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Colonel Harland Sanders
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- Famous Chefs
- Famous People Born in 1890
Colonel Harland Sanders
Entrepreneur, Chef / 1890 - 1980
Colonel Sanders is best known for creating a fried chicken recipe that would become the world's fast-food chicken chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken.
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Jan Vermeer
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- Famous Painters
- Famous Artists
Jan Vermeer
Painter / 1632 - 1675
Dutch Golden-Age artist Jan Vermeer is best known for his Delft paintings including "Little Street," "View of Delft" and his late "pearl pictures" like "The Concert."
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Paul Castellano
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- Infamous Mobsters
- Ugly Inside and Out
- Famous Cancerians
Paul Castellano
Organized Crime Boss / 1915 - 1985
Paul Castellano is best known for becoming the boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City.
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Camille Saint-Saëns
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- Famous Libras
- Famous Pianists
- Famous Songwriters and Composers
Camille Saint-Saëns
Songwriter, Pianist, Journalist, Playwright, Poet / 1835 - 1921
French composer and organist Camille Saint-Saëns wrote the popular opera Samson et Dalila. He was also wrote poems, essays and plays. -
Somerset Maugham
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- Famous Playwrights
- Famous Fiction Authors
Somerset Maugham
Author, Playwright / 1874 - 1965
English novelist, playwright, and short-story writer Somerset Maugham is best known for the works Of Human Bondage, The Letter, Rain and The Razor's Edge.
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François Quesnay
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- Famous People Named François
- Famous French People
François Quesnay
Economist, Doctor / 1694 - 1774
Discover how Louis XV’s physician François Quesnay became interested in economics on Biography.com. He advocated laissez-faire policy.
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