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David Hartman
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David Hartman
Talk Show Host / 1935 -
David Hartman is an actor and TV personality who got his big break in 1975 as the first host of the morning show Good Morning America. -
Annie Smith Peck
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- Famous Libras
- Famous People Named Annie
Annie Smith Peck
Athlete, Journalist / 1850 - 1935
Climber Annie Smith Peck forged new ground for women in sports. In 1908, she set the record for the highest climb in the Western Hemisphere at the age of 58.
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Meredith Vieira
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- Female Talk Show Hosts
- Famous Capricorns
- Famous Talk Show Hosts
Meredith Vieira
Talk Show Host, News Anchor / 1953 -
Meredith Vieira is an Emmy Award-winning television journalist and the current co-anchor of The Today Show.
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Cormac McCarthy
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- Famous Playwrights
- Famous Fiction Authors
Cormac McCarthy
Author, Playwright / 1933 -
Cormac McCarthy is a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist best known for his Border Trilogy, including All the Pretty Horses.
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Prudence Crandall
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- Famous Teachers
- Famous Virgoans
Prudence Crandall
Educator, Civil Rights Activist / 1803 - 1890
Prudence Crandall was an American schoolteacher who stirred controversy when she insisted on educating African-American girls in Canterbury, Connecticut.
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Matthew C. Perry
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- Famous Arians
- Famous Military Leaders
Matthew C. Perry
Military Leader, Diplomat / 1794 - 1794
Matthew C. Perry was a 19th century U.S. Naval officer who fought in the Mexican War and headed an important naval expedition to Japan.
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