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Tom Wilkinson

Actor · born February 5, 1948 · died 2023

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Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson was an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~50Received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role1998
  2. ~50Received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture1998

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1992 · Brazil

Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, known mononymously as Neymar, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Santos which he captains.

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Michael Sheen
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Michael Sheen

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1969 · United Kingdom

Michael Christopher Sheen is a Welsh actor.

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Laura Linney
actor

Laura Linney

Actor

1964 · United States

Laura Leggett Linney is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of several awards, including four Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, five Tony Awards, and a BAFTA.

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Robert Hofstadter

Scientist

1915–1990 · United States

Robert Hofstadter was an American physicist. He was the joint winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his consequent discoveries concerning the structure of nucleons".

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