Famous People: A-Z

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Vanity- professional wrestler in the Ladies division

 

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Johannes Diderik van der Waals

Johannes Diederik van der Waals | Nobel Prize, Equation of State, Intermolecular Forces

Johannes Diederik van der Waals was a Dutch physicist, winner of the 1910 Nobel Prize for Physics for his research on the gaseous and liquid states of matter. His work made the study of temperatures near absolute zero possible. A self-educated man who took advantage of the opportunities offered by

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XAVIER Cugat - Bandleader

 

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Yves Saint Laurent

 

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Frank ZAPPA

 

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ABEL- world's first murder victim

 

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BOB Saget - Comedian/Actor who recently died, RIP Mr. Saget.

 

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Cain- world's first murderer

 

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DON Knotts - Comedic Actor

 

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ELMO Pio- noted wine maker

 

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Benjamin FRANKLIN

 

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Dennis Gabor

Dennis Gabor | Inventor, Physicist, Nobel Prize

Dennis Gabor was a Hungarian-born electrical engineer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1971 for his invention of holography, a system of lensless, three-dimensional photography that has many applications. A research engineer for the firm of Siemens and Halske in Berlin from 1927, Gabor fled

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Hugh Hefner

 

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Idris Alba

 

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Michael JACKSON

 

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Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes | Biography & Superconductivity Discovery

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was a Dutch winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1913 for his work on low-temperature physics and his production of liquid helium. He discovered superconductivity, the almost total lack of electrical resistance in certain materials when cooled to a temperature near

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Jack LEMON - Fabulous Actor

 

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Mark Twain

 

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Ricky/Rick NELSON - Teen Idol/Singer/Musician

 

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William Butler Ogden

William Butler Ogden (1805-1877) | American Experience | PBS

William Butler Ogden was one of the prime movers that organized the digging of a canal from the Chicago River to Lake Michigan.

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