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Barack Obama

Politician · born August 4, 1961

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Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to serve as president.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. 43Became United States senatorJanuary 3, 2005
  2. ~47Named Time Person of the Year2008
  3. 47Became President-elect of the United StatesNovember 4, 2008
  4. ~48Received the Nobel Peace Prize2009
  5. 47Became President of the United StatesJanuary 20, 2009

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Meg Whitman

Entrepreneur · Hewlett-Packard · software

1956 · United States

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Margaret Cushing Whitman is an American business executive, diplomat and politician. She served as the United States ambassador to Kenya from July 2022 to November 2024 under President Joe Biden.

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Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong

Actor

1901–1971 · United States

Louis Daniel Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American jazz and blues trumpeter and vocalist. Among the most influential figures in jazz, his career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of the genre.

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