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George Murphy
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George Murphy

Politician · born July 4, 1902 · died 1992

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George Lloyd Murphy was an American actor and politician. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1944 to 1946, and was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1951.

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  1. ~49Received the Academy Honorary Award1951
  2. ~63Became United States senator1965

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Douglas Leone
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Douglas Leone

Entrepreneur

1957 · United States

$12.2Breported estimate as of May 2026 · Forbes

Douglas M. Leone is an American billionaire venture capitalist and former managing partner of Sequoia Capital. As of May 2026, his net worth was estimated at US$12.2 billion.

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Calvin Coolidge
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Calvin Coolidge

Politician

1872–1933 · United States

Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he served from 1921 to 1923 as the 29th vice president, under President Warren G. Harding, and from 1919 to 1921 as the 48th governor of Massachusetts.

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Susumu Kitagawa
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Susumu Kitagawa

Scientist

1951 · Japan

Susumu Kitagawa is a Japanese Nobel Prize-winning chemist specializing in coordination chemistry, with a focus on organic–inorganic hybrid compounds and the chemical and physical properties of porous coordination polymers, particularly metal-organic frameworks.

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