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Who was born in 1893

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Hermann Göring

Hermann Göring

18931946

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal, a powerful figure in the Nazi Party and Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe, infamous for his role as a Holocaust perpetrator

Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda

18931952

Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi, and guru who founded the Self-Realization Fellowship, bringing Kriya Yoga to the West and becoming known as the 'Father of Yoga in the West'

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Joachim von Ribbentrop

Joachim von Ribbentrop

18931946

German diplomat and politician who served as Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945

Joan Miró

Joan Miró

18931983

Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist known for his unique blend of Surrealism, Fauvism, and Expressionism, his interest in the unconscious mind, and his 'assassination of painting' philosophy

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George Grosz

George Grosz

18931959

German artist known for his iconic caricatural drawings of 1920s Berlin life and his prominent role in Berlin Dada and New Objectivity

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Albert Szent-Györgyi

Albert Szent-Györgyi

18931986

Hungarian biochemist, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1937), credited with isolating vitamin C and discovering components of the citric acid cycle

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Jomo Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyatta

18931978

First Prime Minister and President of self-governing Kenya, playing a significant role in its transformation from a British colony to an independent republic

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Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong

18931976

Chinese revolutionary, politician, writer, and the founder of the People's Republic of China, who also served as the first Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party