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Armand Hammer
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entrepreneur

Armand Hammer

Entrepreneur · born May 21, 1898 · died 1990

$200Molder estimate, as of 1986 · Forbes

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About

Armand Hammer was an American oil tycoon, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~89Received the National Medal of Arts1987

Reported wealth

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1986$200MForbes · current

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Mr. T
actor

Mr. T

Actor

1952 · United States

Laurence T is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. He is known for his roles as B. A. Baracus in the 1980s television series The A-Team and as boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film Rocky III.

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Andrei Sakharov
scientist

Andrei Sakharov

Politician

1921–1989 · Soviet Union

Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was a Soviet physicist and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, which he was awarded in 1975 for emphasizing human rights around the world.

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Willem Einthoven
inventor

Willem Einthoven

Inventor

1860–1927 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Willem Einthoven was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924 for it.

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