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Jacek Karpiski was a Polish pioneer in computer engineering and computer science.....
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John Augustus Jack Kelly Jr. simply known as Jack Kelly, was an American film and television actor most noted for the role of Bart Maverick in the television series Maverick, which ran on ABC from 1957 to 1962. Kelly shared the series, rotating as the lead from week to week, first with James Garner as Bret Maverick then with Roger Moore as Beau Maverick and Robert Colbert as Brent Maverick , before becoming the only Maverick in the fifth season.....
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Buhari Syed Abdur Rahman started out as a businessman of household goods from Sri Lanka before moneylaundering the gains as an Indian serial entrepreneur, philanthropist and educationist. He had a range of business interests in the UAE and India including maritime shipping, real estate, insurance etc. He founded numerous schools, colleges, hospitals and university. He was one of the 24 Indians to feature in The 500 Most Influential Muslims, an annual publication which ranks the most influentia....
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Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi is an Indian architect, who is considered an important figure of South Asian architecture and noted for his contributions to the evolution of architectural discourse in India. He is known for his contributions to the architecture of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.....
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Gnter Wilhelm Grass was a KashubianGerman novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature.....
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Eartha Mae Kitt was an American actress, singer, cabaret star, dancer, standup comedian, activist and voice artist, known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of Cest Si Bon and the enduring Christmas novelty smash Santa Baby, which were both US Top 10 hits. She starred in 1967 as Catwoman, in the third and final season of the television series Batman. Orson Welles once called her the most exciting woman in the world.....
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Gabdulkhay Khuramovich Akhatov was a Soviet Volga Tatar Linguist, Turkologist and an organizer of science and then a second doctorate of Philology in 1965. Professor .....
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C.H. Mohammed Koya was an Indian politician and the tenth Chief Minister of Kerala. He served from 12 October 1979 to 1 December 1979.....
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Gabriel Jos de la Concordia Garca Mrquez 6 March 1927 17 April 2014 was a Colombian novelist, shortstory writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century and one of the best in the Spanish language, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. He pursued a selfdirected education that resulted in his leaving law sc....
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Halton Christian Chip Arp was an American astronomer. He was known for his 1966 Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, which catalogues many examples of interacting and merging galaxies. Arp was also known as a critic of the Big Bang theory and for advocating a nonstandard cosmology incorporating intrinsic redshift.....
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Edie Adams was an American businesswoman, singer, Broadway, television and film actress, and comedian. Adams, an Emmy and Tony Award winner, both embodied and winked at the stereotypes of fetching chanteuse and sexpot blonde.....
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Galliano Rossini was an Italian sports shooter. He competed at the 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics in the trap event and finished in 7th, 1st, 2nd, 4th and 13th place, respectively. He also won six medals in the trap at the world championships of 19541959.....
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Edmund Casimir Szoka was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State, having previously served as Bishop of Gaylord from 1971 to 1981 and Archbishop of Detroit from 1981 to 1990. Szoka was elevated to the cardinalate in 1988.....
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HansDietrich Genscher was a German statesman and a member of the liberal Free Democratic Party , who served as Minister of the Interior from 1969 to 1974, and as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor from 1974 to 1992 , making him the longestserving occupant of either post. In 1991 he was chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe .....
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HansLudwig Blohm, C.M. is a photographer and author. Over three decades, he has crisscrossed the Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska, capturing images and stories of the Inuit. He has driven 16 times from his home in Ottawa to different parts of the North logging from 20 500 to 25 000160km each trip. He has driven the Mackenzie Ice Road to Tuktoyaktuk on the Beaufort Sea at three occasions and has explored by sailboat the remote, uninhabited fjords of Labrador.....
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Edward Paul Abbey was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views. His bestknown works include the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which has been cited as an inspiration by radical environmental groups, and the nonfiction work Desert Solitaire.....
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Edward Kienholz was an American installation artist and assemblage sculptor whose work was highly critical of aspects of modern life. From 1972 onwards, he assembled much of his artwork in close collaboration with his artistic partner and fifth wife, Nancy Reddin Kienholz. Throughout much of their career, the work of the Kienholzes was more appreciated in Europe than in their native United States, though American museums have featured their art more prominently since the 1990s.....
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Gene Winfield is an American automotive customizer. In the mid1960s, his designs caught the attention of the film community, resulting in a large body of his work being seen on screen, including in the iconic 1982 film Blade Runner.....
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Ed Ames is an American popular singer and actor. He is known for his pop hits of the 1960s including My Cup Runneth Over, Who Will Answer and When the Snow is on the Roses. He was part of a popular 1950s singing group called the Ames Brothers.....
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