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Henri Bergson
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Henri Bergson

Author · born October 18, 1859 · died 1941

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Henri-Louis Bergson was a French philosopher who was influential in the traditions of analytic philosophy and continental philosophy, especially during the first half of the 20th century until the Second World War, but also after 1966 when Gilles Deleuze published Le Bergsonisme.

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  1. ~63Became president1922
  2. ~68Received the Nobel Prize in Literature1927

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Actor

1987 · United States

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Actor

1960 · Belgium

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Chuck Berry
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Musician

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Martina Navratilova
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Martina Navratilova

Athlete

1956 · United States

Martina Navratilova is a Czech-American former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 in women's singles for 332 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 seven times, and was world No. 1 in women's doubles for a record 237 weeks.

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Craig Mello

American biologist

1960 · United States

Craig Cameron Mello is an American biologist and professor in the RNA Therapeutics Institute and Program for Molecular Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts.

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