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Laura Avery, project editor

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the people behind today's headlines

Provides timely and informative profiles of the world's most interesting people

Amal Alamuddin Clooney 1978- , attorney -- Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 1971- , caliph of Islamic State -- Sophia Amoruso 1984- , Chief Executive Officer of Nasty Gal -- Anthony Anderson 1970- , actor -- Wes Anderson 1969- , film director -- Rosie Assoulin 1986(?)- , fashion designer -- Shigeru Ban 1957- , architect -- Lee Berger 1965- , paleoanthropologist -- Mark T. Bertolini 1956- , Chief Executive Officer of Aetna -- Eula Biss 1977- , author -- Mhairi Black 1994- , member of Parliament -- Andre Borschberg 1952- , entrepreneur and aviator -- Ana Patricia Botin 1960- , executive chair of Santander Group -- Muriel Bowser 1972- , mayor of Washington, D.C. -- Kimberly Bryant 1967(?)- , founder of Black Girls CODE -- Hannibal Buress 1983- , comedian and actor -- Peter Capaldi 1958- , actor -- Lizzy Caplan 1982- , actress -- Robert A. Caro 1935- , author and journalist -- Anna Maria Chavez 1968- , Chief Executive Officer of Girl Scouts of the USA -- Ta-Nehisi Coates 1975- , author and journalist -- Brady Corbet 1988- , film director, screenwriter, and actor -- Brunello Cucinelli 1953- , fashion designer and philanthropist -- Stephen Curry 1988- , professional basketball player -- Aliko Dangote 1957- , founder of Dangote Group -- Kim Davis 1965- , U.S. county clerk -- Charlotte Dellal 1981- , founder of Charlotte Olympia -- Nick Denton 1966- , Chief Executive Officer of Gawker Media -- Skylar Diggins 1990- , professional basketball player -- Anthony Doerr 1973- , author -- Adam Driver 1983- , actor -- Ava DuVernay 1972- , film director -- Olafur Eliasson 1967- , artist -- Joni Ernst 1970- , U.S. senator -- Tara Erraught 1986- , opera singer -- Fetty Wap 1991- , musician -- Florida Georgia Line , country music duo -- Eric Garcetti 1971- , mayor of Los Angeles -- Atul Gawande 1965- , physician and writer -- Ashraf Ghani 1949- , president of Afghanistan -- Dan Gilbert 1962- , Chief Executive Officer of Quicken Loans -- Kirsten Gillibrand 1966- , U.S. senator -- Alice Goffman 1982- , sociologist -- Ariana Grande 1993- , singer and actress -- Alan Gross 1949- , political detainee -- David Hallberg 1982- , dancer -- Tom Hardy 1977- , actor -- Paula Hawkins 1972- , author -- Grace Helbig 1985- , comedian, actress, and author -- Taraji P. Henson 1970- , actress -- Juan Felipe Herrera 1948- , poet -- Tom Hiddleston 1981- , actor -- Elizabeth Holmes 1984- , Chief Executive Officer of Theranos -- Michel Houellebecq 1958(?)- , author -- Nicholas Hoult 1989- , actor --Hozier 1990- , singer and songwriter -- Diane Humetewa 1964- , U.S. district court judge -- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu 1963- , film director -- Caitlyn Jenner 1949- , television personality and activist -- Dakota Johnson 1989- , actress -- Ellie Kemper 1980- , actress -- David I. Kertzer 1948- , author and professor -- Key & Peele , actors, comedians, and writers -- Phil Klay 1983- , author -- Sarah Koenig 1969- , journalist -- Lennart Lajboschitz 1959- , founder of Tiger Stores -- Libby Lane 1966- , bishop -- Renaud Laplanche 1970- , Chief Executive Officer of Lending Club -- Lawrence Lessig 1961- , law professor and author -- Uri Levine 1964(?)- , technology executive -- Mia Love 1975- , congressperson -- Loretta Lynch 1959- , U.S. attorney general -- Nicolas Maduro 1962- , president of Venezuela -- Isabel Marant 1967- , fashion designer -- Marcus Mariota 1993- , football player -- Marc Maron 1963- , comedian, actor, and podcast host -- Tatiana Maslany 1985- , actress -- Mitch McConnell 1942- , U.S. Senate majority leader -- Lin-Manuel Miranda 1980- , playwright and actor -- Sugata Mitra 1952- , founder of School in the Cloud -- Ariana Miyamoto 1994- , pageant winner -- Patrick Modiano 1945- , author and screenwriter -- Nico Muhly 1981- , composer -- Denis Mukwege 1955- , physician and activist -- James Murdoch 1972- , Chief Executive Officer of 21st Century-Fox -- Vivek H. Murthy 1977- , U.S. surgeon general -- Trevor Noah 1984- , comedian and television host -- Chris O'Dowd 1979- , actor -- Sophie Okonedo 1968- , actress -- R. J. Palacio 1963- , author -- Ellen Pao 1969(?)