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1949

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    Meryl Streep

    21-time Oscar nominee.

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    Benjamin Netanyahu

    Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present).

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    Valery Leontiev

    Russian singer.

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    António Guterres

    Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017.

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    Haruki Murakami

    Japanese writer.

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    Sigourney Weaver

    American actress.

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    Lech Kaczyński

    Polish politician, democratic oppositionist, ministry of justice, president of Poland (1949–2010).

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    Pablo Escobar

    Colombian drug lord (1949–1993).

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    People's Republic of China

    Mao Zedong proclaimed the PRC. China would later transform the world economy.