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Don Adams
Television Actor, Comedian / 1923 - 2005
American actor and comedian Don Adams is best known for his role as secret agent Maxwell Smart on NBC's hit 1960s sitcom Get Smart.
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(1923-2005)
Television Actor, Comedian
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Mary Astor
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Journalist, Author / 1906 - 1987
Mary Astor was an Academy Award-winning actress of the stage and screen. Her best known role was in The Maltese Falcon.
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(1906-1987)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Journalist, Author
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Klaus Barbie
War Criminal, Military Leader / 1913 - 1991
Nazi leader Klaus Barbie was head of the Gestapo in Lyon from 1942 to 1944, and was held responsible for the death and deportation thousands.
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(1913-1991)
War Criminal, Military Leader
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Hugo Black
Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice, Political Leader / 1886 - 1971
Hugo Black is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential Supreme Court justices of the 20th century.
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(1886-1971)
Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice, Political Leader
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Billy Carter
1937 - 1988
Billy Carter is best known for his connections to his brother, Jimmy Carter, the former President of the United States.
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(1937-1988)
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Wangari Maathai
Environmental Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Government Official / 1940 - 2011
Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan political and environmental activist and her country's assistant minister of environment, natural resources and wildlife.
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(1940-2011)
Environmental Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Government Official
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Erich Maria Remarque
Author / 1898 - 1970
Novelist Erich Maria Remarque wrote All Quiet on the Western Front, which is perhaps the best-known and most representative novel dealing with World War I.
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(1898-1970)
Author
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Franco Modigliani
Economist / 1918 - 2003
Economist Franco Modigliani won a Nobel Prize in 1985 for his research of household savings and financial markets.
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(1918-2003)
Economist
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Emily Post
Writer / 1872 - 1960
Author Emily Post wrote her first book of etiquette in 1922. It went through 10 editions and 90 printings before her death in 1960.
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(1872-1960)
Writer
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Edward Said
Academic, Activist, Academic Author / 1935 - 2003
Although Edward Said was a literature professor at Columbia University, he also wrote about the way we discuss the Middle East in Orientalism.
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(1935-2003)
Academic, Activist, Academic Author
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John B. Watson
Psychologist, Academic Author / 1878 - 1958
Psychologist John B. Watson is remembered for codifying and publicizing behaviorism with his article “Psychology as a Behaviorist Views It” and other research.
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(1878-1958)
Psychologist, Academic Author
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Andy Williams
Singer, Television Personality / 1927 - 2012
Andy Williams is an American singer whose hits include “Moon River.” His Emmy-winning TV show entertained families during the 1960s and 1970s.
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(1927-2012)
Singer, Television Personality