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Patsy Cline
Pianist, Singer / 1932 - 1963
Patsy Cline was a celebrated country singer best known for her crossover hits, including "Crazy" and "Walking After Midnight."
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(1932-1963)
Pianist, Singer
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James Coburn
Actor / 1928 - 2002
James Coburn was a prolific Oscar-winning film and TV actor known for projects like Our Man Flint and Affliction.
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(1928-2002)
Actor
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Ethan Coen
Director, Screenwriter / 1957 -
Screenwriter Ethan Coen and his brother have written numerous award-winning films including Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Fargo, and No Country for Old Men.
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(1957-)
Director, Screenwriter
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Leonard Cohen
Songwriter, Singer, Poet / 1934 -
Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen is known for his poetic lyrics and baritone voice. He's received acclaim for such songs as "Hallelujah" and "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye."
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(1934-)
Songwriter, Singer, Poet
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Mickey Cohen
Boxer, Murderer, Organized Crime Boss / 1913 - 1976
Mickey Cohen became the West Coast racket boss in 1947, after his mentor and predecessor, Bugsy Siegel, was assassinated.
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(1913-1976)
Boxer, Murderer, Organized Crime Boss
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Claudette Colbert
Film Actress, Theater Actress / 1903 - 1996
Actress Claudette Colbert was known for her trademark bangs, her velvety, purring voice, her confident, intelligent style, and her subtle, graceful acting.
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(1903-1996)
Film Actress, Theater Actress
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Zendaya Coleman
Television Actress, Singer, Reality Television Star / 1996 -
Actress and singer Zendaya Coleman first came to fame in 2010 as one of the stars of the television comedy Shake It Up.
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(1996-)
Television Actress, Singer, Reality Television Star
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Marva Collins
Educator, Civil Rights Activist / 1936 -
Teacher Marva Collins was one of the most influential education activists of the 20th century, working to gain equal access for minorities to quality education.
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(1936-)
Educator, Civil Rights Activist
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Chris Columbus
Director, Producer, Screenwriter / 1958 -
Chris Columbus is a screenwriter, director, and producer. He sold his screenplay, Gremlins, to Steven Spielberg, and also directed some Harry Potter movies.
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(1958-)
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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Claudette Colvin
Civil Rights Activist, Medical Professional / 1939 -
Claudette Colvin was a civil rights activist in Alabama during the 1950s. She refused to give up her seat on a bus months before Rosa Parks' more famous protest.
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(1939-)
Civil Rights Activist, Medical Professional
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Sean Connery
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Producer / 1930 -
Oscar-winning Scottish actor Sean Connery played "007" in the first James Bond spy movies. He also played the Indiane Jones's father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
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(1930-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Producer
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Harry Connick Jr.
Film Actor, Songwriter, Pianist, Singer / 1967 -
Charitable New Orleans heartthrob Harry Connick, Jr. is popularly known as both a jazz musician and an actor.
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(1967-)
Film Actor, Songwriter, Pianist, Singer
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Cyril Connolly
Scholar, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Editor, Publisher, Journalist, Author / 1903 - 1974
Cyril Connolly was an English literary critic, essayist, and novelist.
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(1903-1974)
Scholar, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Editor, Publisher, Journalist, Author
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Jimmy Connors
Tennis Player / 1952 -
Known for his aggressive play and fiery temper, tennis player Jimmy Connors won three grand-slam tournaments in 1974, U.S. Open, Australian Open, and Wimbledon.
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(1952-)
Tennis Player
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Jackie Cooper
Film Actor, Television Actor, Television Producer / 1922 - 2011
Child actor Jackie Cooper was in the Our Gang short film series and the Little Rascals television show. He also starred in the 1931 film The Champ.
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(1922-2011)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Television Producer
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James Fenimore Cooper
Author / 1789 - 1851
James Fenimore Cooper was a 19th-century American novelist, best known for his Leatherstocking Tales, which included The Last of the Mohicans.
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(1789-1851)
Author
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David Copperfield
Magician, Philanthropist, Television Personality / 1956 -
David Copperfield is a world-famous magician whose tricks include making the Statue of Liberty disappear and walking through the Great Wall of China.
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(1956-)
Magician, Philanthropist, Television Personality
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John Warcup Cornforth
Academic, Chemist / 1917 -
John Warcup Cornforth is an Australian scientist who won the 1975 Nobel Prize for his research in stereochemistry and enzyme-based synthesis.
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(1917-)
Academic, Chemist
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Elvis Costello
Songwriter, Singer / 1954 -
British singer/songwriter Elvis Costello extended the lyrical range of punk and new-wave music with songs like "Everyday I Write the Book" and "Veronica."
