Grace Patricia Kelly was an American actress and Princess of Monaco as the wife of Prince Rainier III from their marriage on April 18, 1956 until her death in 1982. Prior to her marriage, she achieved stardom in several significant Hollywood films in the early to mid-1950s.
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Actor
1980 · Canada
Ryan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian actor. Known for his work in both independent films and major studio features, his films as a leading actor have grossed over US$4 billion worldwide.
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Musician
1934–2017 · United States
Charles Milles Manson was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who was the founder of the Manson Family. He gained notoriety for ordering the Tate–LaBianca murders, where his followers murdered nine people around Los Angeles in 1969.
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Actor
1945 · Canada
Neil Percival Young is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter and musician. Son of journalist and author Scott Young, Young embarked on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s. He then moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield.
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Athlete
1988 · United States
Russell Westbrook III is an American former professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Known for his agility, intensity and explosiveness, he is considered one of the greatest point guards in NBA history.
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Founder · Central Bank of the Republic of China
1866–1925 · Qing dynasty
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese physician, revolutionary and political philosopher who founded the Republic of China (ROC) and the Kuomintang (KMT). Sun is credited with leading the 1911 Revolution and overthrowing the Qing dynasty.
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Politician
1842–1919 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, was a British physicist and hereditary peer who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904 for his discovery of argon.
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