Famous left-handers - Entertainment
If you are left-handed then you are in very good company. Throughout history left-handers have excelled as leaders, sportsmen, artists, musicians and in many other fields. This is our list of famous left-handers - with over 1,000 people we think it is the most comprehensive on the Web.
The list is based on our research and reports from Club members, but we know we are not perfect. If you spot any errors in our list, can provide any further information or have any famous left-handers we should add to our list, please email us or use the form on our New Famous Lefties page. We will soon be adding web site links to most of our famous left-handers so that you can find out more about them.
The list contains well over 1,000 left-handers and is divided into 4 sections as below. Each list will take a few seconds to load - but it's worth the wait!
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Artists
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| Name |
Nationality |
Description |
DOB |
| Buonaroti, Michelangelo |
Italian |
Artist |
06-Mar-1475 |
| Coney, Herb |
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Artist |
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| Da Vinci, Leonardo |
Italian |
Artist,Painter,Sculptor, Architect,Engineer and Scientist |
15-Apr-1452 |
| de Toulouse Lautrec, Henri |
French |
Artist |
24-Nov-1864 |
| del Piombo, Sebastiano |
Italian |
Artist |
1485 |
| Doughty, Terry |
USA |
Wildlife Artist |
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| Dufy, Raoul |
French |
Artist |
1877 |
| Dürer, Albrecht |
German |
Artist |
21-May-1471 |
| Escher, M.C. |
Dutch |
Graphic Artist |
17-Jun-1898 |
| Holbein, Hans |
UK |
Artist |
1497 |
| Hoppe, Curtis |
USA |
Artist |
1950 |
| Karshan, Linda |
USA |
Artist |
1947 |
| Klee, Paul |
Swiss |
Artist |
18-Dec-1879 |
| Kollwitz, Kathe |
German |
Artist |
08-July-1867 |
| Kunstler, Mort |
USA |
American Civil War Artist |
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| Landseer, Edwin |
UK |
Artist - Horses, Dogs & Stags |
1802 |
| Neiman, LeRoy |
USA |
Artist - Sporting Events and Leisure Activities |
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| Rubens, Peter Paul |
Flemish |
Artist |
28-Jun-1577 |
| Scott, Peter |
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Artist-bird painting |
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| Studeman, Mark |
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Artist |
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| von Menzel, Adolf (Dec'd) |
German |
Draftsman, Painter & Printmaker |
1815 |
| von Schwanthaler, Ludwig (Dec'd) |
German |
Sculptor |
1802 |
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Entertainment - Actors
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| Name |
Nationality |
Description |
DOB |
| Adams, Don |
USA |
Actor |
13-Apr-1936 |
| Albert, Eddie |
USA |
Actor |
22-Apr-1908 |
| Alexander, Jason |
USA |
Actor/Director |
23-Sep-1959 |
| Anderson, Harry |
USA (RI) |
Actor |
14-Oct-1952 |
| Anderson,Sam |
USA (ND) |
Actor |
02-Apr |
| Astaire, Fred (Dec'd) |
USA (NE) |
Actor/Dancer |
10-May1899 |
| Atherton, William |
USA |
