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Nobel physics laureate 1999
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Professor of Astronomy
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Tetris World Champion
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Doctor who performed surgery on President Reagan after assassination attempt
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John W. Aaron (born 1943) is a former NASA engineer and was a flight controller during the Apollo program. He is widely credited with saving the Apollo 12 mission when it was struck by lightning shortly after liftoff and played important role Apollo 13
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Specialist in the history of linguistics
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The subject of the Steven Spielberg film 'Catch Me If You Can' starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks
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WWII: PTO. USS Laffey ('The Ship That Would Not Die'). D-Day and Battle of Normandy (Cherbourgh) fire support, Battle of Okinawa (Apr 16, 1945 action in the worst Kamikaze attack in history)
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One out of 4 who won nobel Peace price 2015 and he is from Tunis
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President of the PLO, succeeded Yassir Arafat
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George William Samuel Abbey (born August 21, 1932) is a former director of the Johnson Space Center and Fellow in Space Policy at the Baker Institute of Rice University. Worked on X-20 Dyna - Soar
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(Born 1933) US Navy Korean War Veteran. Served from 1952 to 1956. Apart of Destroyer Divison 51 in Korea
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An American astrophysicist and astronomer; Secretary of the Smithsonian (1928-1944)
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Retired Navy Admiral
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Flight (scientist)
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U.S. Navy Waves 1943-1945
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WWII: PTO. USMC. Battle of Peleliu, Battle of Okinawa
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Veteran of the Battle of Stalingrad. Resident of Orenburg Oblast
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King of Jordan (1999-present)
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WWII Japan Pilot that bombed Pearl Harbor
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Brigadier general in the United States Air Force. Assistant coach for US Air Force Academy football 1963-1968
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WWII: PTO. Corsair fighter pilot assigned to the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17); survived the Kamikaze attack on May 11, 1945 (Battle of Okinawa) when 390 sailors and airmen were killed and 264 wounded
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(born 23 June 1925) is a physicist whose research in the 1960s in the USA on germanium-silicon alloys led to the technology used to power space probes such as the Voyager spacecraft.Served in the Royal Air Force during WWII
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Personal secretary to Lady Bird Johnson in 1963, Abell was at the Johnson Ranch preparing for the Kennedys' arrival when the assassination took place. Abell then served as the White House social secretary to Mrs. Johnson from 1963 to 1969
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Physcial chemist
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Daughter of Reverend Ralph David Abernathy, actress in tv show Any Day Now,The Walking Dead
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Ww 2 air ace
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Expert in jet engine performance, measurement uncertainty analysis and Weibull analysis. Dr. Bob holds a patent on a feature of the J58 Pratt & Whitney engine that powers the worldâ-?s fastest aircraft; recover bleed air system
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Commander-In-Chief U.S. Central Command
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Auschwitz Holocaust survivor
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JFK: Jail clerk who appeared with Lee Harvey Oswald in the 4:35 and 6:30 p.m. lineups on November 23, 1963
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Became known as 'The Ghost of Bataan' due to the fact that General Douglas McArthur asked him to stay in the Philippines after the raid at Cabanatuan to locate the mass graves of thos who died in the Bataan Death March. Born: 07/31/1913
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Australian WWI Vet (1898-2003). Last living witness to the Red Baron being shot down. Second last surviving Australian WWI vet
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Former philadelphia district attorney
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JFK: Student at the teaching hospital for the UT Southwestern Medical School, was at Parkland Hospital on Nov. 22, 1963, saw Trauma Room, Jackie Kennedy and the presidential limousine outside up-close/at Jack Ruby's Club Saturday before assassination
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Animal trauma surgeon, 'UK's Favourite Vet'
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Member of the Hitler Youth and Luftwaffe pilot during World War II who converted to Judaism after the war and moved to Israel
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(born August 15, 1924) is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder of Thompson Medical, whose main product is Slim-Fast, a diet program. Also served during WWII
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Theatre Director // Officer of the Order of Canada
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A Rosie the Riveteer WWII
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director of the space shuttle program
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Flight astronaut mol astronaut
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Philip Abramo (born 1945), also known as 'The King Of Wall Street', 'Lou Metzer' is a caporegime in the New Jersey DeCavalcante crime family who was allegedly involved in security fraud and murder. Abramo was a capo of the DeCavalcante family's crew in Mi
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(September 15, 1914 - September 4, 1974) was a general in the United States Army who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968?72 which saw U.S. troop strength in Vietnam fall from a peak of 543,000 to 49,000. He served as Chief of Staff
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Host of Reelz reality series, OP Live & Grace Vs. Abrams, Chief Legal Affairs Anchor for ABC News, co - host of Nightline
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army general
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Robert Abrams (2)United States Four Star Army General
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Hi-Profile Attorney who represented Erik Menendez in his two trials for killing his parents
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nobel physics laureate 2003
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WWII: PTO. USS Yorktown
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U.S. Astronaut
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US Navy/Joined in Philippines/Served WW2, Korea & Vietnam/Served Merchant Marines the end of WW2/Philippine by birth
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Jesús 'Chuy' Aceves aka 'Chuy the Wolf Man', is a native of Mexico and was born with a rare condition known as hypertrichosis, in which causes uncontrollable hair growth that covers parts or entire sections of the bodies of those with the condition
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American statesman and lawyer. As United States Secretary of State in the administration of President Harry S. Truman from 1949 to 1953, he played a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War/WW1 Veteran
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WWII: PTO. Radio operator in the Battle of Iwo Jima
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Decorated USMC officer born 1980 -Bronze and Silver Star and Purple Heart . Graduated from Tufts University served in the Obama Administration as a USMC platoon during fighting in Falluja Iraq -author of several best selling fiction and non fiction books
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Ww2 veteran
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army general
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WWII - Europe, Italy. 320th Bomb Group. Distinguished Flying Cross
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Astronaut - Payload Specialist for STS 51F
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USO performer, WW2
