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Famous Religious Leaders and Clergy.

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18 celebrated clergy and religious leaders including popes, bishops, imams, and rabbis whose vision shaped civilizations.

Pearl S. Buck

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Pearl S. Buck

United States

Pearl S. Buck won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938, becoming the first American woman to win both the Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize. Her novels set in China include The Good Earth 1931, adapted into an Oscar-winning film in 1937. She also wrote under the pen name John Sedges and was a charter member of the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1973.

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1660 1990