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Famous Names Flashcards

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Carthaginian who crossed the Alps with 37 elephants

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Hannibal

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“Satchmo”

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Louis Armstrong

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Famous tight rope walking family

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Wallendas

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“American ornithologist”

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John James Audubon

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Baltimore critic

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H.L. Mencken

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Philosopher who asked - “Is man a blunder of God?”

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Friedrich Nietzsche

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Violin maker family from Cremona - Italy

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Amati

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Late finance magazine tycoon

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Malcolm Forbes

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Man who found King Tut’s tomb

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Howard Carter

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“The Great Profile”

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John Barrymore

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Greek mathematician and founder of the science of hydrostatics

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Archimedes

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12
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Greek physician who promoted the work of Hippocrates

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Galen

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Pair who died in a light plane crash in Point Barrow - Alaska

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Will Rogers and Wiley Post

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Sir Edmund Hillary’s Himalayan Sherpa guide

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Tensing Norgay

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15
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Chinese Communist Party head who died in 1997

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Deng Xiaoping

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16
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Pepin the Short’s father - founder of Carolingian dynasty

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Charles Martel

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17
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19th century American lithographers

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Currier and Ives

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Canadian-born American economist and Harvard professor of Economics

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John Kenneth Galbraith

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19
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Man crowned Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in 800 AD

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Charlemagne

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20
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MIT linguistic scholar

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Noam Chomsky

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21
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“Recluse” crusader

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Peter the Hermit

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22
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Lawyer for the Creationists at Scopes trial

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William Jennings Bryan

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23
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K Paul’s chef

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Paul Prudhomme

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24
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American septuplets

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McCaugheys

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Lawyer for the Darwinists at the Scopes trial

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Clarence Darrow

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26
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Train engineer killed in head-on collision - 1900

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Casey Jones

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27
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She wrote the Boston Cook Book

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Fannie Farmer

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28
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17th century French philosopher and mathematician

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Rene Descartes

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29
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Genghis Khan’s grandson

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Kubla Khan

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30
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16th century Italian sculptor - painter and poet

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Michelangelo

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31
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Female prosecutor in the OJ Simpson trial

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Marcia Clark

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32
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The Angelic Doctor

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St. Thomas Aquinas

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33
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Greek physician - doctor’s oath named for him

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Hippocrates

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34
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French mathematician famous for his “last theorem”

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Pierre de Fermat

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35
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Gay ’90s financier and Philanthropist

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Diamond Jim Brady

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36
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“America’s handyman”

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Bob Vila

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37
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PLO leader

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Yasser Arafat

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38
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Man who overthrew Charles I of England

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Oliver Cromwell

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39
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Red bearded crusader

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Frederick Barbarosa

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40
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“The Great Communicator”

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Ronald Reagan

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41
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Jean Paul Sartre’s philosopher friend

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Simone de Beauvoir

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42
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English pirate hung at Old Baily - 1701

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Captain Kidd

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43
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Claus von Bulow’s defense attorny

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Alan Dershowitz

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44
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Scottish economist

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Adam Smith

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45
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“The Chairman of the Board”

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Frank Sinatra

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46
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Cambridge mathematician-philosopher

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Bertrand Russell

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47
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“The Little Flower”

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Fiorello La Guardia

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48
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“The Maid of Orleans”

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Joan of Arc

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49
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Greek philosopher and scientist - teacher of Alexander the Great

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Aristotle

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50
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Famous oil well fire fighter

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Red Adair

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51
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“The Great Commoner”

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William Jennings Bryan

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52
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Famous 19th century furrier

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John Jacob Astor

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53
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19th century banking magnate/philanthropist

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J.P. Morgan

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54
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Chairs astrophysics department - Cambridge University

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Stephen Hawking

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55
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Army surgeon who found the cause of yellow fever

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Walter Reed

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56
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French economist

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Jean Baptiste Say

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57
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Charles Manson’s prosecutor

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Vincent Bugliosi

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58
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Doctor who performed Barney Clark’s heart transplant

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William DeVries

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59
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The Fugitive series is based on his life

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Sam Sheppard

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60
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He led the mutiny on the bounty

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Fletcher Christian

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61
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Spanish tenor whose name means “peaceful Sunday”

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Placido Domingo

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62
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Roman orator and statesman

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Cicero

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63
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Greek famous as being first actor

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Thespis

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64
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“Magnificent” Ottoman ruler

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Suleyman (the Magnificent)

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65
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Zulu leader

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Shaka

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66
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Violin maker who learned his craft from the Amatis

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Antonio Stradivarius

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67
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“King of Torts” who died in 1996

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Melvin Belli

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68
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He made stainless steel cars in Ireland

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John DeLorean

69
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South American revolutionary born in Caracas

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Simon Bolivar

70
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Fidel Castro’s revolutionary friend

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Che Guevara

71
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“The Prince of Humbugs”

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P.T. Barnum

72
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American Lexicographer

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Noah Webster

73
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17th century English philosopher and Statesman

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Francis Bacon

74
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Cook who led the mutiny on the Hispaniola

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Long John Silver

75
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“The Father of Science Fiction”

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Jules Verne

76
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Man who built the Erie Canal

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De Witt Clinton

77
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President’s brother who was president of John Hopkins

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Milton Eisenhower

78
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Canadian quintuplets

79
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Muslim defender of Jerusalem - 1189-1191

80
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“The Little Corporal”

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Napoleon Bonaparte

81
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“The Great Dissenter”

