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Answer
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742/48 - 814
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Founder of the Carolingian Empire
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Charlemagne
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1883-1967
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British Labour Prime Minister, 1945-51
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Clement Attlee
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1891-1944
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German Army Field Marshal from World War Two, nicknamed the "Desert Fox"
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Erwin Rommel
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1900-2002
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Long-lived wife of King George VI of Great Britain
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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
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1858-1928
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Founder of the Women's Social and Political Union
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Emmeline Pankhurst
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1102-67
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Empress of England in a disputed claim over the throne
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Matilda
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1724-1804
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German philosopher who published Critique of Pure Reason in 1781
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Immanuel Kant
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1927-2014
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Nobel Prize-winning Columbian author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and "Love In The Time Of Cholera"
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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1932-2008
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Grammy award winning singer and Civil Rights activist, nicknamed "Mama Africa"
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Miriam Makeba
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1485-1540
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English Secretary of State during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, main subject of a series of books by Hilary Mantel
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Thomas Cromwell
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1506-34
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Catholic Nun who made prophecies against Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn. Nicknamed the "Maid of Kent"
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Elizabeth Barton
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1790-1862
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10th President of the United States, 1841-45
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John Tyler
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1556-1623
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Wife of William Shakespeare
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Anne Hathaway
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1815-91
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First Prime Minister of Canada, 1878-91
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John A. McDonald
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1855-80
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Australian outlaw captured after a shootout with police
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Ned Kelly
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1638-1715
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French monarch known as the "Sun King"
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Louis XIV
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1415-92
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Introduced the printing press into England in 1476
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William Caxton
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1843-1907
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Norwegian composer of Piano Concerto in A Minor
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Edvard Grieg
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1889-1978
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First President of Kenya, 1964-78
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Jomo Kenyatta
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1898-1978
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Female Prime Minister of Israel, 1969-74
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Golda Meir
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1850-1916
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Senior British Army General who died half way through World War One; appeared on a famous recruitment poster
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Horatio Herbert Kitchener
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1726-95
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American colonel who ordered his soldiers to not fire "until you've seen the whites of their eyes" at the Battle of Bunker Hill
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William Prescott
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1554-1618
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Captained the first voyage of the East India Company in 1601
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James Lancaster
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1508-1458BC
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Longest reigning female pharaoh of the 18th Egyptian dynasty
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Hatshepsut
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1480-1521
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Portuguese explorer who organised the exploration that resulted in the first circumnavigation of the world
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Ferdinand Magellan
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1906-67
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Last Emperor of China, expelled from the Forbidden City in 1917
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Aisin-Gioro Puyi
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1901-54
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Co-designer of the first Nuclear reactor with Leo Szilard
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Enrico Fermi
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1913-80
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Four time gold medallist at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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Jesse Owens
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1571-1630
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German mathematician and astronomer who devised the laws of planetary motion
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Johannes Kepler
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1505-85
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16th Century English composer who specialised in Church music
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Thomas Tallis
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1729-96
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Empress of Russia, 1762-96
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Catherine the Great
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1515-57
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Fourth wife of Henry VIII
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Anne of Cleves
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1737-93
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First Governor of Massachusetts and prominent signatory of the Declaration of Independence
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John Hancock
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1912-78
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Pope whose tenure lasted just 33 days
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John Paul I
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1807-82
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General and politician who was a central figure in the unification of Italy
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
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1812-70
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Famous author, middle name Huffam, whose lesser known works include The Chimes, Our Mutual Friend and The Battle of Life
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Charles Dickens
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1806-61
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She wrote "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways" in Sonnets From the Portuguese
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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1960-94
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Brazilian three-time Championship winning Formula One racing driver
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Ayrton Senna
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1890-1922
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Irish revolutionary leader shot and killed during the Irish Civil War
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Michael Collins
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1908-75
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First actor to portray Doctor Who on television
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William Hartnell
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