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(1954-)
Songwriter, Singer
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Natalie Coughlin
Professional Swimmer / 1982 -
Swimmer Natalie Coughlin has won more than 10 Olympic medals in her career, including two gold medals at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
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(1982-)
Professional Swimmer
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Dave Coulier
Television Actor / 1959 -
Dave Coulier is a comedic actor who played Joey Gladstone on the long-running TV sitcom Full House.
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(1959-)
Television Actor
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David Coverdale
Singer / 1951 -
David Coverdale founded Whitesnake, a rock band that achieved wide fame in the late 1980s, with the No. 1 song "Here I Go Again."
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(1951-)
Singer
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Malcolm Cowley
Historian, Literary Critic, Journalist / 1898 - 1989
Malcolm Crowley was a literary critic and social historian who took part in Depression-era political debate.
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(1898-1989)
Historian, Literary Critic, Journalist
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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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(1803-1890)
Educator, Civil Rights Activist
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Hawley Crippen
Murderer, Doctor / 1862 - 1910
Hawley Crippen became the first criminal to be caught with the aid of wireless communication when police arrested him in 1910 for murdering his wife.
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(1862-1910)
Murderer, Doctor
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Arthur Crudup
Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer / 1905 - 1974
"The Father of Rock 'n Roll" Arthur Crudup (1905–1974) was an early electric guitarist and composer of blues standards "That's All Right" and "Rock Me Mama."
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(1905-1974)
Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer
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Robert Crumb
Illustrator, Singer, Author / 1943 -
American illustrator and artist Robert Crumb is best known for his distinctive style and satirical tone and creating the cartoon character Fritz the Cat.
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(1943-)
Illustrator, Singer, Author
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Macaulay Culkin
Film Actor / 1980 -
Macaulay Culkin is an actor known mostly for his childhood roles in such films as My Girl and Home Alone.
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(1980-)
Film Actor
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Andrew Cunanan
Serial Killer / 1969 - 1997
Andrew Cunanan was a serial murder who killed fashion designer Gianni Versace, and at least four other people, before commiting suicide in a Miami houseboat.
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(1969-1997)
Serial Killer
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Jane Curtin
Film Actress, Television Actress, Comedian / 1947 -
American actress Jane Curtin rose to fame in 1975 as one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live. She went on to star in the popular sitcoms Kate & Allie (1984) and 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996).
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(1947-)
Film Actress, Television Actress, Comedian
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Billy Ray Cyrus
Film Actor, Television Actor, Songwriter, Singer / 1961 -
Billy Ray Cyrus is a country singer/songwriter who is perhaps now more famous for his TV and film roles than for his music.
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(1961-)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Songwriter, Singer
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Roald Dahl
Author / 1916 - 1990
Children's author Roald Dahl wrote the kids' classics Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach, among other famous works. He was married to actress Patricia Neal.
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(1916-1990)
Author
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John Dalton
Educator, Scholar, Chemist, Meteorologist, Journalist / 1766 - 1844
Chemist John Dalton is credited with pioneering modern atomic theory. He was also the first to study color blindness.
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(1766-1844)
Educator, Scholar, Chemist, Meteorologist, Journalist
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Jacques-Louis David
Painter / 1748 - 1825
Jacques-Louis David was a 19th century painter who is considered to be the principal proponent of the Neoclassical style, which moved art briskly away from the previous Rococo period. His most famous works include "The Death of Marat" and "Napoleon Crossing the Alps."
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(1748-1825)
Painter
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Charles G. Dawes
Diplomat, U.S. Vice President, Minister / 1865 - 1951
Charles G. Dawes was a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize who became the 30th U.S. vice president under Calvin Coolidge.
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(1865-1951)
Diplomat, U.S. Vice President, Minister
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Marquis de Condorcet
Mathematician, Writer / 1743 - 1794
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat is best known work in mathematics and support of the French Revolution.
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(1743-1794)
Mathematician, Writer
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Charles Coulomb
Physicist / 1736 - 1806
Charles Coulomb was a French engineer and physicist who made pioneering discoveries in his field and came up with the theory called Coulomb’s Law.
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(1736-1806)
Physicist
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Lee De Forest
Entrepreneur, Inventor, Scientist / 1873 - 1961
Inventor of the Audion vacuum tube, Lee De Forest made possible live radio broadcasting before the invention of the transistor.
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(1873-1961)
Entrepreneur, Inventor, Scientist
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Ronaldo
Soccer Player / 1976 -
Soccer player Ronaldo starred for the Brazilian national team and several European clubs over the course of a career that spanned nearly two decades.
