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W.E.B. Du Bois
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- Famous Harlem Residents
- Black Writers
- Famous Pisceans
W.E.B. Du Bois
Civil Rights Activist / 1868 - 1963
W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the most important African American activists during the first half of the 20th century. He co-founded the NAACP and supported Pan Africanism.
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Robert A. Millikan
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- Famous Teachers
- Famous Arians
Robert A. Millikan
Educator, Physicist / 1868 - 1953
American physicist Robert A. Milikan is best known for measuring the charge on the electron, for which he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923.
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Karl Landsteiner
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- Famous Geminis
- Famous Immunologists
- Famous Scientists
Karl Landsteiner
Immunologist / 1868 -
Immunologist and pathologist Karl Landsteiner received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the major blood types.
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Edmond Rostand
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- Fantastic Facial Hair
- Famous Arians
- Famous Playwrights
Edmond Rostand
Playwright / 1868 - 1918
French dramatist Edmond Rostand is best known for Cyrano de Bergerac, one of the last examples of the Romantic period.
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Harvey Firestone
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- Famous Sagittarians
- Famous People Born in 1868
- Famous Self-Made Millionaires
Harvey Firestone
Entrepreneur / 1868 - 1938
Harvey Firestone is best known for the development of automobile tire manufacturing company, Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.
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Edgar Lee Masters
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- Famous Virgoans
- Famous Poets
- Famous Fiction Authors
Edgar Lee Masters
Author, Poet / 1868 - 1950
Poet and novelist Edgar Lee Masters wrote Spoon River Anthology, a series of epitaphs spoken from the grave by former residents of a fictitious small town.
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