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Galileo Galilei
Physicist, Astronomer
1564 - 1642

Leonardo da Vinci
Engineer, Visual Artist
1452 - 1519

Albert Einstein
Physicist, Scientist
1879 - 1955
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Hakeem Abdul "The Dream" Olajuwon is a retired Nigerian-American professional basketball player...
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Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Crumbo was a Potawatomi artist, flautist, and dancer. As an independent...
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Rosemary Shrager is an English chef, best known for being an haute cuisine teacher on the...
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"Idi" Amin Asikainen is a Finnish former boxer and former EBU Middleweight Champion between...
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Emily Lau Wai-hing JP is a Hong Kong politician and member of the Legislative Council in the...
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Shinyei Nakamine was a United States Army soldier. He is best known for receiving the Medal of...
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Zora Young is an American blues singer. She is a distant relative of Howlin' Wolf. Young's...
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Noe Itō was a Japanese anarchist, social critic, author and feminist.
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