Year of Birth
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Hint
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Answer
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1732
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General/politician. His wife's name was Martha. Apparently she was pretty hot.
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George Washington
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1564
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Talented Tudor playwright. His mates probably called him Bill.
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William Shakespeare
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1552
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Posh pirate. Also an explorer and populariser of tabacco use. They chopped his head off.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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1879
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Physicist with crazy hair. Apparently the Nazis had a bounty on his head.
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Albert Einstein
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1451
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Spanish queen who started the Spanish Inquision and bankrolled Christopher Columbus.
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Queen Isabella
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1599
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English general and politician who apparently said "Paint me warts and all".
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Oliver Cromwell
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1162
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Possibly the most successful military leader of all time. An Asian guy with reddish hair who liked little horses and furry hats.
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Genghis Khan
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1533
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"I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king..." Posh English redhead.
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Queen Elizabeth I
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100 BC
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Bisexual Roman general, lawyer, politician and epileptic, later turned into a God.
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Julius Caesar
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1815
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Architect of the Second Reich. A big battleship and the state capital of North Dakota, USA are named after him.
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Otto von Bismarck
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1769
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Military/political leader. Sold Louisiana to the Americans and was scared of cats.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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1755
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Austrian royal who moved to France. Supposedly, champagne coupe glasses are modelled on the shape of her breast.
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Marie Antoinette
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1818
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Influencial German writer/philosopher. His tomb in London's Highgate Cemetry reads "WORKERS OF ALL LANDS UNITE".
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Karl Marx
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1412
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French teen who liked armour, crosses and kicking English butt.
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Joan of Arc
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1137/1138
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Muslim who wiped the floor with the Christians during the Crusades. Respected for his chivalry and for giving away almost all his wealth.
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Saladin
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1820
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English woman, born in Italy. She advanced medical practices while serving in the Crimean War. Was sick in bed... for almost 60 years.
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Florence Nightingale
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484 BC
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"The Father of History", "The Father of Lies". His book "The Histories" reads like a travel journal and is surprisingly readable.
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Herodotus
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1452
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The quintessential Italian Renaissance Man. Apparently he could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time. And was probably gay.
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Leonardo da Vinci
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384 BC
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Influencial philosopher and tutor to Alexander the Great. Apparently, he agreed to let a hot babe named Phyllis ride on his back so that she'd sleep with him.
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Aristotle
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1783
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'The Liberator'. He drove the Spanish out of much of South America... and his mustache and sideburns looked pretty cool.
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Simon Bolivar
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Benjens: Thanks! Well done!
Ripley: Sir WR yup, seems like he was a bit of a stud. By English standards anyway. :) I'll try to expand the spellings further.
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