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(1976-)
Soccer Player
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Brian De Palma
Director, Screenwriter / 1940 -
Brian De Palma is a writer-director whose career has been marked by both hits and misses, with such films as Carrie and Bonfire of the Vanities.
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(1940-)
Director, Screenwriter
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Michael DeBakey
Educator, Inventor, Doctor, Surgeon / 1908 - 2008
Michael DeBakey was an American cardiovascular surgeon and surgical pioneer.
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(1908-2008)
Educator, Inventor, Doctor, Surgeon
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Yvonne De Carlo
Film Actress, Television Actress, Pin-up / 1922 - 2007
Actress Yvonne De Carlo was Moses' wife in DeMille's The Ten Commandments, but is better known for playing the matriarch on TV's The Munsters.
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(1922-2007)
Film Actress, Television Actress, Pin-up
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Roy DeMeo
Organized Crime Boss / 1942 - 1983
Roy DeMeo is best known for his time in the New York mafia, especially the Gambino crime family.
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(1942-1983)
Organized Crime Boss
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Agnes DeMille
Ballet Dancer, Choreographer, Journalist / 1905 - 1993
American dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille further developed the narrative aspect of dance in her choreography of musical plays and ballets.
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(1905-1993)
Ballet Dancer, Choreographer, Journalist
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Kiran Desai
Author / 1971 -
Kiran Desai is an author. Her second novel, The Inheritance of Loss, was short-listed for the Orange Broadband Prize in 2007, a year after it was published.
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(1971-)
Author
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Albert De Salvo
Serial Killer / 1931 - 1973
Alberto DeSalvo is best known for confessing to be the Boston Strangler.
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(1931-1973)
Serial Killer
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Cameron Diaz
Actress / 1972 -
Cameron Diaz is a former model turned actress known for her comedic roles and girl-next-door charisma.
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(1972-)
Actress
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Howard Dietz
Songwriter / 1896 - 1983
Howard Dietz was a songwriter and the creator of the famous MGM lion mascot.
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(1896-1983)
Songwriter
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Hrant Dink
Activist, Journalist / 1954 - 2007
Hrant Dink founded the Turkish-Armenian paper Agos and was murdered in 2007 after writing about the Armenian massacre, which authorities deny ever happened.
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(1954-2007)
Activist, Journalist
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Hilda Doolittle
Poet / 1886 - 1961
Hilda Doolittle (or H.D.) was a poet of the avant-garde Imagist movement and was openly bisexual.
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(1886-1961)
Poet
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Walter Dornberger
Engineer, Scientist / 1895 - 1980
Walter Dornberger was an engineer whose rockets were the precursor to all postwar spacecraft.
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(1895-1980)
Engineer, Scientist
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Rita Dove
Musician, Poet / 1952 -
African American poet Rita Dove is the youngest person and the first African American to be appointed Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress.
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(1952-)
Musician, Poet
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Porfirio Díaz
General, Dictator, World Leader / 1830 - 1915
Porfirio Díaz was a soldier and president of Mexico who is best known for establishing a strong centralized state during his term.
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(1830-1915)
General, Dictator, World Leader
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Robert Wise
Director, Producer / 1914 - 2005
American movie director and producer Robert Wise has brought numerous classics to the screen, including such gems as The Sound of Music and West Side Story.
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(1914-2005)
Director, Producer
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Bernard Ebbers
White Collar Criminal / 1941 -
Bernard Ebbers is best known for his quick ascension to wealth and subsequent collapse with WorldCom telecommunications company.
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(1941-)
White Collar Criminal
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Barbara Eden
Television Actress / 1934 -
Actress Barbara Eden made magic as a bottled-up genie in the TV sitcom I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970).
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(1934-)
Television Actress
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Mama Cass
Singer / 1941 - 1974
Cass "Mama Cass" Elliot was known for her heavyset figure, and was one of four members of the late 1960s pop sensation The Mamas and the Papas.
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(1941-1974)
Singer
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Alton Ellis
Musician / 1938 - 2008
Alton Ellis was a Jamaican singer and songwriter with a smooth vocal style, known widely as the "Godfather of Rocksteady," a slow, soulful Jamaican music genre.
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(1938-2008)
Musician
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Gloria Estefan
Singer / 1957 -
Cuba native Gloria Estefan fronted the band Miami Sound Machine. Songs like "Conga" and "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" topped the charts in the 1980s and 1990s.
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(1957-)
Singer
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Peter Falk
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1927 - 2011
American actor Peter Falk is best known for his role as the television detective Lieutenant Columbo in the television series Columbo.
