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Marie Curie
(The First Woman to Win a Nobel Prize)
Marie Curie
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Listed In: Scientists
Birth Year: 1867
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: 1934
Amongst the most notable scientists of her time, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the sole person to win two Nobel Prize in two different category, and the first woman professor at the University of Paris—Marie Curie’s list of achievements is incredible. She did extensive research in the field of radioactivity and discovered polonium and radium.
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Lorde
(Known for Her Unconventional Musical Styles and Introspective Songwriting)
Lorde
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Listed In: Singers
Birth Year: 1996
Birthplace: Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand

Lorde is a New Zealand singer-songwriter best known for contributing to the soundtrack of the popular American sci-fi adventure film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. Her song Yellow Flicker Beat was released as the lead single from the film's successful soundtrack. In 2013 and 2014, she was featured in Time magazine's most influential teenagers list.

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Albert Camus
(Philosopher & Novelist)
Albert Camus
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Birth Year: 1913
Birthplace: Drean, Algeria
Died: 1960

Albert Camus was a French philosopher and the second-youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His philosophical views contributed to the rise of absurdism, a philosophical concept. Also a prolific writer, Albert Camus had an illustrious literary career; most of his philosophical essays and novels are still influential.

 4 
David de Gea
(Spanish Professional Football Player Who Plays as a Goalkeeper)
David de Gea
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birth Year: 1990
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea currently plays as a goalkeeper for Manchester United and has helped his team win a Premier League, an FA Cup, and an EFL Cup, among other titles. With his previous team, Atletico Madrid, he won a UEFA Europa League and a UEFA Super Cup.
 5 
James Cook
(British Naval Captain, Navigator and Explorer)
James Cook
130
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birth Year: 1728
Birthplace: Marton, England
Died: 1779

British explorer, navigator, and cartographer James Cook, who had also served the merchant navy and Royal Navy, was the first to complete an expedition around New Zealand. He explored areas in the South Pacific, such as eastern Australia and Hawaii. He was killed while trying to kidnap a Hawaiian king.

 6 
Joni Mitchell
(Famous for Her Studio Album 'Blue')
Joni Mitchell
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Listed In: Musicians
Birth Year: 1943
Birthplace: Fort Macleod, Canada

Joni Mitchell is one of the most popular Canadian singer-songwriters. Widely regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, her songs reflect her feelings about joy, romance, disillusionment, and confusion. Apart from being a musician, Joni is also a visual artist who designs most of her album covers. In fact, she calls herself a painter derailed by circumstance.  

 7 
Adam DeVine
(Actor, Singer, Screenwriter)
Adam DeVine
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Birth Year: 1983
Birthplace: Waterloo, Iowa
Adam DeVine created the sketch-comedy group Mail Order Comedy. He appeared as Adam DeMamp in the sitcom Workaholics, co-created by him, and as Andy Bailey in Modern Family. He has also appeared in the Pitch Perfect movies and voiced characters in Ice Age: Collision Course and other animation films.
 8 
David Guetta
(French DJ and Music Producer Known for His Singles ‘Gettin' Over You’ and ‘When Love Takes Over’)
David Guetta
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Listed In: Musicians
Birth Year: 1967
Birthplace: Paris, France

David Guetta is a French songwriter, record producer, and DJ. Over the years, Guetta has been one of the most popular DJs in the world; in 2011 and 2020, he was voted the best DJ in a poll conducted by DJ Magazine. Referred to as the grandfather of EDM, Guetta has several prestigious awards under his belt, including two Grammys.

 9 
Leon Trotsky
(Russian Marxist Revolutionary Who Developed a Variant of Marxism Which Has Become Known as 'Trotskyism')
Leon Trotsky
68
Listed In: Leaders
Birth Year: 1879
Birthplace: Bereslavka, Ukraine
Died: 1940

A Russian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary, Leon Trotsky developed a political ideology called Trotskyism, which eventually had a considerable impact on Russian politics. He also played a vital role in leading the Red Army to victory in the Russian Civil War.

