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•  Gabriel García Márquez

  Gabriel José de la Concordia "Gabo" García Márquez (born March 6,1927) is a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. García Márquez, affectionately known as "Gabo" throughout Latin America, is considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. He pursued a self-directed education that resulted in his leaving law school for a career in journalism.

  

  35.5%
  

  41.9%
  

  22.6%
  
•  Grigory Barenblatt

  Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt is a Russian mathematician. He graduated in 1950 from Moscow State University, Department of Mechanics and Mathematics. He received his Ph.D. in 1953 from Moscow State University under the supervision of A. N. Kolmogorov. He also received a D. Sc. from Moscow State University in 1957.

  

  23.1%
  

  26.9%
  

  50.0%
  
•  Hans-Dietrich Genscher

  Hans-Dietrich Genscher (born March 21, 1927) is a German politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP). He served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany from 1974 to 1982 and, after a two-week pause, from 1982 to 1992, making him Germany's longest serving Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor. In 1991, he was Chairman of the OSCE.

  

  39.3%
  

  35.7%
  

  25.0%
  
•  Jacques Mayol

  Jacques Mayol (April 1, 1927 – December 22, 2001) was the holder of many world records in free diving. Jacques Mayol was a French national born in Shanghai, China. He was the first free diver to descend to 100 meters (330 ft) (November 23, 1976), and he managed to descend to 105 meters when he was 56 years old.

  

  25.9%
  

  33.3%
  

  40.7%
  
•  Marvin Minsky

  Marvin Lee Minsky (born August 9, 1927) is an American cognitive scientist in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), co-founder of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AI laboratory, and author of several texts on AI and philosophy.

  

  25.9%
  

  48.1%
  

  25.9%
  
•  Niklas Luhmann

  Niklas Luhmann (December 8, 1927 - November 6, 1998) was a German sociologist, and a prominent thinker in sociological systems theory.

  

  37.9%
  

  17.2%
  

  44.8%
  
•  Neil Simon

  Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927) is an American playwright and screenwriter. His numerous Broadway successes have led to his work being among the most regularly performed in the world. Though primarily a comic writer, some of his plays, particularly the Eugene Trilogy and The Sunshine Boys, reflect on the twentieth century Jewish-American experience.

  

  17.9%
  

  42.9%
  

  39.3%
  
•  Peter Falk

  Peter Michael Falk (born September 16, 1927) is an American actor, best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the television series Columbo. He appeared in numerous films and television guest roles, and has been nominated for an Academy Award twice, and won the Emmy Award on five occasions and the Golden Globe award once. Oscar winning director William Friedkin, when discussing Falk's role in his 1978 film The Brink's Job said that "Peter has a great range from comedy to drama.

  

  35.5%
  

  29.0%
  

  35.5%
  
•  Robert Noyce

  Robert Norton Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990), nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel in 1968. He is also credited with the invention of the integrated circuit or microchip. While Kilby's invention was six months earlier, neither man rejected the title of co-inventor. Noyce was also a mentor and father-figure to an entire generation of entrepreneurs, including Steve Jobs at Apple, Inc.

  

  36.0%
  

  24.0%
  

  40.0%
  
•  Romano Scarpa

  Romano Scarpa (September 27, 1927, Venice - April 23, 2005, Málaga) was one of the most famous Italian creators of Disney comics.

  

  40.9%
  

  31.8%
  

  27.3%
  

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•  J. A. Folger

  James Athearn ("J.A. ") Folger (June 17, 1835 – June 26, 1889) was the founder of the Folgers Coffee Company.

  

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  100.0%
  
•  Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill

  

  36.4%
  

  15.2%
  

  48.5%
  
•  Pole (Venezuela)

  

  40.9%
  

  9.1%
  

  50.0%
  
•  Jefferson Literary & Debating Society

  

  33.3%
  

  25.0%
  

  41.7%
  
•  List of municipal roads in Greater Sudbury, Ontario

  

  47.6%
  

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  28.6%