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Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) was an American painter and printmaker who settled in France, one of the few women to join the Impressionist movement. She is famous for her intimate paintings of women's lives, especially her scenes of mothers and children.

Sun Ra (1914-1993) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader. A pioneer of the avant-garde, he founded the Sun Ra Arkestra and developed a “cosmic” aesthetic blending free jazz, Egyptian mysticism, and the imagery of outer space.

Jean Tinguely (1925–1991) was a pioneering Swiss sculptor of kinetic art and the Nouveau Réalisme movement. His famous absurd machine-sculptures, such as the Méta-Matics, questioned industrial society and the role of the machine in art.

Harvey Milk was an American politician, the first openly gay person elected to a major public office in California. As a San Francisco city supervisor, he became a leading figure in the fight for LGBT rights before being assassinated in 1978.

Serbian tennis player born in 1987, considered one of the greatest in the history of the sport. He holds the record for the most men's Grand Slam titles and dominated the professional tour for over a decade.