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Who was born in 1932

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Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

19322016

Italian semiotician, philosopher, and novelist best known for his influential novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum

February

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Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

19322011

British-American actress, celebrated for her iconic performances, pioneering celebrity, and impactful HIV/AIDS activism

Miloš Forman

Miloš Forman

19322018

Czech-American film director who won two Academy Awards and created acclaimed films including "Amadeus" and "Hair" over a six-decade career

François Truffaut

François Truffaut

19321984

Influential French filmmaker, actor, and critic, recognized as a founder of the French New Wave and a proponent of the auteur theory

March

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Momoko Kōchi

Momoko Kōchi

19321998

Japanese actress, seiyū, and stage actor known for iconic roles in films like "Godzilla" (1954) and "The Mysterians" (1959)

Miriam Makeba

Miriam Makeba

19322008

South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist known as Mama Africa, a prominent voice against apartheid

April

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Anouk Aimée

Anouk Aimée

19322024

Celebrated French actress known for a career spanning over seven decades and appearances in 70 films across various international productions, starting at age 14

Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif

19322015

Egyptian actor, bridge player, and non-fiction writer, celebrated for over 100 films and his pioneering roles as "the first Egyptian and Arab to conquer Hollywood"

Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Tarkovsky

19321986

Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, and film theorist celebrated for his spiritual and metaphysical films with slow pacing and dreamlike imagery

July

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Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

19322017

Influential Soviet and Russian poet, screenwriter, photographer, and director, renowned for his extensive literary and artistic career

August

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Luc Montagnier

Luc Montagnier

19322022

French virologist and Nobel Laureate recognized for his significant discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

V. S. Naipaul

V. S. Naipaul

19322018

Trinidadian-British Nobel laureate writer known for uniting perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works of fiction and nonfiction

Abebe Bikila

Abebe Bikila

19321973

Ethiopian double Olympic marathon champion who famously won the 1960 Rome marathon barefoot and successfully defended his title in Tokyo 1964

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

19322013

British-Irish actor known for his leading roles on stage and screen, including an Academy Honorary Award, BAFTA, Emmy, and four Golden Globe Awards

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Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh

19322024

Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician, and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014, known for his economic reforms and statesmanship

Anatoliy Solovyanenko

Anatoliy Solovyanenko

19321999

Ukrainian operatic tenor and People's Artist of the USSR and Ukraine, renowned for his powerful voice and contributions to classical music

October

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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

19322007

French physicist and Nobel Prize laureate whose work generalized methods for studying order phenomena to complex forms of matter like liquid crystals and polymers

November

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Jacques Chirac

Jacques Chirac

19322019

French politician and official who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007, previously holding office as Prime Minister and Mayor of Paris