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profile name: Alexander Graham Bell
profile occupation: Educator, Linguist, Inventor, Scientist
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profile name: Horace Mann
profile occupation: Educator, U.S. Representative
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profile name: Wild Bill Hickok
profile occupation: Police Officer, Folk Hero
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profile name: Warren G. Harding
profile occupation: U.S. President, U.S. Representative, Government Official
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profile name: William S. Burroughs
profile occupation: Author
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profile name: Thomas Gainsborough
profile occupation: Painter
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