Ivan Perišić is a Croatian professional footballer who mostly plays as a left winger for Eredivisie club PSV and the Croatia national team. He is known for his ambipedality and versatility on the field.
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Actor
1977 · Spain
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian singer-songwriter, dancer, and record producer.
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Actor
1996 · Ireland
Paul Colm Michael Mescal is an Irish actor. His accolades include two BAFTA Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
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Actor
1947–2009 · United States
Mary Ferrah Leni Fawcett was an American actress. A four-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she played a starring role in the first season of the television series Charlie's Angels.
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Creator
1905–1982 · United States
Alice O'Connor, better known by her pen name Ayn Rand, was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system which she named Objectivism.
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Author
1882–1941 · Ireland
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist movement and is regarded among the most influential and important writers of the 20th century.
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Scientist
1939–2014 · United States
Dale Thomas Mortensen was an American economist, a professor at Northwestern University, and a winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.