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Primary benefactor of an Ivy League university which is named in his honor
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1649
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Elihu Yale
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Founding Father, drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence, inventor and writer
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1706
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Benjamin Franklin
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Founding Father, second cousin to a President and Governor of Massachusetts from 1794 to 1797
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1722
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Samuel Adams
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Founding Father, first attorney general of Massachusetts and founding member of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society
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1731
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Robert Treat Paine
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Founding Father representing North Carolina
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1742
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William Hooper
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Inventor, co-developer of Morse code and developer of the commercial use of telegraphy
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1791
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Samuel Morse
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Philosopher, essayist and poet who led the transcendentalist movement
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1803
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Poet and writer, "The Raven"
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1809
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Painter and one of the foremost painters in American art of the 19th century
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1836
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Winslow Homer
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Pioneer of the automobile industry and co-founder of General Motors and Chevrolet
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1861
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William C. Durant
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Ambassador and patriach of a political Irish-American family
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1888
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Joseph Kennedy
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Actor, known for his role as Tin Man in "The Wizard of Oz"
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1897
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Jack Haley
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Actor, known for his role as Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz"
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1904
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Ray Bolger
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Considered one of the most important organic chemist of the twentieth century, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1965
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1917
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Robert Burns Woodward
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Actor, known for his role as Spock in "Star Trek"
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1931
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Leonard Nimoy
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Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009
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1932
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Ted Kennedy
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Molecular biology pioneer and Nobel laureate
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1932
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Walter Gilbert
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Billionaire, owner of casinos in Las Vegas and Singapore, owner of newspapers in Israel and the U.S. and influential political donor
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1933
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Sheldon Adelson
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Billionaire, candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination and Mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013
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1942
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Michael Bloomberg
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Film producer, CEO of Mandalay Entertainment and co-owner of the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Dodgers
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1942
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Peter Guber
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Actor, known for his leading role in "Eraserhead"
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1943
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Jack Nance
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Singer, nicknamed "Queen of Disco"
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1948
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Donna Summer
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One of the best-selling music artists of all time, "You've Got a Friend" "Fire and Rain" "Sweet Baby James"
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1948
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James Taylor
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Chief of Staff from 2017 to 2019 and retired Marine Corps general
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1950
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John F. Kelly
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Owner of the Philadelphia Eagles
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1951
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Jeffrey Lurie
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GM of the New York Giants from 2018 to 2021 and of the Carolina Panthers from 2013 to 2017
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1951
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Dave Gettleman
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Owner of Olympique Marseille and former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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1953
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Frank McCourt
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Actor, "Django Unchained" "Dexter" "Sex and the City" "Gotham"
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1953
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James Remar
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Senator from New Hampshire since 2017 and Governor of New Hampshire from 2013 to 2017
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1958
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Maggie Hassan
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Head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers
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1958
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John Tortorella
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Actress, "I, Tonya" "The West Wing" "Mom"
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1959
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Allison Janney
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Actor, "Avengers: Age of Ultron" "Boston Legal" "The Blacklist"
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1960
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James Spader
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Actress, "American Pie" "Legally Blonde" "2 Broke Girls"
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1961
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Jennifer Coolidge
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Actor, known for his role as Phil Coulson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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1962
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Clark Gregg
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Actress, "ER" "The Affair" "Beautiful Boy" "Primal Fear"
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1965
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Maura Tierney
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Secretary of labor since 2021 and Mayor of Boston from 2014 to 2021
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1967
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Marty Walsh
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Hall of Fame first baseman who sepnt his entire career with the Houston Astros, he received the NL MVP Award in 1994
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1968
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Jeff Bagwell
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Actor, "Sixteen Candles" "The Breakfast Club"
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1968
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Anthony Michael Hall
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Singer and ex-husband of Whitney Houston, "Every Little Step" "Can You Stand the Rain"
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1969
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Bobby Brown
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Actor, "Fight Club" "American History X" "Birdman" "Primal Fear"
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1969
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Edward Norton
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Singer and former member of New Kids on the Block
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1968
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Jonathan Knight
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Singer, actor and former member of New Kids on the Block
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1969
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Donnie Wahlberg
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Author, her prison memoir was adapted into "Orange Is the New Black"
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1969
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Piper Kerman
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Head football coach at Boston College since 2024 and former head coach of the Houston Texans and at Penn State
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1969
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Bill O'Brien
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Actress, "Pulp Fiction" "Kill Bill" "Batman & Robin"
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1970
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Uma Thurman
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Actor and former rapper, "Ted" "The Departed" "Daddy's Home" "Transformers"
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1971
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Mark Wahlberg
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Head Coach of the Houston Rockets from 2020 to 2023
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1973
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Stephen Silas
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President of Marvel Studios and primary producer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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1973
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Kevin Feige
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Actor, known for his role as Castiel in "Supernatural"
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1974
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Misha Collins
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Actor, "Succession" "The Big Short" "The Trial of the Chicago 7"
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1978
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Jeremy Strong
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Actor and director, "The Office" "A Quiet Place" "Jack Ryan"
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1979
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John Krasinski
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Actor, "Captain America" "Snowpiercer" "Knives Out" "Gifted"
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1981
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Chris Evans
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Actress, known for her roles as Leah Clearwater in the "Twilight" films and Kohana in "Westworld"
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1981
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Julia Jones
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Actress, known for her role as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren in "Orange Is the New Black"
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1981
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Uzo Aduba
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Actress, known for her role as Piper Chapman in "Orange Is the New Black"
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1984
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Taylor Schilling
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Head coach of the Seattle Seahawks since 2024
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1987
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Mike Macdonald
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Actress, known for her role as Sydney Adamu in "The Bear"
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1995
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Ayo Edebiri
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Actress, known for her role as Supergirl in "The Flash"
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1995
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Sasha Calle
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