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Dorothy Dandridge
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Dorothy Dandridge
Film Actress, Pin-up, Singer / 1922 - 1965
Dorothy Dandridge was an American actress and popular singer, and was the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for best actress.
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Richard Strauss
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- Famous Geminis
- Famous Songwriters and Composers
- Famous Germans
Richard Strauss
Songwriter / 1864 - 1949
Richard Strauss was a leading German classical composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras best known for his operas Der Rosenkavalier and Salome.
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André Derain
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- Famous Geminis
- Famous Illustrators
- Famous Painters
André Derain
Illustrator, Painter / 1880 - 1954
André Derain was a French painter of the Fauvist school and a book illustrator. He was friends with Henri Matisse.
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Roy Wilkins
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- Famous Harlem Residents
- Famous Virgoans
- Famous Black Activists
Roy Wilkins
Civil Rights Activist, Editor, Journalist / 1901 - 1981
Roy Wilkins was best known as the executive director of the NAACP and a leader of the African-American civil rights movement.
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Ann Lee
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- Famous Pisceans
- Famous People Named Lee
- Famous People Born on February 29
Ann Lee
Religious Leader / 1736 - 1784
British religious leader Ann Lee, also known as "Mother Ann," had a vision of the second coming of Christ, which led her to found an American society of Shakers.
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Willard Libby
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- Famous Sagittarians
- Famous Chemists
- Famous Scientists
Willard Libby
Chemist / 1908 - 1980
Willard Libby was a chemist whose technique of carbon-14 dating provided an extremely valuable tool for a variety of scientists.
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