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Meir, Golda
Golda Meir
prime minister of Israel
Golda Meir, Israeli politician who helped found (1948)...
Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian statesman and writer
Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian Renaissance political...
Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
American singer, actor, and songwriter
Bing Crosby, American singer, actor, and songwriter...
James Brown
James Brown
American singer
James Brown, American singer, songwriter, arranger,...

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Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
RembrandtDutch artist
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Walter Gropius
Walter GropiusGerman-American architect
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAustrian composer
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Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon Iemperor of France
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Michelangelo
MichelangeloItalian artist
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John Milton
John MiltonEnglish poet
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Sigmund Freud
Sigmund FreudAustrian psychoanalyst
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Bill Belichick
Bill BelichickAmerican football coach
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Henry Ford
Henry FordAmerican industrialist
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