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(1927-2011)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor
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Jimmy Fallon
Comedian, Talk Show Host / 1974 -
Comedian Jimmy Fallon first rose to fame on Saturday Night Live and now hosts Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
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(1974-)
Comedian, Talk Show Host
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Frances Farmer
Film Actress / 1913 - 1970
Actress Frances Farmer starred in films in the late ‘30s and early ‘40s, but was best known for her rebellious reputation and the time she spent in a mental institution.
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(1913-1970)
Film Actress
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Richard Farnsworth
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1920 - 2000
Richard Farnsworth was a stuntman for 30 years before he started his career as an actor. He is best known for his performance in The Grey Fox (1982).
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(1920-2000)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Christopher Ferguson
Astronaut / 1961 -
Christopher Ferguson became famous when NASA selected him to fly aboard Atlantis on the last ever space shuttle launch.
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(1961-)
Astronaut
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Geraldine A. Ferraro
Women's Rights Activist, Lawyer, Diplomat, U.S. Representative / 1935 - 2011
Geraldine A. Ferraro was a member of Congress and the first woman to run for the U.S. vice presidency on a major party platform.
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(1935-2011)
Women's Rights Activist, Lawyer, Diplomat, U.S. Representative
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David Fincher
Director / 1962 -
David Fincher is an American film director known for his meticulous process and dark movies, including Alien³, Fight Club and Seven.
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(1962-)
Director
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Carly Fiorina
Business Leader, U.S. Representative / 1954 -
When Carly Fiorina was hired as Hewlett-Packard's CEO, she was the first woman to take control of a Fortune 100 company.
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(1954-)
Business Leader, U.S. Representative
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Colin Firth
Film Actor / 1960 -
Colin Firth is an actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2011 for the film The King's Speech.
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(1960-)
Film Actor
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Mark Foley
U.S. Representative / 1954 -
Florida Republican Congressman Mark Foley was forced to resign in 2006 amidst allegations that he had sent sexually explicit messages to former Congressional pages.
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(1954-)
U.S. Representative
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June Foray
Actress / 1917 -
June Foray is an American actress best known for her voice work on classic Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera television shows.
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(1917-)
Actress
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Lita Ford
Songwriter, Singer / 1958 -
Lita Ford is a British-born, American musician, who was the lead guitarist in the all-girl hard rock band The Runaways.
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(1958-)
Songwriter, Singer
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Tom Ford
Fashion Designer, Filmmaker / 1961 -
Tom Ford is a fashion designer and film director who was the Creative Director of Gucci from 1994-2004. He founded his own Tom Ford fashion label in 2004.
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(1961-)
Fashion Designer, Filmmaker
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C.S. Forester
Journalist, Author / 1899 - 1966
Author C.S. Forester was best known for his character Horatio Hornblower, a fictional British navel officer. Forester wrote 12 novels about Hornblower’s adventures.
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(1899-1966)
Journalist, Author
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Rube Foster
Baseball Player / 1879 - 1930
Rube Foster was a baseball player and manager who organized the Negro National League, the first long-lasting professional league for African American players.
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(1879-1930)
Baseball Player
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Jean Foucault
Physicist / 1819 - 1868
Jean Foucault was a French physicist and inventor best known for inventing the Foucault pendulum.
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(1819-1868)
Physicist
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Jeff Foxworthy
Comedian, Radio Personality, Game Show Host, Writer / 1958 -
American comedian Jeff Foxworthy, who hails from the South, is known for spoofing "rednecks." He starred in the situation comedy The Jeff Foxworthy Show.
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(1958-)
Comedian, Radio Personality, Game Show Host, Writer
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François VI, duke de La Rochefoucauld
Writer / 1613 - 1680
French writer François VI, duke de La Rochefoucauld explored human behavior in 500 reflections he entitled Maximes.
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(1613-1680)
Writer
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Dawn Fraser
Athlete / 1937 -
Australian Dawn Fraser was the first woman swimmer to win gold medals in three consecutive Olympic Games (1956, 1960, 1964).
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(1937-)
Athlete
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Arthur Freed
Producer, Songwriter / 1894 - 1973
Lyricist and movie producer Arthur Freed brought us Singin' in the Rain (1952), An American in Paris (1952) and Gigi (1958).
