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100: Tirthankara of Jainism
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Mahavira
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99: Emperor of Byzantium
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Justinian
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98: Greek poet and "Illiad" author
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Homer
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97: 9th century emperor who united Europe
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Charlemagne
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96: Egyptian Pharaoh who united Egypt in 3000 BC
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Menes
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95: Soviet premier who dissolved the Soviet Union
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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94: Tudor Queen of England
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Elizabeth I
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93: Prophet and founder of Zoroastrianism
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Zoroaster
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92: Chinese philosopher and interpreter of Confucianism
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Mencius
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91: Owner of automobile manufacturer during the 1920s and 30s
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Henry Ford
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90: Philosopher and statesman, creator of scientific figures during the Enlightenment
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Francis Bacon
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89: Dictator of China from 1947-1974
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Mao Zedong
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88: Tsar who expanded Russia during the 1700s, making it a European power
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Peter the Great
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87: Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire
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Cyrus the Great
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86: Portuguese explorer and first European to reach India
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Vasco da Gama
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85: Founder of the Sui Dynasty during the 6th century
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Sui Wen Ti
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84: Leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution
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Vladimir Lenin
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83: Founder of Manichaeism
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Mani
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82: American scientist who created the oral contraceptive
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Gregory Pincus
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81: 38th President of the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis, famous for his death in 1963
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John F. Kennedy
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80: English scholar who raised concern of rising population
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Thomas Malthus
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79: Italian diplomat who is considered the father of political science
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Nicoli Machiavelli
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78: French philosopher and author of "Social Contract"
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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77: Swiss mathematician who made discoveries in calculus and graphing
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Leonhard Euler
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76: Italian-American physicist who made the first nuclear reactor
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Enrico Fermi
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75: German mathematician who created the laws of planetary motion
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Johannes Kepler
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74: French political author who wrote during and about the French Revolution
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Voltaire
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73: Founder of Taoism
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Lao Tzu
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72: German composer. Some of his most famous pieces are played on cello
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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71: German scientist who discovered electromagnetic waves
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William C. Roentgen
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70: Developed the first vaccine
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Edward Jenner
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69: Austrian pseudoscientist who founded psychoanalysis
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Sigmund Freud
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68: First Norman king of England
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William I (The Conquerer)
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67: Roman ruler who ran military campaigns throughout Europe until his assassination in 44 BC on the Ides
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Julius Caesar
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66: Brutal dictator of the Soviet Union from 1924 throughout WWII to his death in 1953
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Joseph Stalin
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65: Queen of Castile who helped create a much more powerful Spain
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Isabella I
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64: 3rd President of the US, principle author of the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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63: Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
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Hernando Cortes
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62: Also a Spanish conqueror, this time ending the Incan Empire
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Francisco Pizarro
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61: German engineer who fathered the petrol engine
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Nikolaus August Otto
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60: British surgeon who first used antiseptic during his 19th century surgery
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Joseph Lister
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59: German theoretical physicist who developed quantum theories and discovered energy quanta
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Max Planck
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58: Czech-Austrian scientist who founded the modern study of genetics
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Gregor Mendel
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57: Christian theologian who developed his own brand of Protestant Christianity
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John Calvin
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56: British physicist who first split the atom
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Ernest Rutherford
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55: English physician who developed the idea of blood circulation
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William Harvey
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54: Christian saint and writer who developed much of Western Christian thought
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St. Augustine
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53: Indian monarch who founded the Maurya Empire
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Asoka
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52: Powerful Muslim caliph and close senior companion to Prophet Muhammad
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Umar ibn al-Khattab
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51: Pope who called the First Crusade in 1096
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Urban II
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