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Jonathan Demme |
Robert Jonathan Demme was an American filmmaker. Beginning his career under B-movie producer Roger Corman, Demme made his directorial debut with the 1974 women-in-prison film Caged Heat, before becoming known for his casually humanist films such as Melvin and Howard , Swing Shift , Something Wild , and Married to the Mob . |
American film director |
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Jayne Meadows |
Jayne Meadows , also known as Jayne Meadows Allen, was an American stage, film and television actress, as well as an author and lecturer. |
American actress |
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George Jones |
George Glenn Jones was an American country musician, singer, and songwriter. |
American country music singer |
81 |
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Leslie Buck |
Leslie Buck was an American business executive and Holocaust survivor who designed the Anthora coffee cup, which has become an iconic symbol of New York City since its introduction in the 1960s. |
American businessman |
87 |
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Claude Williams |
Claude "Fiddler" Williams was an American jazz violinist and guitarist who recorded and performed into his 90s. |
American musician |
96 |
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Egon Franke |
Egon Franke was a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party . |
German politician |
82 |
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David Sinton Ingalls |
David Sinton Ingalls was the US Navy's only flying ace of World War I, with six credited victories; thus he was the first ace in U. |
American flying ace |
86 |
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Gypsy Rose Lee |
Gypsy Rose Lee was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper and vedette famous for her striptease act. |
American burlesque performer, actress, author |
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Srinivasa Ramanujan |
Srinivasa Ramanujan FRS was an Indian mathematician. |
Indian mathematician |
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100 |
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Zerah Colburn |
Zerah Colburn was an American engineer specialising in steam locomotive design, technical journalist and publisher. |
American journalist |
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150 |