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1
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Greek Historian

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Herodotus

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Greek Biographer

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Plutarch

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Greek Mathematician and Geometry Innovator

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Euclid

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Roman Orator and Stateman

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Cicero

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Founder of the Persian Empire

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Cyrus the Great

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Man Who Conquered the World’s Largest Land Empire

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Genghis Kan

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7
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Genghis Khan’s Grandson

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Kublai Khan

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First Christian Roman Emperor

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Constantine

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Man Crowned Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in 800 AD

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Charlemagne

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10
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The Paladin (Knight) of Charlemagne

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Orlando

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11
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Charlemagne’s Father

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Pepin the Short

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Pepin the Short’s Father, Founder of Carolingian Dynasty

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Charles Martel

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Founder of the Capetian Dynasty in France, 987 AD

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Hugh Capet

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14
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The Scourge of God

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Attila the Hun

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15
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Carthaginian who crossed the alps with 37 elephants

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Hannibal

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16
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First King of All the English

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Alfred the Great

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Muslim Defender of Jerusalem, 1189-91

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Saladin

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18
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Crusader King Who Fought Saladin

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Richard the Lionhearted

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19
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“Recluse” Crusader King

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Peter the Hermit

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20
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“Magnificent” Ottoman Ruler

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Suleiman (The Magnificent)

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21
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Red Bearded Crusader

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Frederick Barbarossa

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22
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The Maid of Orleans

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Joan of Arc

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23
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Magnificent Florence Dictator

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Lorenzo de Medici

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24
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Subject of TS Eliot’s “Murder in the Cathedral”

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Thomas a’ Becket (murdered by Henry 2)

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25
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Lord Chancellor Beheaded by Henry VII

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Sir Thomas Moore

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26
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Man Who Started protestant reformation with 95 theses

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Martin Luther

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27
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Swiss-French Reformist

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John Calvin

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28
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Scottish Reformist

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John Knox (Presbyterian)

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29
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French Queen Regent Implicated in St. Barthalomew’s Day Massacre

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Catherine De Medici

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30
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Italian Femme Fatale, Accused of Poisoning her enemies

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Lucretia Borgia

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31
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Lucretia Borgia’s Brother

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Cesare Borgia

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32
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French Mistress to Louis XV

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Madame de Pompadour

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33
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Violin maker family from cremora, Italy

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Amati

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34
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Violin maker who learned his craft from amati

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Antonio Stradivarius

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35
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He led the mutiny on bounty

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Fletcher Christian

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36
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Italian Adventurer and Lover

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Giacomo Casanova

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37
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French Cardinal who fought the Huguenots

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Cardinal Richelieu

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38
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16th Century Italian Sculptor, Painter and Poet

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Erasmus

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39
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16th Century French Theologian

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John Calvin

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40
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17th Century French Mathematician

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Blaise Pascal

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41
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17th Century French Philosopher and mathematician

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Rene Descartes

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42
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17th Century English Philosopher and Statesman

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Francis Bacon

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43
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The Angelic Doctor

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St. Thomas Aquinas (Summa Theologica)

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44
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Man Who Ooverthrew Charles 1 of England

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Oliver Cromwell

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45
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Zulu Leader

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Shaka

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46
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The Little Corporal

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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47
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He Defeated Napolean at Waterloo

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The Duke of Wellington

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48
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The Lady with the Lamp

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Florence Nightingale

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49
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Gentle Pirate who aided in battle of New Orleans

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Jean Lafite

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50
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English Pirate Hung at Old Baily, 1701

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Captain Kid

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51
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Pirate Edward Teach

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Blackbeard

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52
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Cook Who Led the Mutiny on the Hispaniola

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Long John Silver (RL Stevenson) Fooled Jim Hawkins

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53
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Famous Female Pirates

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Ann Bonne and Mary Reed

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54
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South American Revolutionary Born in Caracas

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Simon Bolivar

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55
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Fidel Castro’s Revoluationary Fried

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Che Guevara

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56
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Mexican Bandi who raided US border towns

