100 Notable alumni of
Harvard University
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Harvard University is 1st in the world, 1st in North America, and 1st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Harvard University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 39 individuals affiliated with Harvard University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
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Barack Obama
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- 1988-1991 graduated with Juris Doctor in law
- Occupations
- politicianacademiccommunity organizermemoiristpolitical writer
- Biography
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Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president in U.S. history. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
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John F. Kennedy
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- 1936-1940 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in international relations
- Occupations
- politicianjournalistanti-communistwriternaval officer
- Biography
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known by his initials as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president at 43 years. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A Democrat, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the United States Congress prior to his presidency.
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Bill Gates
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- Studied in 1973-1975
- Occupations
- entrepreneurprogrammerphilanthropist
- Biography
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William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. He later held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief software architect of the company. Gates was also its largest individual shareholder until May 2014. He was a pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Mark Zuckerberg
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- In 2002 studied computer science and psychology
- Occupations
- computer scientistchief executive officerentrepreneurpatron of the artsprogrammer
- Biography
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Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American businessman who co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms, of which he is the chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder. Zuckerberg has been the subject of multiple lawsuits regarding the creation and ownership of the website as well as issues such as user privacy.
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Robert Oppenheimer
- Occupations
- art collectornuclear physicisttheoretical physicistscience administratorphysicist
- Biography
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J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in overseeing the development of the first nuclear weapons.
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Natalie Portman
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- 1999-2003 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in psychology
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm producerfilm actorstage actorfilm director
- Biography
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Natalie Hershlag, known professionally as Natalie Portman, is an Israeli-born American actress. She has had a prolific screen career from her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, receiving multiple accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Occupations
- statesperson
- Biography
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served more than two terms. His initial two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth saw him shift his focus to America's involvement in World War II.
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George W. Bush
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- 1973-1975 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- businesspersonpoliticianrugby union playerpaintermotivational speaker
- Biography
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George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Bush family and the Republican Party, he was the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. The eldest son of the 41st president, George H. W. Bush, he flew warplanes in the Texas Air National Guard in his twenties. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in the oil industry. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers, of Major League Baseball, before being elected governor of Texas in 1994. As governor, Bush successfully sponsored legislation for tort reform, increased education funding, set higher standards for schools, and reformed the criminal justice system. He also helped make Texas the leading producer of wind-generated electricity in the United States. In the 2000 presidential election, he won over Democratic incumbent Vice President Al Gore, while losing the popular vote after a narrow and contested Electoral College win, which involved a Supreme Court decision to stop a recount in Florida.
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Matt Damon
- Occupations
- screenwritervoice actoractortelevision actorwriter
- Biography
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Matthew Paige Damon is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among Forbes' most bankable stars in 2007, and in 2010 was one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Judy Garland
- Occupations
- voice actorradio personalityfilm actorstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Judy Garland was an American actress, singer, and vaudevillian. Renowned for her powerful contralto voice, emotional depth, and versatility, Garland rose to international fame as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939), a role that cemented her status as a Hollywood legend.
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Theodore Roosevelt
- Occupations
- politicianhistoriannaturalistautobiographerexplorer
- Biography
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr., also known as Teddy or T. R., was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Roosevelt previously was involved in New York politics, including serving as the state's 33rd governor for two years. He served as the 25th vice president under President William McKinley for six months in 1901, assuming the presidency after McKinley's assassination. As president, Roosevelt emerged as a leader of the Republican Party and became a driving force for anti-trust and Progressive policies.
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Helen Keller
- Occupations
- suffragettetrade unionistoratorpolitical activistwriter
- Biography
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Helen Adams Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old. She then communicated primarily using home signs until the age of seven, when she met her first teacher and life-long companion Anne Sullivan. Sullivan taught Keller language, including reading and writing. After an education at both specialist and mainstream schools, Keller attended Radcliffe College of Harvard University and became the first deafblind person in the United States to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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Robert F. Kennedy
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- In 1948 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianwriterlawyermilitary officer
- Biography
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Robert Francis Kennedy, also known as RFK, was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the 64th United States attorney general from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968, when he was running for the Democratic presidential nomination. Like his brothers John F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, he was a prominent member of the Democratic Party and is considered an icon of modern American liberalism.