 10 
Marcus Luttrell
(Retired Navy SEAL Who Received the Navy Cross and Purple Heart for His Actions Against Taliban in 2005)
Marcus Luttrell
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birth Year: 1975
Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States
Recipient of Purple Heart and Navy Cross for his actions against Taliban fighters in 2005, Marcus Luttrell became a SO1 in the United States Navy by the end of his eight-year career. He was the lone survivour during the Operation Red Wings. He is the co-host of television show After Action.
 11 
Dana Plato
(Actress)
Dana Plato
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Birth Year: 1964
Birthplace: Maywood, California, United States
Died: 1999
One of VH1’s "100 Greatest Kid Stars" on TV, Dana Plato is best remembered for her Young Artist Award-nominated role of Kimberly Drummond from Diff'rent Strokes. She has also been part of Family and Growing Pains. Her death due to an overdose of prescription drugs was later ruled a suicide.
 12 
Amybeth McNulty
(Irish-Canadian Actress Known for Her Role as ‘Anne Shirley’ in the TV Series ‘Anne with an E’)
Amybeth McNulty
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Birth Year: 2001
Birthplace: Letterkenny, Ireland

Irish-Canadian actor Amybeth McNulty is best known for her performances as Anne Shirley in the CBC/Netflix series Anne with an E, an adaptation of the 1908 Lucy Maud Montgomery novel Anne of Green Gables. She will be seen in a lead role in the thriller Maternal. She is openly bisexual.

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Gervonta Davis
(American Professional Boxer Who Has Held Multiple World Championships in Three Weight Classes)
Gervonta Davis
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birth Year: 1994
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Born in the U.S., boxer Gervonta Davis is of mixed heritage but identifies as African-American. He has held titles such as the IBF super featherweight title and the WBA (Super) super featherweight title. Mentored by Floyd Mayweather, he is best known for his knockout-to-win percentage.

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Christopher Knight
(Actor, Businessperson)
Christopher Knight
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Birth Year: 1957
Birthplace: Kennebec County, Maine, United States
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Derek Watt
(American football player)
Derek Watt
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birth Year: 1992
Birthplace: Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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C.V. Raman
(Physicist)
C.V. Raman
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Listed In: Scientists
Birth Year: 1888
Birthplace: Tiruchirappalli, Madras Province
Died: 1970
Indian physicist C.V. Raman earned the Nobel Prize in Physics after discovering the Raman effect. He was the first director of the IISc and founded the Indian Academy of Sciences and the Raman Research Institute. He destroyed his Bharat Ratna medal in protest against Jawaharlal Nehru’s policies on science.
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Rio Ferdinand
(English Former Professional Footballer Who Played as A Centre-Back)
Rio Ferdinand
13
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birth Year: 1978
Birthplace: Camberwell, England
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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King Kong Bundy
(American Professional Wrestler)
King Kong Bundy
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birth Year: 1955
Birthplace: Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Died: 2019
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 19 
Elsa hosk
(Swedish Model & Former Victoria's Secret Angel)
Elsa hosk
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Listed In: Fashion
Birth Year: 1988
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Swedish model Elsa hosk stunned everyone with a maternity shoot on Instagram in late 2020, announcing that she had been expecting a girl. The former Victoria’s Secret Angel and Sweden's Next Top Model winner has also played in Sweden’s women’s basketball league. Fans believe she resembles Queen Elsa from Frozen.
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Johnny Rivers
(Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Record producer)
Johnny Rivers
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Listed In: Musicians
Birth Year: 1942
Birthplace: New York City
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Anushka Shetty
(Indian Actress Who Predominantly Works in the Telugu and Tamil Films)
Anushka Shetty
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Birth Year: 1981
Birthplace: Puttur, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India

Anushka Shetty is an Indian film actress and model renowned for her work in the Tamil and Telugu film industries. Known as the Lady Superstar of the Cinema of South India, Shetty is often counted among the highest-paid actresses. Apart from featuring in many successful films, Anushka Shetty has also received several awards, including Nandi Awards and Filmfare Awards South.

