José de Sousa Saramago was a Portuguese writer. He was the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality."
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Actor
1977 · United States
Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal Sarsgaard is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades including a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, and two British Academy Film Awards.
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Actor
1967 · United States
Lilakoi Moon is an American actress.
Actor
1996 · Japan
Japanese actor
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Athlete
1974 · United Kingdom
Paul Scholes is an English former football pundit, coach, and player.
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Athlete
1997 · Spain
Bruno Guimarães Rodriguez Moura is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal and the Brazil national team.
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Creator
1952 · Japan
Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video game designer, producer, game director and filmmaker at Nintendo, where he has served as one of its representative directors as an executive since 2002.
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