Actor |
30-Jun-1947 |
| Aykroyd, Dan |
Canada |
Actor |
10-Jul-1952 |
| Bachchan, Abhishek |
Indian |
Indian Actor |
05-Feb-1976 |
| Bachchan, Amitabh |
Indian |
Indian Actor |
11-Oct-1942 |
| Bateman, Jason |
USA |
Actor/Director |
14-Jan-1969 |
| Bernardi, Herschel (Decd) |
USA (NY) |
Actor |
20-Oct-1923 |
| Billingsley, Peter |
USA |
Actor |
16-Apr-1971 |
| Bishop, Ed |
USA |
Actor |
11-Jun-1932 |
| Bokma, Pierre |
French |
Actor |
20-Dec-1955 |
| Boxleitner, Bruce |
USA |
Actor |
12-May-1950 |
| Branagh, Kenneth |
UK |
Actor |
10-Dec-1960 |
| Brett, Jeremy |
UK |
Sherlock Holmes |
3-Nov-1933 |
| Broderick, Matthew |
USA |
Actor |
21-Mar-1962 |
| Brosnan, Pierce |
Irish |
Actor |
16-May-1952 |
| Burns, George |
USA |
Comedian |
20-Jan-1896 |
| Caan, James |
USA |
Actor |
26-Mar-1939 |
| Caesar, Sid |
USA |
Comedian |
08-Sep-1922 |
| Calkin, Richard |
UK |
Actor |
23-Dec-1963 |
| Carradine, Keith |
USA |
Actor |
08-Aug-1949 |
| Carrey, Jim |
Canadian |
Actor |
17-Jan-1962 |
| Carter, Jack |
USA |
Actor |
16-Mar-1905 |
| Chahrour, Khaled |
Egyptian |
Actor |
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| Chaplin, Charlie |
UK |
Comedian/Actor |
16-Apr-1889 |
| Cohen, Jeffrey Jay |
USA |
Actor |
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| Conreid, Hans |
UK |
Actor -born in USA |
15-Apr-1917 |
| Coyote, Peter |
USA |
Actor |
10-Oct-1941 |
| Crawford, Michael |
UK |
Actor |
19-Jan-1942 |
| Cruz, Wilson |
USA |
Actor |
27-Dec-1973 |
| Data, |
USA |
Android - (Brent Spiner) |
02-Feb-2338 |
| Davi, Robert |
USA |
Actor |
26-Jun-1953 |
| Davis, Daniel |
USA |
Actor |
26-Nov-1945 |
| Davison, Bruce |
USA |
Film and TV Actor |
28-Jun-1946 |
| de Groot, Frederik |
Dutch |
Actor |
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| De Niro, Robert |
USA |
Actor |
17-Aug-1943 |
| Dean, Ron |
USA |
Actor |
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| Diamond, Dustin |
USA |
Actor |
07-Jan-1977 |
| Dillon, Matt |
USA |
Actor |
18-Feb-1964 |
| Dreyfuss, Richard |
USA |
Actor |
29-Oct-1947 |
| D'Onofrio, Vincent |
USA(NY) |
Actor |
30-Jun-1959 |
| Drake, Charles |
USA |
Actor |
02-Oct-1914 |
| Duchovny, David |
USA |
Actor |
07-Aug-1960 |
| Dunne, Griffin |
USA |
Actor |
08-Jun-1955 |
| Egan, Peter |
UK |
Actor |
28-Sep-1946 |
| Fields, W.C. |
USA |
Actor |
29-Jan-1880 |
| Fine, Larry |
USA |
One of the Three Stooges |
05-Oct-1902 |
| Fishburne, Laurence |
USA |
Actor |
30-Jul-1961 |
| Fonda, Peter |
USA |
Actor |
23-Feb-1939 |
| Frazer, Rupert |
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Actor |
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| Freeman, Morgan |
USA (TN) |
Actor |
01-Jun-1937 |
| French, Victor |
USA |
Actor |
04-Dec-1934 |
| Gaffney, Dean |
UK |
Actor - Robbie in East-Enders |
14-Feb-1978 |
| Garber, Victor |
Canadian |
Actor |
16-Mar-1949 |
| Glaser, Paul Michael |
USA |
Actor |
25-Mar-1943 |
| Glenn, Scott |
USA |
Actor |
26-Jan-1942 |
| Glover, John |
USA |
Actor |
07-Aug-1944 |
| Gobel, George |
USA |
Comedian |
20-May-1919 |
| Goldwyn, Tony |
USA |
Actor |
20-May-1960 |
| Grant, Cary |
USA |
Actor |
18-Jan-1904 |
| Graves, Peter |
USA |
Actor |
18-Mar-1926 |
| Greenwood, Bruce |
Canadian |
Actor |
