George Wald was an American scientist and activist who studied pigments in the retina. He won a share of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Haldan Keffer Hartline and Ragnar Granit.
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Actor
1968 · United States
Owen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor and screenwriter. His accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, two Actor Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and an Independent Spirit Award.
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Actor
1974 · United States
Chloë Stevens Sevigny is an American actress and director. Known for her work in independent films with controversial or experimental themes, her accolades include a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
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Inventor
1939 · Canada
Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor.
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Politician
1897–1974 · United Kingdom
British physicist (1897-1974)
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Scientist
1939 · United States
John Michael O'Keefe is an American-British neuroscientist, psychologist and a professor at University College London.
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Actor
1972–2025 · India
Zubeen Garg was an Indian musician, composer, singer, songwriter who primarily worked and sang in the Assamese, Bengali, and Hindi-language films and music industries.