George Wells Beadle was an American geneticist. In 1958 he shared one-half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward Tatum for their discovery of the role of genes in regulating biochemical events within cells.
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Actor
1952 · United States
Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum is an American actor and musician. He has starred in some of the highest-grossing films of all time, such as Jurassic Park (1993) and Independence Day (1996), as well as their sequels.
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Politician
1970 · Italy
Javier Gerardo Milei is an Argentine politician and economist who has served as the president of Argentina since 2023. He previously served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2021 to 2023.
Author
1537–1553 · Kingdom of England
Edward VI was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. The only surviving son of Henry VIII by his third wife, Jane Seymour, Edward was the first English monarch to be raised as a Protestant.
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Actor
1962 · United States
Robert John Odenkirk is an American actor, screenwriter, comedian, and producer. His accolades include two Primetime Emmy Awards and three Critics' Choice Television Awards, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award.
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1919–2013 · United Kingdom
Doris May Lessing was a British novelist – sometimes identified as Rhodesian early in her career – and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. Lessing was born to British parents in Iran, where she lived until she was 6 in 1925.
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1870–1953 · France
Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin was a Russian writer. He became the first Russian writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1933. He was noted for the strict artistry with which he carried on the classical Russian traditions in the writing of prose and poetry.
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