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David Petraeus
(4th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2011 - 2012))
David Petraeus
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birth Year: 1952
Birthplace: Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, United States
David Petraeus was the director of the CIA from 2011 till his resignation in 2012 due to his extramarital affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell. He was also charged with mishandling classified information. He had previously been the commander of U.S. Central Command and of the International Security Assistance Force. 
 23 
Lise Meitner
(Austrian-Swedish Physicist Who Discovered the Element Protactinium)
Lise Meitner
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Listed In: Scientists
Birth Year: 1878
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 1968

Lise Meitner was an Austrian-Swedish physicist best remembered for her contributions that led to the discoveries of nuclear fission and the element protactinium. Nicknamed the German Marie Curie by Albert Einstein, Lise Meitner became the second woman in the world to receive a doctorate in physics in 1905. In 1997, chemical element 109 meitnerium was named in her honor.

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Edith Bouvier Beale
(Former Model and socialite best known for her participation in the 1975 documentary film Grey Gardens by Albert and David Maysles)
Edith Bouvier Beale
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birth Year: 1917
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 2002
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Ronen Rubinstein
(best known for his roles as Nathan in the Netflix series Orange Is The New Black)
Ronen Rubinstein
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Birth Year: 1993
Birthplace: Rehovot, Israel
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Algee Smith
(Actor, Singer)
Algee Smith
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Birth Year: 1994
Birthplace: Saginaw, Michigan
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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Tinie Tempah
(Rapper Known for Number-one Singles, 'Pass Out' and 'Written in the Stars')
Tinie Tempah
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Listed In: Singers
Birth Year: 1988
Birthplace: Plumstead, London, England

Tinie Tempah is a British television presenter and rapper. He is credited with creating a company named Disturbing London which operates mainly as a record label. Over the course of his career, Tinie Tempah has won many prestigious awards, such as Brit Awards, MOBO Awards, and Urban Music Awards.

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Jean Shrimpton
(actor, model, autobiographer, film actor)
Jean Shrimpton
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Listed In: Fashion
Birth Year: 1942
Birthplace: High Wycombe
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Amelia Vega
(Model)
Amelia Vega
7
Listed In: Fashion
Birth Year: 1984
Birthplace: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Herman J. Mankiewicz
(American Screenwriter Best Known for His Academy Award Winning Film 'Citizen Kane')
Herman J. Mankiewicz
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Birth Year: 1897
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 1953
Herman J. Mankiewicz is remembered for co-writing the screenplay for the film Citizen Kane. He had also worked for the Chicago Tribune and The New York Times. He came to be known for his signature witty humor, known as "Mankiewicz humor” and inspired the 2020 Netflix biopic Mank. 
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Jon Taffer
(Entrepreneur)
Jon Taffer
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Listed In: Business People
Birth Year: 1954
Birthplace: Great Neck, New York, U.S.
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Tommy Thayer
(Lead Guitarist for Glam Metal Band 'Kiss' and the Heavy Metal Band 'Black ‘n Blue')
Tommy Thayer
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Listed In: Musicians
Birth Year: 1960
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States

Tommy Thayer is a songwriter cum musician best known for being the lead guitarist for the hard rock band Kiss. He performs the role of The Spaceman in the band. Born into a musical family, he decided early on to pursue music as a profession. He was part of several other bands before joining Kiss. 

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Toro y Moi
(Musician)
Toro y Moi
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Listed In: Musicians
Birth Year: 1986
Birthplace: Columbia, South Carolina, United States
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Nestor Makhno
(Ukrainian Anarchist Revolutionary and the Commander of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine)
Nestor Makhno
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Listed In: Leaders
Birth Year: 1888
Birthplace: Hulyaipole, Ukraine
Died: 1934
Remembered for his guerrilla tactics, his Robin Hood image, and his Black Army that kept the Red and White armies away from a part of Ukraine, Nestor Makhno lost his father as an infant. He began working on farms at age 7 and grew up to be an anarchist revolutionary. 
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Jason London
(Actor)
Jason London
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Birth Year: 1972
Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Lindsay Czarniak
(TV Anchor, Reporter)
Lindsay Czarniak
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Birth Year: 1977
Birthplace: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Billy Graham
(American Evangelist and an Ordained Southern Baptist Minister)
Billy Graham
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Birth Year: 1918
Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Died: 2018
Billy Graham was an evangelist and an ordained SBC minister. He had been on Gallup's list of the 10 most admired men 61 times. He broadcast his sermons through radio and TV, and organized annual "Crusades,” or evangelistic campaigns. He owned several media outlets and advised many U.S. presidents. 
 38 
Konrad Lorenz
(Austrian Zoologist, Ethologist, Ornithologist and Winner of 1973 Nobel Prize in Medicine)
Konrad Lorenz
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Listed In: Scientists
Birth Year: 1903
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 1989