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Henry Kissinger
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- 1947-1950 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in political science
- 1950-1952 graduated with Master of Arts in political science
- 1952-1954 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in political science
- Occupations
- entrepreneurpoliticiandiplomatpedagoguewriter
- Biography
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Henry Alfred Kissinger was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 56th United States secretary of state from 1973 to 1977 and the 7th national security advisor from 1969 to 1975, serving in the presidential administrations of both Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Occupations
- judgejuristlawyer
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Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton to replace retiring justice Byron White, and at the time was viewed as a moderate consensus-builder. Ginsburg was the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court, after Sandra Day O'Connor. During her tenure, Ginsburg authored the majority opinions in cases such as United States v. Virginia (1996), Olmstead v. L.C. (1999), Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc. (2000), and City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York (2005). Later in her tenure, Ginsburg received attention for passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She was popularly dubbed "the Notorious R.B.G.", a moniker she later embraced.
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Michelle Obama
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- 1985-1988 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianjuristlawyerwritersociologist
- Biography
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Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, being married to Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr
- Occupations
- radio personalitypoliticianlawyeruniversity teacherbiographer
- Biography
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Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist. He is the nominee for United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) in President Donald Trump's second cabinet.
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Noam Chomsky
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- 1951-1955 studied linguistics
- Occupations
- writeranthropologistlinguistopinion journalistpolitical writer
- Biography
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Avram Noam Chomsky is an American professor and public intellectual known for his work in linguistics, political activism, and social criticism. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and an institute professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Among the most cited living authors, Chomsky has written more than 150 books on topics such as linguistics, war, and politics. In addition to his work in linguistics, since the 1960s Chomsky has been an influential voice on the American left as a consistent critic of U.S. foreign policy, contemporary capitalism, and corporate influence on political institutions and the media.
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Rashida Jones
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritertelevision actoractortelevision producer
- Biography
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Rashida Leah Jones is an American actress and filmmaker. She is best known for her roles as Louisa Fenn on the Fox drama series Boston Public (2000–2002), Karen Filippelli on the NBC comedy series The Office (2006–2009; 2011), Ann Perkins on the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation (2009–2015), and as the eponymous lead role in the TBS comedy series Angie Tribeca (2016–2019).
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Susan Wojcicki
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- 1986-1990 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in study of history and literary studies
- Occupations
- businesspersonmanager
- Biography
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Susan Diane Wojcicki was an American business executive who was the chief executive officer of YouTube from 2014 to 2023. Her net worth was estimated at $765 million in 2022.
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Jon Bernthal
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Jonathan Edward Bernthal is an American actor. Beginning his career in the early 2000s, he came to prominence for portraying Shane Walsh on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead (2010–2012; 2018), where he was a starring cast member in the first two seasons. Bernthal achieved further recognition as Frank Castle / The Punisher in the second season of Daredevil (2016), a role he reprised in its spin-off series The Punisher (2017–2019) and the revival series Daredevil: Born Again (2025), all part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For his recurring role as Michael Berzatto in the series The Bear (2022–present), Bernthal won a Primetime Emmy Award.
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Tommy Lee Jones
- Occupations
- film directorfilm actorfilm producer
- Biography
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Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor. He has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Elisabeth Shue
- Occupations
- film produceractorfilm actorsingertelevision actor
- Biography
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Elisabeth Shue is an American actress. She has starred in the films The Karate Kid (1984), Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Cocktail (1988), Back to the Future Part II (1989), Back to the Future Part III (1990), Soapdish (1991), Leaving Las Vegas (1995), The Saint (1997), Hollow Man (2000), Piranha 3D (2010), Battle of the Sexes (2017), Death Wish (2018), and Greyhound (2020). For her performance in Leaving Las Vegas, she was nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and SAG Award for Best Actress.
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Jared Kushner
- Occupations
- publisherpoliticianinvestorbusinesspersonlawyer
- Biography
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Jared Corey Kushner is an American businessman and investor. He is the son-in-law of the president of the United States Donald Trump through his marriage to Ivanka Trump, and served as a senior advisor in his father-in-law's first administration from 2017 to 2021. He was also Director of the Office of American Innovation.
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John Adams
- Occupations
- political philosopherpoliticiandiplomatlawyerwriter
- Biography
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John Adams was an American Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain. During the latter part of the Revolutionary War and in the early years of the new nation, he served the U.S. government as a senior diplomat in Europe. Adams was the first person to hold the office of vice president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. He was a dedicated diarist and regularly corresponded with important contemporaries, including his wife and adviser Abigail Adams and his friend and political rival Thomas Jefferson.
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Ben Shapiro
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- Studied in 2007
- Occupations
- political punditlawyerwriterpodcasterpundit
- Biography
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Benjamin Aaron Shapiro is an American conservative political commentator, media proprietor, and attorney. He writes columns for Creators Syndicate, Newsweek, and Ami Magazine, and serves as editor emeritus for The Daily Wire, which he co-founded in 2015. Shapiro is the host of The Ben Shapiro Show, a daily political podcast and live radio show. He was editor-at-large of Breitbart News from 2012 until his resignation in 2016. Shapiro has also authored sixteen non-fiction books.
