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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

Zaineb Abdulla 1991- , Activist -- Casey Affleck 1975- , Actor -- Riz Ahmed 1982- , Actor and rap artist -- Mahershala Ali 1974- , Actor -- Anohni 1971- , Musician -- Steve Bannon 1953- , Political strategist -- William J. Barber II 1963- , Minister -- Samantha Bee 1969- , Television host -- Brit Bennett 1990(?)- , Author -- Elina Berglund 1984- , Physicist -- Bidhya Devi Bhandari 1961- , President of Nepal -- Mike Birbiglia 1978- , Comedian -- Andy Blankenbuehler 1970- , Choreographer -- Alexis Bledel 1981- , Actress -- Charlie Brooker 1971- , Television writer -- Sterling K. Brown 1976- , Actor -- Thom Browne 1965- , Fashion designer -- Mika Brzezinski 1967- , Television anchor -- Chance the Rapper 1993- , Musician -- Damien Chazelle 1985- , Film director -- Maria Grazia Chiuri 1964- , Creative director of Christian Dior -- George M. Church 1954- , Geneticist -- Steven A. Cohen 1956- , Hedge fund founder -- Kellyanne Conway 1967- , Government official -- Catherine Cortez Masto 1964- , U.S. senator -- Shannon Coulter 1971(?)- , Boycott organizer -- Lana Del Rey 1986- , Singer and songwriter -- Mac DeMarco 1990- , Musician -- Betsy DeVos 1958- , U.S. Secretary of Education -- DJ Khaled 1975- , Musician -- Ann M. Donnelly 1959- , Federal judge -- Jamie Dornan 1982- , Actor -- Rodrigo Duterte 1945- , President of the Philippines -- Ansel Elgort 1994- , Actor and singer -- Edward Enninful 1972- , Editor of British Vogue -- Luis Fonsi 1978- , Singer and songwriter -- Michael Foster 1967(?)- , Activist -- Claire Foy 1984- , Actress -- Kenneth C. Frazier 1954- , Chief Executive Officer of Merck & Company -- Adena T. Friedman 1969- , Chief Executive Officer of NASDAQ -- Gal Gadot 1985- , Actress -- Roxane Gay 1974- , Author and activist -- Neil Gorsuch 1967- , U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice -- Ryan Speedo Green 1986- , Opera singer -- Hunter Greene 1999- , Professional baseball player -- Mary Guinan 1939- , Epidemiologist -- Danai Gurira 1978- , Playwright and actress -- Jim Hackett 1955- , Chief Executive Officer of Ford Motor Company -- Gigi Hadid 1995- , Model -- Mohsin Hamid 1971- , Author -- Nick Hanauer 1959- , Venture capitalist -- Kit Harington 1986- , Actor -- Kamala Harris 1964- , U.S. senator -- Reid Hoffman 1967- , Founder of LinkedIn -- Jean-Jacques Hublin 1953- , Paleoanthropologist -- Isabelle Huppert 1953- , Actress -- Pramila Jayapal 1965- , U.S. congresswoman -- Barry Jenkins 1979- , Filmmaker -- Patty Jenkins 1971- , Film director -- Theresa Kachindamoto 1958- , Magistrate -- Kim Kardashian 1980- , Television personality -- Riley Keough 1989- , Actor -- Dara Khosrowshahi 1969- , Chief Executive Officer of Uber -- Kim Jong-un 1982(?)- , Supreme Leader of North Korea -- Kirill I 1946- , Patriarch of Moscow -- Joshua Kushner 1985- , Venture capitalist -- Ariel Levy 1974- , Writer -- Kenneth Lonergan 1962- , Screenwriter, playwright, and director -- Karina Longworth 1980- , Podcast host -- Édouard Louis 1992- , Author --Emmanuel Macron 1977- , President of France -- Rose Marcario 1965(?)- , Chief Executive Officer of Patagonia, Inc. -- Kerry James Marshall 1955- , Artist -- Hisham Matar 1970- , Author -- Gaten Matarazzo 2002- , Actor -- Terry McAuliffe 1957- , Governor of Virginia -- Kate McKinnon 1984- , Actress -- Claire Messud 1966- , Author -- Steven Mnuchin 1962- , U.S. Treasury Secretary -- Lenín Moreno 1953- , President of Ecuador -- Maren Morris 1990- , Singer and songwriter -- Jojo Moyes 1969- , Author -- Robert Mueller 1944- , Law-enforcement executive -- Garbiñe Muguruza 1993- , Professional tennis player -- Ibtihaj Muhammad 1985- , Fencer -- Siddhartha Mukherjee 1970- , Author and physician -- Bobby Murphy and Evan Spiegel , Founders of Snapchat -- Cynthia Nixon 1966- , Actress -- Jonathan Nolan 1976- , Screenwriter -- Maggie O'Farrell 1972- , Author -- Yoshinori Ohsumi 1945- , Biologist -- Amancio Ortega 1936- , Founder of Zara retail chain -- Sarah Outen 1985- , Endurance athlete -- Benj Pasek and Justin Paul , Composer and lyricist -- Mike Pence 1959- , U.S. vice president -- Sarah Perry 1979- , Author -- Max Porter 1981- , Author -- Sergio Ramos 1986- , Professional soccer player -- Brian Reed 1981(?)