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Louis Braille: Illuminating the Path to Literacy for the Blind
Louis Braille (4 January 1809 -- 6 January 1852 was a French educator and inventor who is best known for…
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Emma Ihrer: The Unsung Heroine of the German Labor Movement
Emma Ihrer (3 January 1857 – 8 January 1911) was a German feminist and trade unionist who was active in founding…
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Jaswant Singh: A Statesman’s Journey Through Indian Politics
Jaswant Singh (3 January 1938-27 September 2020) was an Indian army officer and politician. He was the co-founder of Bhartiya…
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Sir Isaac Newton: The Father of Modern Physics
Sir Isaac Newton ( 4 January 1643 -- 31 March 1727) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and natural philosopher…
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Anna May Wong: Breaking Barriers in Hollywood
Anna May Wong (3 January 1905 – 3 February 1961) an American actress, was considered the first Chinese-American movie star in Hollywood as…
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The Life and Legacy of R. D. Burman
R.D. Burman (27 June 1939-4 January 1994) was an Indian music director. One of the greatest composers of Indian Hindi cinema.…
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Nabil Ali Mohamed: The Pioneer of Arabic Computational Linguistics”
Nabil Ali Mohamed (3 January 1938 – 27 January 2016) was an Egyptian computer scientist who made significant contributions to…
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Hussein Amin Bicar: The Master Painter of Egypt
Hussein Amin Bicar (2 January 1913 - 16 November 2002), was one of Egypt's most prominent artists of the 20th century.…
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Dara Nusserwanji Khurody: A Pioneer in Indian Industry
Dara Nusserwanji Khurody (2 January 1906 – 1 January 1983) was an Indian entrepreneur known for his contributions to the…
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Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar: Father of Indian Science
Sir Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar (21 February 1894 – 1 January 1955) was an Indian scientist, academician, and scientific administrator. Also…
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Nana Patekar: The Versatile Actor of Indian Cinema
Vishwanath Patekar (born 1 January 1951), better known as Nana Patekar, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He is…
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Satyendra Nath Bose: The Mind Behind Bose-Einstein Statistics
Satyendra Nath Bose (1 January 1894- 4 February 1974) was an Indian mathematician and physicist. He was honored with Padma…
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Tyrus Wong: The Master Artist Behind Disney’s “Bambi”
Tyrus Wong (October 25, 1910 – December 30, 2016) was a highly acclaimed Chinese-American artist and film production illustrator, best…
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Isamu Noguchi: Celebrating the Life of an Artistic Pioneer
Isamu Noguchi (November 17, 1904 – December 30, 1988) was a visionary artist, designer, and landscape architect who left an…
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The Life and Poetry of Yun Dong-ju: Echoes of Resistance
Yun Dong-ju (30 December 1917 – 16 February 1945), was a Korean poet and independence activist who is remembered for…
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