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Spencer Tracy
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actor

Spencer Tracy

Actor · born April 5, 1900 · died 1967

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Spencer Bonaventure Tracy was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor, from nine nominations.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. 37Received the Academy Award for Best ActorMarch 10, 1938
  2. ~53Received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama1953
  3. ~55Received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor1955

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Lily James
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Lily James

Actor

1989 · United Kingdom

Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson, known professionally as Lily James, is an English actress. She studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and began her career in the British television series Just William (2010).

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Gregory Peck
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Gregory Peck

Actor

1916–2003 · United States

Eldred Gregory Peck was an American actor. He was one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema.

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scientist

Ivar Giæver

Scientist

1929–2025 · Norway

Ivar Giaever was a Norwegian–American experimental physicist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson.

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Agnetha Fältskog
musician

Agnetha Fältskog

Musician

1950 · Sweden

Åse Agneta "Agnetha" Fältskog is a Swedish singer and songwriter, best known as a member of the pop group ABBA. She first achieved success in Sweden with the release of her 1968 self-titled debut album.

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