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Henry Ford
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Henry Ford
Entrepreneur / 1863 - 1947
One of America's foremost industrialists, Henry Ford revolutionized assembly-line modes of production for the automobile.
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Constantin Stanislavski
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- Famous Theater Actors
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Constantin Stanislavski
Theater Actor / 1863 - 1938
Constantin Stanislavski was a Russian stage actor and director who developed the naturalistic performance technique known as the "Stanislavsky method," or method acting.
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Edvard Munch
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- Famous Painters
- Famous Artists
Edvard Munch
Painter / 1863 - 1944
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter who has become widely known for his iconic pre-Expressionist painting The Scream.
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William Randolph Hearst
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- Famous Dropouts
- Famous Taureans
William Randolph Hearst
Business Leader, Publisher / 1863 - 1951
William Randolph Hearst is best known for publishing the largest chain of American newspapers in the late 19th century, and particularly for sensational "yellow journalism."
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Franz Ferdinand
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- Famous Dukes
- Famous People Named Franz
Franz Ferdinand
Duke / 1863 - 1914
Franz Ferdinand's assassination on June 28, 1914, at the hand of a Serbian terrorist group the "Black Hand," led to the beginning of World War I.
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Mary Church Terrell
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- Famous Teachers
- Famous Libras
Mary Church Terrell
Educator, Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist / 1863 - 1954
Mary Church Terrell was a charter member of the NAACP and an early advocate for civil rights and the suffrage movement.
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