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Rasputin -mystic and adviser to the royal Romanov family (Nicholas II)
19th and 20th Century / Russian
18th and 19th Century / American
18th Century / Romanian
19th Century / Hungarian
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Elizabeth I -Last monarch of the House of Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII, never married (Virgin Queen)
16th Century / English
17th Century / Dutch
14th Century / French
15th Century / Austrian
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Plato -wrote The Republic, student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, created The Academy (Socratic method)
5th and 4th Century AD / Roman
5th and 4th Century BC / Greek
5th and 4th Century BC / Roman
5th and 4th Century AD / Greek
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Muhammad -born in Mecca, founder of Islam
7th Century / Saudi Arabia
8th Century / Iran
5th Century / Palestine
3rd Century / Egypt
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Friedrich Nietzsche (KNEE-cha) - Advocated for Übermensch = Superman, critical of conventional morality (good vs. evil)
19th Century / German
18th Century / Austrian
20th Century / French
17th Century / English
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Ludwig van Beethoven -considered Mozart's successor, continued composing after completely losing hearing (9th Symphony)
18th and 19th Century / German
19th and 20th Century / French
16th and 17th Century / Polish
17th and 18th Century / Austrian
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William the Conqueror -Duke of Normandy, conquered England in 1066 (Norman invasion)
11th Century / French
13th Century / Norwegian
12th Century / British
14th Century / Italian
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Galileo Galilei -Father of modern science, astronomy, law of pendulum (clock), tower of Pisa, ruled heretic because...
14th Century / German
16th Century / Italian
15th Century / Dutch
17th Century / French
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Miguel de Cervantes -author of Don Quixote (sidekick = Sancho Panza, horse = Rocinante)
13th and 14th Century / Portuguese
17th and 18th Century / Italian
15th Century / French
16th and 17th Century / Spanish
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Louis XIV -Sun King (Apollo), built Palace of Versailles, 72 year reign
15th Century / Italian
18th Century / English
16th Century / Dutch
17th Century / French
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Francisco Villa AKA Pancho Villa -from outlaw to revolutionary general
18th and 19th Century / American
19th and 20th Century / Mexican
20th Century / Italian
19th Century / Pakistani
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Thomas Jefferson -designed and lived in Monticello (Virginia) / Louisiana Purchase
3rd president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
4th president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.
2nd president of the United States from 1797 to 1801.
5th president of the United States from 1817 to 1825.
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Ivan (IV) The Terrible -first czar of...
14th Century / Serbian
16th Century / Russian
15th Century / Mongolian
17th Century / Turkish
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Napoleon Bonaparte -after catastrophic loss at Battle of Waterloo, exiled to the island of St. Helena
18th Century / Danish
18th and 19th Century / French
19th Century / German
19th and 20th Century / Polish
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J.S. Bach - Baroque era organist, composed cantatas, The Well-Tempered Clavier and Brandenburg Concertos, Art of Fugue
19th and 20th Century / American
18th and 19th Century / French
16th and 17th Century / Italian
17th and 18th Century / German
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Winston Churchill -Prime minister during WWII, great orator, one of the big three (F.D.R and Stalin)
18th and 19th Century / Russian
18th and 19th Century / American
19th and 20th Century/ British
20th and 21st Century / French
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Confucius -his aphorisms were compiled in the
Analects
4th and 5th Century AD / Japanese
5th and 6th Century BC / Chinese
1st and 2nd Century AD / Filipino
1st and 2nd Century BC / Indian
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John Locke -Hero of framers, wrote An Essay Concerning Understanding, empiricism, babies = blank slate (tabula rasa)
18th Century / French
16th Century / Russian
17th Century / English
15th Century / German
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -music prodigy, operas Marriage of Figaro and Magic Flute, unfinished Requiem
16th Century / Swiss
19th Century / Polish
17th Century / German
18th Century / Austrian
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Charles Darwin -explored the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador), his ship was called The Beagle
18th Century / French
17th Century / Norwegian
20th Century / American
19th Century / English
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Julius Caesar -crossed the Rubicon, assassinated on the Ides of March by a group of senators led by Brutus
4th Century BC / Greek
2nd Century AD / Italian
3rd Century AD / Mongolian
1st Century BC / Roman
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Voltaire -Philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, wrote Candide, satires the idea that all is for the best.
19th Century / American
17th Century / Scottish
18th Century / French
16th Century / Danish
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Karl Marx -Author of Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto (Coauthor Engles), foreign correspondent for NY Herald
17th Century / German
18th Century / Russian
20th Century / Persian
19th Century / Prussian
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Vincent Van Gogh -Post Impressionist painter, famous for painting sunflowers, close with brother Theo and Gauguin
18th Century / Spanish
20th Century / French
17th Century / Italian
19th Century / Dutch
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Paul the Apostle -conversion on the road to Damascus, wrote 13 of 27 New Testament books, beheaded in Rome
1st Century AD / Born in Tarsus (Turkey)
3rd Century AD / Jewish born in Rome
1st Century BC / Born in Antioch (Greek city)
3rd Century BC / Born in Palestine
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Oliver Cromwell -Puritan turned military leader, started civil war, had Charles I decapitated, against divine right
19th Century / German
17th Century / English
16th Century / Polish
18th Century / French
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Leonardo da Vinci - painter, father of the high Renaissance, The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, true Renaissance man
15th and 16th Century / Italian
14th and 15th Century / French
17th and 18th Century / Dutch
16th and 17th Century / Spanish
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Joan of Arc -fought in The Hundred Year's War, burned at the stake at 19
15th Century / French
16th Century / English
14th Century / Greek
13th Century / Italian
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Nikola Tesla -inventor, electrical / mechanical engineer best known for alternating current (AC)
15th-16th Century / Italian
16th-17th Century / Turkish
17th-18th Century / Irish
19th-20th Century / Serbian
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Alexander the Great -King of Macedonia, tutored by Aristotle, conquered the Persians (Iran)
5th Century AD / English
3rd Century AD / Italian
4th Century BC / Greek
3rd Century BC / French