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Eduardo Saverin
- Occupations
- entrepreneurcomputer scientisteconomist
- Biography
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Eduardo Luiz Saverin is a Brazilian billionaire entrepreneur and angel investor, known for having co-founded Facebook. In 2012, he owned about 2% of Facebook shares, valued at approximately $2 billion at the time. Based in Singapore, he is the co-founder and co-CEO of the venture capital firm B Capital, and has also invested in early-stage startups such as Qwiki and Jumio. Saverin is the wealthiest Brazilian, with an estimated net worth of US$33.9 billion as of 7 January 2025, according to Forbes, and the 47th richest individual in the world.
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Ted Cruz
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- In 1995 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianlaw clerklawyer
- Biography
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Rafael Edward Cruz is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz was the solicitor general of Texas from 2003 to 2008.
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Ratan Tata
- Occupations
- engineerphilanthropistbusinesspersonentrepreneur
- Biography
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Ratan Naval Tata was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He served as the chairman of Tata Group and Tata Sons from 1991 to 2012 and he held the position of interim chairman from October 2016 to February 2017. In 2000, he received the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour in India, followed by the Padma Vibhushan, the country's second highest civilian honour, in 2008.
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Ashley Judd
- Occupations
- voice actorfilm actorfilm directorstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Ashley Judd is an American actress. She grew up in a family of performing artists, the daughter of country music singer Naomi Judd and the half-sister of country music singer Wynonna Judd. Her acting career has spanned more than three decades, and she has become heavily involved in global humanitarian efforts and political activism. Judd made her television debut in 1991 with a guest role on Star Trek: The Next Generation and her film debut in 1992's Kuffs.
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Ron DeSantis
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- In 2005 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianwritermilitary personneljudge advocate
- Biography
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Ronald Dion DeSantis is an American politician and former naval officer serving as the 46th governor of Florida since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2013 to 2018 as the U.S. representative from Florida's 6th congressional district. DeSantis was a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, withdrawing his candidacy in January 2024.
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Michael Bloomberg
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- In 1966 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotwriterbusinesspersontraderpolitician
- Biography
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Michael Rubens Bloomberg is an American businessman and politician. He is the majority owner and co-founder of Bloomberg L.P., and was its CEO from 1981 to 2001 and again from 2014 to 2023. He served as the mayor of New York City for three terms from 2002 to 2013 and was a candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president of the United States. In 2024, Bloomberg received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden. He has served as chair of the Defense Innovation Board, an independent advisory board that provides recommendations on artificial intelligence, software, data and digital modernization to the United States Department of Defense, since June 2022.
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Al Gore
- Occupations
- businesspersonjournalistclimate activistoratorfinancier
- Biography
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Albert Arnold Gore Jr. is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He previously served as a United States Senator from 1985 to 1993 and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1985, in which he represented Tennessee. Gore was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in the 2000 presidential election, which he lost to George W. Bush despite winning the popular vote.
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Pete Buttigieg
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- In 2004 studied study of history and literary studies
- Occupations
- military officerministerpoliticiansecretarystatesperson
- Biography
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Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg is an American politician and former naval officer who served as the 19th United States secretary of transportation from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 32nd mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020, which earned him the nickname "Mayor Pete".
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Darren Aronofsky
- Occupations
- film directorfilm producerscreenwriterdirectorwriter
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Darren Aronofsky is an American filmmaker. His films are noted for their surreal, melodramatic, and often disturbing elements, frequently in the form of psychological fiction. Over his career he has received a Primetime Emmy Award and has been nominated for several awards including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
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Caroline Kennedy
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- In 1980 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianjournalistdiplomatwriterlawyer
- Biography
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Caroline Bouvier Kennedy is an American author, diplomat and attorney who served as the United States ambassador to Australia from 2022 to 2024. Kennedy previously served in the Obama administration as the United States ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017. Most of Kennedy's professional life has been in literature, law, politics, education reform, and charity. She is a member of the Kennedy family and the only surviving child of US president John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
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Colin Jost
- Occupations
- actorcomediantelevision actorscreenwritertelevision director
- Biography
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Colin Kelly Jost is an American comedian, writer, and actor. Jost has been a staff writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 2005, and co-anchor of Weekend Update since 2014. He also served as one of the show's co-head writers from 2012 to 2015 and later came back as one of the show's head writers in 2017 until 2022, alongside Michael Che.
