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Roy Acuff
Singer / 1903 - 1992
Country musician Roy Acuff performed hits suchs as "It Won't Be Long" and "Tennessee Waltz" nearly every weekend on the Grand Ole' Opry during the 1930, 40s and 50s.
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(1903-1992)
Singer
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Cannonball Adderley
Saxophonist / 1928 - 1975
Jazz musician Cannonball Adderley played the alto saxophone with his own band and with Miles Davis in the ‘50s and ‘60s.
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(1928-1975)
Saxophonist
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Robert Benchley
Anti-War Activist, Film Actor, Comedian, Literary Critic, Journalist / 1889 - 1945
Robert Benchley was an American humorist, drama critic and film actor who is best known for his small roles in over 40 films, including How To Sleep.
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(1889-1945)
Anti-War Activist, Film Actor, Comedian, Literary Critic, Journalist
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Agatha Christie
Author, Playwright / 1890 - 1976
Agatha Christie was a mystery writer who was one of the world's top-selling authors with works like Murder on the Orient Express and The Mystery of the Blue Train.
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(1890-1976)
Author, Playwright
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Jackie Cooper
Film Actor, Television Actor, Television Producer / 1922 - 2011
Child actor Jackie Cooper was in the Our Gang short film series and the Little Rascals television show. He also starred in the 1931 film The Champ.
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(1922-2011)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Television Producer
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James Fenimore Cooper
Author / 1789 - 1851
James Fenimore Cooper was a 19th-century American novelist, best known for his Leatherstocking Tales, which included The Last of the Mohicans.
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(1789-1851)
Author
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David Copperfield
Magician, Philanthropist, Television Personality / 1956 -
David Copperfield is a world-famous magician whose tricks include making the Statue of Liberty disappear and walking through the Great Wall of China.
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(1956-)
Magician, Philanthropist, Television Personality
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Hrant Dink
Activist, Journalist / 1954 - 2007
Hrant Dink founded the Turkish-Armenian paper Agos and was murdered in 2007 after writing about the Armenian massacre, which authorities deny ever happened.
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(1954-2007)
Activist, Journalist
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Porfirio Díaz
General, Dictator, World Leader / 1830 - 1915
Porfirio Díaz was a soldier and president of Mexico who is best known for establishing a strong centralized state during his term.
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(1830-1915)
General, Dictator, World Leader
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François VI, duke de La Rochefoucauld
Writer / 1613 - 1680
French writer François VI, duke de La Rochefoucauld explored human behavior in 500 reflections he entitled Maximes.
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(1613-1680)
Writer
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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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Tommy Lee Jones
Film Actor, Television Actor, Director / 1946 -
Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor known for his roles in Men in Black, The Fugitive, No Country for Old Men and Lincoln (2012).
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(1946-)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Director
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Dan Marino
Football Player / 1961 -
Dan Marino was a Hall of Fame quarterback for the Miami Dolphins from 1984-2000.
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(1961-)
Football Player
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Claude McKay
Children's Activist, Civil Rights Activist, Author, Poet / 1890 - 1948
Claude McKay was a Jamaican-born poet and novelist whose Home to Harlem (1928) was the most popular novel written by an American black to that time.
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(1890-1948)
Children's Activist, Civil Rights Activist, Author, Poet
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Penny Singleton
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Singer / 1908 - 2003
Penny Singleton is an actress and singer who had a long career in show business and best known for her role as the legendary comic strip character Blondie.
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(1908-2003)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Singer
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Anne Moody
Civil Rights Activist, Journalist, Author / 1940 -
Anne Moody is an African-American author whose writings about her personal and political struggles during the American Civil Rights Movement became classic.
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(1940-)
Civil Rights Activist, Journalist, Author
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Jessye Norman
Singer / 1945 -
In the 1980s, Jessye Norman’s roles in Aïda and Les Troyen made her one of the most popular and highest paid soprano opera singers worldwide.
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(1945-)
Singer
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Prince Harry
Philanthropist, Pilot, Prince / 1984 -
Prince Harry is the second son of Charles, Prince of Wales and Princess Diana. He known for his teenage escapades and his charitable work.
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(1984-)
Philanthropist, Pilot, Prince
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Jean Renoir
Director, Producer / 1894 - 1979
French director Jean Renoir, son of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, directed C'est la Revolution and wrote a biography of his father in the 1960s.
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(1894-1979)
Director, Producer
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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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Oliver Stone
Director, Screenwriter / 1946 -
Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Oliver Stone is responsible for the hit films Platoon, Scarface, Born on the Fourth of July and Natural Born Killers.
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(1946-)
Director, Screenwriter
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William Howard Taft
Academic, Supreme Court Justice, U.S. President / 1857 - 1930
William Howard Taft, the 27th president of the United States, fulfilled a lifelong dream when he was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court, becoming the only person to have served as both a U.S. chief justice and president.
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(1857-1930)
Academic, Supreme Court Justice, U.S. President