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Matt Damon
Matt Damon
Academy Award Winner and 2-Time Golden Globe Award Winner

Film

Matt Damon is an American actor, film producer and screenwriter. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award from five nominations, and two Golden Globe Awards from eight nominations.

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Tammy Faye Bakker
Tammy Faye Bakker
Television Personality

Television

Tamara Faye Messner (formerly Bakker) was a Christian singer, evangelist, author, and television personality. She initially gained notice for her work with The PTL Club, a televangelist program she co-founded with her then-husband Jim Bakker in 1974.

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Marcos Pontes
Marcos Pontes
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Brazil

Science

Marcos Pontes is a Brazilian Air Force pilot and AEB astronaut. He became the first South American and the first Lusophone to go into space. On November 26, 2019, he was bestowed the rank of Knight Commander of the Equestrian Order of Michael Archangel.

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Savannah Guthrie
Savannah Guthrie
Co-Anchor, "TODAY"

Television

Savannah Guthrie is an Australian-born American broadcast journalist and attorney. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show "TODAY", a position she has held since July 2012.

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Godfrey Gao
Godfrey Gao
Model and Actor

Fashion

Godfrey Gao was a Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor, noted as the first Asian model to appear in a campaign for Louis Vuitton. He was known for his roles as Magnus Bane in the 2013 film adaptation of "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones".

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Nipsey Hu$$le
Nipsey Hu$$le
Recording Artist

Music

Nipsey Hussle (often stylized as Nipsey Hu$$le) was an American rapper, entrepreneur, and community activist. On March 31, 2019, he was fatally shot outside his store "Marathon Clothing" in South Los Angeles, California.

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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
4-Time Grammy Award Winner and Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

Dire Straits are one of the world's best-selling music artists, with album sales of over 100 million. They won four Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards (Best British Group twice), two MTV Video Music Awards, and various other awards.

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Van Morrison
Van Morrison
Recording Artist

Music

Van Morrison is a critically acclaimed singer and songwriter with a reputation for being at once stubborn, idiosyncratic, and sublime. In 2016, he was knighted for services to the music industry and to tourism in Northern Ireland.

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Anabella Sciorra
Anabella Sciorra
Emmy Award Winner

Television

Annabella Sciorra is an actress. Her film roles include "True Love" (1989) and "What Dreams May Come" (1998). She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for playing Gloria Trillo on "The Sopranos".

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John Parr
John Parr
Grammy Award Nominee

Music

John Parr is an English musician, best known for his 1985 United States #1 single "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)". He has sold over 10 million albums and was nominated for a Grammy Award for "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" in 1985.

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Richie Havens
Richie Havens
Recording Artist

Music

Richie Havens was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music encompassed elements of folk, soul, and rhythm and blues. He was the opening act at Woodstock.

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Anna Paquin
Anna Paquin
Golden Globe Award Winner

Film

Anna Paquin is a New Zealand-Canadian actress. She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama in 2009, and was nominated for an additional Golden Globe Award in 2010.

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Caleb Bradham
Caleb Bradham
Pharmacist and Inventor, Pepsi

Medical

Caleb Bradham was an American pharmacist, best known as the inventor of soft drink Pepsi.

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Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton
2-Time Grammy Award Winner and 6-Time American Music Award Winner

Music

Michael Bolton originally performed in the hard rock and heavy metal genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, as the frontman of the band Blackjack. His achievements include selling more than 75 million records and two Grammy Awards.

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Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

Music

Cab Calloway was an American jazz singer, dancer, and bandleader. He was associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, where he was a regular performer. He is in the Grammy Hall of Fame and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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George Foreman
George Foreman
2-Time World Heavyweight Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist

Sports

George Foreman is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1969 and 1997. Nicknamed "Big George", he is a 2-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist. Outside of boxing, he is also an author and entrepreneur.

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Jessica Biel
Jessica Biel
Actress and Model

Television

Jessica Biel is an American actress and model. She began her career as a vocalist appearing in musical productions until she was cast as Mary Camden in the family drama series "7th Heaven" (1996 - 2006), for which she achieved recognition.

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Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith
Actress

Film

Maggie Smith has had an extensive, varied career on stage, film, and television, spanning over 68 years. She was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990 for contributions to the performing arts, and a Companion of Honour in 2014 for services to drama.

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Lost Boyz
Lost Boyz
Recording Group

Music

Lost Boyz is a hip-hop group, consisting of Mr. Cheeks, Freaky Kah and K Chrys, but the group originally consisted of Mr. Cheeks, Freaky Tah (deceased), DJ Spigg Nice, and Pretty Lou.

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Joel Osteen
Joel Osteen
Pastor

Religion

Joel Osteen is an American pastor, televangelist, and author, based in Houston, Texas. His televised sermons are seen by over 7 million viewers weekly and over 20 million monthly in over 100 countries.

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Mayim Bialik
Mayim Bialik
4-Time Primetime Emmy Award Nominee

Television

Mayim Bialik is an American actress. From 1991 to 1995, she played the title character of the NBC sitcom "Blossom". She later played neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler on the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" from 2010 to 2019.

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Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields
Actress and Model

Fashion

Brooke Shields is an American actress and model. She was initially a child model and gained critical acclaim at age 12 for her leading role in Louis Malle's film "Pretty Baby" (1978), in which she played a child prostitute in New Orleans.

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Ashley Graham
Ashley Graham
Model

Fashion

Ashley Graham is an American plus-size model and television presenter.

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Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons
Co-Founder, Def Jam Recordings

Music

Russell Simmons is an entrepreneur, record executive, writer, and film producer. He is chairman and CEO of Rush Communications, co-founded the hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings, and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm and Argyleculture.

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Blake Shelton
Blake Shelton
8-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Blake Shelton is a country singer and television personality. As of November 2019, he has charted 40 singles, including 26 number ones, 17 of which were consecutive. He is an 8-time Grammy Award nominee.

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