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Founder of Islam
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Muhammad
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Founder of Christianity
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Jesus
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Painter of the "Mona Lisa"
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Founder of the Mongol Empire
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Genghis Khan
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Formulated laws of motion and universal gravitation
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Isaac Newton
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Deaf composer known for symphonies such as the Fifth and Ninth
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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Macedonian king who conquered vast lands such as Persia and Egypt
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Alexander the Great
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French military leader turned Emperor who met defeat at Waterloo
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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German dictator responsible for the Holocaust
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Adolf Hitler
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Ancient Greek philosopher and teacher of Aristotle
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Plato
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Child prodigy composer of many classical works including "The Magic Flute"
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Venetian explorer known for his travels along the Silk Road
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Marco Polo
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Italian explorer falsely recognized as the discoverer of the America's
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Christopher Columbus
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Ancient Greek philosopher and tutor to Alexander the Great
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Aristotle
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German-born physicist who formulaed the theory of relativity
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Albert Einstein
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Italian astronomer known for advanced telescope technology
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Galileo Galilei
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Ancient Greek philosopher known for his method of questioning
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Socrates
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Roman general assassinated on the Ides of March
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Julius Caesar
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Former American President and the only federal official to be impeached twice
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Donald Trump
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Elizabethan playwright and poet with timeless works such as "Hamlet"
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William Shakespeare
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Italian Renissance artist famous for the "David" and the "Sistine Ceiling"
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Michelangelo
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Indian spiritual leader who achieved enlightenment under the Bodhi tree
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Gautama Buddha
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German composer known for his "Brandenburg Concertos"
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Chinese philosopher known for his teachings on ethics, morality, and social relationships
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Confucius
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Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor who cried "Eureka!"
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Archimedes
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German monk who sparked the Protestant Reformation by challenging the Catholic Church's practices
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Martin Luther
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One of the twelve apostles of Jesus and considered the first pope by the Catholic Church
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Saint Peter
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Dutch post-impressionist painter known for his works such as "Starry Night" and "Sunflowers"
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Vincent van Gogh
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Biblical figure who led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt
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Moses
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German philosopher and economist who co-authored "The Communist Manifesto"
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Karl Marx
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Founding figure of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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Abraham
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Polish astronomer who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Italian poet who authored "The Divine Comedy," an epic describing his journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven
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Dante Alighieri
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English naturalist who formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection
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Charles Darwin
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Portugese explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globeArg
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Argentine Marxist revolutionary who played a key role in the Cuban Revolution
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Che Guevara
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French monarch known as the "Sun King"
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Louis XIV of France
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French heroine and military leader who led the French forces at the Siege of Orléans
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Joan of Arc
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Soviet leader who ruled with an iron fist and was one of the Allied leaders in WWII
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Joseph Stalin
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Spanish painter and sculptor who co-founded Cubism
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Pablo Picasso
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Central figure in Christianity revered for her purity and devotion
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Mary, mother of Jesus
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Dutch Golden Age painter known for works such as "The Night Watch"
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Rembrandt
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German philosopher known for his work in metaphysics, ethics, and epistemology
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Immanuel Kant
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Longest-reigning monarch in British History who ascended to the throne in 1952
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Elizabeth II of Great Britain
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Portugese explorer and first European to reach India by sea
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Vasco de Gama
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Ancient Greek poet credited with composing the epics "The Illiad" and "The Odyssey"
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Homer
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Current leader of the Catholic Church and first Latin American pope
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Pope Francis
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The third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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First Roman Emperor who ushered in the Pax Romana
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Augustus
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Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis
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Sigmund Freud
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Leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and founder of the Soviet Union
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Vladimir Lenin
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He thought therefore he was
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René Descartes
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Ancient Greek mathematician and namesake of an important geometrical theorem
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Pythagoras
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American inventor from New Jersey known for creating the lightbulb
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Thomas Edison
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South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and the country's first black president
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Nelson Mandela
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Polish-born physicist, chemist, and pioneer in the field of radioactivity
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Marie Curie
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Polish composer and virtuoso pianist known for his compositions including nocturnes, preludes, and waltzes
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Frédéric Chopin
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Persian polymath known for his contributions to medicine, philosophy, and science, and the author of "Canon of Medicine"
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Avicenna
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Italian Renaissance painter known for his work "The School of Athens"
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Raphael
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Founder of the Reublic of Turkey who led modernization reforms
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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Swiss-French philosopher known for his work "The Social Contract"
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Jean-Jacques Rosseau
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German writer, poet, and statesman known for his work "Faust" and contributions to the Sturm und Drang literary movement
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Johann Wolfgang van Goethe
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King of Franks later crowned as the first Holy Roman Emperor
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Charlemagne
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A key figure in the spread of Christianity who was originally known as Saul of Tarsus
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Paul the Apostle
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Scotsman considered the father of modern economics
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Adam Smith
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German inventor credited with the invention of the printing press, however it had been previously invented in China
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Johannes Gutenberg
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Serbian-American inventor and engineer known for his contributions to AC electrical systems and wireless communication
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Nikola Tesla
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Indian lawyer and political leader known for his nonviolent resistance against British rule
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Mahatma Gandhi
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German philosopher known for his concept of the Übermensch and his proclamation of the "death of God"
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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Russian novelist known for works such as "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov"
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Medieval Central Asian conqueror known for his military campaigns and the establishment of the Timurid Empire
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Timur
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English monarch known as the "Virgin Queen" and the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
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Elizabeth I of England
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Surrealist artist known for his eccentric personality, flamboyant mustache, and melting clock paintings
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Salvador Dalí
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Danish author known for his traditionally gruesome fairy tales such as "The Little Mermaid"
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Hans Christian Andersen
