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• Frank Carney, Co-founder of Pizza Hut

  

  Frank Carney was a businessman who co-founded Pizza Hut along with his brother.




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• Rafer Johnson, Olympic decathlon legend

  

  Rafer Johnson won the decathlon gold medal at the 1960 Olympic games in Rome.




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• Debra White Plume, Lakota activist at Wounded Knee and Standing Rock

  

  Debra White Plume was a Lakota activist who was one of the leaders of the protests at Standing Rock against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).




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• David Maas, Performer in "Quick Change" magic act

  

  David Maas was a stage magician who performed with his wife, Dania Kaseeva, as the celebrated "David and Dania: Quick Change" act.




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• Hal Ketchum, "Small Town Saturday Night" singer

  

  Hal Ketchum was a country music star known for the song "Small Town Saturday Night."




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• Hugh Keays-Byrne, Played villains in "Mad Max" movies

  

  Hugh Keays-Byrne was an English-Australian actor best known for portraying two different villains in "Mad Max" (1979) and "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015).




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• Pat Patterson, WWE legend was the first openly gay wrestling star

  

  Pat Patterson was a wrestling star who helped built World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and was a mentor to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.




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• Tony Hsieh, Longtime Zappos CEO

  

  Tony Hsieh was the longtime CEO of Zappos, who built the online shoe retailer into a billion-dollar business.




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• Frank Macon, Tuskegee Airman

  

  Frank Macon was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the Black pilots and support staff who served with distinction in World War II.




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• Bruce Boynton, Civil rights activist who inspired Freedom Rides

  

  Bruce Boynton was a civil rights activist whose 1960 landmark Supreme Court case inspired the iconic Freedom Rides.




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