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Recipients of the Olympic Order
- Xi JinpingXi Jinping was born on the 15th of June 1953 in Beijing. His father, Xi Zhongxun, served as a high-ranking official in the Communist Party before being…
- John WilliamsJohn Towner Williams was born on the 8th of February 1932, in Queens, New York. His father Johnny Williams played drums and percussion for the Raymond Scott…
- Sepp BlatterJosef Blatter arrived in the world on the 10th of March 1936 within the Swiss village of Visp. He studied business and economics at the University of…
- Shinzo AbeShinzo Abe was born on the 21st of September 1954 in Shinjuku, Tokyo. His father Shintaro Abe served in the House of Representatives from 1958 to 1991.
- PeléEdson Arantes do Nascimento arrived in the world on the 23rd of October 1940, born in the small town of Três Corações within Minas Gerais.
- Arvydas SabonisArvydas Romas Sabonis was born on the 19th of December 1964 in Kaunas, Lithuania. He began playing basketball at age 13 while living under Soviet rule.
- Erich HoneckerErich Honecker was born on the 25th of August 1912 in Neunkirchen, a town in what is now Saarland. His father Wilhelm worked as a coal miner and political…
- Dražen PetrovićIn 1979, a thirteen-year-old boy named Dražen Petrović stepped onto the court of his hometown club Šibenka in Yugoslavia.
- Vlade DivacVlade Divac began playing basketball in his home town Prijepolje for the team KK Elan. He started his professional career in Yugoslavia with Sloga from…