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6th Baronet GCVO, CB, DSO, MC & Bar 3/11/1897 in London 4/8/1988) British Army general in WW2 commanded Guards Armoured Division from 9/12/1942 until the end of war. Mentioned in Despatches four times during his military career
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Jonathan Adair (born 27 October 1963), better known as Johnny Adair or Mad Dog Adair, is an Ulster loyalist and the former leader of the 'C Company', 2nd Battalion Shankill Road, West Belfast Brigade of the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF)
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firefighter
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WWII: Bataan Death March survivor
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British WWII Veteran, helped liberate Denmark
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Anthropologist who during the 1970's, lived in Papua New Guinea studying The Abelam people, their ceremonies and religious beliefs. She also worked for the Papua New Guinea government collecting artefacts for the country's museums
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Lz xray 1965 nam b co.1/7 cav
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Chris Adams (4)
Author & retired United States Air Force officer/Distinguished Service Medal/Chief of Staff, Strategic Air Command 1983 accepted an appointment as Associate Director @Los Alamos National Laboratory/Brazos River Authority Board of Directors -
Former FBI agent, having evidence Lee Harvey Oswald did not assassinate president John F. Kennedy/assigned FBI office in Georgia on 11/22/1963 was responsible for investigating Joseph Milteer who he says is responsible for the assassination
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Colonel in the Medical Corps during World War 2, Korea and Vietnam
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George Adams (4)
WWII Pearl Harbor survivor -
WWII Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. USS Rigel
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Consulted directly with Mr. & Mrs. Kennedy on Lafayette Square Historic District in Washington, D.C., supervised project for Robert Kennedy. Involved in planning, design & construction of President Kennedy's gravesite at Arlington Cemetery
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Henry Adams (2)Great-grandson of Jameson Boyd-Adams, who was one of Sir Ernest Shackleton's crew on his expedition's. Lives in Snape, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK
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Korean War: One of the 'Non-Repatriated 23' who didn't return to the US after the end of the Korean War. Most ended up returning to the US; Born May 19th 1925
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Founder of Geshundheit Institute, portrayed by Robin Williams in movie of same name.
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Former U.S. Surgeon General
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Katherine Adams (2)Employee of the National Bank of Commerce in Dallas, Adams saw the JFK Kennedy motorcade near the corner of Main and Houston Streets and heard shots fired in Dealey Plaza. Recorded September 8, 2010
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Okinawa. USS Wren (DD-568)
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Key leader in establishing The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
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Medal of Honor recipent - WWII
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Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group!
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Battle of Britain Pilot
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Former Death Row Inmate subject of the film The Thin Blue Line
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Adams had hoped to take her two children to Dallas Love Field to see the Kennedys depart Dallas, but after the assassination, she decided to go to Parkland Memorial Hospital. There she shot a few seconds of film with her home movie camera and was intervie
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Employee at TSBD at the time of President Kennedy's assassination and observed the motorcade from a 4th floor window
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Former head of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission involved in saving 3 whales from Alaskan ice back in 1988
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WWII: Battle of the Bulge, Germany
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air force general
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A U.S. antropologist; Secretary of the Smithsonian (1984-1994)
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WWII - 505th Parachute Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division. Four Combat jumps incl. D-Day and Operation Market Garden; also Battle of the Bulge
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Former Astronaut, flew missions on STS-28 & STS-43
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navy admiral
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Former Israeli Military General
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Jimmy Adcock (2)Time Team Geophysics and Survey
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Chief of staff to vp cheney
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WW2/Corporal/7th Armored Division under General Patton/Battle of the Bulge and Battle of Metz/Turns 100 July 20th 2017/Threw out 1st pitch Military Appreciation Night at Busch Stadium baseball game/loyal Cardinal/s fan
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Proscuted John Hinkley Jr. for attempting to assissinate President Ronald Reagen
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WWII - D-Day, stormed Utah Beach; only officer of his unit to survive Operation Overlord
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French engineer, helicopter pilot and astronaut. In 2022, she was chosen as a member of the European Astronaut Corps
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Space Scientist
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Teacher, Civil Rights Activist, Writer. Books - The Legacy of a Freedom School and To Be Young Was Very Heaven: Women in New York Before the First World War
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Vietnam veteran, will receive the Medal of Honor on Sept 15, 2014
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JFK - Head of the Blue Key Society of Southwestern Louisiana Institute at Lafayette (now ULL) who met and got photographed with future President Kennedy at the Crowley Rice Festival in 1959
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Computer Scientist one of the inventors of the RSA encryption algorithm
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Employee of First National Bank of Dallas, Adler photographed a portion of the Kennedy motorcade & sold his film to Life magazine. Later, he served as the chief photographer at the Dallas Times Herald and managed its file of JFK negatives
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Inventor of the Wireless Remote Control (TV)
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US Army Major General. Iraq and Afghanistan veteran. Recipient of Army Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (4), Bronze Star Medal (4), Purple Heart
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Retired General - USMC
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German tank ace of WW2
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Youngest person to sail around the world
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American mechanical engineer most famous for having taken the only well-exposed color photograph of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon on July 16, 1945 at the Trinity nuclear test site in New Mexico. He is now 88
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American activist (1938-2009) in the Civil Rights Movement. Organizer of Students for Integration, a CORE Soul Force Member, a Freedom Rider, and one of the Americus Four who faced a death penalty for helping citizens legally vote
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Aerobatic
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cosmonaut
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Highly decorated German officer in World War II. Eckart also was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
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Survivor of philadelphia move tragedy
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First and current president of Eritrea
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Vietnam War U.S. Marine Corps from 1964 to 1967/Has memories of China Beach
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Italian World War One Veteran.
