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American law enforcement administrator who directed the FBI for nearly five decades, shaping its early crime-fighting and intelligence operations

American country singer, songwriter, and actor who helped define outlaw country music and starred in films like A Star Is Born

American actor and conductor known for <i>M*A*S*H</i>'s Major Winchester and numerous voice roles, who also found joy in conducting orchestras

American mythologist, writer, and lecturer best known for his work on the 'hero's journey' and comparative mythology

American actor renowned for his versatile character roles on stage and screen, including Tuco in 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'

Korean-American physician, journalist, and independence activist who survived a coup, became the first Korean naturalized U.S. citizen, and founded Korea's first Hangul newspaper to empower his people

American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician, and artist known for her eccentric, self-deprecating persona and cackling laugh

American actor and filmmaker known for his stage work, iconic roles like The Penguin and Mickey Goldmill, and two Academy Award nominations

American actress known for her iconic role as Rebecca Howe on "Cheers" and her starring turn in the "Look Who's Talking" film series

English painter and printmaker known for his vibrant Pop Art, swimming pool series, and innovative digital works

American political economist and journalist who argued for a single tax on land values to create a more just society

American singer-songwriter and actor celebrated for his folk and country music, known for hits like "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and his passionate environmental advocacy

American politician and gay rights activist who became the first openly gay man elected to public office in California

American particle physicist, mountaineer, and advocate who won the Nobel Prize for his co-discovery of quarks

American jazz clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing," who broke racial barriers and brought jazz to Carnegie Hall

American-Puerto Rican poet and physician known for capturing the essence of everyday American life and pioneering a distinct modernist voice

Peruvian-American writer and anthropologist known for his influential, albeit fabricated, books on shamanism and a mysterious life shrouded in controversy

American actor best known for his portrayal of the rumpled detective Lieutenant Columbo, for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe

American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist known for his theory of punctuated equilibrium and his accessible popular science writing

American naval officer and Arctic explorer who claimed to be the first to reach the North Pole

American entrepreneur and inventor who founded Eastman Kodak Company, democratizing photography and becoming a major philanthropist

American astronaut who commanded the Apollo 13 mission and was one of the first humans to orbit the Moon

American physicist who won the Nobel Prize for his theory on the asymmetrical shapes of atomic nuclei

American historian and philosopher who, with his wife Ariel, wrote the eleven-volume <i>The Story of Civilization</i>, bringing history and philosophy to a wide audience