Famous People: A-Z

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Charlton Heston

 

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John Denver - Country/Pop Musician

 

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Amelia Earhart

 

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Francis Bacon

 

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Peter Gabriel

 

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Ernest Hemingway

 

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Isocrates

Isocrates | Biography, Rhetoric, & Beliefs

Isocrates, ancient Athenian orator, rhetorician, and teacher whose writings are an important source on the intellectual and political life of the Athens of his day. The school he founded differed in its aims from the Academy of Plato and numbered among its pupils men of eminence from all over...

www.britannica.com

 

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James Stewart - Actor

 

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Kenneth Copeland (scam artist)

 

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John Lennon

 

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Elizabeth Montgomery

 

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Ricky Nelson - Singer

 

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Nikolaus Otto, (born June 10, 1832, Holzhausen, Nassau, Germany—died January 26, 1891, Cologne), German engineer who developed the four-stroke internal-combustion engine, which offered the first practical alternative to the steam engine as a power source.

 

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Pat Sajak - Game Show Host

 

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Herbert Quandt - the guy who saved BMW from bankruptcy in the 60'ies and thus prevent a takeover by Mercedes Benz

Herbert Quandt: The Man Who Saved BMW

The post-war era was especially hard for the German automotive industry. One of the most troubled car companies was BMW, which suffered from a weak line-up...

www.autoevolution.com

 

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Robert Redford - Actor/Director

 

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Jonas Salk (vaccine pioneer)

 

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Tecumseh - the fellow really had it in him

 

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Ulysses S. Grant (Yankee General)

 

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Queen Victoria