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Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. An influential figure in popular culture, she is known for her autobiographical songwriting and artistic reinventions. Swift is the highest-grossing live music artist, the wealthiest female musician, and one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential players in the sport's history, Bryant won five NBA championships and was an 18-time All-Star, four-time All-Star MVP, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, 12-time member of the All-Defensive Team, the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), two-time NBA Finals MVP, and two-time scoring champion. He ranks fourth in league all-time regular season and postseason scoring. Bryant was posthumously named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021 and was a two-time inductee to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, for his playing career in 2020 and as a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic team in 2025.
Wallis Simpson
American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor (1896-1986)
Kevin Hart
American comedian and actor (born 1979)
Maddie Ziegler
American dancer and actress
Renée Fleming
American opera soprano
John Fetterman
John Karl Fetterman is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Pennsylvania, a seat he has held since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 2006 to 2019 as the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, and from 2019 to 2023 as the 34th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania.
Matthias W. Baldwin
American inventor and machinery manufacturer
William Louis Abbott
American medical doctor, explorer, ornithologist and field naturalist (1860-1936)
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
American dog breeder and philanthropist; founder of The Seeing Eye (1886-1946)
Elliott Cresson
American philanthropist (1796–1854)
Gisele Barreto Fetterman
Second Lady of Pennsylvania from 2019 to 2023
Richard B. Mellon
American banker (1858–1933)
William Guggenheim
American philanthropist (1868-1941)
Eckley Brinton Coxe
American politician (1839-1895)
Elin C. Danien
American anthropologist
Henry Phipps, Jr.
American businessman (1839-1930)