Nobel Prize-winning Austrian zoologist Konrad Lorenz is remembered as a pioneer of ethology. The son of a surgeon father and a physician mother, Lorenz was a qualified physician himself. A university degree awarded to him was rescinded posthumously due to his association with the Nazi party

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Morgan Spurlock
(Film director)
Morgan Spurlock
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Birth Year: 1970
Birthplace: Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States
Died: 2024
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Judy Parfitt
(Actress)
Judy Parfitt
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Birth Year: 1935
Birthplace: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Jim Kaat
(Baseball Player)
Jim Kaat
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birth Year: 1938
Birthplace: Zeeland, Michigan, United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Yunjin Kim
(South Korean-American Actress, Best Known for Her Role as ‘Sun-Hwa Kwon’ in the TV Series ‘Lost’)
Yunjin Kim
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Birth Year: 1973
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

Yunjin Kim is a South Korean-American actress best known for playing Sun-Hwa Kwon in the American TV series Lost, for which she won the Screen Actors Guild Award in 2006. She has also won other prestigious awards like the Grand Bell Award. Also known for her good looks, Kim was ranked 98th on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 List in 2006.

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Al Hirt
(Trumpeter)
Al Hirt
3
Listed In: Musicians
Birth Year: 1922
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: 1999
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 44 
Mohamed Aboutrika
(Egyptian Retired Professional Footballer Who Played As An Attacking Midfielder)
Mohamed Aboutrika
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birth Year: 1978
Birthplace: Nahia, Giza, Egypt

Mohamed Aboutrika is an Egyptian former footballer who helped his national team win the 2006 African Cup of Nations. In the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, he played a key role in Egypt's success by scoring the winning goal in the finals. A controversial figure, Aboutrika's association with the Muslim Brotherhood has earned him a place in a terror list.

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Barry Newman
(Film actor)
Barry Newman
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Birth Year: 1938
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Sophia Taylor Ali
(Actress)
Sophia Taylor Ali
5
Birth Year: 1995
Birthplace: San Diego, California, United States
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Robert Rogers
(soldier, privateer)
Robert Rogers
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birth Year: 1731
Birthplace: Methuen
Died: 1795

Robert Rogers was a British soldier who served during the American Revolution and the French and Indian War. Rogers is remembered for raising and commanding the popular Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War. In 1992, he was inducted into the United States Army Ranger Hall of Fame. Robert Rogers’ heroics are depicted in the 1940 film Northwest Passage.

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Mike Henry
(Comedian)
Mike Henry
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Listed In: Writers
Birth Year: 1965
Birthplace: Pontiac, Michigan, United States
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Jami
(Persian Sunni Poet and Scholar)
Jami
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Listed In: Writers
Birth Year: 1414
Birthplace: Greater Khorasan
Died: 1492
Jami was a Persian poet best remembered for his achievements as a writer and scholar of mystical Sufi literature. A prominent poet-theologian, Jami was respected and revered for his piety and mysticism. He is also remembered for his analysis and explanation of the metaphysics of mercy. Some of his most popular poetic works are Tuhfat al-Ahrar, Fatihat al-Shabab, and Lawa'ih.
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Bethany Mota
(Vlogger)
Bethany Mota
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Listed In: YouTubers
Birth Year: 1995
Birthplace: Merced County, California, United States
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)