Herbert Spencer Gasser was an American physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for his work with action potentials in nerve fibers while on the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis, awarded jointly with Joseph Erlanger.
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Actor
1963 · United States
Edith Falco is an American actress. Known for her performances on stage and screen, she has received numerous accolades including four Primetime Emmy Awards, five Actor Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as a nomination for a Tony Award.
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Scientist
1946 · Kingdom of the Netherlands
Gerardus "Gerard" 't Hooft is a Dutch theoretical physicist and professor emeritus at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with his thesis advisor Martinus J. G. Veltman "for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions."
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Scientist
1936–2018 · United Kingdom
Scottish economist (1936-2018)
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Scientist
1891–1987 · United States
John Howard Northrop was an American biochemist who, with James Batcheller Sumner and Wendell Meredith Stanley, won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The award was given for these scientists' isolation, crystallization, and study of enzymes, proteins, and viruses.
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Entrepreneur
1810–1891 · United States
Phineas Taylor Barnum was an American showman, businessman, and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus with James Anthony Bailey.
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Actor
1969 · United States
Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known by his stage name RZA or the RZA, is an American rapper, record producer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is the de facto leader of the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, having produced most of the group's albums and those of its members.
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