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Oprah Winfrey

Entrepreneur · born January 29, 1954

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Oprah Gail Winfrey is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which ran in national syndication for 25 years, from 1986 to 2011.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. 31Notable work: The Color PurpleDecember 16, 1985
  2. ~34Named People's Choice Awards1988
  3. ~41Named Peabody Awards1995
  4. ~50Named Time 1002004
  5. 52Notable work: Charlotte's WebDecember 7, 2006
  6. 53Notable work: Bee MovieNovember 2, 2007
  7. 55Notable work: The Princess and the FrogNovember 25, 2009
  8. 57Received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian AwardNovember 12, 2011
  9. ~59Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom2013
  10. 59Notable work: The ButlerAugust 5, 2013
  11. ~64Named Golden Globe Awards2018

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William McKinley

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President of the United States from 1897 to 1901 (1843-1901)

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Katharine Ross
actor

Katharine Ross

Actor

1943 · United States

Katharine Juliet Ross is an American retired actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award nomination, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.

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Heather Graham
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Heather Graham

Actor

1970 · United States

Heather Joan Graham is an American actress. The accolades she has received include nominations for two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and an Independent Spirit Award.

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Abdus Salam

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1926–1996 · Pakistan

Mohammad Abdus Salam was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate.

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Romain Rolland
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Romain Rolland

Musician

1866–1944 · France

Romain Rolland was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings".

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