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Turkish criminal and assassin, Pope John Paul II assassination
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Iranian History Professor who has been jailed for being outspoken in Iran.
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Maltese WWII veteran. Part of Royal Malta Artillery during the Siege of Malta
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(Born 1940) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from Late 1972 to 1973. Recipient of a Distinguished Flying Cross, a Bronze Star, and 2 Purple Hearts
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Chemist worked on the Manhattan Project
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Ww2 101st airborne one of the 4 filthy 13 survivors left alive
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John 'Jack' Agnew, one of the original members of a U.S. Army unit that operated behind enemy lines in World War II and is often credited with having loosely inspired the novel and movie 'The Dirty Dozen,'
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Scientist: Member of the Order of Canada
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French experimental physicist known for his pioneering work in attosecond science. He was jointly awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier
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nobel chemistry laureate 2003
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Lawyer & Community Activist: Member of the Order of Canada
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An internationally renowned neuroscientist, he has made outstanding contributions to the medical field, particularly through his work in the regeneration of the nervous system. Member of the Order of Canada
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judge
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Fighter pilot that escorted Air Force One on September 11, 2001
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Retired Navy Admiral
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Engineer
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Iran Hostage Crisis Survivor (Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days (November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981) Vice consul
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Winner of nobel Peace prize 2019 and is prime minister of etiopia
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Muslim lady who gained fame following her being denied a Diet Coke by a United Airlines flight attendant
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Humanitarian, activist, and writer from Afghanistan. Moved to the USt after stepping on a landmine as a young girl. Won Good Morning America's Story of My Life contest in 2005 and published her memoir, The Other Side of the Sky
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American attorney and activist who served as the chief of staff to the director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management from 2015 to 2017
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sociologist
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Former Director CSA Astronaut Program. Helped train the first Mercury Astronauts and designed the first flight simulators. Member of the Order of Canada
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Lx xray 1965 nam
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First CMSgt of the Air Force
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JFK: interpreter for Kennedy. Wherever Russian language was necessary, Akalovsky was around, so he was in Vienna in 1961 for the meeting with Nikita Khrushchev, or whenever Andrei Gromyko visited the White House
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Japanese WWII Veteran of Pearl Harbor
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Japanese scientist. He was also awarded the 2014 Nobel prize in Physics, together with Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura
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astronaut indonesia
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'WW2 Navajo Indian Code Talker'
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Former Assistant Special Watergate Prosecutor
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Video game programmer and designer who worked on the M Network ports of BurgerTime, Bump 'n' Jump, and Star Strike for the Atari 2600. He co-designed the 1989 arcade game Klax and worked on Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters
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Astronaut
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Akhmetshin has been reported to have ties to Russian intelligence agencies/Meet with Donald Trump Jr.in July 2016 to offer information on Hillary Clinton's illegal activites in 2016 Presidential Election
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Japanese WWII Veteran Iwo Jima
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Dr Worked on JFK In Dallas Texas after he was shot. Born November 30, 1929
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Retired General - US Army
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WW II Navy veteran; survivor of the USS Indianapolis disaster
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US WWII veteran, born 1920. 10th Mountain Division, heavy machine gunner in major battles of Apennines Mountains and Po Valley, Italy
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WWII: 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 100th Infantry Battalion. Joined in 1944 and served primarily in Italy until 1946
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astronaut/journalist
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Titanic Survivor (1911-1991). Sailed with his mother to join his father in America. Both survived and settled in Virginia
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cosmonaut
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First Arab in space, first Royal in space (Shuttle mission STS-51-G)
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Former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s, & served a short term as the Minister of Justice for the Black Panther Party.Famous quote, 'violence is as American as cherry pie', Currently serving a life sentence
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(1930-2000) President of Syria from 1971 to 2000. Upon his death he was succeeded by by his son Bashar al-Assad
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Former Saudi Arabian Astronaut
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Leading television news historian. Former news director, reporter, on-air anchor, talk show host and producer. Winner of over 50 prestigious journalism awards. Eyewitness to the assassination of Robert Kennedy. Author of Anchoring America
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WWII - Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Schofield Barracks, 19th Coast Artillery
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space scientist/geologist
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WWII veteran, served on the USS Missouri, injured during an April 1945 kamikaze hit on the ship. Witnessed the Japanese Surrender ceremony on the ship several months later
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Philosopher, German WWII Veteran born 8 February 1921
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air force general
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French WWII fighter ace, 23 victories moved to the US after the war
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WWII: Sonarman on the USS Kalk who served in the North Atlantic and Pacific Theaters
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chemist
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Serial killer from Dallas, Texas, convicted of killing three women in 1991
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animal scientist
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Former Alcatraz guard who led the last prisoner off the island on March 21, 1963
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'Dr. Wernher Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
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Co-pilot on a B-29 that accompanied the Enola Gay, also the Bockscar's navigator for the Nagasaki bombing, WWII
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Serial killer
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Economist.Born: 04/12/1914
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Canadian Peace Activist
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WWII: PTO. UMSC. Battle of Tarawa
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physicist
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First President of the University of Virginia; President of University of North Carolina and Tulane University
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air force general
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Former Secretary of the Air Force (1986-1988)
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Astronaut - Apollo 11. 2 man on the moon. Moon walker and New York Times Bestselling Author
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Former Soviet cosmonaut and twice Hero of the Soviet Union
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Spanish fighter ace from WW2
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NASA scientist who concluded the agency's highly-successful Galileo mission to Jupiter
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Professor/Poet , African American Studies and American Studies, Yale University. Incoming Chair, Department of African American Studies! Selected to compose and deliver poem at Barack Obama?s Presidential Inauguration @ the U.S. Capitol on 01/20/2009!
