 2010
Peter Graves was an enormously successful film and TV actor. He is known for his role in Airplane! and for hosting A&E's signature series Biography.
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(1926-2010)
Actor, Television Personality
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John Hawkes
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1959 -
Veteran character actor John Hawkes has appeared on TV in Deadwood and such films as Winter's Bone and The Sessions.
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(1959-)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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George Roy Hill
Director, Producer / 1921 - 2002
Director George Roy Hill produced some of the most popular films of the 1960s and 1970s, including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
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(1921-2002)
Director, Producer
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Tim Kaine
Lawyer, Governor / 1958 -
Democrat Tim Kaine served as governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010, and is currently a member of the U.S. Senate.
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(1958-)
Lawyer, Governor
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Garrison Keillor
Radio Personality, Writer / 1942 -
Humor writer and radio personality Garrison Keillor hosts the program A Prairie Home Companion and tells stories about the fictional town Lake Wobegon.
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(1942-)
Radio Personality, Writer
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Peter Krause
Television Actor / 1965 -
Peter Krause is an American actor who found fame playing lead roles on television series such as HBO's Six Feet Under and NBC's Parenthood.
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(1965-)
Television Actor
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Jessica Lange
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1949 -
Jessica Lange is an award-winning American actress best known for her roles in King Kong, Tootsie and Grey Gardens.
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(1949-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Sinclair Lewis
Journalist, Author / 1885 - 1951
Sinclair Lewis was a journalist and Nobel Prize winning novelist known for 20th century works like Main Street, Elmer Gantry and Babbitt.
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(1885-1951)
Journalist, Author
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Catharine A. MacKinnon
Educator, Women's Rights Activist, Lawyer / 1946 -
Lawyer and feminist Catharine Alice MacKinnon established the legal claim that sexual harassment is sex discrimination.
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(1946-)
Educator, Women's Rights Activist, Lawyer
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John Madden
Coach, Television Personality / 1936 -
John Madden is a former NFL Raiders coach and Fox broadcaster. He has won 13 Emmy awards for outstanding sports personality/analyst.
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(1936-)
Coach, Television Personality
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Roger Maris
Athlete / 1934 - 1985
American baseball player Roger Maris hit 61 home runs in 1961 to break the single-season record held by the legendary Babe Ruth.
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(1934-1985)
Athlete
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E.G. Marshall
Actor / 1914 - 1998
Actor E.G. Marshall starred on Broadway in the original runs of The Crucible and Waiting for Godot before becoming a film and TV star.
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(1914-1998)
Actor
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Eugene J. McCarthy
Educator, U.S. Representative, Author / 1916 - 2005
American politician Eugene J. McCarthy challenged Lyndon B. Johnson in the race for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination, which led to Johnson's withdrawal.
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(1916-2005)
Educator, U.S. Representative, Author
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Tammy Faye Messner
Evangelist, Reality Television Star / 1942 - 2007
Tammy Faye Messner was the wife of disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker, with whom she hosted The 700 Club and the Praise the Lord Club. The couple split in 1992, after Jim Bakker's affair with a church secretary surfaced.
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(1942-2007)
Evangelist, Reality Television Star
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Walter Mondale
U.S. Vice President, U.S. Representative / 1928 -
Walter Mondale is a politician who was a U.S. senator, vice president under President Jimmy Carter and presidential candidate.
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(1928-)
U.S. Vice President, U.S. Representative
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Tim Pawlenty
Lawyer, Governor / 1960 -
Attorney and politician Tim Pawlenty is a former Republican Minnesota state senator, and served as governor of Minnesota from 2003 to 2009.
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(1960-)
Lawyer, Governor
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Robert Pirsig
Educator, Philosopher, Journalist / 1928 -
American author Robert Pirsig is best known for his philosophical novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (1974).
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(1928-)
Educator, Philosopher, Journalist
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Prince
Songwriter, Music Producer, Singer / 1958 -
American musician Prince achieved wide fame in the 1980s with 1999 and Purple Rain, the latter album sharing a title with a film starring the musician.
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(1958-)
Songwriter, Music Producer, Singer
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Marion Ross
Television Actress / 1928 -
Actress Marion Ross became one of America's favorite television moms in the 1970s for playing "Mrs. C" on the sitcom Happy Days.
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(1928-)
Television Actress
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Winona Ryder
Film Actress / 1971 -
Winona Ryder is a film actress known for dark, quirky roles in such films as Heathers and Girl, Interrupted.
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(1971-)
Film Actress
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Charles Schulz
Illustrator, Writer / 1922 - 2000
Charles Schulz was a cartoonist best known for creating the one of the world's most successful comic strips, Peanuts.
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(1922-2000)
Illustrator, Writer
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Richard W. Sears
Entrepreneur / 1863 - 1914
Richard W. Sears was an American merchant who is best known for developing his mail-order jewelry business into the retail company Sears, Roebuck.
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(1863-1914)
Entrepreneur
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Toni Stone
Baseball Player / 1921 - 1996
Toni "Tomboy" Stone made history in 1953 when she joined the Negro Leagues, making her the first woman ever to play professionally in a men's league.
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(1921-1996)
Baseball Player
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Cheryl Tiegs
Entrepreneur, Pin-up / 1947 -
All-American model Cheryl Tiegs appeared in numerous photo shoots with high profile magazines like Vogue, Elle, and Sports Illustrated, in the 1970s.
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(1947-)
Entrepreneur, Pin-up
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Anne Tyler
Editor, Author / 1941 -
Anne Tyler is an American novelist best known for writing The Accidental Tourist (1985) which was made into a movie in 1988 starring William Hurt and Geena Davis.
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(1941-)
Editor, Author
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Vince Vaughn
Film Actor / 1970 -
Vince Vaughn is an actor known chiefly for comedies such as Old School, Wedding Crashers and Couple's Retreat.
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(1970-)
Film Actor
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Jesse Ventura
Film Actor, Athlete, Governor / 1951 -
Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura went on to a career in acting and politics, becoming the governor of Minnesota.
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(1951-)
Film Actor, Athlete, Governor
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DeWitt Wallace
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Publisher / 1889 - 1981
DeWitt Wallace was an American publisher and, with his wife, founder of Reader's Digest magazine. The couple supported numerous philanthropic causes.
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(1889-1981)
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Publisher
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Richard Widmark
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1914 - 2008
Actor Richard Widmark had a long and successful film career and is best known for his shocking debut as a psychopath in Kiss of Death.
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(1914-2008)
Film Actor, Television Actor