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Max Perutz
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Max Perutz

Scientist · born May 19, 1914 · died 2002

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Max Ferdinand Perutz was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with John Kendrew, for their studies of the structures of haemoglobin and myoglobin.

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  1. ~48Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry1962
  2. ~57Received the Royal Medal1971
  3. ~65Received the Copley Medal1979

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Entrepreneur · S. C. Johnson & Son

1957 · United States

$4.7Bolder estimate, as of 2025 · Forbes

Herbert Fisk Johnson III, known as Fisk, is an American billionaire businessman. He is the fifth generation of his family to lead S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc of Racine, Wisconsin, as chairman and CEO. As of February 2025, his net worth was estimated at US$4.5 billion.

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Malcolm X
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Malcolm X

Politician

1925–1965 · United States

Malcolm X was an African American revolutionary, civil rights activist, and Muslim minister who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965.

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Pol Pot

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1925–1998 · Cambodia

Pol Pot was a Cambodian politician, revolutionary, and dictator who ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 until his overthrow in 1979 during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.

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Founder · Ankara University · finance

1881–1938 · Turkey

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Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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1744–1818 · Mecklenburg

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland as the wife of King George III from their marriage on 8 September 1761 until her death in 1818. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Ho Chi Minh
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Ho Chi Minh

Politician

1890–1969 · North Vietnam

Hồ Chí Minh, colloquially known as Uncle Ho among other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary and statesman who founded the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945.

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