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profile name: Duke Ellington
profile occupation: Songwriter, Conductor, Pianist
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profile name: Nicolaus Copernicus
profile occupation: Mathematician, Astronomer
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profile name: William Lloyd Garrison
profile occupation: Activist, Publisher, Journalist
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profile name: John Foster Dulles
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