Sir Arthur Harden, FRS was a British biochemist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1929 with Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin for their investigations into the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes.
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Actor
1992 · United States
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Author
1875–1947 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Aleister Crowley was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, novelist, mountaineer, and painter. As the founder of the religion of Thelema in the early 20th century, he identified as its prophet, entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus.
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Actor
1960 · Japan
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Creator
1963–2010 · Japan
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Politician
1798–1834 · Kingdom of Portugal
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1971 · United Kingdom
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