Famous People: A-Z

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Jacques Cousteau

 

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Roy Rogers

 

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Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli

Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli | Mars mapping, crater naming, canals | Britannica

Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli was an Italian astronomer and senator whose reports of groups of straight lines on Mars touched off much controversy on the possible existence of life on that planet. Schiaparelli went to Berlin in 1854 to study astronomy under Johann F. Encke. Two years later he was

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James Taylor - Musician/Singer

 

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Felix Unger

 

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Stevie Ray Vaughan

 

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Otto Warburg

Otto Warburg | Nobel Prize, Cell Respiration, Metabolism | Britannica

Otto Warburg was a German biochemist awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1931 for his research on cellular respiration. After earning doctorates in chemistry at the University of Berlin (1906) and in medicine at Heidelberg (1911), Warburg became a prominent figure in the

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Xavier Cougat - Bandleader

 

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Chen Ning Yang

Chen Ning Yang | Biography, Nobel Prize, & Facts | Britannica

Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-born American theoretical physicist who, with Tsung-Dao Lee, won the 1957 Nobel Prize for Physics for various studies in particle physics. Notably, the two men conducted research showing that parity is violated when certain elementary particles decay. Learn more about...

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Frank Zappa

 

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Abdullah the Butcher, outstanding Sudanese wrestler.

 

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George Benson - Jazz Musician

 

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Jack Cade

Jack Cade | Rebellion Leader, Kentishman, 15th-Century | Britannica

Jack Cade was the leader of a major rebellion (1450) against the government of King Henry VI of England; although the uprising was suppressed, it contributed to the breakdown of royal authority that led to the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of York and Lancaster. Cade was living in

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John Denver - Musician

 

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Lincoln Ellsworth

Lincoln Ellsworth | Arctic Explorer, Polar Aviator | Britannica

Lincoln Ellsworth was an American explorer, engineer, and scientist who led the first trans-Arctic (1926) and trans-Antarctic (1935) air crossings. A wealthy adventurer, Ellsworth was a surveyor and engineer in Canada for five years (1903–08), worked for three years with the U.S. Biological Survey,

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Freddie Fender - Musician

 

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Fred Gwynne

 

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Howard Hughes

 

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Henry Ireton

Henry Ireton | English Civil War, Cromwell’s Lieutenant & Parliamentarian | Britannica

Henry Ireton was an English soldier and statesman, a leader of the Parliamentary cause during the Civil Wars between the Royalists and Parliamentarians. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Ireton joined the Parliamentary army. In November 1642 he commanded a cavalry force in the indecisive Battle of

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Jim Palmer - MLB Hall of Famer