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profile name: Billy the Kid
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profile name: Arthur Conan Doyle
profile occupation: Doctor, Journalist, Author
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profile name: John Dewey
profile occupation: Educator, Philosopher, Academic Author
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profile name: Georges Seurat
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profile name: Belle Gunness
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profile name: Carrie Chapman Catt
profile occupation: Women's Rights Activist
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