Famous people born in the year 1949

David Pietrusza is a noted historian and author. ....
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David Mark Rubenstein is an American financier and philanthropist best known as cofounder and cochief executive officer of The Carlyle Group, a global private equity investment company based in Washington D.C. He is also currently serving as chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and chairman of the board of trustees at Duke University, his alma mater. According to the Forbes ranking of the wealthiest people in America, Rubenstein has a net worth of 2.5 billion.....
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Christoph, Prince of SchleswigHolstein has been the head of the House of SchleswigHolsteinSonderburgGlcksburg and the entire House of Oldenburg since 1980. As a member of highest German nobility, he is the current titular Duke of SchleswigHolstein and Duke of Glcksburg, traditionally styled as His Highness.....
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Hedwig Gorski is an American performance poet and an avantgarde artist who labels her aesthetic as American futurism. The term performance poetry, a precursor to slam poetry, is attributed to her. It originated in press releases for experimental spoken word and conceptual theater Gorski created during 1979. She is a firstgeneration Polish American academic scholar and accomplished creative writer. The innovative poetry, prose, drama, and audio works are published and produced in a variety of me....
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George Maragos is the 13th Comptroller of Nassau County, New York. He defeated twoterm incumbent Howard Weitzman twice for Nassau County Comptroller, the first as a challenger on November 3, 2009 and again as an incumbent for reelection on November 5, 2013.....
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Christopher Eric Hitchens was an English author, columnist, essayist, orator, religious and literary critic, social critic and journalist. He contributed to New Statesman, The Nation, The Atlantic, London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, Slate, and Vanity Fair. Hitchens was the author, coauthor, editor or coeditor of over 30 books, including five collections of essays, on a range of subjects, including politics, literature, and religion. A staple of talk shows and lecture circuit....
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Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwards was an American attorney, a bestselling author and a health care activist. She was married to John Edwards, the former U.S. Senator from North Carolina who was the 2004 United States Democratic vicepresidential nominee.....
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David Allen Zubik is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the twelfth and current bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh.....
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Elizabeth Ann Warren is an American academic and politician, the senior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. She is a member of the Democratic Party, and was previously a Harvard Law School professor specializing in bankruptcy law. A prominent legal scholar, Warren was among the most cited in the field of commercial law while at Harvard University. She is an active consumer protection advocate whose scholarship led to the conception and establishment of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau....
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Chrismansyah Rahadi , born Christian Rahadi but better known by his stage name of Chrisye , was an Indonesian progressive pop singer and songwriter. In his 40year career he won many awards and accolades in 2011 Rolling Stone Indonesia declared him the thirdgreatest Indonesian musician of all time.....
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Dame DeAnne Shirley Julius, DCMG, CBE is a former intelligence analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency and an AmericanBritish economist, notable as a founder member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England.....
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Deborah Kay Butterfield is an American sculptor. Along with her artisthusband John Buck, she divides her time between a farm in Bozeman, Montana and studio space in Hawaii. She is known for her sculptures of horses made from found objects, like metal, and especially pieces of wood.....
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Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello was the 32nd President of Brazil from 1990 to 1992, when he resigned in a failed attempt to stop his trial of impeachment by the Brazilian Senate. Collor was the first President directly elected by the people after the end of the Brazilian military government. He is also the youngest President in Brazilian history, taking office at the age of 40.....
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Chris Van Allsburg is an American illustrator and writer of childrens books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji and The Polar Express , both of which he also wrote both were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runnerup in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a childrens illustrator he was 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international....
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Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer rated as the outstanding fast bowler of his generation. Lillee was known for his fiery temperament, neversaydie attitude and popularity with the fans.....
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Bandar bin Sultan is a member of the House of Saud and was Saudi Arabias ambassador to the United States from 1983 to 2005. From 2005 to 29 January 2015 he served as secretary general of the National Security Council, and was director general of the Saudi Intelligence Agency from 2012 to 2014. On 1 July 2014 he was appointed King Abdullahs special envoy which lasted until 29 January 2015.....
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Banri Kaieda is a Japanese politician who was the President of the Democratic Party of Japan between 2012 and 2014.....
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Bantz John Craddock is a former United States Army general. His last military assignment was as Commander, U.S. European Command and the NATOs Supreme Allied Commander Europe as well as the commanding officer of Allied Command Operations from December 2006 to June 30, 2009. He also served as Commander, U.S. Southern Command from November 9, 2004 to December 2006. After his retirement in 2009, he was hired by MPRI, Inc., to serve as its corporate president.....
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Clifford Cliff Williams is a British musician who has been a member of the Australian hard rock band ACDC as their bassist and backing vocalist since mid1977. He had started his professional music career in 1967 and was previously in the British groups Home and Bandit. His first studio album with ACDC was Powerage in 1978. The band, including Williams, was inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. Williamss playing style is noted for basic bass lines which follow the rhythm....
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Richard Gil Kerlikowske is the current Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He assumed office on March 6, 2014. He also served as the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy between 2009 and 2014.....
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