Robert "Bob" Melancton Metcalfe is an American engineer and entrepreneur who contributed to the development of the internet in the 1970s. He co-invented Ethernet, co-founded 3Com, and formulated Metcalfe's law, which describes the effect of a telecommunications network.
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Actor
1954 · United States
Chan Kong-sang, also known as Fang Shilong and known professionally as Jackie Chan and Sing Lung, is a Hong Kong martial artist, actor and filmmaker, known for his slapstick, acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself.
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Actor
1964 · Australia
Russell Ira Crowe is a New Zealand–born actor and film director. His work on screen has earned him various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globes.
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Founder · American Zoetrope · entertainment
1939 · United States
Francis Ford Coppola is an American filmmaker. One of the leading figures of the New Hollywood, Coppola is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.
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Entrepreneur
1970 · United States
MacKenzie Scott is an American novelist, philanthropist, and early contributor to Amazon. She was married to Jeff Bezos, the co-founder of Amazon, from 1993 to 2019.
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Actor
1928–2014 · United States
James Scott Garner was an American actor and producer of film and television. He was an Academy Award nominee, and won three Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Politician
1889–1957 · Chile
Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral, was a Chilean poet-diplomat, journalist and educator. She read widely in theosophy, became a member of the Secular Franciscan Order or Third Franciscan order in 1925, but rarely attended mass.
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