12-Aug-1956 |
| Grieve, Richard |
Australian |
Actor - "Home and Away" and "Neigbours" |
25-Jan-1970 |
| Gummersall, Devon |
USA |
Actor |
15-Oct-1978 |
| Haggerty, Dan |
USA (CA) |
Actor |
19-Nov-1941 |
| Hall, Brad |
USA (CA) |
Actor |
1958 |
| Hamill, Mark |
USA (CA) |
Actor |
25-Sep-1951 |
| Hardison, Kadeem |
USA |
Actor |
24-Jul-1965 |
| Harrelson, Woody |
USA (TX) |
Actor |
23-Jul-1961 |
| Harrison, Rex (Dcd) |
UK |
Actor |
05-Mar-1908 |
| Hart, David |
USA |
Actor |
06-Feb-1964 |
| Hedaya, Dan |
USA (NY) |
Actor |
24-Jul-1940 |
| Herrmann, Edward |
USA (WA) |
Actor |
21-Jul-1943 |
| Horton, Peter |
USA (WA) |
Actor |
20-Aug-1953 |
| Hudson, Rock (Dec'd) |
USA (IL) |
Actor |
17-Nov-1925 |
| Hughes, Geoffrey |
British |
Actor - starred as both Eddie Yates & Onslow |
02-Feb-1944 |
| Hutton, Jim (Dcd) |
USA (NY) |
Actor |
31-May-1934 |
| Jackman, Hugh |
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Actor/ Swordfish |
12-Oct-1968 |
| Johnson, Russell |
USA (PA) |
Actor |
10-Nov-1924 |
| Johnson, Clark |
Canadian |
Actor |
1954 |
| Kaplan, Gabe |
USA (NY) |
Actor |
31-Mar-1945 |
| Karn, Richard |
USA-Seattle |
Actor |
17-Feb-1956 |
| Kaye, Danny |
USA (Dcd) |
Actor |
18-Jan-1913 |
| Keel, Howard |
USA (IL) |
Actor |
13-Apr-1919 |
| Kennedy, George |
USA (NY) |
Actor |
18-Feb-1925 |
| Kilmer, Val |
USA (LA) |
Actor |
21-Dec-1959 |
| Knight, Bill |
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Actor |
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| Landon, Michael |
USA |
Actor |
31-Oct-1936 |
| Langella, Frank |
USA |
Actor |
01-Jan-1940 |
| Lawford, Peter (Dcd) |
UK |
Actor |
07-Sep-1923 |
| Le Mat, Paul |
USA (NJ) |
Actor |
22-Sept-1952 |
| Leonard, Robert Sean |
USA (NJ) |
Actor |
28-Feb-1969 |
| Lerer, Joe |
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Actor |
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| Linden, Hal |
USA (NY) |
Actor |
20-Mar-1931 |
| Liotta, Ray |
USA |
Actor |
18-Dec-1955 |
| Little, Cleavon |
USA |
Actor |
01-Jun-1939 |
| Lloyd, Christopher |
USA |
Actor - Uncle Fester in the Addams Family |
22-Oct-1938 |
| Ludden, Allen |
USA |
Actor |
05-Oct-1917 |
| Lynch, John Carroll |
USA |
Actor |
11-May-1961 |
| Lyndhurst, Nicholas |
UK |
Actor |
20-April-1961 |
| MacMurray, Fred |
USA |
Actor |
30-Aug-1908 |
| Makepeace, Chris |
Canadian |
Actor |
22-Apr-1964 |
| Marceau, Marcel |
French |
Mime - Actor |
22-Mar-1923 |
| Martin, Kiel |
USA |
Actor |
26-Jul-1944 |
| McCarthy, Andrew |
USA |
Actor |
29-Nov-1962 |
| McGann, Steve |
England |
Actor -Emerdale - brother of Joe Mark & Paul |
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| McInnerny, Tim |
Uk |
Actor - Blackadder & Rocky Horror Picture Show |
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| McQueen, Steve |
USA |
Actor |
24-Mar-1930 |
| Moranis, Rick |
Canadian |
Actor |
18-Apr-1954 |
| Morse, Robert |
USA (MA) |
Actor |
18-May-1931 |
| Moses, William R. |
USA |
Actor |
17-Nov-1959 |
| Mosley, Roger E. |
USA |
Actor |
26-Jul-1944 |
| Morse, William. (Dec'd) |
USA (NY) |
Actor |
1887 |
| Moss, Ronn |
USA (LA) |
Actor |
04-Mar |
| Nadder, Robert (Dec'd) |
USA |
Actor |
1935 |
| Nicholas, Paul |
UK |
Actor |
