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Seung-Hui Cho
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- Spree Killers
- Famous Capricorns
- Famous U.S. Immigrants
Seung-Hui Cho
Mass Murderer / 1984 - 2007
Student Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 30 people on Virginia Tech's campus in 2007. The mass murder ended when he turned the gun and shot himself in the head.
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Ralph Ellison
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- Famous Harlem Residents
- Famous Black Writers
- Famous Military Veterans
Ralph Ellison
Educator, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Author / 1914 - 1994
Ralph Ellison was a 20th century African-American writer and scholar best known for his renowned, award-winning novel Invisible Man.
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Francisco de Goya
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- Famous Arians
- Famous Illustrators
- Famous Painters
Francisco de Goya
Illustrator, Painter / 1746 - 1828
Sometimes called the father of modern art, Spanish artist Francisco de Goya painted royal portraits as well as more subversive works in late 1700s and early 1800s.
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Rosalind Franklin
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- Famous Leos
- Famous Chemists
- Famous Scientists
Rosalind Franklin
Chemist / 1920 - 1958
British chemist Rosalind Franklin is best known for her role in the discovery of the structure of DNA ,and for her pioneering use of X-ray diffraction.
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St Bernadette of Lourdes
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- Oscar-Winning Portrayals
- Famous Capricorns
- Famous Saints
St Bernadette of Lourdes
Saint / 1844 - 1879
St. Bernadette of Lourdes was best known as a saint who received visions from the Virgin Mary in a cave near Lourdes. Pope Pius XI canonized her as a saint in 1933.
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Robert Urich
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- Famous Sagittarians
- Famous Actors
- Famous Film Actors
Robert Urich
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1946 - 2002
American actor Robert Urich is best known for his role as Dan Tanna in Vega$. He died at age 55 from a rare form of cancer, synovial cell sarcoma.
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