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Historical Epoch · 1880 CE – 1945 CE
Modern Period, 1880–1945
העת החדשה, 1880–1945
Mass migrations to America, birth of political Zionism, explosion of science and culture, and the tragedy of the Holocaust.
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Henry Kissinger
1923 – 2023American diplomat and politician (1923–2023)
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Carl Djerassi
1923 – 2015American pharmaceutical chemist and writer (1923–2015)
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Rudolph A. Marcus
1923 – 2026Canadian-born American chemist and Nobel laureate (1923–2026)
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Diane Arbus
1923 – 1971American photographer (1923–1971)
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Eli Cohen
1924 – 1965Egyptian-born Israeli spy (1924–1965)
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Shlomo Carlebach
1925 – 1994American rabbi and musician (1925–1994)
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Moshe Arens
1925 – 2019Israeli politician (1925–2019)
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Peter Sellers
1925 – 1980English actor and comedian (1925–1980)
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Joshua Lederberg
1925 – 2008American molecular biologist (1925–2008)
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Paul Greengard
1925 – 2019American neuroscientist (1925–2019)
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Mel Brooks
1926 – LivingAmerican filmmaker, actor and comedian (born 1926)
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Allen Ginsberg
1926 – 1997American poet and writer (1926–1997)
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Alex Katz
1927 – LivingAmerican artist (born 1927)
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Harry Markowitz
1927 – 2023American economist and Nobel Laureate (1927–2023)
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Sydney Brenner
1927 – 2019South African biologist and Nobel prize winner (1927–2019)
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Burt Bacharach
1928 – 2023American composer and songwriter (1928–2023)
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Sol LeWitt
1928 – 2007American artist (1928–2007)
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George Soros
1930 – LivingHungarian and American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
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Harvey Milk
1930 – 1978American gay rights activist (1930–1978)
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Gary Becker
1930 – 2014American economist (1930–2014)
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Lorin Maazel
1930 – 2014French and American conductor (1930–2014)
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David Hartman
1931 – 2013Topics referred to by the same term
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Jacob Ziv
1931 – 2023Israeli electrical engineer (1931–2023)
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Stanley Milgram
1933 – 1984American social psychologist (1933-1984)
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Dianne Feinstein
1933 – 2023American politician (1933–2023)
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Judah Folkman
1933 – 2008American surgeon and research biologist (1933–2008)
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Daniel Kahneman
1934 – 2024Israeli-American psychologist and economist (1934–2024)
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Angela Buxton
1934 – 2020British tennis player (1934–2020)
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Gloria Steinem
1934 – 2026American activist and journalist (1934–2026)
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Blu Greenberg
1936 – LivingAmerican writer (born 1936)
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Martin Gilbert
1936 – 2015British historian (1936–2015)
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Adin Steinsaltz
1937 – 2020Israeli rabbi and educator (1937–2020)
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Dustin Hoffman
1937 – LivingAmerican actor (born 1937)
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Thomas Nagel
1937 – LivingAmerican philosopher (born 1937)
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Elliott Gould
1938 – LivingAmerican actor (born 1938)
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Robert Nozick
1938 – 2002American political philosopher (1938–2002)
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