Kristoffer Kristofferson was an American musician, songwriter, and actor. He was a pioneering figure in the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, moving away from the polished Nashville sound and toward a more raw, introspective style.
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Athlete
1982 · Spain
Andoni Iraola Sagarna is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Liverpool.
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Actor
1953 · United States
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Lauper is known for her distinctive image, which features eccentric clothing and a variety of hair colors. She is also known for her powerful four-octave vocal range.
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Entrepreneur
1960 · United States
Erin Brockovich is an American paralegal, consumer advocate, and environmental activist who was instrumental in building a case against Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) involving groundwater contamination in Hinkley, California, for attorney Ed Masry in 1993.
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Scientist
1943 · United States
John Michael Kosterlitz is a British-American physicist. He is a professor of physics at Brown University and the son of biochemist Hans Kosterlitz. He was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in physics along with David Thouless and Duncan Haldane for work on condensed matter physics.
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Scientist
1944 · France
Gérard Albert Mourou is a French scientist and pioneer in the field of electrical engineering and lasers.
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Athlete
1996 · Spain
Spanish footballer (born 1996)
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