Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American engineer, futurist, and inventor. He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.
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Brazilian billionaire
2004 · Brazil
$1.4Bolder estimate, as of October 2024 · Forbes
Brazilian billionaire
Actor
1974 · United Kingdom
Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor is a British actor and director. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards.
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Creator
1931–2024 · Canada
Alice Ann Munro was a Canadian short story writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Her work tends to move forward and backward in time, with integrated short story cycles.
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Scientist
1920–2006 · United States
Owen Chamberlain was an American physicist who shared with Emilio Segrè the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the antiproton, a sub-atomic antiparticle.
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Scientist
1902–1958 · Germany
Kurt Alder was a German chemist and Nobel laureate.
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Actor
1980 · United States
Jessica Ann Johnson is an American singer, actress, and fashion designer. After performing in church choirs as a child, Simpson signed with Columbia Records in 1997, aged seventeen.
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