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Italian composer known for his Baroque masterpiece "The Four Seasons"
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Antonio Vivaldi
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British author known for creating the high fantasy world of Middle-earth in works like "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings"
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J. R. R. Tolkien
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39th President of the United States who played a key role in brokering the Camp David Accords
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Jimmy Carter
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Silent film actor and director known for his character "The Tramp"
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Charlie Chaplin
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French Enlightenment writer and philosopher known for his advocacy for freedom of speech, religion, and separation of church and state
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Voltaire
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Italian Renaissance political philosopher and author of "The Prince", known for his pragmatic views on power and governance
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Niccolò Machiavelli
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Medieval Muslim military leader known for recapturing Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187
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Saladin
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Ancient Egyptian pharaoh who asceded to the throne at a young age and is famous for his tomb, which was discovered nearly intact in the Valley of the Kings
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Tutankhamun
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Swedish botanist and taxonomist known a the "Father of Modern Taxonomy"
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Carl Linnaeus
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Biblical figure known for baptizing Jesus in the Jordan River
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John the Baptist
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Boxer known for his iconic fights like the "Rumble in the Jungle" and "Thrilla in Manila"
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Muhammad Ali
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French author known for his novels "Les Misérables" and "The Hunchback of Notroe-Dame"
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Victor Hugo
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Ancient Egyptian Queen whose relationships with two Roman generals, which forever altered the fate of both the Egyptian and Roman Empires
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Cleopatra
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Biblical king known for his wisdom, wealth, and building the First Temple in Jerusalem
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Solomon
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Biblical figure who slayed Goliath with a slingshot
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David
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Greek historian known for his work "The Histories", which documented the Greco-Persian Wars
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Herodotus
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Early Christian theologian and philosopher known for his works "Confessions" and "The City of God"
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Augustine of Hippo
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French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher known for his contributions to probablity theory and his law in fluid mechanics
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Blaise Pascal
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Czech-born writer known for his novels and short stories such as "The Metamorphosis" and "The Trial"
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Franz Kafka
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Ancient Greek physicia often referred to as the "Father of Medicine" who lent his namesake to a crucial oath for medical ethics
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Hippocrates
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Inventor of dynamite and namesake for awards given to those who have conferred the "greatest benefit to humankind"
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Alfred Nobel
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Russian novelist known for works like "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina"
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Leo Tolstoy
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Carthaginian military commander who famously crossed the Alps with elephants during the Second Punic War
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Hannibal
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Italian fascist dictator known for his authoritarian regime and alliance with Nazi Germany
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Benito Mussolini
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English philosopher, statesman, and essayist known for his contributions to the scientific method and empiricism, often regarded as one of the founders of modern science
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Francis Bacon
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Name
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Persian prophet and founder of Zoroastrianism
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Zoroaster
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French playwright known for comedies such as "Tartuffe" and "The Misanthrope"
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Molière
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Ottoman Sultan known for his expansion of the empire, cultural patronage, and legal reforms
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Suleiman the Magnificent
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Persian mathematician who pioneered the development of algebra, introduced the concept of algorithms, and laid the foundation for modern mathematics and computer science
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Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
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Russian composer known for his romantic and expressive music, including ballets like "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker"
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Roman emperor known for his conversion to Christianity, leading towards the Christianization of the empire
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Constantine the Great
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First Chancellor of Germany known for his realpolitik diplomacy
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Otto van Bismarck
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German mathematician and physicist known for his contributions to fields including number theory, algebra, statistics, and electromagnetism, often regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
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German astronomer known for his laws of planetary motion and work on optics ad astronomy
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Johannes Kepler
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American writer known for his macabre and Gotic tales such as "The Raven" and "The tell-Tale Heart"
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Edgar Allen Poe
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Chinese communist revolutionary who founded the People's Republic of China and initiated the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution
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Mao Zedong
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Leader of the Huns who terrorized Europe in the 5th century, earning him the nickname "The Scourge of God"
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Attila the Hun
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German philosopher known for his dialectical method and work on the philosophy of history
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Mexican artist known for her self-portraits which often incorporated elements of Mexican culture and symbolism
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Frida Kahlo
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Roman orator and philosopher known for his mastery of Latin prose, speeches against corrupt politicians, and philosophical works on ethics and politics
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Cicero
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German painter, printmaker, and theorist known for detailed and realistic portraits, religious works, and woodcuts
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Albrecht Dürer
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Italian Dominican friar and theologian, and a jurist in the tradition of scholasticism from the county of Aquino
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Thomas Aquinas
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Italian composer known for his operas including "La Traviata" and "Aida"
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Giuseppe Verdi
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British PM during World War II
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Winston Churchill
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Writer of the "Emancipation Proclamation"
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Abraham Lincoln
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English philosopher known for his belief in natural rights, particularly the rights to life, liberty, and property
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John Locke
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German composer known for his operas such as "The Ring Cycle" and "Tristan und Isolde"
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Richard Wagner
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Roman poet known for his epic "The Aeneid"
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Virgil
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American actress known for her roles in films such as "Some Like It Hot" and "Gentleman Prefer Blondes"
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Marilyn Monroe
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Ancient Greek mathematician known as the "Father of Geometry"
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Euclid
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Polish-born Pope who served from 1978-2005
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Pope John Paul II
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French biologist and chemist known for his discoveries in microbiology, including the development of the rabies vaccine
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Louis Pasteur
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British theoretical physicist known for his work on black holes, cosmology, and the nature of universe, as well as his book "A Brief History of Time"
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Stephen Hawking
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Dutch philosopher knwon for his works such as "Ethics" and "Tractatus Theologio-Politicus"
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Baruch Spinoza
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He fiddled while Rome burned
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Nero
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Flemish Baroque painter known for his work "The Descent from the Cross"
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Peter Paul Rubens
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French impressionist painter known for his series of paintings of water lillies
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Claude Monet
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Austrian composer known as the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet"
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Joseph Haydn
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Scottish inventor known for his improvements to the steam engine and for the unit of power named in his honor
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James Watt
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French novelist known as the "Father of Science Fiction" and known for his adventure novels such as "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"
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Jules Verne
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Italian philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who advocated for the Copernican heliocentric model, leading to his condemnation by the Roman Catholic Church
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Giordano Bruno
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Biblical figure known for his colorful coat, interpretation of dreams, and rise to power in Europe where he saved his family and the nation from famine
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Joseph
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"Mr. _______, tear down this wall!"
