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Who was born in May 1921

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Jack Steinberger

19212020

German-American physicist and Nobel laureate known for his work with neutrinos and co-discovery of the muon neutrino

Joseph Beuys

19211986

German artist, teacher, and theorist who pioneered Performance Art and integrated humanism and sociology into his works

Arthur Leonard Schawlow

19211999

American physicist and inventor who, with Charles Townes, developed the theoretical basis for laser science, sharing the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in laser spectroscopy

Satyajit Ray

19211992

Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, author, and composer widely regarded as one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema