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* The first female black astronaut in space credits Uhura from ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' as her inspiration to become an astronaut.
** Likewise, when another ''[[Star Trek]]'' fan died, her ashes were beamed up with those of James Doohan, who played Scotty.
* Jerry Parr, the Secret Service agent who saved Ronald Reagan, became an agent because he was a fan of ''[[Code of the Secret Service]]'', a film about a Secret Service agent played by... Ronald Reagan.
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