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WWII Pilot - Tuskegee Airmen; B-25 Bomber Pilot (flew the b-25, pt-17, bt-13, and at-10, b-10
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Lieutenant with Dallas Fire Dept. in 1963 , Jack inspected the Dallas Trade Mart prior to the Presidential Luncheon . Also inspected Jack Ruby's nightclubs
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941
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American lawyer and paralytic polio survivor. He is the last person living in an iron lung after he contracted polio in 1952 at the age of six
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WWII: D-Day paratrooper, 101st Airborne Division
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air force general
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Former Secretary of the Army (1977-1981)
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High paid call girl and aspiring singer, who had a tryst with former NY governor Eliot Spitzer, leading to his resignation; New York Post columnist,Playboy May 2010
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cosmonaut bulgaria
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nobel physics laureate
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Accomplished mountaineer who has led memorable expeditions scaling the peaks of the Yukon. Member of the Order of Canada
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'WW2 Navajo Indian Code Talker'
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Flight (scientist)
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Author of The Banker's Wife, The Darlings, and This Was Not the Plan. A graduate of Harvard College and NYU Law School, she worked as a financial analyst and a corporate attorney before becoming a writer
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Pakistani pilot, flew Pakistan International Airlines Flight 300 that almost crashed
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Fighter Ace, F-14 Tomcat pilot
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Flight (scientist)
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Created Club Kid scene in NY. Real life person film Party Monster was inspired by.
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French Physician and Politician. Born: 02/09/1907
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Highly decorated combat ace of World War II (born 1912-)
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John Edward Alite a.k.a. 'Johnny Alletto' (born September 30, 1962 Malishevë (Kosovo) is a New York City mobster of Albanian origin. A former member of the Gambino crime family he was a friend and crew leader for John A. Gotti in the 1980's, 1990's a
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president azerbaijan army general
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WWII: PTO. Survivor of the sinking of the USS Liscome Bay in the Battle of Tarawa on 23 November 1943 when 687 got killed
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. Schofield Barracks
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Born Aug. 4, 1955Retired Astronaut
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Bryan Allen (2)
Pilot, First Human-Powered Aircraft Flight -
WWII: A Crew Chief assigned to the 4th Fighter Group, 334th Fighter Squadron in England, he also painted 65 nose art designd on WWII fighter aircraft
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Donut Dolly Vietnam War/Served in Vietnam: 07/67 - 11/67 Cu Chi - 25th Inf. Div. Served in Vietnam: 11/67 - 03/68 Cam Rahn Bay - Army Served in Vietnam: 03/68 - 07/68 Lai Khe - 1st Inf. Div. (Returned to Viet Nam and Thailand with USO1971-73)
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Retired US Marine Corps General/Deputy Commander of U.S. Central Command 2014, President Barack Obama appointed General Allen as Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL
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Astronaut: STS-5, STS-51A
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American free jazz saxophone player born 1924. He also performs on flute, oboe, piccolo, and EVI. Also served during WWII
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NFL - Owner Seattle Seahawks (1997 - present). Co-Founder of Microsoft (W/ Bill Gates)
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Perry Allen (2) 'WW2 Navajo Indian Code Talker'
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A state trooper with the Texas Highway Patrol in 1963, Allen was assigned guard duty for Gov. John Connally during his recovery at Parkland Memorial Hospital
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Tallest Woman @ 7'7'
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Retired General - US Army
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14-year-old mountain climber who was born in Africa when her parents were missionaries
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WWII: PTO. Pearl Harbor survivor. USS California
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William Allen (2)UPI photographer , photographed Pres. Kennedy at Hotel Texas in Fort Worth on Nov.22. Also covered Jack Ruby trial
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William Allen (3)News photographer for the Dallas Times Herald in 1963 , Allen was one of three photographers to take photos of the three ' tramps ' who were led by police away from railway car
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WWII Ace (5 kills) 5th September 1944 - Destroyed 5 aircraft, to become 'An Ace in a Day' - USAAF
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(1900-1985) was a United States aircraft businessman and the President of the Boeing Company from 1945-1970. While President of Boeing, numerous planes of renown today were launched, among them the Boeing 727, 737, and 747
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Vietnam Veteran:1st Lieutenant Troop B,1st Squadron,1st Calvary Regiment,Medal of Honor
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air force general
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astronomer
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German Sniper (World War Two)
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. USS Raleigh
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'Easy Company' 'Member of a Band of Brothers'
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We were soldiers- lz-xray-
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biochemist
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British WWI (World War I) Veteran Born: 06/06/1896
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Construction worker who helped build the St Louis Arch in the mid-1960s
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Tuskegee Airman- Pilot
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An American immunologist who holds the position of professor and chair of Immunology. In2018, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine respectively along with Tasuku Honjo
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American physicist, worked at 'Manhattan Project' in Los Alamos. Was the man who did the countdown on the first a-bomb test (Trinity) on July 16, 1945
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mountaineer - first American woman to climb Mount Everest
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WWII: PTO. Survivor of the sinking of the USS Liscome Bay in the Battle of Tarawa on 23 November 1943 when 687 got killed
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Flight (scientist)
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Canadian Art Historian and Author. Member of the Order of Canada
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Famous Attorney & Talk Show Host, mother of attorney/host Lisa Bloom
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(Born 1948) US Army Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1970 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars, a Bronze Star, and 2 Purple Hearts
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Crew Member/USS Menhaden (SS-377) US Navy Balao-class submarine. Launched 1944, Operated out of Pearl Harbor until 1946 And then decommissioned & re-fitted as remotely controlled, unmanned acoustic test vehicle known as 'Yellow Submarine'
