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Entrepreneur
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Inventor
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Haile Selassie (1892-1975)
World Leader
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Luna Vachon (1962-2010)
Wrestler
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Jessi Combs (1980-2019)
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TV Actor
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Ron Hale (1946-2024)
Soap Opera Actor
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Bill Shirley (1921-1989)
Movie Actor
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Colin Clark (1984-2019)
Soccer Player
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Scott La Rock (1962-1987)
DJ
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Bob Armstrong (1939-2020)
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John Russell Pope (1874-1937)
Architect
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Juan Seguin (1806-1890)
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Douglas Kenney (1946-1980)
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Le Corbusier (1887-1965)
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Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948)
Supreme Court Justice
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Darryl Dawkins (1957-2015)
Basketball Player
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Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971)
Photographer
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Joy Browne (1944-2016)
Radio Host
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Ernest Lawrence (1901-1958)
Physicist
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Jane Tilden (1910-2002)
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Mary Beth Hughes (1919-1995)
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Sima Pandurovic (1883-1960)
Poet
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Amanda Mackey Johnson (1951-2022)
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Greg Morris (1933-1996)
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Jinx Falkenburg (1919-2003)
Model
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James Thomson (1700-1748)
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Bill Compton (1945-2007)
Activist
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Rowland Hill (1795-1879)
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Bernard Youens (1914-1984)
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Bobby Cruickshank (1894-1975)
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Herman Potocnik (1892-1929)
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Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815-1857)
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