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Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot and university professor.
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Sean Connery
Sir Thomas Sean Connery was a Scottish actor. Connery was the first actor to portray the fictional British secret agent James Bond in motion pictures, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. He originated the role in Dr. No (1962) and continued starring as Bond in the Eon Productions films From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967) and Diamonds Are Forever (1971). His final appearance in the franchise was with Never Say Never Again (1983), a non-Eon-produced Bond film.
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Warren Buffett
Warren Edward Buffett is an American investor and philanthropist who is the chairman and former CEO of the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway. As a result of his success, Buffett is one of the best-known investors in the world. According to Forbes, as of January 2026, Buffett's estimated net worth stood at US$148.9 billion, making him the ninth-richest person in the world.
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Clint Eastwood
Clinton Eastwood Jr. is an American actor, filmmaker and musician. After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide, Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the mid-1960s and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five Dirty Harry films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity. Elected in 1986, Eastwood served for two years as the mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
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Helmut Kohl
Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany (1982–1998)
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Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin is an American former astronaut, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. He was the second person to walk on the Moon after mission commander Neil Armstrong. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. Following the deaths of Armstrong in 2012 and pilot Michael Collins in 2021, he is the last surviving Apollo 11 crew member. Following Jim Lovell's death in 2025, Aldrin became the oldest living astronaut.
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Harold Pinter
British playwright (1930–2008)
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Chinua Achebe
Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic (1930-2013)
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Ray Charles
American singer, pianist and songwriter (1930–2004)
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Jacques Derrida
French philosopher (1930–2004)
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Derek Walcott
Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930–2017)
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Jean-Luc Godard
French and Swiss film director (1930–2022)
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Hafez al-Assad
President of Syria from 1971 to 2000
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Tu Youyou
Chinese medical scientist
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Mobutu Sese Seko
Congolese politician and military officer, the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997 (1930 – 1997)
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Michael Collins
American astronaut (1930–2021)
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Gene Hackman
American actor (1930–2025)
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Pierre Bourdieu
French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (1930–2002)
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Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)
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Zhores Alferov
Soviet-Russian physicist (1930–2019)
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Steve McQueen
American actor (1930-1980)
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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
Icelandic politician, 4th President of Iceland
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Maximilian Schell
Swiss and Austrian film and stage actor (1930–2014)
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Leon Cooper
American physicist (1930–2024)
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Carlos Menem
Argentinean president between 1989 and 1999
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Ion Iliescu
President of Romania (1990–1996; 2000–2004)
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Joanne Woodward
American actress (born 1930)
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Jerome Isaac Friedman
American physicist
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Baudouin I of Belgium
fifth king of the Belgians (1930–1993)
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Richard Harris
Irish actor, singer, film director and writer (1930–2002)
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George E. Smith
Nobel prize winning American physicist
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Gary Becker
American economist (1930-2014)
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Gena Rowlands
American actress (1930–2024)
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Harvey Milk
American politician and gay rights activist (1930–1978)
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Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
British princess (1930–2002)
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Itamar Franco
Brazilian politician (1930-2011)
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Anton LaVerga
Founder of the Church of Satan, author of the Satanic Bible (1930-1997)
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Jean-Louis Trintignant
French actor (1930–2022)
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Philippe Noiret
French actor (1930–2006)
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Claude Chabrol
French film director (1930–2010)
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Pete Conrad
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–1999)
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William C. Campbell
Irish biochemist
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Reinhard Selten
German economist (1930-2016)
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John Young
American astronaut, naval officer, test pilot and aeronautical engineer (1930–2018)
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Ted Hughes
English poet and children's writer (1930-1998)
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J. G. Ballard
British novelist (1930–2009)
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Adunis
Syrian poet, writer and translator (born 1930)
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Bernie Ecclestone
British business magnate (born 1930)
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Martin Karplus
Austrian-born American theoretical chemist (1930–2024)
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Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer (1930–2015)
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James Baker
American lawyer and statesman (born 1930)
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Edgar Mitchell
American astronaut (1930-2016)
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Sandra Day O'Connor
American lawyer and jurist (1930–2023)
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Tom Wolfe
American author and journalist (1930–2018)
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Tadao Kobayashi
Japanese association football player
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Malcolm Fraser
Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (1930-2015)
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Ed White
American astronaut (1930-1967)
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José Sarney
President of Brazil from 1985 to 1990
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Tippi Hedren
American actress, model and activist
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Michel Rocard
French politician (1930–2016)