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Peter Agre
Doctor / 1949 -
Peter Agre won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2003 for his discovery of the protein aquaporin which led to later important scientific breakthroughs.
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(1949-)
Doctor
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Neil Armstrong
Astronaut, Explorer, Pilot / 1930 - 2012
Astronaut, military pilot, and educator, Neil Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969, by becoming the first man to walk on the moon.
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(1930-2012)
Astronaut, Explorer, Pilot
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Michael Bloomberg
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Mayor / 1942 -
Michael Bloomberg is a billionaire buisnessman and a three-term mayor of New York City.
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(1942-)
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Mayor
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Guion S. Bluford
Astronaut, Pilot, Scientist / 1942 -
Bluford became the first African American to travel in space in 1983, as a mission specialist aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
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(1942-)
Astronaut, Pilot, Scientist
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Bill Bradley
Basketball Player, U.S. Representative / 1943 -
Bill Bradley is known for turning his basketball fame into a political career in the US Senate and as a candidate for the Presidency in 1999.
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(1943-)
Basketball Player, U.S. Representative
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Stephen Breyer
Judge / 1938 -
Stephen Breyer is a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, having been nominated by President Bill Clinton.
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(1938-)
Judge
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Publisher, Poet / 1919 -
American poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti was one of the founders of the Beat movement in San Francisco in the mid-1950s.
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(1919-)
Publisher, Poet
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Gerald Ford
Lawyer, U.S. President, U.S. Vice President, U.S. Representative / 1913 - 2006
Gerald Ford became the 38th president of the United States following Richard Nixon's resignation, in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal.
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(1913-2006)
Lawyer, U.S. President, U.S. Vice President, U.S. Representative
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Steve Fossett
Business Leader, Pilot / 1944 - 2007
Steve Fossett was an American businessman and adventurer best known for circumnavigating the globe in a hot air balloon in 2002.
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(1944-2007)
Business Leader, Pilot
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Robert Gates
Government Official / 1943 -
Robert Gates served as director of the CIA under George H.W. Bush before serving as secretary of defense under presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
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(1943-)
Government Official
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William Hanna
Artist, Director, Producer, Television Producer / 1910 - 2001
William Hanna was half of the cartoon-producing team of Hanna-Barbera, who created Tom & Jerry, Yogi Bear and The Flintstones.
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(1910-2001)
Artist, Director, Producer, Television Producer
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Jon Huntsman
Diplomat, Governor / 1960 -
Jon Huntsman, former governor of Utah and U.S. Ambassador to China became a candidate for the Republican Party nomination for President in 2012.
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(1960-)
Diplomat, Governor
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Alfred Kinsey
Anthropologist, Educator, Biologist, Zoologist, Academic Author, Journalist / 1894 - 1956
Biologist Alfred Kinsey wrote Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, which was based on research he and his colleagues conducted at the Institute for Sex Research.
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(1894-1956)
Anthropologist, Educator, Biologist, Zoologist, Academic Author, Journalist
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David Lynch
Director / 1946 -
David Lynch is a film director and screenwriter known for his dark, offbeat films, notable Blue Velvet and Eraserhead
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(1946-)
Director
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Michael Moore
Anti-War Activist, Comedian, Director, Television Personality / 1954 -
Michael Moore is a documentary filmmaker and satirist. His debut film was Roger & Me which became the highest-grossing American documentary of the time.
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(1954-)
Anti-War Activist, Comedian, Director, Television Personality
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John Murtha
Anti-War Activist, U.S. Representative / 1932 - 2010
John Murtha was appointed to the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of GOP Rep. John P. Saylor.
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(1932-2010)
Anti-War Activist, U.S. Representative
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Henry Paulson
Business Leader, Government Official / 1946 -
Henry Paulson was CEO of Goldman Sachs until he became secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury in 2006. As such, he developed a bailout program.
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(1946-)
Business Leader, Government Official
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Ross Perot
Business Leader / 1930 -
American businessman Ross Perot ran for the U.S. presidency as an independent candidate twice, in 1992 and 1996. He is one of the most successful third-party candidates in American history.
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(1930-)
Business Leader
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Rick Perry
Governor / 1950 -
Republican politician Rick Perry was elected governor of Texas in 2000, and ran for the Republican nomination for the 2012 presidential race.
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(1950-)
Governor
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Kevin Rose
Entrepreneur / 1977 -
Kevin Rose is an Internet entrepreneur, as well as the founder and CEO of Digg, a popular social news website.
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(1977-)
Entrepreneur
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Donald Rumsfeld
Military Leader, Government Official / 1932 -
Donald Rumsfeld is a political figure known for being the secretary of defense under both President Gerald Ford and President George W. Bush.
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(1932-)
Military Leader, Government Official
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Steven Spielberg
Director, Producer / 1946 -
Academy Award-winning filmmaker, director and producer Steven Spielberg's films include Jaws, The Color Purple and Schindler's List.
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(1946-)
Director, Producer
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Percy Sutton
Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer / 1920 - 2009
Percy Sutton was a Freedom Rider, civil rights activist and prominent African-American lawyer best known for representing Malcolm X.
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(1920-2009)
Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer
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Sam Walton
Entrepreneur / 1918 - 1992
Sam Walton was an American businessman best known for founding the retail chain Wal-Mart, which grew to be the world’s largest corporation.
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(1918-1992)
Entrepreneur
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William Westmoreland
General / 1914 - 2005
William Westmoreland was a U.S. Army general who made a name for himself as commander of American troops in Vietnam.
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(1914-2005)
General
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Charles Whitman
Murderer / 1941 - 1966
Charles Whitman was a former Marine and sniper who killed 16 people at the University of Texas in 1966.
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(1941-1966)
Murderer