Simone Veil was a French magistrate, Holocaust survivor, and politician. Deported as a teenager to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later Bergen-Belsen, she became a prominent advocate for human dignity and European reconciliation.
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Athlete
2007 · Spain
Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana, commonly known as Lamine Yamal, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for the La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best players in the world.
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Actor
1942 · United States
Harrison Ford is an American actor. Regarded as a cinematic cultural icon, Ford's accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, five Golden Globes and two SAG-AFTRA's Actor Awards.
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Actor
1940 · United Kingdom
Sir Patrick Stewart is an English actor.
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Athlete
1985 · Mexico
Francisco Guillermo Ochoa Magaña, commonly known as Memo Ochoa, is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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Author
1934 · Nigeria
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka is a Nigerian writer, playwright, and poet. He has written three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collections, twenty-five plays and five memoirs.
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Actor
1969 · United States
Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He played Leslie Chow in The Hangover film series (2009–2013) and Ben Chang in the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015). He wrote and produced the ABC sitcom Dr.
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