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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Austrian composer known for his lieder and works such as "Ave Maria"
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Franz Schubert
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Soviet cosmonaut who was the first human to journey into outer space
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Yuri Gagarin
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German polymath known for his development of differential and integral calculas independently of Isaac Newton
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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Christian martyr and patron saint of England, known for slaying a dragon
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Saint George
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Egyptian king known for her prominent role alongside her husband Pharoh Akhenaten during the 14th century BC
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Nefertiti
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British monarch who is the namesake of an era and became the Empress of India
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Queen Victoria
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Unidentified serial killer who terrorized the Whitechapel district, killing and mutilating at least five women
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Jack the Ripper
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Islamic caliph and companion of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his role in the early expansion of Islam and effective leadership as the second caliph following Muhammad's death
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Umar
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Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia known for her reforms and efforts to modernize the Habsburg Monarchy
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Maria Theresa
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English king marked by controversy over the disappearance of his nephews, the Princes in the Tower, and whose death marked the end of the Plantagenet dynasty and the beginning of the Tudor era
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Richard III of England
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French astrologer known for his book "Les Propheties", which has been interpreted as predictions of future events
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Nostradamus
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Holy Roman Emperor known for his role in the Protestant Reformation, conflicts with the Ottoman Empire, and abdication in 1556
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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
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Biblical patriarch known as the son of Isaac and the father of the twelve tribes of Israel
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Jacob
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Italian Catholic friar and preacher known for founding the Franciscan Order
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Francis of Assisi
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French playwright, philosopher, and novelist known for his works like "Being and Nothingness" and "No Exit"
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Jean-Paul Sartre
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Russian playright known for his works "The Cherry Orchard" and "Three Sisters"
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Anton Chekhov
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Brazilian soccer legend who won three FIFA World Cup titles in 1958, 1962, and 1970
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Pelé
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Roman Emperor known for his extravagant lifestyle, erratic behavior, and portrayal in the film "Gladiator"
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Commodus
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Biblical fgure known for being one of Jesus' followers and being present at his crucifixion, burial, and the first witness to his resurrection
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Mary Magdalene
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Roman philosopher known for his Stoic philosophy and his essays and letters on ethics and morality
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Seneca the Younger
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Biblical figure known for his betrayal of Jesus, leading to Jesus' arrest and crucifixion
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Judas Iscariot
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American actor known for his portrayal of Rocky Balboa and John Rambo
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Sylvester Stallone
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First Emperor of China who created construction projects such as the Great Wall of China and the Terracotta Army
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Qin Shi Huang
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German-British composer known for his operas, oratorios, and instrumental composions such as "Messiah" and the Water Music suite
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George Frideric Handel
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Italian Baroque painter known for his realistic and often provocative depictions of religious and mythological subjects
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Caravaggio
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Russian chemist known for his creation of the Periodic Table of Elements
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Dmitri Mendeleev
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40th President of the United States known for his role in ending the Cold War
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Ronald Reagan
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Biblical prophet known for his confrontation with the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel
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Elijah
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Spanish architect known for his designs for the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona
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Antoni Gaudí
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French philosopher and political theorist known for his work "The Spirit of the Laws"
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Montesquieu
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Biblical figure who was the older brother of Moses and first heigh priest of the Israelites
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Aaron
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The last king of France before the French Revolution whose execution during the Reign of Terror marked the dissolution of the French monarchy
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Louis XVI of France
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Ancient Greek philosopher known for founding the Epicureanism school
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Epicurus
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Wife of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and played a crucial role in the politics of the Ottoman Empire
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Hurrem Sultan
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Spanish painter and printmaker known for his depictions of the horrors of war in "The Disasters of War" series
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Francisco Goya
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French novelist known for his work "La Comédie Humaine"
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Honoré de Balzac
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15th-century ruler of Wallachia who gained infamy from his cruel methods of punishment and served as the inspiration for Dracula
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Vlad the Impaler
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Swiss mathematician known for his contributions to calculus, number theory, graph theory, and mechanics, and development of the notation and terminology used in these disciplines
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Leonhard Euler
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Ancient Greek playwright known for his tragedies including "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone"
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Sophocles
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Tsar of Russia known for his efforts to modernize and westernize Russia and is the namesake of a notable Russian city
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Peter the Great
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Canadian rock band from the 1970's known for their experimental style, blending hard and progressive rock and new wave
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Max Webster
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Jamaican musician known for popularizing reggae music and songs promoting social justice, love, and unity
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Bob Marley
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Ancient Greek storyteller known for his fables, often featuring animals with human characteristics
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Aesop
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French writer known for his novel "The Little Prince"
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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English philosopher known for his political theory outlined in his work "Leviathan"
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Thomas Hobbes
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Russian revolutionary and Marxist theorist known for his leadership of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War
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Leon Trotsky
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Cuban revolutionary who led Cuba for nearly five decdes and is known for his Marxist-Leninist ideology
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Fidel Castro
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Egyptian pharaoh who reigned for over 66 years in the 19th dynasty, known for his building projects and military campaigns
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Ramesses II
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Chinese philosopher and historian known for his studies of Chinese history, particularly during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period
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Huang Xianfan
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"Great" Empress of Russia
