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Simone de Beauvoir: The Intellectual Giant of Existential Feminism
Simone de Beauvoir (9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. she had a…
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Emily Greene Balch: Advocate for Peace and Social Justice
Emily Greene Balch (8 January 1867 – 9 January 1961) was an American economist, sociologist, writer, professor, and pacifist who…
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James McGill Buchanan: Pioneer of Constitutional Economics
James McGill Buchanan (3 October 1919 – 9 January 2013) was an American economist, and one of the 20th century’s…
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Vicente Huidobro: Poet, Dreamer, and Innovator
Vicente Huidobro (10 January 1893 – 2 January 1948) was a Chilean poet and diplomat, who was an important figure…
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Farouk Shousha: Capturing the Soul of Egypt on Canvas
Farouk Shousha (9 January 1936 – 14 October 2016) was an Egyptian poet. He hosted the popular television program Umsiya…
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Fearless Nadia: India’s Trailblazing Queen of Stunts
Mary Ann Evans (8 January 1908 – 9 January 1996), also known by her stage name Fearless Nadia, was an Australian-born…
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Stephen Hawking: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe
Stephen Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was a renowned theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who made groundbreaking contributions…
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The Bothe Connection: Unraveling the Mysteries of Particle Physics
Walther Bothe (8 January 1891 – 8 February 1957) was a German nuclear physicist. He received the Nobel Prize in…
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Fahrelnissa Zeid: Visionary Artist Bridging East and West
Fahrelnissa Zeid (7 January 1901 – 5 September 1991) was a Turkish artist best known for her large-scale abstract paintings…
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Irrfan Khan: Remembering the Versatile Gem of Indian Cinema
Irrfan Khan (7 January 1967 – 29 April 2020), was an Indian actor who worked in Indian cinema as well…
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Revisiting Zora Neale Hurston: An Icon of African-American Literature
Zora Neale Hurston (7 January 1891 – 28 January 1960) was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American…
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Johann Philipp Reis: The Forgotten Genius Behind the Telephone
Johann Philipp Reis (7 January 1834 – 14 January 1874) was a self-taught German scientist and inventor. In 1861, he constructed the first make-and-break telephone,…
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Oskar Luts: Estonia’s Literary Luminary
Oskar Luts (7 January 1887– 23 March 1953) was an Estonian writer and playwright. He is well known for his semi-autobiographical tale, Kevade, which…
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Reviving a Language: The Visionary Work of Eliezer Ben Yehuda
Eliezer Ben Yehuda (7 January 1858 – 16 December 1922), a Russian–Jewish linguist, grammarian, and journalist, was renowned as the lexicographer of the first Hebrew dictionary. He…
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Gaspar Henaine: The Comedy King of Mexican Cinema
Gaspar Henaine (6 January 1927 – 30 September 2011) also known by his stage name Capulina, was a Mexican actor,…
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