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Ted Kennedy
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- 1950-1956 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianautobiographerlawyer
- Biography
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Edward Moore Kennedy was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and the prominent Kennedy family, he was the second-most senior member of the Senate when he died. He is ranked fifth in U.S. history for length of continuous service as a senator. Kennedy was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the father of U.S. representative Patrick J. Kennedy.
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Mitt Romney
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- In 1975 graduated with Juris Doctor
- In 1975 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- Mormon missionarybusiness executivepoliticiannon-fiction writerconsultant
- Biography
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Willard Mitt Romney is an American businessman and retired politician. He served as a United States senator from Utah from 2019 to 2025 and as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. He was the Republican Party's nominee in the 2012 U.S. presidential election.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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- astrophysicistscience communicator
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Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From 1991 to 1994, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University. In 1994, he joined the Hayden Planetarium as a staff scientist and the Princeton faculty as a visiting research scientist and lecturer. In 1996, he became director of the planetarium and oversaw its $210 million reconstruction project, which was completed in 2000. Since 1996, he has been the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City. The center is part of the American Museum of Natural History, where Tyson founded the Department of Astrophysics in 1997 and has been a research associate in the department since 2003.
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Leonard Bernstein
- Occupations
- composerconductorpianistfilm score composermusicologist
- Biography
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Leonard Bernstein was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first American-born conductor to receive international acclaim. Bernstein was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history" according to music critic Donal Henahan. Bernstein's honors and accolades include seven Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and 16 Grammy Awards (including the Lifetime Achievement Award) as well as an Academy Award nomination. He received the Kennedy Center Honor in 1981.
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Conan O'Brien
- Occupations
- screenwritertelevision presentervoice actorcomediantelevision actor
- Biography
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Conan Christopher O'Brien is an American television host, comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for having hosted late-night talk shows, beginning with Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–2009) and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–2010) on the NBC television network, and Conan (2010–2021) on the cable channel TBS. Before his hosting career, O'Brien was a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1988 to 1991, and the Fox animated sitcom The Simpsons from 1991 to 1993. He has hosted the podcast series Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend since 2018, and starred in the 2024 travel show Conan O'Brien Must Go on Max.
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David Rockefeller
- Occupations
- entomologistautobiographerbusinesspersonentrepreneurart collector
- Biography
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David Rockefeller was an American economist and investment banker who served as chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Corporation. He was the oldest living member of the third generation of the Rockefeller family, and family patriarch from 2004 until his death in 2017. Rockefeller was the fifth son and youngest child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, and a grandson of John D. Rockefeller and Laura Spelman Rockefeller.
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John Lithgow
- Occupations
- film actormusiciantelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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John Arthur Lithgow is an American actor. He studied at Harvard University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before becoming known for his diverse work on stage and screen. He has received numerous accolades including six Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Tony Awards as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and four Grammy Awards. Lithgow received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2001 and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2005.
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Tyra Banks
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actoractorbusinesspersontalk show host
- Biography
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Tyra Lynne Banks, also known as BanX, is an American model, television personality, producer, writer, and actress. Born in Inglewood, California, she began her career as a model at the age of 15 and was the first Black American woman to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, on which she appeared three times. Banks was one of only a few Black models to achieve Supermodel status. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1997 to 2005. By the early 2000s, Banks was one of the world's top-earning models.
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Rahul Gandhi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rahul Rajiv Gandhi is an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress (INC), he is currently serving as the 12th leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and as the member of the Lok Sabha for Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, since June 2024. He previously represented the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala, from 2019 to 2024, and Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, from 2004 to 2019. Gandhi served as the party president of the Indian National Congress from December 2017 to July 2019.
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Jeremy Lin
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- 2006-2010 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in economics
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jeremy Shu-How Lin is a Taiwanese-American professional basketball player for the New Taipei Kings of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) during the 2011–12 season, sparking a cultural phenomenon known as "Linsanity". Lin was the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA, and is one of the few Asian Americans to have played in the league. He is the first Asian American player to win an NBA championship, having done so with the Toronto Raptors in 2019.
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Henry David Thoreau
- Occupations
- translatorautobiographerpoetphilosopherdiarist
- Biography
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Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"), an argument in favor of citizen disobedience against an unjust state.
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Paul Allen
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- businesspersonmusiciancomposerentrepreneurfilm producer
- Biography
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Paul Gardner Allen was an American businessman, computer programmer, researcher, film producer, explorer, sports executive, investor, author, and philanthropist. He co-founded Microsoft Corporation with his childhood friend Bill Gates in 1975, which was followed by the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. Allen was ranked as the 44th-wealthiest person in the world by Forbes with an estimated net worth of $20.3 billion at the time of his death in October 2018.
