Li Hongzhi: Quick Facts

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Born	July 7, 1952 (age 74) • China
Founder	Falun Gong
Notable Works	“Zhuan falun”

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Movie still from Fist of Fury featuring Bruce Lee as Chen Zhen, directed by Lo Wei.

Bruce Lee

American-born actor

I.M. Pei

I.M. Pei

Chinese-born American architect

Ha Jin

Ha Jin

Chinese American writer

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Harry Hongda Wu

Chinese-American activist

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Zhang Ailing

Chinese writer

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Daniel C. Tsui

American physicist

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Andrew Chi-Chih Yao

Chinese American computer scientist

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Charles Kao

British-American physicist

Chien-Shiung Wu

Chien-Shiung Wu

Chinese-American physicist

Chern, Shiing-shen

Shiing-shen Chern

American mathematician

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An Wang

American electrical engineer and executive

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Shing-Tung Yau

Chinese-born mathematician

Ram Dass, wearing a loose light shirt and beaded necklaces, sits with his arms resting on his knees and smiles, photographed indoors at the First Unitarian Church.

Ram Dass

American spiritual leader

Jim Jones

Jim Jones

American cult leader

Marshall Applewhite

Marshall Applewhite

American religious leader

Marianne Williamson smiling and wearing a light pink blazer over a black top, standing in front of a decorative mural in West Hollywood, California.

Marianne Williamson

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Philip Kapleau

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Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley.

Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley

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Bhaktipada

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