Ben Carson
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Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. is an American retired neurosurgeon, academic, author, and government official serving as the National Nutrition Advisor at the Department of Agriculture since 2025. A memb
Official portrait, 2025
Undated portrait of Carson during his medical career
Carson and President George W. Bush in 2008
Ben and Candy Carson with George and Laura Bush in 2008
Cuba Gooding Jr.
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Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. is an American actor. After his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in Boyz n the Hood, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor playing a football star in Jerry Maguire. H
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…Academy of Medicine. He was the subject of the 2009 biographical television film Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, in which he was portrayed by Cuba Gooding Jr. Carson's parents were Robert Solomon Carson Jr. (1914–1992), a World War II U.S. Army veteran, and Sonya Carson (née Copeland, 1928–2017). Both from…
Gooding in 2022
Gooding in 2000
Gooding at the 2016 Daytona 500