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Walter Gropius
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artist

Walter Gropius

Artist · born May 18, 1883 · died 1969

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Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~73Received the Royal Gold Medal1956
  2. ~78Received the Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt1961

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Entrepreneur

1955 · Iran

$1.9Bolder estimate, as of May 2016 · Forbes

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Delcy Rodriguez
politician

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Politician

1969 · Venezuela

Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez is a Venezuelan lawyer, politician, and diplomat who has been interim president of Venezuela since 2026, following the United States intervention in Venezuela. She is the first woman in Venezuelan history to perform the duties of the presidency.

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John Paul

Politician

1920–2005 · Poland

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Tina Fey
actor

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Actor

1970 · United States

Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer.

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Ben Feringa

Scientist

1951 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Bernard Lucas "Ben" Feringa is a Dutch synthetic organic chemist who specializes in molecular nanotechnology and homogeneous catalysis.

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