Richard Oetker is a German billionaire heir and businessman, who in 2010 became CEO of multinational food processing company Dr. Oetker. In 1976 he was kidnapped by Dieter Zlof, a Slovene-born mechanic, and only released after a substantial ransom was paid.
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| As of | Estimate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | $2.7B | Forbes · current |
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Author
1643–1727 · Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir Isaac Newton was an English polymath who was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and inventor. He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed.
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Athlete
2004 · France
Victor Wembanyama, nicknamed "Wemby" and "the Alien", is a French professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Creator
1964 · United States
Harlan Coben is an American writer.
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Scientist
1940 · United Kingdom
Brian David Josephson is a British theoretical physicist and emeritus professor at the University of Cambridge.
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Creator
1940 · France
Gao Xingjian is a Chinese émigré and later French naturalized novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, film director, and translator who in 2000 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity."
Scientist
1963 · Norway
May-Britt Moser is a Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist, who is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
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