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Hugh Hefner
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Hugh Hefner
Entrepreneur / 1926 -
Hugh Hefner created the adult entertainment magazine Playboy. Today, the Playboy brand includes an extensive publishing, TV and internet empire.
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Anna Wintour
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Anna Wintour
Editor / 1949 -
Anna Wintour is best known as the influential editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine, and for her iconic pageboy haircut and large sunglasses.
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Richard Branson
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Richard Branson
Entrepreneur / 1950 -
Entrepreneur Richard Branson launched Virgin Records in 1973. Today Virgin Group holds more than 200 companies in more than 30 countries.
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Gloria Steinem
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Gloria Steinem
Women's Rights Activist, Journalist / 1934 -
Social activist, writer, editor, and lecturer Gloria Steinem has been an outspoken champion of women's rights since the late 1960s.
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Vladimir Lenin
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Vladimir Lenin
Political Leader, Political Scientist, Journalist / 1870 - 1924
Vladimir Lenin was founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and architect and first head of the Soviet state.
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Rachael Ray
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Rachael Ray
Entrepreneur, Chef, Philanthropist, Television Personality / 1968 -
Celebrity chef Rachael Ray has hosted Food Network shows, authored lots of cookbooks, and has her own nationally syndicated television talk show, Rachael Ray.
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