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Rabindranath Tagore
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Bengali poet, Brahmo philosopher, visual artist, playwright, composer,
and novelist; 1913 Nobel Laureate in Literature |
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Albert Einstein
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German theoretical physicist; 1921 Nobel Laureate in Physics
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George Bernard Shaw
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Irish playwright; 1925 Nobel Laureate in Literature
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Sir C. V. Raman
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Indian physicist; 1930 Nobel Laureate in Physics
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Albert Schweitzer
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German theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician; 1952 Nobel Laureate in Peace
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Linus Pauling
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American quantum chemist and biochemist; 1954 Nobel Laureate in
Chemistry and 1962 Nobel Laureate in Peace for his campaign against
above-ground nuclear testing |
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George Wald
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American biochemist; 1967 Nobel Laureate in Medicine
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Polish-born American Jewish writer of short stories and novels; 1978 Nobel Laureate in Literature
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Chandrashekar Subrahmanyam
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Indian-born American astrophysicist; 1983 Nobel Laureate in Physics
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Elie Wiesel
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Hungarian novelist, philosopher, humanitarian, political activist, and
Holocaust survivor; 1986 Nobel Laureate in Peace |
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Aung San Suu Kyi
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Myanmar (Burma) nonviolent pro-democracy activist; 1991 Nobel Laureate in Peace
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V. S. Naipaul
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Trinidadian-born British of Hindu heritage and Indo-Trinidadian
ethnicity writer; 2001 Nobel Laureate in Literature |
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JM Coetzee
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South African/Australian writer; 2003 Nobel Laureate in Literature
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Sir Isaac Newton
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British physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, inventor, and natural philosopher; father of physics
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John Ray
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British naturalist; father of English natural history
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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Italian Renaissance polymath: architect, anatomist, sculptor, engineer, inventor, geometer, musician, and painter
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Benjamin Franklin
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American author, journalist, scientist, inventor and statesman
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Thomas Edison
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American inventor and businessman
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Nikola Tesla
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Serbian-American inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer
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Srinivasa Ramanujan
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Indian mathematician
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Edward Witten
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American mathematical physicist and Fields Medalist
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Brian Greene
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American physicist and one of the world's foremost string theorists
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Jane Goodall
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British primatologist, ethologist and anthropologist
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Vijay Raj Singh
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Indian medical physicist
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Kalpana Chawla
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Indian-born American astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist
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Steve Jobs
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American founder and CEO of Apple Computer
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Nathaniel Borenstein
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American, creator of MIME (email) language
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Alexander Dargatz
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German athlete, 2005 Body-building World Champion, physician
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Elena Walendzik
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2005 German featherweight boxing champion
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Carl Lewis
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American track & field star, nine-time Olympic champion
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Edwin C. Moses
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American track & field star, two-time Olympic champion
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Leroy Burrell
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American track & field star, Olympic champion
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Robert Parish
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American NBA (basketball) star
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Benjamin Spock
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American pediatrician, author
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John Mackey
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American, founder of Whole Foods, the world's biggest organic grocer
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Charles Darwin
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British naturalist, geologist and originator of the evolution theory
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Diogenes
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Greek philosopher and cosmologist
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Henry David Thoreau
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American author, naturalist, pacifist, and philosopher
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Plato
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Greek saint and philosopher
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Pythagoras
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Greek mathematician and philosopher
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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American author, poet and philosopher
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Socrates
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Greek saint and philosopher
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Voltaire
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French Enlightenment writer and philosopher
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Yehudi Menuhin
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American-British orchestral violinist and conductor
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Stella McCartney
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Renowned British fashion designer, daughter of Paul McCartney
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Anna Paquin
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Canadian actress, Oscar winner
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Candice Bergen
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Acclaimed American actress
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Christian Bale
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British actor, star of the hit movie "Batman Begins"
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Danny DeVito
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American actor, producer and director
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Dustin Hoffman
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American actor, two-time Oscar winner; Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner
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George Harrison
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British musician, member of the Beatles
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Joaquin Phoenix
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American actor, 2006 Oscar nominee for Best Actor
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Linda Blair
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American actress, Oscar nominee for Best Supporting Actress; Golden
Globe award winner and People's Choice Awards winner, and animal rights
activist |
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Lindsay Wagner
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Noted American TV actress, multiple Emmy award winner
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Marian Hailey-Moss
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Acclaimed American actress, writer and humanitarian
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Michael J. Fox
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Canadian actor
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Paul McCartney
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British musician, member of the Beatles
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Paul Newman
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Americna actor and film director, 1986 Oscar award winner for Best Actor
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Ringo Starr
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British musician, member of the Beatles
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Tobey Maguire
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American actor, starred in many movies including "Spider-Man"
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Jesus Christ
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Spiritual teacher and founder of Christianity
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Spiritual teacher and founder of Buddhism
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Herbert George Wells
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British writer of science fiction
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
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British romantic poet
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Leo Tolstoy
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Russian novelist, pacifist, moral thinker
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Ovid
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Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet and writer
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