Science · 1911–1995

William Alfred Fowler

Astrophysicist who explained the creation of chemical elements in stars

Did you know?He was a lifelong enthusiast of steam locomotives and spent much of his spare time collecting and running model trains.

William Alfred Fowler (August 9, 1911 – March 14, 1995) was an American astrophysicist.

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Born: August 9, 1911 · Pittsburgh, United States
Died: March 14, 1995
Nationality: American
Known for: Science

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1963–2012

Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, film producer, and record producer. Commonly referred to as "the Voice", Houston is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales of more than 220 million records worldwide.

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b. 1968

Gillian Anderson

Gillian Leigh Anderson ( JIL-ee-ən; born August 9, 1968) is an American actress and writer. She received international fame for starring as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the Fox science fiction mystery series The X-Files (1993–2002; 2016–2018), winning a Primetime Emmy Award for the role.

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1896–1980

Jean Piaget

Jean William Fritz Piaget (9 August 1896 – 16 September 1980) was a Swiss psychologist known for his work on child development. Piaget's theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called genetic epistemology.

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b. 1939

Romano Prodi

Romano Prodi (Italian:; born 9 August 1939) is an Italian politician who served as President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004 and twice as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1996 to 1998, and again from 2006 to 2008.

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b. 1938

Leonid Kuchma

Leonid Danylovych Kuchma (Ukrainian: Леонід Данилович Кучма, IPA:; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who served as the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005.

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1914–2001

Tove Jansson

Tove Marika Jansson (Finland Swedish:; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Finland-Swedish author, novelist and comic strip author, painter and illustrator.

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1930–2012

Neil Armstrong

NASA astronaut and commander of Apollo 11, the first person to walk on the Moon.

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b. 1961

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States and the first African American to hold the office.

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1769–1821

Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hundred Days in 1815.

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1749–1832

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language.

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