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Heywood "Woody" Allen is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and comedian. In a career spanning eight decades, he has written for film, television, and theater. Allen has received many accolades, including the most wins and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He has won four Academy Awards, ten BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for an Emmy Award and a Tony Award. Allen has also received numerous honors, including an Honorary Golden Lion in 1995, the BAFTA Fellowship in 1997, an Honorary Palme d'Or in 2002, and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2014. Two of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

American writer (1937-2010)

American filmmaker (born 1969)

Hakeem Sekou Jeffries is an American politician and attorney who has served as House minority leader and leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023. Currently in his seventh term, Jeffries has been the U.S. representative for New York's 8th congressional district since 2013 and served three terms as a member of the New York State Assembly from 2007 to 2012.

American composer (born 1938)

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American guitarist

American actress (born 1951)

American actor

American poet, essayist, playwright, feminist, bisexual activist

American pathologist and researcher

American politician (1940–2010)

American basketball player (1950–2006)

American philosopher (1932–2022)

American psychologist

American theoretical physicist

American novelist

former First Lady of New York State

American writer (1935-2016)

American actor

American film producer

Psychiatric Survivor Activist

American television host

American food writer

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MIT professor (b. 1941)

American historian

American historian (born 1951)

American artist (1930-2015)

American climate scientist