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American politician and attorney who served as a US Senator from Tennessee from 2003 to 2021. He was the governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987 and the US Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993.

American journalist. He reported for the Associated Press. In 1985, he was taken hostage by Shia Hezbollah militants of the Islamic Jihad Organization in Lebanon and held until 1991

American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as US president from 1989 to 1993. He also served as the US vice president from 1981 to 1989. Man of the Year 1990.

American Republican politician who served as the governor of South Carolina from 1987 to 1995. Prior to this, he served as a member of the South Carolina Senate representing the 2nd district from 1977 to 1978 and as a congressman representing South Carolina's 4th district from 1979 to 1987.

American politician and businessman who served as US vice president from 2001 to 2009

American actress, activist, fashion model, and producer. She starred in The Fly, Beetlejuice, The Accidental Tourist, Thelma & Louise and the sports film A League of Their Own.

American actress and filmmaker. Starred in Taxi Driver, Silence of the Lambs and Nell.

Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 and additionally as head of state beginning in 1988.

American lawyer, educator and author. She became a national figure in 1991 when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment.

Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. He also served as prime minister of Iraq from 1979 to 1991 and later from 1994 to 2003.

American politician who represented Kansas in the UA Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937.

American activist against sexual assault. She came forward in 1990 at 18 years old after an alleged rape that took place on William and Mary campus which involved her and her date. Her work and activism has helped the term "date rape".

First-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.

British journalist, writer and broadcaster, and one of the hostages in the Lebanon hostage crisis.

National Security Council staff member during the Iran–Contra affair, a political scandal of the late 1980s. He was initially convicted on three felony charges, but the convictions were vacated and reversed and all charges against him dismissed in 1991.

American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who was the US secretary of state from 2001 to 2005. He was the first Black secretary of state.

American film actress and the First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989

American actress who starred in Dead Man Walking, Atlantic City, Thelma & Louise, Lorenzo's Oil, and The Client

United States Army general. While serving as the commander of United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Gulf War against Ba'athist Iraq.

American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Thurgood Marshall and has served since 1991.

American attorney and politician who served as a US senator from California from 1983 to 1991 and as the governor of California from 1991 to 1999.

Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999.