Saturday, October 31, 2015

Anthony Hopkins, a Welsh actor of film, stage, and television, and a composer and painter. Considered to be one of the greatest living actors, he is well known for his portrayal of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor

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Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins , CBE (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor of film, stage, and television, and a composer and painter. Afte...
Thursday, October 29, 2015

Roberto Baggio, an Italian former professional footballer who played as a second striker, or as an attacking midfielder. In 1993, he was named FIFA World Player of the Year and won the Ballon d'Or. In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players

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Roberto Baggio ( Italian pronunciation:  [roˈbɛrto ˈbaddʒo] ; born 18 February 1967) is an Italian former professional footballer who play...
Thursday, October 22, 2015

Andrei Pleșu, a Romanian philosopher, essayist, journalist, literary and art critic

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Andrei Gabriel Pleșu is a Romanian philosopher, essayist, journalist, literary and art critic. He has been intermittently involved in po...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner aka Sting, an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist, actor, and philanthropist. He was the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the new wave rock band the Police from 1977 to 1983, before launching a solo career

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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE (born 2 October 1951), known professionally by his stage name Sting , is an English musician, s inger-son...
Friday, October 2, 2015

Rivaldo, a Brazilian former professional footballer and the current president of Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube in Brazil. He was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Star Team in 1998 and 2002

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Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira (born 19 April 1972), known as Rivaldo ( Brazilian Portuguese:  [ʁiˈvawdu] ), is a Brazilian former professio...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Suzanne Vega, an American singer-songwriter known for her eclectic folk-inspired music

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Suzanne Nadine Vega (born July 11, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter known for her eclectic folk -inspired music. Two of Vega's ...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

Paolo Rossi, an Italian former footballer, who played as a forward. In 1982, he led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the Golden Boot as top goalscorer, and the Golden Ball for the player of the tournament

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Paolo Rossi ( Italian pronunciation:  [ˈpaolo ˈrossi] ; born 23 September 1956) is an Italian former footballer , who played as a forward ....
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Robert H. Jackson, an American photographer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Photography for his photograph of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby

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Robert "Bob" Hill Jackson (born April 8, 1934) is an American photographer . In 1964, Jackson, then of the Dallas Times-Herald ,...
Monday, July 20, 2015

Igor Volk, a retired cosmonaut and test pilot in the Soviet Union. He is also an inventor

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Igor Petrovich Volk ( Russian : Игорь Петрович Волк ; born April 12, 1937 in Zmiiv , Kharkiv Oblast , USSR ) is a retired cosmonaut and te...
Saturday, July 4, 2015

Bobby Charlton, an English former football player, regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, and an essential member of the England team who won the World Cup in 1966, the year he also won the Ballon d'Or

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Sir Robert " Bobby " Charlton CBE (born 11 October 1937) is an English former football player, regarded as one of the greatest...
Thursday, July 2, 2015

The Bryan brothers, identical twin brothers Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan and Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan, American professional doubles tennis players, and the most successful duo of all time

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The Bryan brothers are identical twin brothers Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan and Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan , American ...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Stanley Matthews, "The Wizard of the Dribble" and "The Magician". He is the only football player to have been knighted while still playing, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year awards

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Sir Stanley Matthews , CBE (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer . Often regarded as one of the greatest players ...