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Swimmer and the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals.
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Michael Phelps
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Writer whose most famous novels include "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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Mark Twain
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Statesman, lawyer who served as the President of the USA and led the nation through the American Civil War.
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Abraham Lincoln
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Track and field athlete who was a dominant sprinter in the 100 m, 200 m and long jumper from 1981 to the early 1990s.
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Carl Lewis
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Painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement widely noticed for his "drip technique."
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Jackson Pollock
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Minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
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Rosa Parks
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General in the US Army who commanded in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944.
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George S. Patton
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US Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War. He was killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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George Armstrong Custer
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Baseball player born as George Herman, whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.
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Babe Ruth
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Known as "King of Pop" he popularized complicated dance moves such as the moonwalk through his performances.
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Michael Jackson
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Born as Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. he is one of the greatest boxers of all time.
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Muhammad Ali
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"King of Rock and Roll" and one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century.
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Elvis Presley
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Singer, songwriter, and actress whose real name is Louise Ciccone. She was married to Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie.
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Madonna
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Tennis player and former world No. 1 in women's single tennis who has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
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Serena Williams
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Founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine.
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Hugh Hefner
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Inventor who developed early versions of the electric light bulb.
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Thomas Edison
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Served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
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George Washington
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Industrialist who converted the automobile from an expensive curiosity into an accessible conveyance.
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Henry Ford
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Basketballer who played 15 seasons in the NBA, winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls.
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Michael Jordan
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Scientist who was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries regarding electricity.
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Benjamin Franklin
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Novelist and the author of the series of epic fantasy novels "A Song of Ice and Fire."
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George R. R. Martin
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Scottish-born America inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone.
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Media magnate, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist, known for co-founding Facebook, Inc.
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Mark Zuckerberg
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Actress and humanitarian who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1999 drama "Girl, Interrupted."
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Angelina Jolie
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Actress, model, and singer. She became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s.
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Marilyn Monroe
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Political activist who rescued enslaved people, using the network known as the Underground Railroad
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Harriet Tubman
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Human rights activist best known for his time spent as a vocal spokesman for the Nation of Islam.
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Malcolm X
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Actor won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor for starring in "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump."
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Tom Hanks
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Actor born as Marion Robert Morrison, who became a popular icon through his starring roles in Western films.
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John Wayne
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Poet who is regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry.
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Emily Dickinson
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Director of the movies "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" and the adventure films in the Indiana Jones series.
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Steven Spielberg
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One of the greatest golfers of all time. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships.
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Tiger Woods
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President of the USA who served at the height of the Cold War from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
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John F. Kennedy
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Outlaw, bank and train robber who was assassinated by Robert Ford.
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Jesse James
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Writer best known for his poetry and short stories. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the US literature.
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Director of the movies "Pulp Fiction", "Reservoirs Dogs", "Django Unchained" and "From Dusk Till Dawn."
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Quentin Tarantino
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Singer, actor, and producer who was married to Ava Gardner, Mia Farrow and Barbara Marx.
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Frank Sinatra
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Director, producer and screenwriter best known for creating the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises.
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George Lucas
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A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons.
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Walt Disney
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Gangster known by the nickname "Scarface", who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era in Chicago.
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Al Capone
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The first person to walk on the Moon.
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Neil Armstrong
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First female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Amelia Earhart
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Widely considered the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history.
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John D. Rockefeller
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President of the USA and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
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Thomas Jefferson
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Widely considered to be the greatest quarterback of all time. He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots.
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Tom Brady
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Novelist and short-story writer who wrote "The Old Man and the Sea" and "A Farewell to Arms."
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Ernest Hemingway
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Chairman, CEO and co-founder of Apple Inc.
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Steve Jobs
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Talk show host, television producer, actress and author, sometimes ranked as the most influential woman in the world.
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Oprah Winfrey
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Business magnate, software developer, investor and a co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.
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Bill Gates
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