James Arthur Haslam III is an American businessman and sports executive. He is the former chairman of the board of the Pilot Flying J truck stop chain.
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| As of | Estimate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8.7B | Forbes · current |
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Actor
1979 · United States
Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada is an American actor. Recognized for his versatility, he has been credited with breaking stereotypes about Latino characters in Hollywood.
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Actor
1986 · United States
Brittany Anne Snow is an American actress, singer and director.
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Politician
1934–1968 · Soviet Union
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first person to journey into outer space during the first successful crewed spaceflight. He was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR.
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Inventor
1943–2008 · United States
Robert James Fischer was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11–0 score, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament.
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Scientist
1923–2016 · Canada
Walter Kohn was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist and theoretical chemist. He was awarded, with John Pople, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998. The award recognized their contributions to understanding the electronic properties of materials.
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Scientist
1959 · Japan
Takaaki Kajita is a Japanese physicist, known for neutrino experiments at the Kamioka Observatory – Kamiokande and its successor, Super-Kamiokande. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Canadian physicist Arthur B.
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