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| Nunn, Bill |
USA (PA) |
Actor |
1953 |
| Oldman, Gary |
UK |
Actor/Director |
21-Mar-1958 |
| Olsen, Gary |
UK |
Actor |
03-Nov-1937 |
| O'Neal, Ryan |
USA |
Actor |
20-Apr-1941 |
| O'Neil, Ed |
USA (OH) |
Actor |
12-Apr-1946 |
| Owens, Gary |
USA (SD) |
Actor - TC Personality |
10-May-1936 |
| Pantoliano, Joe |
USA |
Actor |
12-Sep-1954 |
| Parnes, Richard |
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Actor |
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| Perkins, Anthony |
USA |
Actor |
04-Apr-1932 |
| Perlman, Ron |
USA |
Actor |
13-April-1950 |
| Perri, Paul |
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Actor |
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| Pertwee, Bill |
UK |
Actor/Comedian |
1926 |
| Phoenix, River (Dcd) |
USA (OR) |
Actor |
23-Aug-1970 |
| Pinchot, Bronson |
USA |
Actor |
20-May-1959 |
| Pitt, Brad |
USA |
Actor |
18-Dec-1963 |
| Pollard, Michael J |
USA |
Actor |
30-May-1939 |
| Potter, Chris |
Canadian |
Actor |
23-Aug-1960 |
| Preston, Robert |
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Actor |
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| Pryor, Richard |
USA |
Actor |
01-Dec-1940 |
| Quaid, Dennis |
USA |
Actor |
09-Apr-1954 |
| Quaid, Randy |
USA |
Actor |
01-10-1950 |
| Redford, Robert |
USA |
Actor |
18-Aug-1937 |
| Reed, Timothy |
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Actor |
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| Reeves, Keanu |
Lebanese |
Actor |
02-Sep-1964 |
| Richards, Michael |
USA |
Actor |
24-Jul-1949 |
| Rifkin, Ron |
USA |
Actor |
31-Oct-1939 |
| Ritchard, Cyril |
Australian |
Actor |
01-Dec-1897 |
| Robinson, Tony |
UK |
Baldrick |
1946 |
| Rollins, Henry |
USA |
Actor |
13-Feb-1961 |
| Rollins, Howard |
USA |
Actor |
17-Oct-1950 |
| Rourke, Mickey |
USA |
Actor |
16-Sep-1953 |
| Rushton, William |
UK |
Actor |
18-Aug-1937 |
| Russ, Tim |
USA |
Actor |
02-Jun-1956 |
| Savalas, Telly |
USA (Dcd) |
Actor - "Kojak" |
21-Jan-1924 |
| Shalhoub, Tony |
USA |
Actor |
09-Oct-1953 |
| Shane, Paul |
UK |
Actor - "Hi-De-Hi" |
19-Jun-1940 |
| Slater, Christian |
USA |
Actor |
18-Aug-1969 |
| Spade, David |
USA |
Actor |
22-July-1964 |
| Spiner, Brent |
USA |
Actor - "Star Trek Next Generation" |
02-Feb-1949 |
| Stallone, Sylvester |
USA (NY) |
Actor |
6-July-1946 |
| Stamp, Terence |
UK |
Actor |
22-Jul-1939 |
| Steiger, Rod |
USA |
Actor |
14-Apr-1925 |
| Stevens, Fisher |
USA |
Actor |
27-Nov-1963 |
| Stoppard, Tom |
Czech |
Actor/Playwright emigrated to England when 5 years old |
03-Jul-1937 |
| Storm, Jim |
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Actor |
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| Sylvester, Harold |
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Actor |
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| Thicke, Alan |
Canadian |
Actor |
01-Mar-1947 |
| Ustinov, Peter |
UK |
Actor |
16-Apr-1921 |
| Vallee, Rudy |
USA |
Actor |
28-Jul-1901 |
| Van Dyke, Barry |
USA |
Actor |
31-Jul-1951 |
| Van Dyke, Dick |
USA (MS) |
Actor - is "ambidextrous" |
13-Dec-1925 |
| Vartan, Michael |
French |
Actor |
27-Nov-1968 |
| Wahlberg, Mark |
USA |
Actor |