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Catherine the Great
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Leader of the Free French Forces during WWII who later served as the President of France from 1959-1969
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Charles de Gaulle
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German philosopher known for his pessimistic philosophy and work "The World as Will and Representation"
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Arthur Schopenhauer
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Lead singer of Queen from Zanzibar
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Freddie Mercury
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British scientist credited with the discovery of electromagnetic induction and principles underlying the operation of electric motors and generators
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Michael Faraday
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Wife of Louis XVI known for her extravagant lifestyle and untrue quote "Let them eat cake"
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Marie Antoinette
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Roman Emperor known for his tyrranical rule and insanity, declaring himself a god and ordering the assassination of political rivals
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Caligula
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Norwegian painter known for his work "The Scream"
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Edvard Munch
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Prolific American novelist known for his works "A Farewell to Arms" and "The Sun Also Rises"
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Ernest Hemingway
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Eighth President of the United States known for serving during the Panic of 1837
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Martin Van Buren
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Swiss-French architest and urban planner known for his works like the Villa Savoye and the Unité d'Habitation
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Le Corbusier
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Roman poet known for his works "Metamorphoses" and "Ars Amatoria"
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Ovid
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Name
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Yugoslav President from 1953-1980 who led the resistance against Axis occupation during World War II
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Josip Broz Tito
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Greek philosopher known for his doctrine of change and flux, stating "you cannot step in the same river twice"
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Heraclitus
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French-Algerian author known for his novels "The Stranger" and "The Plague"
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Albert Camus
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Egyptian pharoh known for his religious reforms and moving the Egyptian capital to modern-day Amarna
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Akhenaten
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Roman Emperor known for his Stoic philosophy and work "Meditations"
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Marcus Aurelius
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Donald Trump's opponent in the 2016 Presidential Election
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Hillary Clinton
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Norwegian explorer known for leading the first expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911
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Roald Amundsen
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Italian explorer and namesake of two continents
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Italian poet and scholar known as the "Father of Humanism", known for his sonnets dedicated to his idealized love interest, Laura
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Petrarch
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Dutch painter known for his works "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and "The Milkmaid"
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Johannes Vermeer
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35th President of the United States often referred to as "Camelot"
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John F. Kennedy
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Tupelo-born American rockstar commonly referred to as the "King of Rock"
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Elvis Presley
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Jewish diarist who documented hiding in an attic from the Nazi's during the German occupation of the Netherlands
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Anne Frank
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Thracian gladiator who led a slave revolt against the Roman Republic in the Third Servile War
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Spartacus
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Native American woman who played a significant role in the early history of the Jamestown settlement
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Pocahontas
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Ancient Greek astronomer and geographer who proposed a geocentric model of the universe
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Ptolemy
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English king who had six wives
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Henry VIII of England
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Queen beheaded at the order of her cousin, Elizabeth I of England
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Mary, Queen of Scots
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English captain who "discovered" Hawaii
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James Cook
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Italian Renaissance painter known for works such as "The Birth of Venus" and "Primavera"
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Sandro Botticelli
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French Post-Impressionist artist known for his depictions of Tahitian life
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Paul Gauguin
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Emperor of Austria from 1848-1916 whose reign ultimately led to the decline of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
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Franz Joseph I of Austria
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Prominent Athenian general known for his leadership in the Peloponnesian War
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Pericles
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Victorian author of "Great Expectations" and "A Tale of Two Cities"
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Charles Dickens
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Soviet leader who succeeded Stalin, known for his policy of de-Stalinization and role in the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Nikita Kruschev
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Prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement known for his advocacy of black nationalism, self-defense, and leadership within the Nation of Islam
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Malcolm X
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Director of "Jaws", "Jurassic Park", and "The Fabelmans"
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Steven Spielberg
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Ottoman Sultan who ruled from 1566-1574, known for his military campaigns in the Mediterranean and conquest of Cyprus
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Selim II
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American author from Missouri known for his novels "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
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Mark Twain
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Husband of Mary and foster father of Jesus known for his role as a protector of the Catholic Church
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Saint Joseph
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Dutch Renaissance humanist and theologian known for his critical edition of the New Testament and promoting classical learning and Christian humanism
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Erasmus
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Babylonian king known for his law code which established the "eye for an eye" perspective
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Hammurabi
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Byzantine Emperor known for his codification of Roman law in the Corpus Juris Civilis and construction of the Hagia Sofia in Constantinople
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Justinian I
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Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era, known for his contributions to the development of the symphonic poem
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Franz Liszt
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Austrian composer and conductor of the late Romantic period known for his symphonies such as "Symphony No. 2" and "Symphony No. 5)
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Gustav Mahler
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French theologian and key figure in the Protestant Reformation known for his work "Institutes of the Christian Religion" and establishment of Calvinism
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John Calvin
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Ancient Greek philosopher often considered the first Western philosopher, known for his contributions to geometry and inquiries into the nature of the universe
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Thales of Miletus
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English author known for her murder mysteries
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Agatha Christie
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President of Iraq from 1979-2003 known for his authoritarian rule and involvement in multiple wars including the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War
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Saddam Hussein
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Communist leader of Romania from 1965-1989 known for his oppressive regime containing censorship and human rights abuses
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Nicolae Ceausescu
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11th President of the United States known for the annexation of Texas, the Oregon Treaty with Great Britain, and the Mexican-American War
