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Kurt Waldheim
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Kurt Waldheim

Politician · born December 21, 1918 · died 2007

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Kurt Josef Waldheim was an Austrian politician and diplomat. Waldheim was the secretary-general of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 and the president of Austria from 1986 to 1992.

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  1. ~20Became military officer1938
  2. ~54Became United Nations Secretary-General1972
  3. 67Became President of AustriaJuly 8, 1986

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Joseph Stalin
politician

Joseph Stalin

Politician

1871–1953 · Soviet Union

Joseph Stalin was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who ruled the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1952 and the nation's Premier from 1941 to 1953.

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Jane Fonda
actor

Jane Fonda

Actor

1937 · United States

Jane Seymour Fonda is an American actress and activist. Fonda's work spans several genres and over seven decades of film and television.

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Samuel L. Jackson
actor

Samuel L. Jackson

Actor

1948 · United States

Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American actor and film producer. He is one of the most widely recognized actors of his generation. The films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed more than $27 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing actor of all time.

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Tamannaah Bhatia
actor

Tamannaah Bhatia

Actor

1989 · India

Tamanna Santosh Bhatia, better known as Tamannaah Bhatia, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films.

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Hu Jintao
politician

Hu Jintao

Politician

1942 · People's Republic of China

Hu Jintao is a retired Chinese politician who served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, president of China from 2003 to 2013, chairman of the Party Central Military Commission (CMC) from 2004 to 2012 and chairman of the State Central Military Commission from 2005 to 2013.

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