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(1894-1973)
Producer, Songwriter
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Martin Freeman
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1971 -
Martin Freeman is known for his role on the British television series The Office, and for his performance in 2012's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
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(1971-)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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James Frey
Journalist, Author, Screenwriter / 1969 -
Writer James Frey wrote the book, A Million Little Pieces. When The Smoking Gun discredited the book as a memoir, he had to apologize on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
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(1969-)
Journalist, Author, Screenwriter
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Dallas Friday
Athlete / 1986 -
Dallas Friday is a champion professional wakeboarder. She won silver and gold medals at the X-Games and an ESPY Award for Best Female Sport Athlete.
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(1986-)
Athlete
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J.F.C. Fuller
Historian, Military Leader, Journalist / 1878 - 1966
J.F.C. Fuller was a 20th century British military officer, author, advocate of tank warfare and supporter of fascist movements.
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(1878-1966)
Historian, Military Leader, Journalist
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James Gandolfini
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Filmmaker / 1961 -
James Gandolfini is an American actor best known for his role as a mobster in the hit 1999 HBO television series The Sopranos.
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(1961-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Filmmaker
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Greta Garbo
Actress, Pin-up / 1905 - 1990
Greta Garbo is best known for her acting career, in both silent and talking films before World War II.
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(1905-1990)
Actress, Pin-up
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Educator, Historian, Scholar, Literary Critic, Filmmaker, Academic Author, Editor / 1950 -
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is an African-American educator and scholar, and the director of the W. E. B. DuBois Institute for African and African-American Research.
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(1950-)
Educator, Historian, Scholar, Literary Critic, Filmmaker, Academic Author, Editor
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Mitzi Gaynor
Film Actress / 1931 -
Actress, singer, and dancer Mitzi Gaynor is known for her roles in such films as My Blue Heaven, Anything Goes, and South Pacific.
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(1931-)
Film Actress
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Ben Gazzara
Actor / 1930 -
Actor Ben Gazzara starred in the Broadway debut of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and in films such as 1998's The Big Lebowski.
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(1930-)
Actor
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Clifford Geertz
Anthropologist, Educator, Journalist / 1926 - 2006
Clifford Geertz was a leading proponent of a form of anthropology that stresses the importance of symbols and interpretation in human social life.
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(1926-2006)
Anthropologist, Educator, Journalist
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Ed Gein
Serial Killer / 1906 - 1984
Ed Gein was a notorious serial killer and grave robber. He inspired the creation of several film characters, including Norman Bates (Psycho), Jame Gumb (The Silence of the Lambs) and Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre).
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(1906-1984)
Serial Killer
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Murray Gell-Mann
Physicist / 1929 -
Nobel Prize–winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann developed the concept of "strangeness" and gave the name "quark" to the basic building block of matter.
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(1929-)
Physicist
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Max George
Singer / 1988 -
Maximillian Alberto George, commonly known as Max George, is a British singer best known as a member of the successful boy band the Wanted.
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(1988-)
Singer
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Richard Gere
Civil Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Film Actor, Theater Actor, Pianist, Philanthropist / 1949 -
Richard Gere is an American actor best known for his status as an American sex symbol and his leading film roles, including in Report to the Commissioner, American Gigolo, An Officer and A Gentleman, Pretty Woman and Chicago.
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(1949-)
Civil Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Film Actor, Theater Actor, Pianist, Philanthropist
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Barry Gibb
Songwriter, Singer / 1946 -
A successful singer and songwriter, Barry Gibb has sold millions of records as a member of the Bee Gees.
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(1946-)
Songwriter, Singer
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Althea Gibson
Golfer, Tennis Player / 1927 - 2003
Tennis star Althea Gibson was the first African American to play at Wimbledon. She also broke racial barriers in professional golf.
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(1927-2003)
Golfer, Tennis Player
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Deborah Gibson
Songwriter, Singer / 1970 -
Deborah Gibson, known as Debbie as a youth, burned up the charts in the 1980s with teen pop smashes like "Lost in Your Eyes" and "Shake Your Love."
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(1970-)
Songwriter, Singer
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Tony Gilroy
Screenwriter / 1956 -
Tony Gilroy is a screenwriter known for suspenseful dramas, such as the Jason Bourne trilogy.
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(1956-)
Screenwriter
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Nan Goldin
Photographer / 1953 -
Photographer Nan Goldin captured a world of sexuality, violence and addiction in her slideshow and book, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (1981).
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(1953-)
Photographer
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William Golding
Author / 1911 - 1993
British novelist William Golding wrote the critically acclaimed classic Lord of the Flies, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.
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(1911-1993)
Author
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Sidney Leslie Goodwin
1910 - 1912
Sidney Leslie Goodwin died as a small child in the sinking of the Titanic, with his identity being discovered almost a century later via DNA analysis.
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(1910-1912)