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James K. Polk
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Russian poet and writer known for his epics such as "Eugene Onegin" and "The Bronze Horseman"
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Alexander Pushkin
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French writer known for his historical novels including "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo"
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Alexandre Dumas
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German co-author of "The Communist Manifesto" and contributed to works such as "The Condition of the Working Class in England"
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Friedrich Engels
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American astronaut and first person to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission
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Neil Armstrong
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The last Emperor of Russia whose abdication marked the end of the Romanov dynasty, resulting in the Russian Revolution and his execution by the Bolsheviks
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Nicholas II of Russia
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Roman Emperor known for his military conquest in the Dacian Wars and building projects such as ______'s Column and ______'s Forum in Rome
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Trajan
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Spanish dictator from 1939-1975 and played a key role in the Spanish Civil War
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Francisco Franco
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German composer of the Romantic period known for his works "Symphony No. 4", "Piano Concerto No. 2", and the "German Requiem"
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Johannes Brahms
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Persian mathematician poet known for his poem Rubaiyat" and work on algebra and geometry
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Omar Khayyam
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Ottoman Sultan from 1512-1520 known for the conquest of Egypt and the Levant
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Selim I
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Polish cofounder of the Spartacus League and German Communist Party
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Rosa Luxemburg
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Founder and Supreme Leader of North Korea known for his policy of Juche
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Kim Il-sung
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Marcial artist and actor known for movies "Enter the Dragon" and "Fists of Fury"
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Bruce Lee
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German fashion designer known for his work with Chanel and Fendi
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Karl Lagerfeld
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National Security Advisor and Secretary of State under Nixon and Ford
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Henry Kissinger
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Tsar of Russia from 1547-1584 known for his centralization of power and brutal suppression of dissent
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Ivan the Terrible
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One of the four canonical gospels in the New Testament and one of the Twelve Apostles
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Matthew the Apostle
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Bohemian reformer in the 14th and early 15th centuries known for his criticism of the Catholic Church and its authority of the Pope
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Jan Hus
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Italian writer of the 14th century known for his work "The Decameron"
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Giovanni Boccaccio
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King of England from 1189 to 1199 known for his leadership during the Third Crusade
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Richard I of England
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First President of the United States of America
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George Washington
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Cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad and the fourth caliph of Islam
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Ali
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Spanish writer known for his work "Don Quixote"
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Miguel de Cervantes
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Roman governor of Judea during the time of Jesus
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Pontius Pilate
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Ottoman Sultan known or his conquest of Constantinople in 1453 which ended the Byzantine Empire
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Mehmed the Conqueror
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Roman poet during the reign of Augustus known for his concept of "Carpe Diem"
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Horace
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French Post-Impressionist painter known for his work "Mont Sainte-Victoire"
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Paul Cèzanne
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American Founding Father known for his role in the Constituion and electricity experiments
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Benjamin Franklin
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Spanish conquistador whose conquest of Tenochtitlan in 1521 ended the Aztec Empire
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Hernán Cortès
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Italian nationalist leader and key fgure in the Risorgimento movement
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Often depicted as the first disciple caused by Jesus
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Andrew the Apostle
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Albanian nun known for her humanitarian work in Calcutta, India
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Mother Teresa
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Germa composer and music critic of the Romantic era known for "Kinderszenen"
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Robert Schumann
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French artist of the Fauvist movement known for "The Dance" and "Woman with a Hat"
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Henri Matisse
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Empress of Austria and wife of Franz Joseph I known for her beauty
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Elizabeth, Empress of Austria
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Member of the Beatles who was assassinated in New York at the Dakota building in 1980
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John Lennon
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French fashion designer who collaborated with the Nazi's during World War II
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Coco Chanel
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Italian Renaisance painter known for "Veus of Urbino" and "Bacchus and Adriadne"
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Titian
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Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism
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Laozi
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The current President and Prime Minister of Russia known for his tight control over domestic politics
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Vladimir Putin
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Holy Roman Emperor who reigned from 1155-1190 and led the Third Crusade to the Holy Land
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Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
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First President of France known for urban planning projects in Paris and involvement in the Crimean War and Franco-Prussian War
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Napoleon III
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British computer scientists known for breaking the German Enigma code
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Alan Turing
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Co-ruler of England, Scotland, and Ireland with her husband William III of Orange
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Mary II of England
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Pseudonym of Marie-Henri Beyle known for novels "The Red and the Black"
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Stendhal
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Muslim prophet from Andalusia during the Islamic Golden Age known for seeking to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy with islamic theology and jurisprudence
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Averroes
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English film director known as the "Master of Suspense" for his works "Psycho" and "The Birds"
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Alfred Hitchcock
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The 124th Emperor of Japan who ruled during WW2, signing off on the Pearl Harbor Attack
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Hirohito
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The first female and longest-serving British PM
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Margaret Thatcher
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Austrian symbolist painter known for his work "Woman in Gold"
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Gustav Klimt
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Babylonian king known for his building projects including the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and was mentioned in the Bible
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Nebuchadnezzar II
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French novelist known for his work "In Search of Lost Time"
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Marcel Proust
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Turkish Christian saint and bishop of the 4th century who inspired Santa Claus
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Saint Nicholas
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Italian violinist and guitarist known as the "Devil's Violinist"
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Niccolò Paganini
