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- NAME: Tom Lantos
- OCCUPATION: U.S. Representative
- BIRTH DATE: February 01, 1928
- DEATH DATE: February 11, 2008
- EDUCATION: University of Budapest, University of Washington, Seattle, University of California, Berkeley
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Budapest, Hungary
- PLACE OF DEATH: Bethesda, Maryland
- Full Name: Thomas Peter Lantos
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Tom Lantos was a 14-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of California, as well as the first and only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress.
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