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Dennis Rodman is considered one of professional basketball’s all-time great rebounders. He helped lead the Detroit Pistons and later the Chicago Bulls to multiple NBA titles.

Actor Lee Majors achieved stardom through a variety of popular TV series, including The Big Valley, The Fall Guy and The Six Million Dollar Man.

Actor Elizabeth Olsen is the younger sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and is known for her critically acclaimed role in Martha Marcy May Marlene and for playing the Scarlet Witch in the Avengers franchise.

Legendary performer Nina Simone sang a mix of jazz, blues and folk music in the 1950s and ’60s. A staunch Civil Rights activist, she was known for tunes like “Mississippi Goddam,” “Young, Gifted and Black” and “Four Women.

The Buddhist religion is based on the life and teachings of a spiritual man known as Buddha.

George Balanchine was a ballet choreographer who co-founded and served as artistic director of the New York City Ballet.

Ida B. Wells was an African American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s.

Banksy is the pseudonym of a street artist known for his controversial, and often politically themed, stenciled pieces.

Gerda Wegener was a Danish fashion illustrator and painter of lesbian erotica in the 1930s. She was married to Lili Elbe, one of the first-ever documented recipients of sex reassignment surgery.

Musician and actor Jon Bon Jovi is best known as the lead singer and founder of the rock band Bon Jovi.