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Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams

British composer

Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer in the first...

Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh

American aviator

Charles Lindbergh, American aviator, one of the best-known...

Neil Simon

American dramatist

Neil Simon, American playwright, screenwriter, television...

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Dutch scientist

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist who was...

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Pablo Picasso — Pablo PicassoSpanish artist

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The title page of the 1556 edition of Avicenna's The Canon of Medicine (Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb). This edition (sometimes called the 1556 Basel edition) was translated by medieval scholar Gerard of Cremona. — AvicennaPersian philosopher and scientist

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Orson Welles — Orson WellesAmerican actor, director, and writer

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Donald Trump — Donald Trumppresident of United States

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Francis Bacon — Francis BaconBritish author, philosopher, and statesman

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philosophy and religion

Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version) — St. Paul the ApostleChristian Apostle

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Francis Bacon — Francis BaconBritish author, philosopher, and statesman

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Lionel Messi — Lionel MessiArgentine-born football player

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Louis Pasteur — Louis PasteurFrench chemist and microbiologist

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