Robert Gover (1929)
Robert Gover was an American journalist who became a best-selling novelist at age 30. His first novel, One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding, a satire on American racism, remains a cult classic that…
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Aziz Sancar (1946)
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Glenn Hughes (1951)
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Nathaniel Tarn (1928)
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Terry Francona (1959)
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Rafał Piszcz (1940)
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