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John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954)[1][2] is an American actor, dancer,
and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the
television series Welcome Back, Kotter (19751979) and starring in the box office
successes Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Grease (1978). His acting career
declined through the 1980s, but enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with his role
in Pulp Fiction (1994), and he has since starred in films such
as Face/Off (1997), Swordfish (2001), Wild Hogs and Hairspray(both 2007).
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende (Spanish: [isael aende] ( listen); born 2 August 1942) is a ChileanAmerican writer.[1][2] Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the "magic
realist" tradition, is famous for novels such as The House of the Spirits (La casa de
los espritus, 1982) and City of the Beasts (La ciudad de las bestias, 2002), which
have been commercially successful. Allende has been called "the world's most
widely read Spanish-language author".[3] In 2004, Allende was inducted into
the American Academy of Arts and Letters,[4] and in 2010, she received
Chile's National Literature Prize.[5] President Barack Obama awarded her the
2014Presidential Medal of Freedom.[6]
Madhur Jaffrey
Madhur Jaffrey, CBE (born Bahadur, 13 August 1933) is an Indian-born actress,
food and travel writer, and television personality.[2][3] She is recognized for
bringing Indian cuisine to the Western world with her debut cookbook, An
Invitation to Indian Cooking (1973), which was inducted into the James Beard
Foundations Cookbook Hall of Fame in 2006.[4][5][6] She has written over a dozen
cookbooks and appeared on several related television programs, the most notable
of which was Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery, which premiered in the UK in 1982.
[7]
She is the food consultant at Dawat, considered by many food critics to be
among the best Indian restaurants in New York City.[8][9][10]
I. M. Pei
Ieoh Ming Pei (born April 26, 1917), commonly known as I. M. Pei, is
a Chinese American architect. In 1948, Pei was recruited by New York real
estate magnate William Zeckendorf. There he spent seven years before
establishing his own independent design firm I. M. Pei & Associates in 1955,
which became I. M. Pei & Partners in 1966 and later in 1989 became Pei
Cobb Freed & Partners. Pei retired from full-time practice in 1990. Since
then, he has taken on work as an architectural consultant primarily from his
sons' architectural firm Pei Partnership Architects. His first major recognition
came with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado; his
new stature led to his selection as chief architect for the John F. Kennedy Library in
Massachusetts. He went on to design Dallas City Hall and the East Building of the National
Gallery of Art.
scar Romero
scar Arnulfo Romero y Galdmez (15 August 1917 24 March 1980)[3] was a prelate of
the Catholic Church in El Salvador, who served as the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador. He
spoke out against poverty, social injustice, assassinations and torture. [4] In 1980, Romero was
assassinated while offering Mass in the chapel of the Hospital of Divine Providence. [5]
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/mndl/;[1] 18 July 1918 5 December 2013)
was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary,politician, and philanthropist,
who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's
first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully
representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the
legacy ofapartheid through tackling institutionalised racism and fostering
racial reconciliation. Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he
served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to
1997.
Jesus
Jesus (born some time between 7 and 3 BC,[a] died between 30 and
33 AD), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure
of Christianity.
Most historians agree that he was a Jew from a place called Judea, in a
town called Nazareth, within what is now Israel. They also agree that he
was thought of as a teacher and a healer, and that he
was baptized by John the Baptist. He was crucified in Jerusalem on the
orders of Pontius Pilate.[5][6][7][8][9] The Quran claims that Jesus was a Muslim.[10]