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Austrian scientist and Augustinian friar known as the father of modern genetics
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Gregor Mendel
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Roman Emperor from 284-305 AD known for his efforts to stabilize Rome during the Crisis of the Third Century
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Diocletian
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U.S. President during the Great Depression and part of World War II
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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The creator of a famous children's entertainment company which gained fame for its movies of classic fairy tales
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Walt Disney
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Italian physicist of the 19th century known for his invention of the electric battery
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Alessandro Volta
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Leading member of the Nazi Party and the head of the SS and Gestapo
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Heinrich Himmler
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Norwegian playwright known for his works "A Doll's House", "Hedda Gabler", and "Ghosts"
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Henrik Ibsen
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French chemist known as the "father of modern chemistry"
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Antoine Lavoisier
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King of France from 1715-1774 who ruled during the War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War
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Louis XV of France
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Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603-1617 known for his successful war against Persia and unsuccessful campaigns against the Habsburg Monarchy
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Ahmed I
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King of France from 1589-1610 and was the first monarch of the House of Bourbon
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Henry IV of France
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French actor known for his work in "Purple Noon", "Le Samourai", and "La Piscine"
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Alain Delon
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Italian Renissance sculptor known for the "Bronze David"
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Donatello
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Flemish Renaissance painter known for his works "The Hunters in the Snow" and "The Tower of Babel"
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder
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English novelist known for his dystopian novels "Nineteen Eighty-Four" and "Animal Farm"
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George Orwell
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The son of Zebedee, brother of the apostle John, and one of the Twelve Apostles
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James, son of Zebedee
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Emperor of Japan from 1989-2019 and the son of former Emperor Hirohito
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Akihito
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Swedish author best known for her children's book series featuring Pippi Longstocking
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Astrid Lindgren
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British writer best known for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes
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Arthur Conan Doyle
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Moroccan explorer who chronicled is travels in "Rihla"
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Ibn Battuta
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British economist of the 20th century known for his book "The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money"
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John Maynard Keynes
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Greek Renaissance and early Baroque painter born in Crete known for "The View of Toledo"
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El Greco
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Greek playwright often referred to a the "Father of Tragedy" known for "Agamemnon"
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Aeschylus
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Danish philosopher often considered the "father of existentialism" known for "Either/Or"
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Søren Kierkegaard
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Portugese explorer during the 15th and 16th century known for being the first European explorer to sail around the southern tip of Africa
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Bartolomeu Dias
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Swiss writer known for his novels "Siddhartha", "Steppenwolf", and "The Glass Bead Game"
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Hermann Hesse
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Father of Alexander the Great
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Philip II of Macedon
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Irish author known for his novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
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Oscar Wilde
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German novelist and 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate known for "Buddenbrooks"
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Thomas Mann
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Head of the Republic of China from 1928-1975 known for leading the Nationalist government during the Northern Expedition and the Chinese Civil War
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Chiang Kai-shek
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Scottish-born engineer best known for inventing the telephone
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Persian poet known for his work "Masnavi"
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Rumi
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Florentine ruler from 1469-1492, ruling during the Renaissance and Golden Age of Florence
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Lorenzo de' Medici
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Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623-1640 known for implementing strict laws to restore order
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Murad IV
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French singer-songwriter known for her songs "La Vie en rose" and "Non, je ne regrette rien"
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Édith Piaf
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Ottoman architect known for constructing the Süleymaniya Mosque in Istanbul in the 1500s
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Mimar Sinan
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German philosopher known for his work "Being and Time"
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Martin Heidegger
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Roman Emperor who built a wall in Northern England
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Hadrian
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Greek scholar in Alexadria murdered in 415 AD due to religious and political tensions
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Hypatia
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Danish physicst who proposed the ____ model of the atom and wo the Nobel Prize in 1922
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Niels Bohr
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Namesake of Mercedes who invented the first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine
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Karl Benz
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Controversial singer from the 80s known as the "King of Pop"
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Michael Jackson
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Italian composer known for his operas "La Bohème" and "Madame Butterfly"
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Giacomo Puccini
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Arab scholar known for his work "The Muqaddimah"
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Ibn Khaldun
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Scottish bacteriologist who discovered the antibiotic properities of penicillin
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Alexander Fleming
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English writer known for his novel "Robinson Crusoe"
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Daniel Defoe
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Dutch painter known for his works "The Garden of Earthly Delight" and "The Last Judgement"
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Hieronymus Bosch
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Greek mathematician and astronomer known for calculating the Earth's circumference and developing the disciple of geography
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Eratosthenes
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Prolific American novelist of the Roaring Twenties known for his work "The Great Gatsby"
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Belgian actress known for her film "Breakfast at Tiffany" and philanthropic work with UNICEF
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Audrey Hepburn
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Scottish pholosopher and historian known for his work "A Treatise of Human Nature"
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David Hume
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German physicist known as the father of quantum theory and discovering the equation E=hf
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Max Planck
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English Queen sometimes referred to as "Bloody ____"
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Mary I of England
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70s performer, fashion idol, and the first singer to use autotune
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Cher
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Emperor of the Maurya Dynasty from 268-232 BC known for his conversion to Buddhism after the Kalinga War
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Ashoka
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Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) who led its efforts to establish a Palestinian state and negotiate with Israel for peace
|
Yasser Arafat