- , Radio producer -- Matthew Rhys 1974- , Actor -- J. T. Rogers 1968- , Playwright -- Cristiano Ronaldo 1985- , Professional soccer player -- Arundhati Roy 1959- , Author -- Jeff Sessions 1946- , U.S. Attorney General -- Arjun Singh Sethi 1981- , Attorney -- Rufus Sewell 1967- , Actor -- Michael Shannon 1974- , Actor -- Solange 1986- , Singer and songwriter -- Rebecca Solnit 1961- , Author -- Dana Spiotta 1966- , Author -- Hailee Steinfeld 1996- , Actress and singer -- Nicola Sturgeon 1970- , First Minister of Scotland -- Adi Tatarko 1973(?)- , Chief Executive Officer of Houzz -- Terrie Taylor 1955- , Physician -- Chrissy Teigen 1985- , Model -- Heather Ann Thompson 1963- , Author and historian -- Rex Tillerson 1952- , U.S. Secretary of State -- Tsai Ing-wen 1956- , President of Taiwan -- Neil deGrasse Tyson 1958- , Astrophysicist -- Maha Vajiralongkorn 1952- , King of Thailand -- J.D. Vance 1984- , Author -- Alexander Van der Bellen 1944- , President of Austria -- Kristen Visbal 1962- , Sculptor -- Clare Waight Keller 1970- , Creative director of Givenchy -- Emma Walmsley 1969- , Chief Executive Officer of GlaxoSmithKline -- Carrie Mae Weems 1953- , Artist -- Geoffrey West 1940- , Physicist -- James White 1992- , Professional football player -- Samira Wiley 1987- , Actress -- Jessica Williams 1989- , Actor -- Whitney Wolfe Herd 1989- , Chief Executive Officer of Bumble -- Jacqueline Woodson 1963- , Author -- Robert Wright 1957- , Author -- Brianna Wu 1980- , Game developer -- Ben Zobrist 1981- , Professional baseball player --Obituaries : Ahmed Chalabi 1944-2015 , Politician -- Yvonne Chouteau 1929-2016 , Dancer -- Leonard Cohen 1934-2016 , Singer and songwriter -- Pat Conroy 1945-2016 , Author -- Bill Cunningham 1929-2016 , Photographer -- Mattiwilda Dobbs 1925-2015 , Opera singer -- Patty Duke 1946-2016 , Actress -- Umberto Eco 1932-2016 , Author -- Glenn Frey 1948-2016 , Singer and songwriter -- Juan Gabriel 1950-2016 , Musician -- Joe Garagiola 1926-2016 , Professional baseball player and broadcaster -- Barbara Goldsmith 1931-2016 , Author -- Merle Haggard 1937-2016 , Singer -- Louis Harris 1921-2016 , Pollster -- Jim Harrison 1937-2016 , Author -- Donald A. Henderson 1928-2016 , Physician -- Gordie Howe 1928-2016 , Professional hockey player -- Sharon Jones 1956-2016 , Singer -- Vladimir Kagan 1927-2016 , Furniture designer -- George Kennedy 1925-2016 , Actor -- Abbas Kiarostami 1940-2016 , Filmmaker -- Lemmy Kilmister 1945-2015 , Musician -- Harper Lee 1926-2016 , Author -- Meadowlark Lemon 1932-2015 , Professional basketball player -- Mariuccia Mandelli 1925-2015 , Fashion designer -- Marisol 1930-2016 , Artist -- Neville Marriner 1924-2016 , Conductor -- Garry Marshall 1934-2016 , Film director and television producer -- Melissa Mathison 1950-2015 , Screenwriter -- Jacob Neusner 1932-2016 , Rabbi -- Marni Nixon 1930-2016 , Singer -- Arnold Palmer 1929-2016 , Professional golfer -- Prince Be 1970-2016 , Musician -- Nancy Reagan 1921-2016 , First lady -- Debbie Reynolds 1932-2016 , Actress -- Alan Rickman 1946-2016 , Actor -- Leon Russell 1942-2016 , Musician -- Morley Safer 1931-2016 , Journalist -- Theresa Saldana 1954-2016 , Actress -- William Schallert 1922-2016 , Actor -- Phyllis Schlafly 1924-2016 , Activist -- Peter Shaffer 1926-2016 , Playwright -- Franca Sozzani 1950-2016 ,Magazine editor -- Grant Tinker 1926-2016 , Television executive -- Douglas Tompkins 1943-2015 , Founder of North Face and Esprit -- Andrzej Wajda 1926-2016 , Filmmaker -- Scott Weiland 1967-2015 , Singer and songwriter -- Maurice White 1941-2016 , Musician -- Gene Wilder 1933-2016 , Actor -- Yang Jiang 1911-2016 , Writer and translator -- Miruts Yifter 1944-2016 , Distance runner

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