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WWII: PTO. Radar specialist on the USS Monterey (CVL-26); later on the USS Hancock and then USS Intrepid (Battles for the Philippines and Okinawa)
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Last French Spanish Civil War veteran (Born: 1921)
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One of the nine surviving Spanish Civil War Veterans Born:1919. Joined in 1936. In 2016, declared embassador by Valencia's Government during the October 9th Awards, aka Jose Alumudever Mateu
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Vincenzo 'Vinny' Aloi (born September 22, 1933) is a New York City mobster involved in stock fraud who briefly served as the acting boss of the Colombo crime family
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Holocaust Survivor/Saw Josef Mengele performing medical experiments on prisoner forcing a dwarf, suffering from quadriplegia, to have sex with a Roma woman
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US WWII veteran, born 1926, served on the USS Missouri, witnessed the Japanese Surrender ceremony
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Spanish Civil War survivor (Born: 1925) who witnessed the air raid over Gernika in 1937. Also witnessed the the siege of Leningrad in 1941 and 1942. Now 91
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Canadian chemist. He is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Ottawa. He is best known for his research of catalysis in chemistry. Member of the Order of Canada
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Tuskegee Airman- Pilot
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Flight (aviator)
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'Tuskegee Airmen'
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WWII veteran, b. 1923. Pearl Harbor survivor on the USS California. Later at Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Saw MacArthur return to the Philippines, the flag go up on Iwo Jima, and the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay
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Larry Alt and Pete Forcelli, agents at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), helped exposed Operation Fast and Furious scandal that resulted in federally-monitored guns ending up in the hands of Mexican drug cartels
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Tuskegee airman
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Retired German general, lives in Bremen, Germany
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American medical researcher, virologist, physician. This work eventually led to the discovery of the hepatitis C virus in 1988, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2020 along with Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice
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Politician, German WWII Veteran
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Swedish politician / Attorney
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Astronaut sts-90 106 109 125 Stunt pilot in Top Gun that flipped off the russian
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nobel chemistry laureate 1989
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Ruth Collins Sharp Altshuler Philanthropist & member of the Southern Methodist University board of trustees, was waiting at the Trade Mart for JFK's arrival and then served on the grand jury that indicted Jack Ruby the following Monday
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Nicaraguan CIA informant provided information about Lee Harvey Oswald after the JFK assassination
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Received Congressional Medal of Honor 03/18/2014 for his actions in Viet Nam
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WWII: D-Day, Radio Operator, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. Easy Red sector of Omaha Beach ('first jeep out'). Fought also at Hurtgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge. Also served in Korea and Vietnam
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Jose Alvarez (2) 'Spanish Civil War Veteran' 'International Brigade' 'Spain' Born: 08/04/1919
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(June 13, 1911 - September 1, 1988) was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968
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Colombian airline pilot, Avianca, Youtuber
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Spanish Civil War veteran (Born: 1919) Nationalist Army. Served in Barcelona. also a writer. Age: 97. Lives in Spain
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Author and former U.S. Navy officer. Was the first U.S. pilot to be downed and detained during the Vietnam War and spent over 8 years in captivity, making him the second longest-held U.S. POW. Appointed to many roles under Ronald Reagan
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WWII - Operation Overlord; Navy man on LST-133, the first LST to reach the beach on D-Day+1; struck by a mine a few days later while delivering troops and ammunition. Met Queen Elizabeth and President Obama at 70th D-Day anniversary
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Former Canadian radio broadcast commentator and was the first lay President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St. Michael's College. Officer of the Order of Canada
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JFK - The only newsman to join the initial police search team on the sixth-floor of the Texas School Book Depository, November 22, 1963: he took that film that shows officers picking up and examining the rifle
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Pussy Riot Member/Political Activist
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JFK - Honor Guard at Kennedy funeral on 25 November 1963; Marines
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Pakistani mountain climber & engineer. First Pakistani to reach the summit of K2
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Japanese physicist who has been awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics together with Isamu Akasaki and Shuji Nakamura
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Baldassare 'Baldo' Amato - a Bonanno soldier in the Sicilian faction and leader of a freelance crew operating in Ridgewood, Queens
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Holds the record for the most free throws
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Author, World War II historian
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1918 Spanish Flu survivor. Aged 105 and living in Spain, as of April 2020
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Grandson of President Grover Cleveland
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peace medal vietnam war
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Former Central Intelligence Agency counter-intelligence officer and analyst, who, in 1994, was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and later Russia
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Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, and a Senior Scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI)
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American WWII - Pilot, USAAC, Member of combat mission 'Yamamoto Mission' in October 1942
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president uganda army field marshal
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St. Maartener businessman, owner of AVA Air airlines
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John Wayne Gacys Lawyer
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Former head of Mossad from 1963 - 1968
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Spy/Former Israeli military intelligence major who was convicted of espionage in 1987. Amit is thought to have spied for the United States and a European NATO country, though this has never been confirmed by the Israeli government
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4 Star General Born Nov 12, 1946
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WWII Ace - 5.5 Victories - USAAF