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Pancho Villa

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57
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Old West Dentist an Gunfighter

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Bat Masterson

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58
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Italian Leader of the Red Shirts

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Garibaldi

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59
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First Chancellor of the German Empire, 1871

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Otto Von Bismarck

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60
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Chinese Provisional President, 1912

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Sun Yat-SEn

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61
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Man who established Chinese government on taiwan

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Chaing Kai-Shek

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62
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Sir Edmund Hillary’s Himalayan Sherpa Guide

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Tensing Norgay

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63
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19th Century Shipping Magnate

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Cornelius Vanderbilt

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64
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19th Century Banking Magnate/Philanthropist

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JP Morgan (John Pierpont)

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65
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Late 19th Century/Early 20th Century English Mathmatician

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John Venn

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66
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20th Century Greek Shipping Magnate

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Aristotle Onassis

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67
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Steel Magnate and Philanthropist

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Andrew Carnegie

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68
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British Tea Magnate

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Sir. Thomas Lipton

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69
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Cracked the Enigma Code

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Alan Turing

70
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Philosopher Who Asked “Is man a Blunder of God”

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Friedrich Nietzsche

71
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Cambridge Mathematician Philosopher

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Bertrand Russell

72
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Jean Paul Sartre’s Philosopher Friend

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Simone de Beauvoir

73
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Man who first received an artificial heart

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Barney Clark

74
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Doctor who performed barney clark’s heart transplant

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William Devries

75
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Lawyer for the Creationists at Scopes Trial

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William Jennings Bryan

76
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Lawyer for the Darwinists at Scopes Trial

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Clarence Darrow

77
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Female Prosecutors in OJ Simpson Trial

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Marcia Clark

78
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Leopold and Loeb’s Defense attorney

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Clarence Darrow

79
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Claus Von Bulow’s Defense Attorney

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Alan Dershowitz

80
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He Defended the Boston Strangler

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F. Lee Bailey

81
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Famous 19th Century Furrier

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John Jacob Astor

82
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He planted apple trees in the Ohio Valley

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Johnny Appleseed

83
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He Founded Debeers

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Cecil Rhodes

84
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Famous Oil Well Fire Fighter

85
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He Founded the American Library Association

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Melvin Dewey

86
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19th Century American Lithographers

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Currier and Ives

87
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Scottish Clock Maker

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Seth Thomas

88
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He blazed the wilderness road

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Daniel Boone

89
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Life is Worth LIving SPeaker

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Bishop Sheen

90
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Inspiration for Citizen Kane

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William Randolph Hearst

91
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19th Century British Travel Agent

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Thomas Cook

92
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French Lexicographer

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Pierre Larousse

93
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American Lexicographer

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Noah Webster

94
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English Lexicographer

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Samuel Johnson

95
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Scottish Economist

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Adam Smith

96
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British Economist, 1920

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John Maynard Keynes

97
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Canadian-Born American Economist and Harvard Professor of Economics

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John Kenneth Galbraith

98
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French Mathematician Famous for His “Last Theorem”

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Pierre de Fermat

99
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The Fugitive Series is Based on His Life

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Sam Sheppard

100
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Man Who Built the Erie Canal

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De Witt Clinton

101
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American Winner of Tchaikovsky Music Competition, 1958

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Van Cliburn

102
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Scottish Philanthropist and Lord Rector

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Andrew Carnegie

103
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Late Finance Magazine Tycoon

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Malcolm Forbes

104
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Army Surgeon who found the cause of yellow fever

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Walter Reed

105
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Newspaper Editor or South Sympathizer

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Horace Greeley - Ran against US Grant

106
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President’s Brother who was president of JOhns hopkins

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Milton Eisenhower

107
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Former PLO Leader

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Yasser Arafat

108
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Spanish Tenor who name means Peaceful Sunday

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Placido Domingo

109
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Presidential Brother who had a been named for him

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Billy Carter

110
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Pair who died in a light plane crase in point barrow, Alaska

