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J. K. Rowling

Last mentioned in London :: United Kingdom

Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965), who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British writer and author of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived whilst on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, ...

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Mark Ruffalo

Last mentioned in Cannes :: France

Mark Alan Ruffalo (born November 22, 1967) is an American actor....

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Burl Ives

Last mentioned in London :: United Kingdom

Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (14 June 1909 – 14 April 1995) was an Academy Award winning American actor and acclaimed folk music singer. He won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the movie The Big Country and was the voice of Sam the Snowman in the 1964 animated film Rudolph the Red-...

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David Sedaris

Last mentioned in Nice :: France

David Sedaris (born December 26, 1956) is a Grammy Award-nominated American humorist, writer, comedian, and radio contributor. Sedaris came to prominence in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "SantaLand Diaries". He published his first collection of essays and short stories, Barrel ...

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Eric Maskin

Last mentioned in Jönköping :: Sweden

Eric Stark Maskin (born December 12, 1950) is a American economist and co-winner, along with Leonid Hurwicz and Roger Myerson, of the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory." He is the Albert O. Hirschman Professor of Social ...

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Andrew Clements

Last mentioned in London :: United Kingdom

Andrew Clements (born 1949) is an American author of books for children. Clements grew up in New Jersey and Illinois, United States. He worked as a teacher for seven years after college. He started his literary career by writing the text for picture books, and went on to write children's novels. ...

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Vittorio Gassman

Last mentioned in Rome :: Italy

Vittorio Gassman (September 1, 1922 – June 29, 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian theatre and film actor and director....

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Mario Soldati

Last mentioned in Rome :: Italy

Mario Soldati (November 11, 1906 - June 19, 1999) was an Italian writer, film director....

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Laetitia Casta

Last mentioned in Paris :: France

Laetitia Marie Laure Casta (born May 11, 1978 in Pont-Audemer, Normandy) is a French supermodel and actress....

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Claudia Schiffer

Last mentioned in Paris :: France

Claudia Schiffer (born August 25, 1970) is a German supermodel and actress, who reached the height of her popularity during the 1990s. Schiffer is one of the world's most successful supermodels, having appeared on over 500 magazine covers. Forbes estimated Schiffer to be worth £38 million in 2002....

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