Margaret Cushing Whitman is an American business executive, diplomat and politician. She served as the United States ambassador to Kenya from July 2022 to November 2024 under President Joe Biden.
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| As of | Estimate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.1B | Forbes · current |
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Also born on August 4
Politician
1961 · United States
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to serve as president.
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Actor
1955 · United States
Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter.
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Actor
1981 · United States
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is an American member of the British royal family, media personality, entrepreneur, and actress. She is married to Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, the younger son of King Charles III.
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Politician
1929–2004 · Palestine
Yasser Arafat, also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader.
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Actor
1901–1971 · United States
Louis Daniel Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American jazz and blues trumpeter and vocalist. Among the most influential figures in jazz, his career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of the genre.
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Author
1792–1822 · Switzerland
Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English writer who is considered one of the major English Romantic poets.
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