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  Jim Jones

  American cult leader, political activist, preacher and faith healer who led the Peoples Temple

  1931 - 1978
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  Michael Collins

  American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface

  1930 - 2021
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  Philip K. Dick

  American writer known for his work in science fiction

  1928 - 1982
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  Billy JOEL

  American musician, singer-songwriter, and composer

  1949
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  Greta GARBO

  Swedish-American actress

  1905 - 1990
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  Jackson Browne

  American musician, songwriter and political activist

  1948
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  Louise BROOKS

  American film actress and dancer

  1906 - 1985
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  Errol FLYNN

  Australian-born actor

  1909 - 1959
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  Bob HOPE

  British-American stand-up comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, and author

  1903 - 2003
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  Buddy HOLLY

  American singer-songwriter

  1936 - 1959
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  Roy ORBISON

  American singer, songwriter, and musician

  1936 - 1988
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  Rudy GIULIANI

  American attorney, cybersecurity advisor, and politician who served as the 107th Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001

  1944
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  Diane Baker

  American actress, producer and educator

  1938
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  Jim HENSON

  American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, filmmaker, and screenwriter who achieved worldwide notice as the creator of The Muppets

  1936 - 1990
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  Nellie BLY

  American journalist, industrialist, inventor, and charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days

  1864 - 1922
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  Rosa PARKS

  American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

  1913 - 2005
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  Elie WIESEL

  Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor

  1928 - 2016
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  Jack LONDON

  American novelist, journalist, and social activist

  1876 - 1916
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  Joan BAEZ

  American singer, songwriter, musician and activist

  1941
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  Malcolm X

  African American Muslim minister, and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement

  1925 - 1965