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Isoroku Yamamoto
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Isoroku Yamamoto was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II. He commanded the fleet from 1939 until his death in 1943, overseeing the start of the Pacific War in 1941 and Japan's initial successes and defeats before his plane was shot down by U.S. fighter aircraft over New Guinea.
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Steve Bannon
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- 1983-1985 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- screenwriterbankerinvestment bankerpolitical adviserstrategist
- Biography
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Stephen Kevin Bannon is an American media executive, political strategist, and former investment banker. He served as the White House's chief strategist for the first seven months of U.S. president Donald Trump's first administration, before Trump discharged him. He is a former executive chairman of Breitbart News and previously served on the board of the now-defunct data-analytics firm Cambridge Analytica.
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Mike Pompeo
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- In 1994 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- businesspersonbusiness executivemilitary officerpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Michael Richard Pompeo is an American retired politician who served in the first administration of Donald Trump as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2017 to 2018, and as the 70th United States secretary of state from 2018 to 2021. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017.
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John Quincy Adams
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- politiciandiplomatlawyerwriterstatesperson
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John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825. During his long diplomatic and political career, Adams served as an ambassador and also as a member of the United States Congress representing Massachusetts in both chambers. He was the eldest son of John Adams, who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801, and First Lady Abigail Adams. Initially a Federalist like his father, he won election to the presidency as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, and later, in the mid-1830s, became affiliated with the Whig Party.
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Mira Sorvino
- Occupations
- musicianactorfilm actorsingertelevision actor
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Mira Katherine Sorvino is an American actress. She won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite (1995).
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Vivek Ramaswamy
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- In 2007 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in biology
- Occupations
- punditpoliticianpodcasterentrepreneur
- Biography
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Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy is an American entrepreneur and politician. He founded Roivant Sciences, a pharmaceutical company, in 2014. In February 2023, Ramaswamy declared his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination in the 2024 United States presidential election. He suspended his campaign in January 2024, after finishing fourth in the Iowa caucuses and proceeded to endorse Trump's candidacy.
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Pierre Trudeau
- Occupations
- memoiristpoliticianlawyerjournalistdiarist
- Biography
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Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau PC CC CH QC FRSC was a Canadian politician, statesman, and lawyer who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984. Between his non-consecutive terms as prime minister, he served as the leader of the Opposition from 1979 to 1980.
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Joseph P. Kennedy Sr
- Occupations
- bankerpoliticiandiplomatfilm producereconomist
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr. was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and politician. He is known for his own political prominence as well as that of his children and was a patriarch of the Kennedy family, which included President John F. Kennedy, attorney general and senator Robert F. Kennedy, and longtime senator Ted Kennedy.
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B. J. Novak
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- screenwriterfilm directoractorcomediantelevision actor
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Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He has received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Jack Lemmon
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- musiciantelevision actordirectorfilm actorfilm producer
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John Uhler Lemmon III was an American actor. Considered proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, Lemmon was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in comedy-drama films. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. He received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1988, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1991, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1996. The Guardian labeled him as "the most successful tragi-comedian of his age."
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David Foster Wallace
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- 1989-1989 studied philosophy
- Occupations
- university teacherwriternovelistessayist
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David Foster Wallace was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and university professor of English and creative writing. Wallace's 1996 novel Infinite Jest was cited by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. His posthumous novel, The Pale King (2011), was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2012. David Ulin of the Los Angeles Times called Wallace "one of the most influential and innovative writers of the last twenty years".
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- philosopherUnitarian pastordiaristwriterChristian minister
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and critical thinking, as well as a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society and conformity. Friedrich Nietzsche thought he was "the most gifted of the Americans," and Walt Whitman called Emerson his "master".
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Margaret Atwood
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- 1961-1962 graduated with Master of Arts in English literature
- 1962-1963 studied English literature
- 1965-1967 studied English literature
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- non-fiction writernovelistscience fiction writerpoetpedagogue
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Margaret Eleanor Atwood CC OOnt CH FRSC FRSL is a Canadian novelist, poet, and literary critic. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Her best-known work is the 1985 dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including two Booker Prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Governor General's Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, Princess of Asturias Awards, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television.
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Jonathan Taylor Thomas
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- actorfilm actortelevision actorchild actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Jonathan Taylor Thomas is an American actor and director. He is known for portraying Randy Taylor on Home Improvement and voicing young Simba in Disney's 1994 animated feature film The Lion King and Pinocchio in New Line Cinema's 1996 film The Adventures of Pinocchio.
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Lisa Brennan-Jobs
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- opinion journalistwriterjournalistessayist
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Lisa Nicole Brennan-Jobs is an American writer. She is the daughter of Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs and Chrisann Brennan.
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Michael Crichton
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- science fiction writerdirectortelevision producerbasketball playerfilm director
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John Michael Crichton was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction genres. Crichton's novels often explore human technological advancement and attempted dominance over nature, both with frequently catastrophic results; many of his works are cautionary tales, especially regarding themes of biotechnology. Several of his stories center on themes of genetic modification, hybridization, paleontology and/or zoology. Many feature medical or scientific underpinnings, reflective of his own medical training and scientific background.
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Tom Morello
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- Studied in 1986
- Occupations
- mandolinisttrade unionistactorbanjoistcomposer
- Biography
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Thomas Baptist Morello is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and political activist. He is known for his tenure with the rock bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave. Between 2016 and 2019, Morello was a member of the supergroup Prophets of Rage. Morello was also a touring musician with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Under the moniker the Nightwatchman, Morello released his solo work. Together with Boots Riley, he formed Street Sweeper Social Club. Morello co-founded Axis of Justice, which airs a monthly program on Pacifica Radio station KPFK (90.7 FM) in Los Angeles.
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Kayleigh McEnany
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- Studied in 2017
- Graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- writerspokespersonpolitical punditnews presenter
- Biography
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Kayleigh Michelle McEnany is an American conservative political commentator, television personality, and writer who served as the 33rd White House press secretary under Donald Trump from April 2020 to January 2021.
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Benazir Bhutto
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani politician and stateswoman who served as the 11th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990, and again from 1993 to 1996. She was also the first woman elected to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country. A liberal and a secularist ideologically, she chaired or co-chaired the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) from the early 1980s until her assassination in 2007.
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Caroline Wozniacki
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Caroline Wozniacki R is a Danish professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), holding the position for a total of 71 weeks (including as the year-end world No. 1 in 2010 and 2011). Wozniacki has won 30 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including a major at the 2018 Australian Open, as well as the 2017 WTA Finals.
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T. S. Eliot
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- writerscreenwriterplaywrightcriticpoet
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Thomas Stearns Eliot OM was a poet, essayist and playwright. He was a leading figure in English-language Modernist poetry where he reinvigorated the art through his use of language, writing style, and verse structure. He is also noted for his critical essays, which often re-evaluated long-held cultural beliefs.
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Chuck Schumer
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- In 1971 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in social studies
- In 1974 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- writerpolitician
- Biography
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Charles Ellis Schumer is an American politician serving since 1999 as the senior United States senator from New York. A member of the Democratic Party, he has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 and served as Senate majority leader from 2021 to 2025. He has served two stints as Senate minority leader, from 2017 to 2021 and since 2025. He became New York's senior senator in 2001, upon Daniel Patrick Moynihan's retirement. Elected to a fifth term in 2022, Schumer surpassed Moynihan and Jacob K. Javits as the longest-serving U.S. senator from New York. He is the dean of New York's congressional delegation.
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Antony Blinken
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- 1980-1984 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianmanaging partnerlawyerdiplomatjournalist
- Biography
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Antony John Blinken is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the 71st United States secretary of state from 2021 to 2025. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under President Barack Obama. Blinken was previously national security advisor to then–Vice President Joe Biden from 2009 to 2013.
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John Roberts
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- In 1976 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in study of history
- In 1979 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianart historianteacherjurist
- Biography
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John Glover Roberts Jr. is an American jurist serving since 2005 as the 17th chief justice of the United States. He has been described as having a moderate conservative judicial philosophy, though he is primarily an institutionalist. Regarded as a swing vote in some cases, Roberts has presided over an ideological shift toward conservative jurisprudence on the high court, in which he has authored key opinions.
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Shimon Peres
- Occupations
- ministerpoliticianwriterpoet
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Shimon Peres was an Israeli politician and statesman who served as the eighth prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the ninth president of Israel from 2007 to 2014. He was a member of twelve cabinets and represented five political parties in a political career spanning 70 years. Peres was elected to the Knesset in November 1959 and except for three months out of office in early 2006, served as a member of the Knesset continuously until he was elected president in 2007. Serving in the Knesset for 48 years (with the first uninterrupted stretch lasting more than 46 years), Peres is the longest serving member in the Knesset's history. At the time of his retirement from politics in 2014, he was the world's oldest head of state and was considered the last link to Israel's founding generation.
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Damien Chazelle
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- film producerscreenwriterfilm directordirectorcinematographer
- Biography
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Damien Sayre Chazelle is a French-American filmmaker. He directed the psychological drama Whiplash (2014), the musical romance La La Land (2016), the biographical drama First Man (2018), and the period black comedy Babylon (2022).
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Ban Ki-moon
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- writerpoliticiandiplomat
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Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Ban was the South Korean minister of foreign affairs and trade between 2004 and 2006. Ban was initially considered to be a long shot for the office of Secretary-General of the United Nations; he began to campaign for the office in February 2006. As the foreign minister of South Korea, he was able to travel to all the countries on the United Nations Security Council, a manoeuvre that subsequently turned him into the campaign's front-runner.
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Bridgit Mendler
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- Studied in 2019
- Occupations
- recording artistsingertelevision actorbusiness executivefilm actor
- Biography
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Bridgit Claire Mendler is an American entrepreneur and former actress and singer. She first became known as a child actress and continued acting into adulthood, which overlapped with a musical career in the 2010s. After enrolling at MIT and Harvard, from 2017 to 2024, she co-founded a satellite data startup, which is cited as an example of a successful career reinvention.
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Antonin Scalia
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- 1957-1960 graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- judgejuristlawyerprofessor
- Biography
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Antonin Gregory Scalia was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016. He was described as the intellectual anchor for the originalist and textualist position in the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative wing. For catalyzing an originalist and textualist movement in American law, he has been described as one of the most influential jurists of the twentieth century, and one of the most important justices in the history of the Supreme Court. Scalia was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018, and the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University was named in his honor.
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Mehmet Oz
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- television producerphysicianpoliticianacademicwriter
- Biography
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Mehmet Cengiz Öz, also known as Dr. Oz, is an American television presenter, physician, author, professor emeritus of cardiothoracic surgery at Columbia University, and former political candidate.
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Steve Ballmer
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- In 1977 graduated with bachelor's degree in economics and mathematics
- Occupations
- entrepreneurcomputer scientistmerchant
- Biography
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Steven Anthony Ballmer is an American businessman and investor who served as chief executive officer of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. He is the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a co-founder of Ballmer Group, a philanthropic investment company. As of November 2024, Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimates his personal wealth at around $145 billion, making him the tenth-richest person in the world. At the same time Forbes ranks him as the eighth-richest person with a net worth of $123 billion.
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Robert Kraft
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- financierchief executive officer
- Biography
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Robert Kenneth Kraft is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Kraft Group, a diversified holding company with assets in paper and packaging, sports and entertainment, real estate development, and a private equity portfolio. Since 1994, Kraft has owned the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He also owns the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer (MLS), which he founded in 1996, and the esport-based Boston Uprising, which Kraft founded in 2017. As of July 2024, he has an estimated net worth of US$11.1 billion according to Forbes.
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Christian Horner
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- racing automobile driverteam manager
- Biography
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Christian Edward Johnston Horner is a British motorsport executive and former racing driver. Since 2005, Horner has served as team principal and CEO of Red Bull Racing in Formula One, winning six World Constructors' Championship titles between 2010 and 2023.
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Steve Zahn
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- voice actorfilm actorcomedianstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Steven James Zahn, is an American actor. The accolades he has received include an Independent Spirit Award, alongside nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Tatyana Ali
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorsingermodeltelevision actor
- Biography
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Tatyana Marisol Ali is an American actress and singer best known for her role as Ashley Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air from 1990 to 1996. She starred as Tyana Jones on the TV One original series Love That Girl!, and played a recurring role as Roxanne on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless from 2007 to 2013. In 2023, she starred in Giving Hope: The Ni'Cola Mitchell Story on Lifetime.
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William S. Burroughs
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- photographernovelistpainterscience fiction writerpoet
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William Seward Burroughs II was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature. Burroughs wrote 18 novels and novellas, six collections of short stories, and four collections of essays. Five books of his interviews and correspondences have also been published. He was initially briefly known by the pen name William Lee. He also collaborated on projects and recordings with numerous performers and musicians, made many appearances in films, and created and exhibited thousands of visual artworks, including his celebrated "shotgun art".
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William Randolph Hearst
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- publisherpoliticianbusinesspersonsocialiteart collector
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William Randolph Hearst Sr. was an American newspaper publisher and politician who developed the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His flamboyant methods of yellow journalism in violation of ethics and standards influenced the nation's popular media by emphasizing sensationalism and human-interest stories. Hearst entered the publishing business in 1887 with Mitchell Trubitt after being given control of The San Francisco Examiner by his wealthy father, Senator George Hearst.
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Neil Gorsuch
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- In 1991 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- judgejuristlawyer
- Biography
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Neil McGill Gorsuch is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on January 31, 2017, and has served since April 10, 2017.
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Robert Frost
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- Studied in 1891-1897
- Occupations
- pedagoguewriterplaywrightpoet
- Biography
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Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.
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William James Sidis
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- Studied in 1914
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- writeranthropologistlinguisthistorianmathematician
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William James Sidis was an American child prodigy with mathematical and linguistic skills. He was active as a mathematician, linguist, historian, and author. He wrote the book The Animate and the Inanimate, published in 1925, in which he speculated about the origin of life in the context of thermodynamics. His works were published under various pseudonyms, as he never used his real name as an author.
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Stockard Channing
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- film actortelevision actorvoice actorstage actor
- Biography
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Stockard Channing is an American actress. She played Betty Rizzo in the film Grease (1978) and First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing (1999–2006). She also originated the role of Ouisa Kittredge in the stage and film versions of Six Degrees of Separation; the 1993 film version earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
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Dean Norris
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- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Dean Joseph Norris is an American actor. He is known for playing Hank Schrader on the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), James "Big Jim" Rennie on the CBS series Under the Dome (2013–2015), and Clay "Uncle Daddy" Husser on the TNT series Claws (2017–2022). Throughout his career, he has amassed over 150 credits across film and television.
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John Jacob Astor IV
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- inventorracing automobile driverwriterentrepreneurscience fiction writer
- Biography
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John Jacob Astor IV was an American business magnate, real estate developer, investor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, and a prominent member of the Astor family. He was among the most prominent American passengers aboard RMS Titanic and perished along with 1,495 others when the ship sank on her maiden voyage. Astor was the richest passenger aboard the RMS Titanic and was thought to be among the richest people in the world at that time, with a net worth of roughly $87 million (equivalent to $2.75 billion in 2023) when he died.
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Michael Collins
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- astronautmilitary officeraircraft pilotactortest pilot
- Biography
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Michael "Mike" Collins was an 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. He was also a test pilot and major general in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
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- sociologistteacherwriterjournalistart historian
- Biography
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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
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Dustin Moskovitz
- Occupations
- computer scientistentrepreneur
- Biography
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Dustin Aaron Moskovitz is an American billionaire internet entrepreneur who co-founded Facebook, Inc. (now known as Meta Platforms) with Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum and Chris Hughes. In 2008, he left Facebook to co-found Asana with Justin Rosenstein. In March 2011, Forbes reported Moskovitz to be the youngest self-made billionaire in the world, on the basis of his then 2.34% share in Facebook. As of June 2024, his net worth is estimated at US$23 billion by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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Klaus Schwab
- Occupations
- economistpedagogue
- Biography
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Klaus Martin Schwab is a German mechanical engineer, economist, and founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF). He has acted as the WEF's chairman since founding the organisation in 1971, in May 2024, WEF announced that Schwab will move from his role as Executive Chairman to chairman of the Board of Trustees by January 2025. No successor has been named yet.
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Gabe Newell
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- Studied in 1980-1983
- Occupations
- programmervideo game designergame designerentrepreneurcomputer scientist
- Biography
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Gabe Logan Newell, also known by his nickname Gaben, is an American video game developer and businessman. He is the president and co-founder of the video game company Valve Corporation.
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Tim Kaine
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- In 1983 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- missionarypoliticianuniversity teacherlawyerwriter
- Biography
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Timothy Michael Kaine is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Virginia since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 70th governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010, and as the 38th lieutenant governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. Kaine was the Democratic nominee for vice president of the United States in the 2016 election as Hillary Clinton's running mate.
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Elaine Chao
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Elaine Lan Chao is an American businesswoman and former government official who served as United States secretary of labor in the administration of George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 and as United States secretary of transportation in the administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Chao was the first Asian American woman to serve in a presidential cabinet. She resigned as transportation secretary after the January 6 United States Capitol attack.
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Sheryl Sandberg
- Enrolled in Harvard University
- 1987-1991 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in economics
- 1993-1995 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- computer scientisteconomistbusinesspersonentrepreneur
- Biography
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Sheryl Kara Sandberg is an American technology executive, philanthropist, and writer. Sandberg served as chief operating officer (COO) of Meta Platforms, a position from which she stepped down in August 2022. She is also the founder of LeanIn.Org. In 2008, she was made COO at Facebook, becoming the company's second-highest-ranking official. In June 2012, she was elected to Facebook's board of directors, becoming the first woman to serve on its board. As head of the company's advertising business, Sandberg was credited for making the company profitable. Prior to joining Facebook as its COO, Sandberg was vice president of global online sales and operations at Google and was involved in its philanthropic arm Google.org. Before that, Sandberg served as research assistant to Lawrence Summers at the World Bank, and subsequently as his chief of staff when he was Bill Clinton's United States Secretary of the Treasury.
