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15,174 famous people found

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  Rosa PARKS

  American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

  1913 - 2005
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  Elie WIESEL

  Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor

  1928 - 2016
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  Robert SCHUMANN

  German composer, pianist, and influential music critic

  1810 - 1856
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  Jack LONDON

  American novelist, journalist, and social activist

  1876 - 1916
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  Joan BAEZ

  American singer, songwriter, musician and activist

  1941
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  PAPE FRANCOIS (POPE FRANCIS)

  Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State

  1936
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  David BECKHAM

  English former professional footballer, the current president & co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City

  1975
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  Dan BROWN

  American author best known for his thriller novels

  1964
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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