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American veteran (1910-2007), served in the Spanish Civil War's Lincoln Brigade (seriously wounded in March 1937), and the US Army in WWII
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WWII fighter ace (5 kills) flew the f6f-hellcat, f4-u corsair
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Descendant of Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer of polar regions who led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole.Lives in Norway
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The reputed boss of the Lucchese crime family
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Fernando Macarro Castillo (Born: 1920) is a Spanish poet. Released in 1962, was a political prisoner who spent time in the prisons of the Franco dictatorship. Age: 96. Lives in Spain
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Japanese fighter ace from WW2, 39 victories, living in Japan
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Social Activist. Member of the Order of Canada
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Chernobyl diver lives in the Troyeschina district
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WW2 Iwo Jima Marine (23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division), age 94 in 2020
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WW2 British veteran and prisoner of war, who experienced the horrors of the River Kwai. Born December 1918
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Skiing, gold medal military patrol event with his swiss team, olympics 1948
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Canadian neurologist known for his research of epilepsy. Member of the Order of Canada
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Polish Senator and Secretary of State, born 1950. Daughter of WWII Polish Forces hero Gen. W?adys?aw Anders and his wife, the entertainer Irena Renata Anders,
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astronaut
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One of the 6 people rescued during Operation Canadian Caper, film Argo is based on their escape
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astronaut apollo 8
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WWII: Iwo Jima veteran
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Flying Tiger-crew chief, named Jacobson in 1941-42
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Aleutian Islands, WWII
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Flew P-61 Black Widows for the 425th FS in WWII. Was awarded the Purple Heart, 2 Air Medals and an Oak Leaf Cluster. Born May 26, 1918 and died April 19th 2003
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World War II Medal of Honor Recipient, WWII.
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(Born 1988) Afghanistan War Veteran. Company B, 3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. Purple Heart and Distinguished Service Cross Recipient
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WWII - Fighter Ace, USAAF, 17 Kills victories. 8th Air Force, 357th Fighter Group, 363rd Fighter Squadron('The Yoxford Boys'), stationed in UK
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astronaut
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US Army General and Actor
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Don Anderson (3) Scientist
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Scientist
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World War 2 American General ,born 1919
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'WW2 Navajo Indian Code Talker'
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army general
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Canadian Historian. Member of the Order of Canada
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Graphic designer and architect. He is most well known as the designer of the recycling symbol, one of the most readily recognizable logos in the world
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Canadian Political Activist. Member of the Order of Canada
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WWII: D-Day, Omaha Beach, in the second wave. 16th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
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WWII: PTO. USS Washington
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Second officer on the D.B. Cooper flight in 1971
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Okinawa. 6th Marine Division
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Centenarian/WW1 Veteran
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Ames Laboratory scientist, Inventor, National inventors hall of fame
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WWII - D-Day. UK Royal Engineers, 591 Para Squadron, 6th British Airborne Division. Dropped in at Pegasus Bridge, wounded after 5 weeks of fighting in Normandy
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James Anderson (8) WWII: PTO. USMC. Battles of Peleliu and Okinawa. Purple Heart, Bronze Star
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WWII Ghost Army
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Space X engineer
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USS Arizona survivor; veteran of Pearl Harbor
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attorney
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Former Chief of the Defence Staff of Canada
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Flight (aviator)
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Flight (astronaut)
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Marcus Anderson (2)Military air force general
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astronaut
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nobel physics laureate 1977
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WWII: D-Day. Landed at Normandy in LST-264
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1st Sergeant C co, 6th Ranger Battalion during the Great Raid WWII
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Supercentenarian Born: 07/24/1899. Oldest person in Minnesota. 33rd Oldest Living Person in the World
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Scott Anderson (2)
Member of Rod Ferrell's vampire clan from kentucky to florida on death row in starke prison in florida -
last american hostage released from lebanon
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Tom Anderson (2) Co-Creator of Myspace
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WWII: Survivor of the Battle of the Coral Sea (4?8 May 1942), a corporal of the Marine Corps Detachment (assigned to Battery 4, Gun 10) aboard the USS Lexington which was lost during the battle
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WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor 7 December 1941. Wheeler Field,
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Wayne Anderson (3)Lz xray 1965 nam
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medal of honor army vietnam war
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Scientist
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Civil Rights activist and esteemed Osteopathist, born 1927. MLK Jr friend from school days. Led Albany Movement for voting rights in GA. Jailed with MLK, subbed for him on Meet the Press. On phone with Coretta when MLK killing announced
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commander of nautlius (1st atomic submarine)
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Fighter Ace in WWII
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WWII Veteran, Bulge, Africa, Sicily, Normandy
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WWII: PTO. Leyte, Surigao Straits, Luzon, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Japan. USS West Virginia
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WWII: PTO. Guadalcanal; New Guinea; Cape Gloucester, New Britain; Peleliu. Korean War: Inchon, Korea, 'Chosen' Campaign
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Pianist,Composer
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French pilot and general born 1922, first Woman to fly a Helicopter in a Combat Zone
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French spationaut, former minister
