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Joan Baez
Children's Activist, Civil Rights Activist, Environmental Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Guitarist, Singer / 1941 -
Joan Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter and activist who is best known for her distinctive voice and for her role in popularizing the music of Bob Dylan.
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(1941-)
Children's Activist, Civil Rights Activist, Environmental Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Guitarist, Singer
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Edward Brooke
U.S. Representative / 1919 -
Lawyer Edward Brooke was the first African American to be popularly elected to the U.S. Senate. He served two terms and had an affair with Barbara Walters.
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(1919-)
U.S. Representative
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Grace Bumbry
Singer / 1937 -
American mezzo-soprano and soprano Grace Bumbry is considered one of the leading opera singers of her generation.
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(1937-)
Singer
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John Cazale
Film Actor, Theater Actor / 1935 - 1978
Despite only having held five feature film roles, John Cazale proved to be one of the great character actors of the 1970s. He played Fredo in The Godfather.
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(1935-1978)
Film Actor, Theater Actor
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Geena Davis
Women's Rights Activist, Film Actress, Television Actress / 1956 -
Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis played Thelma in the 1991 cult classic Thelma & Louise, starring opposite Susan Sarandon.
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(1956-)
Women's Rights Activist, Film Actress, Television Actress
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Rocco DiSpirito
Chef, Radio Talk Show Host, Reality Television Star / 1966 -
Rocco DiSpirito is an American celebrity chef best known for his cooking show The Melting Pot and reality show The Restaurant.
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(1966-)
Chef, Radio Talk Show Host, Reality Television Star
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Olympia Dukakis
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1931 -
Olympia Dukakis received a 1988 Academy Award for her supporting role as Cher’s mom in the film Moonstruck.
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(1931-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Faye Dunaway
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1941 -
Faye Dunaway is a revered Oscar-winning actress known for her work in films like Bonnie and Clyde, The Thomas Crown Affair, Chinatown and Network.
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(1941-)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Nina Garcia
Reality Television Star, Journalist / 1967 -
Marie Claire’s fashion director Nina Garcia established herself as a fashion expert by serving as a judge on the television show Project Runway for all seven seasons.
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(1967-)
Reality Television Star, Journalist
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Tipper Gore
Photographer, Political Leader, Journalist / 1948 -
Photographer and activist Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore, co-founded the Parents' Music Resource Center, and was Clinton’s mental health advisor.
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(1948-)
Photographer, Political Leader, Journalist
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Carolyn Bessette Kennedy
1966 - 1999
Carolyn Bessette Kennedy married John F. Kennedy Jr. and was considered a trendsetter and fashion icon. She died in a small plane crash in 1999.
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(1966-1999)
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Activist, Minister / 1929 - 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist, who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.
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(1929-1968)
Civil Rights Activist, Minister
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Philip Markoff
Murderer, Thief / 1986 - 2010
Philip Markoff answered a Craigslist ad for massage services, met a masseuse/former call girl, and killed her, becoming known as the "Craigslist killer."
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(1986-2010)
Murderer, Thief
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Bob McDonnell
Governor / 1954 -
Bob McDonnell, a prominent Republican politician, became governor of Virginia in 2010.
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(1954-)
Governor
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Bill O'Reilly
Talk Show Host, Journalist / 1949 -
Bill O'Reilly is best known for his cable news program, The O'Reilly Factor, which has been airing on Fox News since 2001, and is also a bestselling author of several books. Until 2009, he ran a popular radio show, The Radio Factor.
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(1949-)
Talk Show Host, Journalist
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Paul Reubens
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1952 -
Paul Ruebens is an American actor, writer, film producer and comedian best known as his alter ego, Pee-wee Herman, on the Pee-wee Herman Show.
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(1952-)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Anne Sexton
Poet / 1928 - 1974
Poet Anne Sexton wrote the collections To Bedlam and Part Way Back, as well as Live or Die, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize. She committed suicide in 1974.
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(1928-1974)
Poet
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Marisa Tomei
Actress / 1964 -
Oscar-winning actress Marisa Tomei has starred in a number of successful films, including My Cousin Vinny, In the Bedroom and The Wrestler.
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(1964-)
Actress
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Danny Wood
Actor, Music Producer, Singer / 1969 -
Danny Wood is in New Kids on the Block, a boy band of five guys who ruled the charts in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and reunited in 2013.
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(1969-)
Actor, Music Producer, Singer