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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