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Social Activist. Member of the Order of Canada
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Wwii: pto. us navy
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Andy Andrews (3) WWII: ETO. D-Day. Fought from Omaha Beach in Normandy through France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany and into Czechoslovakia at the war's end. 3 Bronze Stars, 3 Purple Hearts
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WWII: British Arctic Convoy veteran
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WWII: D-Day. 671st Bomb Squadron, 416th Bomb Group, 9th Bomber Command, 9th Air Force - Army Air Corps/Air Force. Flew bombing missions (Douglas A-20 Havoc) on D-Day and beyond
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Born 1910 went to school with Erroll Flynn appeared in the documentary about Erroll Flynn Tasmanian Devil
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Former Alcatraz Inmate on murder charges while in the Marines, born 1938. Paroled, then later sentenced to life for killing his wife. Released in 2020 with help from the Innocence Project when when hidden evidence pointed to another man as the killer
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WW 2 air ace - 6 Kills - USAAF
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WWII Veteran, coast to coast run
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Deepwater Horizon Explosion Survivor/Marine Biology Student, fishing under the rig at the time of the eruption
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Anthropoligist
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Astronomer
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Uruguayan astronomer who is best known for his work on the Kuiper belt. He also has an asteroid named after him
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American entrepreneur, event producer, and humanitarian. He gained distinction for his involvement in charitable events in the Southern California area, and through his family business Angelini Trading Company
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President of Yale University
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Social & Enviromental Activist. Member of the Order of Canada
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President of the Baltimore Orioles/Trial Lawyer
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American Poet,Singer,Actress and Director born 1928.Books->'The Black Family Pledge','Insomniac','Preacher Dont Send Me','Song for the Old Ones','Brave and Startling Truth','I Know Why Cage Bird Sings',Movie->'How to Make an American Quilt'
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US Supercentenarian, born 1908
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Social Activist. Member of the Order of Canada
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American mountaineer
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Spokesperson for, Stonewall Vets Assoc. 25 year reunion
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WW1 british army hero victorian cross
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Canadian Artist and Social Activist. Member of the Order of Canada
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Spaceflight Participant
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British Vice-Admiral
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Canadian Lawyer who has helped the Canadian Government negotiate many international agreements. Member of the Order of Canada
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Niece of general Charles de Gaulle
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Egyptologist & Art Historian at Kennesaw State U. Her interests include Ancient Egyptian materials, forgeries & authenticity. She is on Egypt's Unexplained Files & Pyramids: the Secret Builders
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'WW2 Navajo Indian Code Talker'
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New York mobster and a reputed captain in the Genovese crime family
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astronaut
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(Born 1950) US Marine Corps Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1969 to 1973. He had 4 Purple Hearts and 4 Bronze Stars with a V device
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'WW2 Navajo Indian Code Talker'
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WWII - Monuments Men, 2nd (post-VE-Day) generation. Participated in the retrieval and restitution of stolen Jewish property
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Victoria Cross recipient from New Zealand, received the award for bravery under fire during the Afghanistan conflict in 2004
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Centenarian an American newspaper editor, novelist, anti-racism activist, and founder of America's Intercultural Magazine
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Holocaust survivor...Writer/Poet
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US Army Korean War Veteran
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WWII: One of the youngest fighter pilots who flew with the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain, and was one of the aircrew known as 'The Few'
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Related to Butch Cassidy
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Former U.S. Astronaut
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WWII: ETO. Battle of the Bulge
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US Navy Admiral
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Architect best known for being the designer of the World Trade Center Memorial in New York City
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Israeli historian, author, retired IDF brigadier General & a former Soviet partisan
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WWII - Air Ace USAAF - 6 victories; CBI (China-Burma-India) Theater, 530th Fighting Squadron, 311 Fighter Group. Also flew missions in Korea. Later operations staff officer with the Atomic Energy Division
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Hungarian electrical engineer, 'Hide the Pain Harold' meme
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Filipino American historian, content creator, and a renowned culture bearer
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nobel medicine laureate 1978
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Swedispilot born 1918, was shot down and injured by Sovjet, while searching for a missing swedish plane
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Former Model, Former Press Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II, Now Royal correspondent on CBS News
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WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. USS Nevada
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SpaceX astronaut Inspiration crew
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Pilot
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NASA astronaut (retired) flew two space shuttle missions
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D-Day landings veteran. Born in 1924 and lives in North London, UK. He was a paratrooper in the 7th Battalion Parachute Regiment and fought to take and keep Pegasus Bridge, which was key to the allied advance
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Oldest living George Cross recipient, living in Great Britain
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(Born 1942) US Marine Corps Aviator Vietnam Veteran. Flew a CH-46 through most of the war. Was a POW from 1967 to 1973. Received the Bronze Star
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Dallas Police Department auto-theft detective assigned to the Trade Mart for President Kennedy's luncheon, Archer later witnessed the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald and extensively interviewed Jack Ruby that afternoon. He ultimately informed Ruby that he w
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Tuskegee airmen ace WW 2