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Will Rogers and Wiley Post

111
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Gay 90s Financier and Philanthropist

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Diamon Jim Brady

112
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19th Century Tennessee Congressman known as “King of the Wild Frontier”

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Davy Crockett

113
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Train Engineer Killed in Head-On Collision, 1900

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Casey Jones

114
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Boys Town Founder, 1917

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Father Edward Flanagan

115
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The Concord Poet

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

116
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The Pathfinder

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John,. C Freemont - 1st abolitionist pres candidate

117
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The Napoleon of the West

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General Santa Anna

118
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The Father of the Symphony

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Franz Joseph Haydn

119
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The Father of Science Fiction

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Jules Verne

120
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The American Leonardo

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Samuel Morse

121
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The American Caesar

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Douglas MaCarthur

122
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America’s handyman

123
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New England Orator

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Daniel Webster

124
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Virginia Orator

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Thomas Paine

125
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The Lone Eagle

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Charles Lindberg

126
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The Great Profile

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John Barrymore

127
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The Great Dissenter

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

128
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The Great Commoner

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William Jennings Bryan

129
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The Great Compromiser or The Great Pacificator

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Henry Clay

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The Little Flower

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Fiorelloa La Guardia

131
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The Great Communicator

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Ronald Reagan

132
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The Wizard of Menlo Park

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Thomas Edison

133
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Satchmo

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Louis Armstrong

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The King of Ragtime

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Scott Joplin

135
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Yosemite Photographer

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Ansel Adams

136
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The Little Tramp

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Charlie Chaplin

137
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The Man of A thousand Faces

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Lon Chaney

138
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The Man of A thousand Voices

139
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The Prince of Humbugs

140
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Gonzo Journalist

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Hunter Thompson

141
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The King of the Keelboatmen

142
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The Last Lion

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Winston Churchill

143
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The Chairman of the Board

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Frank Sinatra

144
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The Lord of San Simeon

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William Randolph Hearst

145
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The People’s Lawyer

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Ralph Nader

146
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The Oracle of Omaha

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Warren Buffet

147
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The Sparrow

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Edith Piaf (La Vie En Rose) - film stars Marion Cotillard in the role that won her the Academy Award for Best Actress (Oscar),

148
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America’s Cowboy Philosopher

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Will Rogers

149
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Philadelphia Publisher and Philanthropist

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Walter Annenberg

150
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Baltimore Critic

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H. L. Mencken (Dubbed it the ““Monkey Trial”. )

151
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American Ornithologist

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John James Audubon

152
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Father of American Public Education

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Horace Mann

153
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He Made Stainless Steel Cars in Ireland

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John Delorean

154
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American Chess Grandmaster at Age 15

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Bobby Fischer

155
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Pilot Who landed in Ireland instead of California, 1938

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“Wrong Way” Corrigan

156
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He Broke the Sound Barrier in 1947

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Chuck Yeager

157
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Chairs Astrophysics Dept, Cambridge University

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Stephen Hawking

158
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Canadian Voice Actor, Voice of the Brain

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Maurice Lamarche

159
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MIT Linguistic Scholar

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Noam Chomsky

160
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1969s Harvard Psychologist, Recreational Drug Advocate

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Timothy Leary

161
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Chinese Communist Party Head who Died in 1997

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Deng Xiaoping

162
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The Original Siamese Twins

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Chang and Eng

163
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Man WHo Found King Tut’s Tomb

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Howard Carter

164
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American Satirical Comedian Imprisoned for Obscenity

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Lenny Bruce

165
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Pro Clown With his own postage stampe

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Lou Jacobs

166
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Las Vegas Magicians who worked with big cats

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Siegfried and Roy

167
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Famous Tightrope Walking Family

168
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Canadian Quintuplets

169
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American Septuplets

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McCaugheys

170
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Rat Pack Members (1960s)

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Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Joey Biship, Peter Lawford

171
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Brat Pack Members

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Emilo Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Ander McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy

172
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Monty Python Group

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Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Gram Chapman, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Eric Idol

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