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Gary Sinise
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Gary Sinise

Actor · born March 17, 1955

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Gary Alan Sinise is an American actor, director, musician, and activist. He has won a Tony Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three Actor Awards, and has been nominated for an Academy Award. He has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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  1. ~41Received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film1996

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Roustam Tariko

Entrepreneur

1962 · Russia

$1Bolder estimate, as of March 2018 · Forbes

Roustam Tariko is the founder of Russian Standard Vodka. He also founded Russian Standard Bank, a credit card operation and a term life insurer in Russia. In 2009, Tariko's net worth was estimated at $1.1 billion.

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Kurt Russell
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Kurt Russell

Athlete

1951 · United States

Kurt Vogel Russell is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor before transitioning to leading roles as an adult in various genres such as action adventures, science-fiction, westerns, romance films, comedic films, and family dramas.

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Rob Lowe
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Rob Lowe

Actor

1964 · United States

Robert Hepler Lowe is an American actor, filmmaker, and entertainment host.

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Edin Džeko

Athlete

1986 · Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Walter Rudolf Hess

Swiss physiologist

1881–1973 · Switzerland

Walter Rudolf Hess was a Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for mapping the areas of the brain involved in the control of internal organs. He shared the prize with Egas Moniz.

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John Wayne Gacy

Artist

1942–1994 · United States

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