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14,580 famous people found
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Nikola TESLA
Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist
1856 - 1943
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Robert BADEN-POWELL
British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide / Girl Scout Movement
1857 - 1941
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Michael PHELPS
American former competitive swimmer and the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time
1985
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Malcolm X
African American Muslim minister, and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement
1925 - 1965
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Vincent VAN GOGH
Dutch post-impressionist painter
1853 - 1890
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Carl LEWIS
American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold
1961
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STING
English musician and actor
1951
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Fidel CASTRO
Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008
1926 - 2016
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Jane RUSSELL
American film actress and one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s
1921 - 2011
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Jane GOODALL
English primatologist and anthropologist
1934
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Chuck BERRY
American singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music
1926 - 2017
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Cathy FREEMAN
Australian former sprinter
1973
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Samuel DE CHAMPLAIN
French colonist, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler, founder of Quebec
1574 - 1635
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Stevie WONDER
American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
1950
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Carly SIMON
American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author
1945
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Jessica ALBA
American actress and businesswoman
1981
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Quentin TARANTINO
American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor
1963
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James TAYLOR
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948
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Angus YOUNG
Australian musician, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter and the only remaining original member of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC
1955
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Tony CURTIS
American film actor
1924 - 2010