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Elon Musk – Biography Early Life and Education Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa, to a South African father, Errol Musk, and a Canadian mother, Maye Musk. His mother was a model and dietitian, while his father was
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Kate Middleton – Biography Early Life and Education Catherine Elizabeth Middleton was born on January 9, 1982, in Reading, Berkshire, England. She is the eldest of three children born to Michael and Carole Middleton. Her parents founded a successful party supply company, Party Pieces, which
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Kamala Harris – Biography Early Life and Education Kamala Devi Harris was born on October 20, 1964, in Oakland, California, to immigrant parents. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a cancer researcher from India, and her father, Donald Harris, is a Jamaican-born economist and professor. Raised
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Michael Jackson – Biography Gary Childhood and Jackson 5 Beginnings Born August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, Michael Joseph Jackson was the seventh of nine children in a working-class family. His father Joe’s relentless rehearsals turned the Jackson 5 into a polished act by 1964,
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Dua Lipa – Biography Early Life and Education Dua Lipa was born on August 22, 1995, in London, England, to Albanian parents Dukagjin and Anesa Lipa. Her family had emigrated from Kosovo in the early 1990s, just before the outbreak of war in the Balkans.
Novak Djokovic – Biography Early Life and Education Novak Djokovic was born on May 22, 1987, in Belgrade, Serbia, which was then part of Yugoslavia. He is the eldest of three brothers, all of whom have pursued tennis professionally to some degree. His parents, Srdjan