Linus Carl Pauling was an American chemist and peace activist. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. Scientific American called him one of the 20 greatest scientists of all time.
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Actor
1976 · United States
Alison Elizabeth Larter, is an American actress and former model. She portrayed fictional model Allegra Coleman in a 1996 Esquire magazine hoax and took on guest roles on several television shows in the 1990s.
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Actor
1991 · France
Jeremy Allen White is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Lip Gallagher in the comedy-drama series Shameless (2011–2021) and Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto in the psychological dramedy series The Bear (2022–2026).
Athlete
1999 · Slovenia
Luka Dončić is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a Rookie of the Year, six-time NBA All-Star, six-time All-NBA First Team member and a two-time NBA Scoring Champion.
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Politician
1473–1543 · Kingdom of Poland
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance polymath who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center.
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Author
1953 · United States
Paul Robin Krugman is an American economist who is the Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He was a columnist for The New York Times from 2000 to 2024.
Politician
1948 · United States
Steven Chu is an American physicist and former government official. He is a Nobel laureate and was the 12th U.S. secretary of energy. He is currently the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Physics and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University.
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