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Norwegian Romantic composer known for his works the "Peer Gynt" suites
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Edvard Grieg
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Czech composer known for his works "New World Symphony" and "Slavonic Dances"
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Antonín Dvorák
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"Great" king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire known for his inscription at Behistun
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Darius the Great
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Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology including concepts such as archetypes and collective unconscious
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Carl Jung
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Ottoman Sultan from 1574-1595 known for expanding Ottoman territory in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus
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Murad III
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French novelist known for her works "Germinal", "Nana," and "Thérèse Raquin"
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Émile Zola
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American industrialist and inventor of the Model T
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Henry Ford
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Swiss Renaissance alchemist known for his work "On the Miners' Sickness and Other Diseases of Miners"
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Paracelsus
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Frankish military leader known for his victory over the Moors at the Battle of Tours
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Charles Martel
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Roman Emperor from 379-395 AD and the last emperor to rule over both the eastern and western halves of the empire
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Theodosius I
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Russian physiologist known for experimenting with dogs in his work in classical conditioning
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Ivan Pavlov
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Florentine noblewoman who became Queen of France as the wife of King Henry II
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Catherine de' Medici
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Chinese military strategist best known for his work "The Art of War"
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Sun Tzu
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Indian spiritual leader and teacher who established a commune in Oregon
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Rajneesh
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Swiss businessman and social activist who founded the International Committee of the Red Cross
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Henry Dunant
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The second Roman Emperor succeeding Augustus
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Tiberius
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King of Judea from 37-4 BC known for expanding the Second Temple of Jerusalem
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Herod the Great
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One of the twelve apostles of Jesus and regarded as the author of several books in the New Testament
|
John the Apostle
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Spanish king who launched an armada on England
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Philip II of Spain
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Athenian playwright known as the "Father of Comedy" for his works "Lysistrata" and "The Clouds"
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Aristophanes
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German field marshal in World War II often referred to as the "Desert Fox"
|
Erwin Rommel
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Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism, who lived in a large ceramic jar
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Diogenes
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French writer known for her feminist work "The Second Sex"
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Simone de Beauvoir
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Portugese Catholic priest and Franciscan friar known for his preaching and sermons
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Anthony of Padua
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Albanian military commader who led a successful rebellion against the Ottoman Empire
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Skanderbeg
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Columbian drug lord and the leader of the Medellín Cartel
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Pablo Escobar
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Athenian philosopher often regarded as the "father of modern science" and one of the founders of atomic theory
|
Democritus
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Carolingian king of the Franks and the father of Charlemagne
|
Pepin the Short
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Enlightenment writer best known for co-editing and contributing to the "Encyclopédie"
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Denis Diderot
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Pope from 1316-1334 known for his conflicts with the Franciscans over poverty and ownership of property
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Pope John XXII
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Greek biographer known for his work "Parallel Lives" and "Moralia"
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Plutarch
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Athenian playwright known for his work "Medea" and "The Bacchae"
|
Euripedes
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French painter and important figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism known for his work "Luncheon on the Grass" and "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère"
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Édouard Manet
|
Ottoman Sultan from 1389-1402 defeated by Timurid at the Battle of Ankara
|
Bayezid I
|
Head of the Catholic Church from 2005-2013 who adopted the title Pope Emeritus
|
Pope Benedict XVI
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French philosopher known as the founder of positivism and the discipline of sociology
|
Auguste Comte
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Greek physician known for his work "On the Natural Faculties"
|
Galen
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English nurse during the Crimean War known as the founder of the modern discipline
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Florence Nightingale
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Italian author known for his memoir "Histoire de ma vie"
|
Giacomo Casanova
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The last German Emperor and King of Prussia who ruled until his abdication at the end of WWI
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Wilhelm II, German Emperor
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French sociologist known for exploring social institutions in her work "The Division of Labor in Society"
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Émile Durkheim
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Founder anf first ruler of the Ottoman Empire
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Osman I
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American actor and director known for his roles in Western films and directing "Million Dollar Baby"
|
Clint Eastwood
|
French Impressionist painter known for his work "Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette"
|
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
|
French actress and singer known for her work in "And God Created Woman"
|
Brigitte Bardot
|
Chinese explorer during the Min Dynasty known for his Treasure Voyages from 1405-1433
|
Zheng He
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Wife of Ferdinand II of Aragon who completed the Reconquista and sponsored the voyage of Christopher Columbus
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Isabella I of Castile
|
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Head of the Catholic Church fro 1963-1978 known for continuing the reforms of the Second Vatican Council
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Pope Paul VI
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English author of the Regency era known for her works "Emma" and "Persuasion"
|
Jane Austen
|
Scottish physicist known for his equations which describe the behavior of electric and magnetic fields
|
James Clerk Maxwell
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Greek historian known for his work "History of the Peloponnesian War"
|
Thucydides
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French poet known for his work "Les Fleurs du Mal"
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Charles Baudelaire
|
Fourth king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire known for invading Greece and the attles of Thermopylae and Salamis
|
Xerxes I
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Russian "Mad Monk"
|
Grigori Rasputin
|
French physicist and mathematician known for his work and electromagnetism and formulating his own Law
|
André-Marie Ampère
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Austrian philosopher known for his work "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus"
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
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English author known for his work "Utopia" and serving as the Lord Chancellor under Henry VIII
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Thomas More
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French physicist and husband of Marie who collaborated with her to discover polonium and radium
|
Pierre Curie
|
King of France from 1610-1643 known for his role in the Thirty Years' War and relied on Cardinal Richelieu as his chief minister
|
Louis XIII of France
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English Romantic poet associated with "Don Juan" and infamous for his scandalous life
|
Lord Byron
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Roman artist known for pioneering abstract art and his painting "Composition VII"
|
Wassily Kandinsky
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Short-lived pope who served 33 days before his death in 1978
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Pope John Paul I
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Italian inventor who pioneered long-distance radio transmission, sending the first transatlantic radio message in 1901
