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Clay Aiken
Theater Actor, Singer, Television Personality / 1978 -
After coming in second on American Idol, Clay Aiken’s released his debut album, Measure of Man, which sold 3 million copies and made No.1 on the Billboard 200.
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(1978-)
Theater Actor, Singer, Television Personality
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Gael García Bernal
Film Actor, Filmmaker / 1978 -
Mexican actor and director Gael García Bernal starred as Che Guevera in The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) and as Stéphane Miroux in The Science of Sleep (2006).
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(1978-)
Film Actor, Filmmaker
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Michael Beschloss
Historian, Television Personality, Academic Author, Journalist / 1955 -
Michael Beschloss is an historian and who has written on the John F. Kennedy presidency as well as making frequent appearances on CNN and other news programs.
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(1955-)
Historian, Television Personality, Academic Author, Journalist
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Shirley Chisholm
U.S. Representative / 1924 - 2005
Shirley Chisholm was the first black congresswoman, and the first African-American woman to make a bid for the U.S. Presidency.
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(1924-2005)
U.S. Representative
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Winston Churchill
Prime Minister, Journalist / 1874 - 1965
As prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill rallied the British people during WWII, and led his country from the brink of defeat to victory.
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(1874-1965)
Prime Minister, Journalist
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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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Cherie Currie
Film Actress, Television Actress, Singer / 1959 -
Cherie Currie is a singer and actress who fronted the influential band The Runaways.
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(1959-)
Film Actress, Television Actress, Singer
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Jessalyn Gilsig
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1971 -
Actress Jessalyn Gilsig caught her first big break when she appeared on the legal drama, The Practice. In 2003 she joined the cast of FOX's Nip/Tuck.
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(1971-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Abbie Hoffman
Civil Rights Activist, Environmental Activist, Anti-War Activist, Journalist / 1936 - 1989
Abbie Hoffman, American political activist and founder of the Youth International Party (Yippies), was known for his successful media events.
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(1936-1989)
Civil Rights Activist, Environmental Activist, Anti-War Activist, Journalist
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Larry Hoover
Drug Dealer, White Collar Criminal, Murderer, Thief, Organized Crime Boss / 1950 -
Larry Hoover, also known as "King Larry," is the notorious former leader of the Gangster Disciple Nation, a Chicago street gang that spread nationwide.
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(1950-)
Drug Dealer, White Collar Criminal, Murderer, Thief, Organized Crime Boss
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Billy Idol
Guitarist, Singer / 1955 -
In 1981, punk rock musician Billy Idol launched his solo career with the release of Don't Stop, then formed a new band that released four successful records.
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(1955-)
Guitarist, Singer
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Bo Jackson
Baseball Player, Football Player / 1962 -
Bo Jackson came to fame in the 1980s as a multitalented athlete, who excelled in baseball, football, and track at an early age.
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(1962-)
Baseball Player, Football Player
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David Mamet
Playwright, Screenwriter / 1947 -
David Mamet is a playwright and screenwriter known for such heady works as American Buffalo and Glengarry Glen Ross.
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(1947-)
Playwright, Screenwriter
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Mindy McCready
Singer / 1975 - 2013
Mindy McCready was best known for her hit country music album Ten Thousand Angels, as well as for her ongoing personal struggles. At the age of 37, she was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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(1975-2013)
Singer
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Author / 1874 - 1942
Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian writer well known for her novel Anne of Green Gables.
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(1874-1942)
Author
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Andrea Palladio
Architect, Journalist / 1508 - 1580
Andrea Palladio was an influential Classical Italian architect in the 1500s.
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(1508-1580)
Architect, Journalist
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Gordon Parks
Photographer, Director, Songwriter, Pianist, Writer / 1912 - 2006
Gordon Parks was an African-American photographer, filmmaker and author, best known for his work published in LIFE magazine and for directing the hit movie Shaft.
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(1912-2006)
Photographer, Director, Songwriter, Pianist, Writer
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Amy Ryan
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1969 -
Amy Ryan is an American actress from Queens, New York known for her roles in Gone Baby Gone, and television's The Wire and The Office.
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(1969-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Ridley Scott
Director, Producer / 1937 -
Ridley Scott is an English director and producer, whose notable hits include Thelma and Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down. He is also recognized as the older brother of director Tony Scott, who committed suicide in August 2012.
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(1937-)
Director, Producer
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Ben Stiller
Film Actor / 1965 -
Actor and director Ben Stiller is responsible for such funny films as There's Something About Mary, Zoolander, and Meet the Fockers.
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(1965-)
Film Actor
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Lawrence H. Summers
Educator, Economist / 1954 -
Lawrence Summers served as chief economist of World Bank, secretary of the U.S. Treasury, Harvard president and director of the National Economic Council.
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(1954-)
Educator, Economist
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Jonathan Swift
Writer / 1667 - 1745
Jonathan Swift was an Irish author and satirist. Best known for writing Gulliver's Travels, he was dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.
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(1667-1745)
Writer
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Henry Taube
Academic, Chemist / 1915 - 2005
Henry Taube was the first Canadian-born scientist to win the Nobel Prize in chemistry for work in electron transfer reactions.
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(1915-2005)
Academic, Chemist
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Mark Twain
Writer / 1835 - 1910
An adventurer and wily intellectual, Mark Twain wrote the classic American novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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(1835-1910)
Writer
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Bill Walsh
Coach / 1931 - 2007
Bill Walsh is known for his success as an head coach in the NFL, mostly with the San Francisco 49ers.
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(1931-2007)
Coach
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Oliver Winchester
Entrepreneur / 1810 - 1880
Oliver Fisher Winchester operated the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., which provided rifles and ammunition used in the Civil War and by American settlers.
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(1810-1880)
Entrepreneur