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Andrei Sakharov
Dead
Born: 5/21/1921Died: 12/14/1989
Age: 68
Noted For: physicist; developed the hydrogen bomb for the Soviet Union. Awarded a Nobel Peace Prize (1975) for advocating human rights. Exiled as a political dissident in the U.S.S.R. (1980), then released (1986).