05-June-1971 |
| Walker, Graham |
UK |
Grumbleweeds |
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| Wheaton, Wil |
USA |
Actor |
29-July-1972 |
| Whitmore, James |
USA |
Actor |
01-Oct-1921 |
| Williams, Treat |
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Actor |
01-Dec-1951 |
| Willis, Bruce |
USA |
Actor |
19-Mar-1955 |
| Wilson, Demond |
USA |
Actor |
13-Oct-1946 |
| Windom, William |
USA |
Actor |
28-Sep-1923 |
| Wolf, Scott |
USA |
Actor |
04-Jun-1948 |
| Wong, Russell |
USA |
Actor |
01-Mar-1963 |
| Woods, James |
USA |
Actor |
18-Apr-1947 |
| Woodside, D.B. |
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Actor |
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| Wookie, Choobaka the |
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Actor in "Star Wars" |
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| Wyner, Joel |
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Actor |
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| Wynn, Keenan |
USA |
Actor |
27-July-1916 |
| Ziering, Ian |
USA |
Actor |
30-Mar-1964 |
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Entertainment - Actresses
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Nationality |
Description |
DOB |
| Alfonso, Kristian |
USA |
Actress |
05-Sep-1964 |
| Allen, Mikki |
USA |
Actress |
15-Nov-1977 |
| Barkin, Ellen |
USA |
Actress |
16-Apr-1954 |
| Barrie, Barbara |
USA (Inninois) |
Actress |
23-May-1931 |
| Barrymore, Drew |
USA (LA) |
Actress |
22-Feb-1975 |
| Basinger, Kim |
USA (GA) |
Actress |
08-Dec-1953 |
| Blount, Lisa |
USA |
Actress |
01-Jul-1959 |
| Boht, Jean |
England |
Bread |
06-Mar-1936 |
| Brazelton, Conni Marie |
USA (Illinois) |
Actress - nurse on ER |
08-May-1955 |
| Burnett, Carol |
USA |
Comedienne, Actress, Singer, Dancer,TV |
26-Apr-1936 |
| Buzzi, Ruth |
USA |
Commedienne |
24-Jul-1936 |
| Cass, Peggy (Dcd) |
USA (Mass) |
Actress |
21-May-1924 |
| Cummings, Quinn |
USA |
Actress |
13-Aug-1967 |
| Davis, Judy |
Australian |
Actress |
23-Apr-1935 |
| De Havilland, Olivia |
Japan |
Actress |
01-Jul-1916 |
| Drescher, Fran |
USA (NY) |
Actress |
30-Sep-1957 |
| Dunaway, Faye |
USA (FL) |
Actress -Bonnie in "Bonnie and Clyde" |
14-Jan-1941 |
| Eichhorn, Lisa |
USA |
Actress |
5-Feb-1952 |
| Faracy, Stephanie |
USA |
Actress |
04-Jan |
| Fisher, Frances |
UK |
Actress |
11-May-1952 |
| Garbo, Greta (Dcd) |
Swedish |
Actress |
18-Sep-1905 |
| Garland, Judy (Dcd) |
USA (MN) |
Actress & Singer |
10-Jun-1922 |
| Goldberg, Whoopi |
USA (NY) |
Actress |
13-Nov-1949 |
| Grable, Betty |
USA |
Actress |
18-Dec-1916 |
| Hampshire, Susan |
England |
Actress |
5-Dec-1938 |
| Hawn, Goldie |
USA |
Actress |
21-Nov-1945 |
| Heatherton, Joey |
USA (NY) |
Actress |
14-Sep-1944 |
| Hedren, Tippi |
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Actress |
19-Jan-1931 |
| Hughes, Nerys |
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Liver Birds |
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| Ireland, Kathy |
USA (CA) |
Actress & Model |
18-Mar-1963 |
| Jackson, Kate |
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Actress |
29-Oct-1948 |
| Jolie, Angelina |
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