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Edward Teller
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Edward Teller

Inventor · born January 15, 1908 · died 2003

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Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and chemical engineer who is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" and one of the creators of the Teller–Ulam design inspired by Stanisław Ulam.

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  1. ~50Received the Albert Einstein Award1958
  2. ~54Received the Enrico Fermi Award1962
  3. ~74Received the National Medal of Science1982
  4. ~83Received the Ig Nobel Prize1991
  5. ~95Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom2003

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Tsai Eng-meng

Entrepreneur

1957 · Taiwan

$6.2Bolder estimate, as of July 2016 · Forbes

Tsai Eng-meng is a Taiwanese businessman. He is best known for his leadership of the Want Want food company and his family's later acquisition of various news media companies in Taiwan. He is also chairman of the snack food company Want Want China.

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Giorgia Meloni

Politician

1977 · Italy

Giorgia Meloni is an Italian politician who has served as Prime Minister of Italy since October 2022. She is the first woman to hold the office and the head of the longest-serving government in the history of the Italian Republic.

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Ben Shapiro

Founder · The Daily Wire

1984 · United States

Benjamin Aaron Shapiro is an American conservative political commentator and media host. He writes columns for Creators Syndicate, Newsweek, and Ami Magazine, and is editor emeritus for The Daily Wire, which he co-founded in 2015.

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Leonid Kantorovich

Scientist

1912–1986 · Soviet Union

Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich was a Soviet mathematician and economist, known for his theory and development of techniques for the optimal allocation of resources. He is regarded as the founder of linear programming.

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