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Canadian suffragist and writer who led the Maritime Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and the National Council of Women of Canada and the Local Council of Women of Halifax. For her many forms of social activism, she was referred to as the 'Lady of
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Navy Admiral
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WWII: Radio operator and gunner of a PBY Catalina seaplane, participated in the battles of Midway, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Guam and Guadalcanal. Distinguished Flying Cross (2x)
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Polish photographer and veteran of World War II. He is a veteran of the Luftwaffe and the German Army
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WWII: ETO. Ploesti Raid. 564th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group
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Political activist, Brown Berets during Chicano Movement influential in development of Chicana feminist/1st female Prime Minister of Brown Berets, worked to include Chicana perspective in fighting for Mexican rights in LA in 60s & 70s
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WWII: Bomber pilot in Europe
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Ray Argentina is a Lucchese soldier and older brother to Peter Argentina a made member in the family. In 1992, Argentina along with Louis Daidone, Alan Taglianetti and Robert Molinelli were found guilty in the $1.2 million robbery of an armored truck
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Survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp during WW 2. In famous Buchaewald photo
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American murderer convicted in 2013 for the 2008 murder of her on again/off again lover, Travis Alexander
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Spanish Civil War Veteran. (Falange) Later fought for Germany in WW2. Born: 1920
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Lt. Gen. serving as the Director of Staff of the Office of the Chief of Space Operations of the Space Force. She is the service's first female general officer, the first female Air Force general officer to transfer to the Space Force
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WWII veteran
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Flight test engineer, Avro Aircraft; NASA employee 1959-1986. Landing and recovery, Lunar receiving lab, Science & Applications, Space & Life Sciences
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Astronaut mse astronaut
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Author, motivational speaker and former United States Marine Corps officer who was the first African - American female naval aviator in the Marine Corps and the first African American female combat pilot in the U.S. Armed Forces
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Canadian civil rights leader. He was active in the nascent civil rights era in Canada, beginning with his arrival in 1947
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Civil engineer who oversaw the nation's developing highway system during the Eisenhower administration
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WWII: C Company, 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Division. Battle of Tarawa, Battle of Saipan
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Survivor of 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
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Was embedded with Joint Special Operation Forces in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He published extensively on the Iraq War through the Winchester (VA) Star and is the winner of a Pushcart Prize
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Military
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1st man on the moon; 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.'
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Scientist
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vietnam war marine corps hero
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air force general
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Active civil rights demonstrations & voter registration drives. Worked with activist Medgar Evers & participated in the 1961 Freedom Rides. Author of Autobiography of a Freedom Rider: My Life as a Foot Soldier for Civil Rights (2011)
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Founder of psycology of Art
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air force general
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A co-worker of Lee Harvey Oswald at the TSBD , she saw Oswald shortly before the shooting of President Kennedy
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(Born 1922) WW2 fighter pilot. P-38 pilot who was a part of the 71st Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group
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Gordon Arnold (2) Admitted eyewitness to assassination, Arnold did not come forward until 1978. Reportedly standing on the grassy knoll and fell to the ground when shots were fired/Claimed to have encountered a man wearing a Dallas police officer uniform
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5-Star General
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Military
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Astronaut
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astronaut
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One of New Zealand's oldest people (Born: 1916) and a survivor of the '1918 flu pandemic' a.k.a Spanish Flu. She is now 100 and lives in Whanganui, a city on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand
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NatGeo TV show 'Meteorite Men'
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Steven Arnold (3)Military
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Britsh barrister, fought in WW2 and wrote various books
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WWII: ETO. Technician 5th grade (T/5), gunner/radio operator in an armored vehicle. 76th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (mechanized), 76th Infantry Division. Battle of the Bulge, Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland, Central Europe. Near Chemnitz, Saxony, on VE day
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Born: (1924 is a Holocaust survivor and artist, primarily known for his portraits and landscapes.
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Captain of the boat 'Exodus'
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Scientist
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Maricopa County Sheriff (1992-2017) Known As America's Toughest Sheriff
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Spanish ace from WW2
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Royal millitary
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British Marital Record Holder
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. Fort Shafter, Battery E, 64th Coastal Artillery
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astronaut
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Military
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Man that was arrested with Rubin Hurricane Carter
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor. Was trapped inside the USS Oklahoma but eventually rescued
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cosmonaut
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'WW2 Navajo Indian Code Talker'
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Oldest Person in Finland/Last World War 1 Veteran of Finland Born: 08/04/1897/(lives in Jarvenpaa, Finland)
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WWII Fighter Pilot Ace-5 victories, USAAF, 354 Fighter Group, 356 Fighter Squadron
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Ascani, a retired Air Force major general, flew an F-86 Sabre jet at 628.698 mph at the National Air Races in Detroit in 1951. He later oversaw development of a supersonic bomber. Fred J. Ascani, a retired Air Force major general and former test pilot at
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Pearl Harbor Survivor, USS Oklahoma. (1922-2013)