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Peter Gabriel
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Peter Gabriel

Actor · born February 13, 1950

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Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and human rights activist. He is known for being a co-founder and the lead vocalist of Genesis for their first eight years and for his subsequent solo career.

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  1. ~37Named Ivor Novello Awards1987
  2. ~59Received the Polar Music Prize2009
  3. ~64Named Rock and Roll Hall of Fame2014

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Heidi Horten

Austrian billionaire and philanthropist

1941–2022 · Austria

$3Bolder estimate, as of May 2020 · Forbes

Heidi Horten was an Austrian billionaire and art collector. She was the widow of businessman Helmut Horten, whose wealth was famously rooted in Nazi profiteering. In May 2020 Forbes estimated her net worth at US$3.0 billion.

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Robbie Williams
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Robbie Williams

Actor

1974 · United Kingdom

Robert Peter Williams is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, launching a solo career in 1996. His debut studio album, Life thru a Lens, was released in 1997, and included his best-selling single "Angels".

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Anders Behring Breivik
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Anders Behring Breivik

Entrepreneur

1979 · Norway

Anders Behring Breivik is a Norwegian mass murderer, neo-Nazi, and domestic terrorist who perpetrated the 2011 Norway attacks.

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William Shockley
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William Shockley

Inventor

1910–1989 · United States

William Bradford Shockley was an American physicist. He was the manager of a research group at Bell Labs that included John Bardeen and Walter Brattain.

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Memphis Depay
athlete

Memphis Depay

Athlete

1994 · Ghana

Memphis Depay, commonly known simply as Memphis, is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Corinthians in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and the Netherlands national team. He is the all-time top scorer for the national team with 55 goals.

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