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He is a British singer and songwriter best known for his role as lead vocalist and flautist for the progressive rock group Genesis. | |
He was a Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first man to travel into space. | |
He was an Italian scientist who led the Scientific Revolution, proposing the then controversial idea of Copernicanism, the idea that earth orbits the sun. | |
He was the political and ideological leader of India. He pioneered mass civil disobedience firmly founded in total nonviolence. | |
He was the lead guitarist, as well as one of the principal vocalists and songwriters, of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead. | |
He founded the world's largest software business, Microsoft, with Paul Allen and became one of the richest men in the world. | |
He is best known as the singer of the band the Boomtown Rats and for his political activism, particularly anti-poverty efforts in Africa. | |
An essayist, novelist, poet and artist, he wrote 'The Prophet,' a book of poetic essays that achieved cult status among American youth. | |
She was the first African American ever invited to play at Wimbledon. She broke barriers for black players in golf too. | |
She is an Arizona congresswoman. She made headlines when she became the victim of an assassination attempt, from which she later recovered. | |
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He was a poet associated with the Beat movement and the writers Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs. His best known work is the poem 'Howl.' | |
She is a Grammy-Award winning comedienne, an actress, a human rights advocate, and TV host of the daytime talk show 'The View.' | |
Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, she is best known for her 45-year study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania. | |
He was the president of the Soviet Union from 1990-91. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for contributing to the breakup of the USSR. | |
He founded Motown Records, the most successful black-owned music company in the history of the United States. | |
She is a former professional world No. 1 German tennis player. At age 13, she became the second youngest player ever to earn an international ranking. | |
He performed in films from the 1930s through the 1960s. He starred in several Hitchcock films, including the 1959 hit 'North by Northwest.' | |
He became one of Major League Baseball's first Jewish superstars, while playing for the Detroit Tigers. | |
He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1999. He is considered one of the best hockey players of all time and broke numerous records. | |
He is an English actor best known for portraying Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films. | |
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