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

82
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Man who conquered the world’s largest land empire

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Genghis Khan

83
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“Favorites from the New York Times” chef

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Craig Claiborne

84
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French mistress to Louis XV

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Madame de Pompadour

85
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The “Scourge of God”

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Attila (the Hun)

86
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Inspiration for Citizen Kane

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William Randolph Hearst

87
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Greek philosopher - Academy founder - and student of Socrates

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Pirate Ed Teach aka

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Blackbeard

89
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The Paladin (knight) of Charlemagne

90
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First King of all the English

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Alfred the Great

91
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The original Siamese twins

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Chang and Eng

92
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Scottish reformist

93
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Greek philosopher/statesman poisoned by Hemlock

94
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“The Lady with the Lamp”

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Florence Nightingale

95
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Famous female pirates

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Ann Bonnie and Mary Reed

96
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“Virginia Orator”

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Thomas Paine

97
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He defeated Napoleon at Waterloo

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The Duke of Wellington

98
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“The American Leonardo”

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Samuel Morse

99
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Greek historian and biographer

100
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American winner of Tchaikovsky music competition - 1958

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Van Cliburn

101
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“The Galloping Gourmet”

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Graham Kerr

102
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First Christian Roman emperor

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Constantine

103
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“The Wizard of Menlo Park”

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Thomas Edison

104
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He blazed the Wilderness Road

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Daniel Boone

105
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“New England Orator”

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Daniel Webster

106
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Scottish clock maker

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Seth Thomas

107
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First chancellor of the German Empire - 1871

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Otto von Bismarck

108
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Subject of T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral

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Thomas A. Becket

109
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Greek historian

110
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Cesare Borgia’s infamous sister and patron of the arts

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Lucretia Borgia

111
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He broke the sound barrier in 1947

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Chuck Yeager

112
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Man who first received an artificial heart

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Barney Clark

113
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“The Little Tramp”

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Charlie Chaplin

114
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16th century Dutch humanist

115
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20th century Greek shipping magnate

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Aristotle Onassis

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Charlemagne’s father

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Pepin the short

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“The American Caesar”

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Douglas MacArthur

118
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America’s cowboy-philosopher

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Will Rogers

119
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1960s Harvard psychologist; recreational drug advocate

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Timothy Leary

120
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17th century French mathematician

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Blaise Pascal

121
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He defended the Boston strangler

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F. Lee Bailey

122
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“Gentle Pirate” who aided in the Battle of New Orleans

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Jean Lafitte

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Presidential brother who had beer named for him

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Billy Carter

124
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Mexican bandit who raided U.S. border towns

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Pancho Villa

125
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19th century British travel agent

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Thomas Cook

126
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Boys Town founder - 1917

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Father Edward Flanagan

127
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British tea magnate

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Sir Thomas Lipton

128
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Pro clown with his own postage stamp

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Lou Jacobs

129
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Italian adventurer and lover

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Giacomo Casanova

130
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French cardinal who fought the Huguenots

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Cardinal Richelieu

131
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“The King of Ragtime”

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Scott Joplin

132
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French queen regent implicated in St. Bartholomew’s day massacre

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Catherine de Medici

133
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Crusader king who fought Saladin

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Richard the Lionhearted

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French Lexicographer

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Pierre Larousse

135
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American satirical comedian - imprisoned for obscenity - 1962

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Lenny Bruce

136
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“Magnificent” Florence dictator

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Lorenzo de Medici

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Founder of the Persian Empire

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Cyrus the Great

138
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Scottish philanthropist and lord Rector

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Andrew Carnegie

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Swiss-French reformist

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John Calvin

140
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Lord Chancellor beheaded by Henry VIII

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Sir Thomas More

141
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Greek with sword hanging over his head

142
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Greek who sought honest man

143
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19th century shipping magnate

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Cornelius Vanderbilt

144
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Greek mathematician and geometry innovator

145
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Pilot who landed in Europe instead of California in 1938

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“Wrong Way” Corrigan

146
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“Life is worth living” speaker

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Bishop Sheen

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“The Lone Eagle”

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Charles Lindbergh

148
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“The Great Compromiser” or “The Great Pacificator”

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Henry Clay

149
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English Lexicographer

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Samuel Johnson

150
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Founder of the Capetian dynasty in France - 987 AD

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Hugh Capet

151
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Italian leader of the Red Shirts

152
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Chinese provisional president - 1912

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Sun Yat-Sen

153
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“The Lord of San Simeon”

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William Randolph Hearst

154
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Yosemite photographer

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Ansel Adams

155
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Father of American public education

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Horace Mann

156
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“The People’s Lawyer”

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Ralph Nader

157
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Las Vegas magicians who work with big cats

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Siegried and Roy

158
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Steel magnate and philanthropist

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Andrew Carnegie

159
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“The Man of a Thousand Voices”

160
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Greek mathematician famous for theorem

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Pythagoras

161
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He planted apple trees in the Ohio Valley

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Johnny Appleseed

162
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He founded DeBeers

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Cecil Rhodes

163
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Leopold and Loeb’s defense attorny

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Clarence Darrow

164
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Man who established Chinese government on Taiwan

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Chiang Kai-Shek

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Austrian celebrity chef

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Wolfgang Puck

166
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Frederick Barbarosa

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Billionaire who disappeared from his yacht in 1991

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Robert Maxwell

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Philadelphia publisher and philanthropist

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Walter Annenberg

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