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Alfonso Cuarón

Alfonso Cuarón

Mexican director and screenwriter

Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican director and screenwriter who...

Dahmer, Jeffrey

American serial killer

Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer whose arrest...

Randy Newman

American musician

Randy Newman, American composer, songwriter, singer,...

Ed Harris and Marcia Gay Harden in Pollock

Ed Harris, American actor acclaimed for the intensity...

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Michelangelo. — MichelangeloItalian artist

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Whitehead, Alfred North — Alfred North WhiteheadBritish mathematician and philosopher

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Ludwig van Beethoven — Ludwig van BeethovenGerman composer

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George Washington — George Washingtonpresident of United States

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Winston Churchill — Winston Churchillprime minister of United Kingdom

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Thomas Jefferson — Thomas Jeffersonpresident of United States

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Isaac Newton — Isaac NewtonEnglish physicist and mathematician

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LeBron James — LeBron JamesAmerican basketball player

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Johannes Kepler — Johannes KeplerGerman astronomer

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