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Lena Horne
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Lena Horne

Actor · born June 30, 1917 · died 2010

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Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was an American singer, actress, dancer and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years and covered film, television and theater.

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  1. ~67Named Kennedy Center Honors1984
  2. ~72Received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award1989
  3. ~82Named Grammy Hall of Fame1999

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Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken

Entrepreneur

1954 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

$14.2Bolder estimate, as of 2019 · Forbes

Charlene Lucille de Carvalho-Heineken is a Dutch billionaire businesswoman, and the owner of a 25% controlling interest in the world's second-largest brewer, Heineken N.V. As of July 2024, Forbes estimated her net worth at US$14.1 billion.

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Vincent D'Onofrio
actor

Vincent D'Onofrio

Actor

1959 · United States

Vincent Philip D'Onofrio is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his supporting and leading roles in both film and television. He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

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Cody Rhodes
actor

Cody Rhodes

Actor

1985 · United States

Cody Garrett Runnels Rhodes is an American professional wrestler. As of April 2022, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. Rhodes co-founded All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he served as an executive vice president and wrestler from 2019 to 2022.

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Czesław Miłosz
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Czesław Miłosz

Politician

1911–2004 · United States

Czesław Miłosz was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Paul Berg
scientist

Paul Berg

Scientist

1926–2023 · United States

Paul Berg was an American biochemist and professor at Stanford University. He received the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant-DNA".

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