From History: Today's Famous Birthdays - 20/Jan/2018

Hi Steemians,

This is an effort to provide some information on Five selected famous personalities born on this day.

Courtesy of this information goes to onthisday.com, famousbirthdays.com and wikipedia.org and image source is mentioned under "Source" just below each image.

1. Nikki Haley

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Nikki Haley is the American Ambassador to United Nations (29^th US ambassador to UN) and former governor of South Carolina.

She is also the second Indian American to be the governor of a US state (after Bobby Jindal).

She is also being regarded as the future Secretory of State because of her visibility as UN ambassador.

In 2016, Time magazine named her among the "100 most influential people".

2. Johannes V Jensen

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Johannes V Jensen was a Danish author and is regarded as the first great Danish author of 20^th century.

He was a 1944 Nobel awardee in literature.

His notable works include Himmerland Stories, Kongens Fald(English translation: The Fall of the King), verses Digte 1906(Poems 1906).

The Fall of the King has been regarded as the Danish novel of 20^th century by Danish newspapers.

3. Buzz Aldrin

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Buzz Aldrin is an American former astronaut and currently working as an engineer who is the one of the first 2 humans to land on the moon(other person being Neil Armstrong) and second person to walk on it.

He worked as US Air Force officer.

He has been awarded with Legion of Merit, NASA Distinguished Service Award, NASA Exception Service Award.

He is an inductee into International Space Hall of Fame, US Astronaut Hall of Fame, National Aviation Hall of Fame and Hollywood Walk of Fame.

4. Edward Tyson

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Edward Tyson was a British scientist and physician who is considered as the founder of modern comparative anatomy(comparing anatomy between species).

He was an MA post graduate degree holder from Oxford university and an MD holder from Cambridge university.

He was also a Fellow of Royal Society in 1679.

5. Federico Fellini

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Federico Fellini was an Italian director and screenwriter who is considered one of the greatest and influential filmmakers of all time.

He was nominated to Academy Awards 12 time and won it 5 times and was awarded with an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement award in 1993.

Some of his best movies over a span of 50 years of his direction include La Dolce Vita, La Strada, Nights of Cabria, Juliet of the Spirits, Amarcord and Casanova.