Ray Milton Dolby was an American engineer and inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR, which has been said to have "transformed sound reproduction".
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Actor
1955 · United States
Kevin Michael Costner is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician.
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Athlete
1969 · United States
David Michael Bautista Jr. is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. Regarded as one of the most popular professional wrestlers of the Ruthless Aggression Era, he rose to fame for his multiple stints in WWE between 2002 and 2019.
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Entrepreneur
1904–1986 · United States
Cary Grant was an English-American actor. Known for his blended British and American accent, debonair demeanor, lighthearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing, he was one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men.
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Actor
1980 · United States
Jason Jordan Segel is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his role as Marshall Eriksen in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother from 2005 to 2014.
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Politician
1937–2020 · United Kingdom
John Hume was an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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Scientist
1921–2015 · Japan
Yoichiro Nambu was a Japanese-American physicist and professor at the University of Chicago.