Harvey Phillip Spector was an American record producer and songwriter known primarily for his orchestral pop productions and recording technique, dubbed "the Wall of Sound", and decades later for his trials and imprisonment for murder.
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Politician
1893–1976 · People's Republic of China
Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revolutionary, political theorist and the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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Entrepreneur
1971 · United States
Jared Joseph Leto is an American actor and musician. Known for his method acting in a variety of roles, he has received various accolades over a career spanning three decades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe.
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Actor
1986 · United Kingdom
Christopher Catesby Harington, known professionally as Kit Harington, is an English actor.
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Politician
1949 · Timor-Leste
José Manuel Ramos-Horta is an East Timorese politician who has been the seventh president of Timor-Leste since 2022, having previously been the fourth president from 2007 to 2012.
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Politician
1872–1967 · United Kingdom
Sir Ralph Norman Angell was a lecturer, journalist, author and Member of Parliament for the Labour Party.
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Scientist
1940–2022 · United States
American economist (1940-2022)
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