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Abraham Lincoln
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
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Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
Carl Sagan
American Astrophysicist
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Charlie Chaplin
English Actor
Confucius - thumbnail
Confucius
Chinese Philosopher
Eleanor Roosevelt - thumbnail
Eleanor Roosevelt
American First Lady
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Nationalist
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Marcus Aurelius
Roman Emperor
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
Mark Twain
American Author
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Mother Teresa
Albanian Saint
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
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Nelson Mandela
South African President
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
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Priyanka Chopra  24 
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Vin Diesel  67 
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Robert Hooke  8 
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John Glenn  8 
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Thomas Samuel Kuhn  33 
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William Makepeace Thackeray  111 
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Richard Branson  78 
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