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Charlie Chaplin in City Lights (1931).

Charlie Chaplin

British actor, director, writer, and composer

Charlie Chaplin, British comedian, producer, writer,…

Nicolae Ceaușescu.

Nicolae Ceaușescu

president of Romania

Nicolae Ceaușescu, Communist official who was leader…

Vajpayee, Atal Bihari

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

prime minister of India

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, leader of the pro-Hindu Bharatiya…

Mohammed Ali Jinnah.

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Pakistani governor-general

Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Indian Muslim politician, who…

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Degas, Edgar: A Woman Seated Beside a Vase of Flowers — Edgar DegasFrench artist

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Justus von Liebig, photograph by F. Hanfstaengl, 1868. — Justus, baron von LiebigGerman chemist

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Spielberg, Steven — Steven SpielbergAmerican film director and producer

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Thomas Jefferson, portrait by an anonymous artist, 19th century; in the National Museum of Franco-American Cooperation, Blérancourt, France. — Thomas Jeffersonpresident of United States

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Milton, John — John MiltonEnglish poet

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Seated Buddha with attendants, carved ivory sculpture from Kashmir, c. 8th century ce. In the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Mumbai (Bombay). Height 10 cm. — Buddhafounder of Buddhism

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Sir John Franklin — Sir John Richardson on Sir John Franklin

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LeBron James finishing a slam dunk, 2009. — LeBron JamesAmerican basketball player

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Galileo, oil painting by Justus Sustermans, c. 1637; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. — GalileoItalian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician

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