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Guglielmo Marconi
|
Dutch painter known for his abstract compositions of geometric shapes such as "Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow"
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Piet Mondrian
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Japanese poet of the Edo perod known for his haiku "The Narrow Road to the Deep North"
|
Matsuo Bashō
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German actress and singer famous for her roles in "The Blue Angel and Morocco"
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Marlene Dietrich
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Leader of the Catholic Church during WWII criticized for his response to the Holocaust
|
Pope Pius XII
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German poet and playwright known for his works "William Tell" and "Ode to Joy"
|
Friedrich Schiller
|
French philosopher known for works "Discipline and Punish" and "The History of Sexuality"
|
Michel Foucault
|
Libyan dictator who promoted his political philosophy in "The Green Book" and played a key role in the Libyan Civil War
|
Muammar Gaddafi
|
Biblical figure swallowed by a fish after tryign to flee from God's command to preach in Ninevah
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Jonah
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French statesman known for centralizing power under the monarchy during the reign of Louis XIII and featured in Dumas' "The Three Muskateers"
|
Cardinal Richelieu
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Spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism believed to be the reincarnation of Avalokiteshvara
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Dalai Lama
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Founder of the Jesuits and Spanish priest who wrote "Spiritual Exercises"
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Ignatius of Loyola
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Japanese artist known for his woodblack print series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji"
|
Hokusai
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American busuiness magnate and aviator known for the "Spruce Goose" aircraft
|
Howard Hughes
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American preacher and civil rights leader known for his "I Have a Dream" speech
|
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Director of "The Shining" and "2001 A Spacy Odyssey"
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Stanley Kubrick
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Ottoman Sultan who notably captured the Greek city Thessaloniki
|
Murad I
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French Romantic painter known for his work "Liberty Leading the People"
|
Eugène Delacroix
|
British philosopher and Nobel laureate known for his work "Principia Mathematica"
|
Bertrand Russell
|
Italian sculptor and architect of the Baroque period known for his works "Apollo and Daphne"
|
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
|
Italin educator known for develoing a method of education emphasizing independence and hands-on learning in children
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Maria Montessori
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French engineer and architect of a famous Paris Tower named in his honor
|
Gustave Eiffel
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Roman Emperor famous for marrying his niece Agrippina and being poisoned to make way for Nero's ascension to the throne
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Claudius
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Famous beheaded wife of King Henry VIII and mother to Elizabeth I
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Anne Boleyn
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Grandson of Muhammad martyred in the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD
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Husayn ibn Ali
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Iranian Shia Muslim religious leader who led the 1979 Iranian Revolution
|
Ruhollah Khomeini
|
Swedish actress known for her roles in "Casablanca" and "Notorious"
|
Ingrid Bergman
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Italian mathematician who introduced the Hindu-Arabic numeral system to Europe
|
Fibonacci
|
English explorer and naval officer known for circumnavigating the globe
|
Sir Francis Drake
|
Kiwi physicist known as the "father of nuclear physics" who conducted the gold foil experiment leading to the discovery of the atomic nucleus
|
Ernest Rutherford
|
American actor known for "Scarface," "The Godfather," and winning the Oscar for Best Actor
|
Al Pacino
|
Ottoman Sultan ruling from 1595-1603 and signed the Treaty of Constantinople with Austria
|
Mehmed III
|
Prominent figure in Nazi Germany, commander of the Luftwaffe and founder of the Gestapo
|
Hermann Göring
|
French sculptor known for his works "The Thinker" and "The Kiss"
|
Auguste Rodin
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French monarch known for the suppression of the Knights Templar and relocation of the papacy to Avignon
|
Philip IV of France
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Russian composer known for ballet scores "The Rite of Spring" and "The Firebird"
|
Igor Stravinsky
|
Son of Abraham and Sarah who almost sacrificed his father as a test of faith
|
Isaac
|
The first female German Chancellor who served from 2005-2021
|
Angela Merkel
|
Nazi official captured by Israeli agents in Argentina and tried in Jerusalem for war crimes
|
Adolf Eichmann
|
Controversial Renaissance pope reigning from 1492-1503, famous for his involvement with the Borgia family and the "Banquet of Chestnuts"
|
Pope Alexander VI
|
Greek poet from Lesbos known for her works "Ode to Aphrodite" and "Hymn to Aphrodite"
|
Sappho
|
Roman Emperor from 69-79 AD known for restoring stability after the Year of Four Emperors
|
Vespasian
|
American actor known for his roles in "The Godfather" and "A Streetcar Named Desire"
|
Marlon Brando
|
American singer-songwriter in the 60s known for her song "Me and Bobby McGee"
|
Janis Joplin
|
Hungarian noblewoman who allegedly killed many young women, earning her the nickname "The Blood Countess"
|
Elizabeth Báthory
|
French Neoclassical painter known for his paintings "The Apotheosis of Homer" and "The Turkish Bath"
|
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
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Cambodian leader of the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975-1979
|
Pol Pot
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North Korean leader from 1994-2011 known for his pursuit of nuclear weapons
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Kim Jong-il
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Pharoah of Egypt during the New Kingdom known for building the Temple of Luxor
|
Amenhotep III
|
Three-named assassin of Abraham Lincoln
|
John Wilkes Booth
|
Italian author known for his novel "The Name of the Rose"
|
Umberto Eco
|
Medieval Islamic philosopher known for "The Book of Letters" and "The Book of Religion"
|
Al-Farabi
|
Columbian author known for his book "One Hundred Years of Solitude"
|
Gabriel García Márquez
|
Holy Roman Emperor from 1508-1519, known for his marriage to Mary of Burgundy and his efforts to expand Habsburg influence in Europe
|
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Evil Nazi doctor known as the "Angel of Death"
|
Josef Mengele
|
Pope during the Protestant Reformation known for his refusal to annul Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, leading to the creation of the Church of England
|
Pope Clement VII
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French Renaissance philosopher known for his collection "Essays"
|
Michel de Montaigne
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Christian saint and founder of the Benedictine Order
|
Benedict of Nursia
|
Ottoman Empress influential during the reigns of her sons Murad IV and Ibrahim I
|
Kösem Sultan
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Third caliph of Islam known for compiling the Quran into a single text
|
Uthman
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Flemish painter known for his works the "Arnolfini Portait" and the "Ghent Altarpiece"
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Jan van Eyck
|
Christian theologian and scholar known for his work "On First Principles"
|
Origen
|
French mathematician known for his Last Theorem which remained unsolved until 1994
|
Pierre de Fermat
|
Ottoman Sultan who ruled from 1876-1909 and led to the decline of the Ottoman Empire
|
Abdul Hamid II
|
Mughal Emperor who ruled from 1556-1605, known for religious tolerance, art, and culture
|
Akbar
|
Holy Roman Emperor who rained from 962-197, known for trying to consolidate royal power in Germany and his patronage of the Catholic Church, eventually canonized as a saint
|
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Turkish PM from 2003-2014 and President since 2014 known for his conservative views and controversial policies on dissent and media censorship
|
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
|
Islamic theologian and author known for his work "The Revival of Religious Sciences"
|
Al-Ghazali
|
Austrian writer known for his novel "The Royal Game"
|
Stefan Zweig
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American socialite whose marraige to King Edward VIII led to his abdication
|
Wallis Simpson
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Swedish king known as the "father of modern warfare," instrumental in the Thirty Years' War
|
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
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American actor known for his distinctive voice and roles in "Driving Miss Daisy" and "Million Dollar Baby"
|
Morgan Freeman
|
Irish novelist known for his work "Ulysses"
|
James Joyce
|
Scottish leader of the resistance against England in the Wars of Scottish Independence
|
William Wallace
|
Ottoman Sultan from 1481-1512 known for defeating the Mamluks in 1517
|
Bayezid II
|
French physicist known for his discovery of radioactivity in 1896
|
Henri Becquerel
|
This Archduke's death was the catalyst for World War I
|
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
|
Bengali writer and composer who won a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his work "Gitanjali"
|
Rabindranath Tagore
|
Roman general known for his romance with Cleopatra, leading to his defeat by Octavian
|
Mark Antony
|
Creator of Marvel Comics
|
Stan Lee
|
French writer known for exploring taboo subjects in "Justine" and "The 120 Days of Sodom"
|
Marquis de Sade
|
Pope from 590-604 known for sending misisonaries to evangelize England
|
Pope Gregory I
|
Dutch footballer who played for Ajax and Barcelona
|
Johan Cryuff
|
Chinese leader who rose to power after Mao Zedong's death
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Deng Xiaoping
|
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