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| He was a British children's book author best known for the much loved book 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' which was twice adapted to film. | |
| As the lead singer of the band the Who, he has delighted and surprised rock music fans with his powerful and versatile voice for more than four decades. | |
| He was an American comedian and actor, known for the catchphrase 'I don't get no respect.' He starred in 'Easy Money' and 'Caddyshack.' | |
| He was an Italian poet, known by his first name, whose 'The Divine Comedy' has made an enduring impression on the worlds of literature and theology. | |
| He is best known for his work as a naturalist, developing a theory of evolution to explain biological change. | |
| He was an English novelist, pamphleteer, and journalist, best known for his novels 'Robinson Crusoe' and 'Moll Flanders.' | |
| She was a Biblical figure who tricked strongman Samson into revealing that the secret to his strength was in his long hair. | |
| He played the title role on the goofy 1960s TV sitcom 'Gilligan's Island.' | |
| He was an American motion-picture and television producer and showman, famous as a pioneer of cartoon films and the creator of [Answer] World. | |
| He was a Spanish surrealist painter known for works like 'The Persistence of Memory.' | |
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| He was a member of the 1960s created-for-television rock group, The Monkees. | |
| He was a U.S. Army officer, once thought to be the inventor of baseball until the game was found to be of English origin. | |
| A former slave and eminent human rights leader in the abolition movement, he was the first black citizen to hold a high U.S. government rank. | |
| A Scottish writer and spiritualist, he created the detective Sherlock Holmes - one of the most vivid and enduring characters in English fiction. | |
| He was a lawyer who worked as defense counsel in many dramatic criminal trials, as for John Scopes and Leopold and Loeb. | |
| She became the youngest person at the time to win an Oscar for playing Helen Keller in 'The Miracle Worker' at age 16. | |
| She was a novelist and playwright whose famous works 'Rebecca' and 'The Birds' were made into films by Alfred Hitchcock. | |
| She was a dancer who performed in a new, less restrictive form. Many regard her as the mother of modern dance. She died in a gruesome scarf-related car accident. | |
| He was a French fashion designer whose post–World War II creations were wildly popular, and whose legacy continues to influence the fashion industry | |
| He was Haiti’s president for 14 years. He operated an absolutist regime and caused nearly 30,000 deaths. | |
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