- , interim Chief Executive Officer of Reddit -- Randall Park 1974- , actor -- Jo Pavey 1973- , long-distance runner -- Rosamund Pike 1979- , actress -- Petro Poroshenko 1965- , president of Ukraine -- Amy Purdy 1979- , athlete and motivational speaker -- Gina Raimondo 1971- , governor of Rhode Island -- Eddie Redmayne 1982- , actor -- Rene Redzepi 1977- , chef and restaurateur -- Fraidy Reiss 1975(?)- , social activist -- Matteo Renzi 1975- , prime minister of Italy -- Gina Rodriguez 1984- , actress -- Taavi Roivas 1979- , prime minister of Estonia -- Martine Rothblatt 1954- , Chief Executive Officer of United Therapeutics Corporation -- Ronda Rousey 1987- , martial artist and actress -- Kailash Satyarthi 1954- , activist and engineer -- Brenton L. Saunders 1970- , chief executive officer of Allergan -- Frank Schaefer 1961- , pastor and human-rights advocate -- Tim Scott 1965- , U.S. senator --Arijit Sengupta 1977(?)- , Chief Executive Officer of BeyondCore -- Yelena Serova 1976- , cosmonaut and engineer -- Alex Sharp 1989- , actor -- Ed Sheeran 1991- , singer and songwriter -- Adam Silver 1962- , National Basketball Association commissioner -- Maithripala Sirisena 1951- , president of Sri Lanka -- Ali Smith 1962- , author -- Sam Smith 1992- , singer and songwriter -- Emma Sulkowicz 1992- , activist -- Max Temkin 1987(?)- , co-founder of Cards Against Humanity -- Kate Tempest 1985- , writer and musician -- Jeanine Tesori 1961- , composer -- Christina Tosi 1981- , chef -- Alexis Tsipras 1974- , prime minister of Greece -- Jean-Marc Vallee 1963- , film director -- Margrethe Vestager 1968- , European commissioner for competition -- Alicia Vikander 1988- , actress -- Alexa von Tobel 1983- , Chief Executive Officer of LearnVest.com -- Abby Wambach 1980- , professional soccer player -- Stan Wawrinka 1985- , professional tennis player -- The Weeknd 1990- , singer and songwriter -- Jen Welter 1977- , professional football player and coach -- Christopher Wheeldon 1973- , choreographer -- Larry Wilmore 1961- , television host -- Ruth Wilson 1982- , actress -- Anne Wojcicki 1973- , Chief Executive Officer of 23andMe -- Joshua Wong 1996- , activist -- Nick Woodman 1975- , inventor of the GoPro camera -- Stuart Woods 1938- , author -- Young Fathers , hip-hop trio -- Obituaries: Claudio Abbado 1933-2014 , conductor ; Eileen Brennan 1932-2013 , actress ; Sylvia Browne 1936-2013 , psychic ; Sid Caesar 1922-2014 , actor ; Nina Cassian 1924-2014 , poet ; Vera Chytilova 1929-2014 , filmmaker ; Jack Clement 1931-2013 , record producer ; Ronald Coase 1910-2013 , economist ; Ann B. Davis 1926-2014 , actress ; Felix Dennis 1947-2014 , publisher ; Art Donovan 1924-2013 , professional football player ; George Duke 1946-2013 , musician ; Eusebio 1942-2014 , professional soccer player ; Dixie Evans 1926-2013 , burlesque dancer ; Al Feldstein 1925-2014 , cartoonist and magazine editor ; Joan Fontaine 1917-2013 , actress ; David Frost 1939-2013 , journalist ; H.R. Giger 1940-2014 , artist ; Eydie Gorme 1928-2013 , singer ; Julie Harris 1925-2013 , actress ; George H. Heilmeier 1936-2014 , inventor ; Oscar Hijuelos 1951-2013 , author ; John Hollander 1929-2013 , poet ; David H. Hubel 1926-2013 , scientist ; Frankie Knuckles 1955-2014 , disc jockey ; Christopher Koch 1932-2013 , author ; Stephanie Kwolek 1923-2014 , chemist ; Stephen Malawista 1934-2013 , rheumatologist --Peter Matthiessen 1927-2014 , author ; Paul Mazursky 1930-2014 , film director, screenwriter, and actor ; Albert Murray 1916-2013 , author ; Peter O'Toole 1932-2013 , actor ; Barbara Park 1947-2013 , author ; Eleanor Parker 1922-2013 , actress ; Ruth Patrick 1907-2013 , scientist ; Fred Phelps 1929-2014 , minister ; William Pollack 1926-2013 , scientist ; Ray Price 1926-2013 , musician ; Harold Ramis 1944-2014 , film director ; James Rebhorn 1948-2014 , actor ; Lou Reed 1942-2013 , musician ; Malcolm Renfrew 1910-2013 , scientist ; Alain Resnais 1922-2014 , filmmaker ; Mickey Rooney 1920-2014 , actor ; Frederick Sanger 1918-2013 , scientist ; Maximilian Schell 1930-2014 , actor ; Pete Seeger 1919-2014 , musician ; Editta Sherman 1912-2013 , photographer ; Mary Stewart 1916-2014 , author ; Chuck Stone 1924-2014 , journalist ; Massimo Tamburini 1943-2014 , motorcycle designer ; Meshach Taylor 1947-2014 , actor ; Shirley Temple Black 1928-2014 , actress and diplomat ; Paul Walker 1973-2013 , actor ; Marcia Wallace 1942-2013 , actress ; Eli Wallach 1915-2014 , actor ; Cedar Walton 1934-2013 , musician ; Hiroshi Yamauchi 1927-2013 , Chief Executive Officer of Nintendo ; Bunny Yeager 1929-2014 , photographer ; Mae Young 1923-2014 , professional wrestler ; Charlotte Zolotow 1915-2013 , author

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