Born on August 7
2 figures in our catalog were born on August 7, from the earliest to the most recent.
Elinor Ostrom
1933 — 2012
EconomicsPoliticsSociety
Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012) was an American economist and political scientist. The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Economics, in 2009, she showed how communities can sustainably manage shared resources (the “commons”) without resorting to either the state or the private market.
Caetano Veloso
1942 — ?
MusicCulturePolitics
Caetano Veloso (born 1942) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and musician, a central figure of the Tropicália movement in the 1960s. Blending Brazilian popular music, rock, and avant-garde, he was exiled by the Brazilian military dictatorship.
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