Zhang Yiming is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur. He founded ByteDance in 2012, developed the news aggregator Toutiao and the video sharing platform Douyin.
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| As of | Estimate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $16.2B | Forbes · current |
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Politician
1815–1898 · Kingdom of Prussia
Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg, was a German statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany and served as its first chancellor from 1871 to 1890.
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Actor
1995 · United States
Logan Alexander Paul is an American influencer, professional wrestler, entrepreneur, boxer, singer and actor.
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Entrepreneur
1932–2016 · United States
Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds was an American actress, singer and dancer. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer with her portrayal of Helen Kane in the 1950 film Three Little Words.
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Politician
1940–2011 · Kenya
Wangarĩ Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on planting trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights.
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Scientist
1933 · France
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji is a French physicist at the École normale supérieure in Paris. He is known for his experiments in laser cooling. He was the first to show that it is possible to cool far beyond the limit expected by sub-Doppler cooling, below the recoil temperature.
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US surgeon
1919–2012 · United States
Joseph Edward Murray was an American plastic surgeon who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 with E. Donnall Thomas for "their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease."