Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. [Wikipedia]
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Lazar Berman (February 26, 1930 – February 6, 2005) was a Soviet Russian classical pianist, Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1988). [Wikipedia]
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Sally Jessy Raphael (February 25, 1935) is an American retired television talk show host, who is best known for her program Sally (originally called The Sally Jessy Raphael Show). [Wikipedia]
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Abraham Vigoda (February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016) was an American actor, known for his portrayals of Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather (1972) and Phil Fish in both Barney Miller (1975–1977, 1982) and Fish (1977–1978). [Wikipedia]
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Michael Dell (February 23, 1965) is an American billionaire businessman and investor. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Dell Technologies, one of the world’s largest technology infrastructure companies. [Wikipedia]
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David Axelrod (February 22, 1955) is an American political consultant and analyst. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best known for being the chief strategist to Barack Obama during his 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns. [Wikipedia]
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Peter Salovey (February 21, 1958) is an American social psychologist and former academic administrator. He served as the 23rd president of Yale University from 2013 to 2024. He previously served as provost of Yale University from 2008 to 2013, dean of Yale College from 2004 to 2008, and dean of Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences from 2003 to 2004.
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Willie Garson (February 20, 1964 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor. He appeared in over 75 films and more than 300 TV episodes. He was known for playing Stanford Blatch on the series Sex and the City, in the related films Sex and the City and Sex and the City 2 and in the spin-off And Just Like That…, Mozzie in the series White Collar from 2009 to 2014, Ralph in the 2005 romantic comedy Little Manhattan, Gerard Hirsch in the reboot of Hawaii Five-0, and Martin Lloyd in the sci-fi series Stargate SG-1. [Wikipedia]
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David Mazouz (February 19, 2001) is an American actor, best known for his leading role as Bruce Wayne in Fox’s Batman-prequel TV drama Gotham (2014–2019). Mazouz started his acting career with several guest roles before joining the Fox TV series Touch (2012–2013), for which he was nominated for a Young Artist Award.
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László Nemes (February 18, 1977) is a Hungarian filmmaker. His films usually explore Jewish social and political resistance in 20th-century Hungary, featuring long takes and meticulously dressed historical sets. [Wikipedia]
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Hans Morgenthau (February 17, 1904 – July 19, 1980) was a German-American jurist and political scientist who was one of the major 20th-century figures in the study of international relations. [Wikipedia]
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Aharon Appelfeld (February 16, 1932 – January 4, 2018) was an Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor. Aharon Appelfeld was born in Jadova Commune, Storojineț County, in the Bukovina region of the Kingdom of Romania, now Ukraine. [Wikipedia]
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Melissa Manchester (February 15, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. During the 1970s and 1980s, her music found widespread success and popularity, particularly in the adult contemporary market. [Wikipedia]
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Terry Gross (February 14, 1951) is an American journalist who is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview-based radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed nationally by NPR. [Wikipedia]
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