Katharina Gamlemshaug Andresen is a Norwegian heiress, and as of 2020, the world's third-youngest billionaire as reported by Forbes.
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| As of | Estimate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| November 2017 | $1.2B | Forbes · current |
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Politician
1921–1989 · Soviet Union
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was a Soviet physicist and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, which he was awarded in 1975 for emphasizing human rights around the world.
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Inventor
1860–1927 · Kingdom of the Netherlands
Willem Einthoven was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiograph in 1895 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924 for it.
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German American biologist
1936–2018 · United States
German American biologist (1999 Nobel Prize)
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Politician
1843–1914 · Switzerland
Charles Albert Gobat was a Swiss lawyer, educational administrator, and politician who jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize with Élie Ducommun in 1902 for their leadership of the Permanent International Peace Bureau.
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Scientist
1934–2024 · Sweden
Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson was a Swedish biochemist. He shared with Sune K. Bergström and John R. Vane the 1982 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related substances.
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Actor
1952 · United States
Laurence T is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. He is known for his roles as B. A. Baracus in the 1980s television series The A-Team and as boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film Rocky III.
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