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Born: 1913–1913
Robert Capa

Robert Capa

19131954

Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist, widely considered the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history, known for his fearless documentation of 20th-century conflicts

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Bill Shankly

Bill Shankly

19131981

Scottish footballer and iconic manager of Liverpool Football Club, who led the team to three League Championships and the UEFA Cup, establishing a lasting legacy that reshaped the club's identity

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Wolfgang Paul

19131993

German physicist who co-developed the non-magnetic quadrupole mass filter and the ion trap technique, sharing the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics

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Kenzō Tange

Kenzō Tange

19132005

Japanese architect and urban planner who designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and helped define modern Japanese architecture globally

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Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten

19131976

English composer, conductor, and pianist known for Peter Grimes, War Requiem, and The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, a central figure of 20th-century British music

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Jean Marais

Jean Marais

19131998

French actor, theatre director, painter, and sculptor, renowned as Jean Cocteau's muse and a major post-war film star, recognized for his contributions to French cinema

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Paul Erdős

Paul Erdős

19131996

Prolific Hungarian mathematician known for solving numerous open problems in discrete mathematics, graph theory, and number theory

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Claude Simon

Claude Simon

19132005

French novelist and recipient of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature, recognized for his unique fusion of poetic and painterly styles in exploring time and the human condition

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Menachem Begin

Menachem Begin

19131992

Israeli politician who founded Herut and Likud, served as Prime Minister, and negotiated the historic peace treaty between Egypt and Israel

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Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh

19131967

British actress known for her Academy Award-winning roles as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire

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Willy Brandt

Willy Brandt

19131992

German Chancellor and Nobel Peace Prize winner who strengthened European cooperation and East-West dialogue during the Cold War

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Albert Camus

Albert Camus

19131960

French philosopher, author, and journalist who received the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature for his clear-sighted illumination of the human conscience in his works

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