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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Jawaharlal Nehru
Activist, Prime Minister / 1889 - 1964
Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi’s father, was a leader of India’s nationalist movement and became India’s first prime minister after its independence.
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Joseph Henri Maurice Richard
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Joseph Henri Maurice Richard
Hockey Player / 1921 - 2000
Ice-hockey player Maurice Richard played for the Montreal Canadiens and became the first National Hockey League player to score 50 goals in a regular season.
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John Calvin
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John Calvin
Theologian, Journalist / 1509 - 1564
Theologian John Calvin was the leading French Protestant Reformer and the most important figure in the second generation of the Protestant Reformation.
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Robert Koch
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Robert Koch
Medical Professional, Biologist / 1843 - 1910
Prussian physician Robert Koch is best known for isolating the bacterium which causes tuberculosis, the cause of numerous deaths in the mid-19th century.
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Joseph Gordon Coates
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Joseph Gordon Coates
Prime Minister / 1878 - 1943
Joseph Gordon Coates was the prime minister of New Zealand 1925–1928, who later instituted rigorous policies to combat the economic depression of the 1930s.
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Niccolò Paganini
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- Famous Italians
Niccolò Paganini
Songwriter / 1782 - 1840
Sometimes called "the Devil's Violinist," Niccolò Paganini's virtuoso talent, accompanied by his extraordinary dexterity and flexibility, gave him an almost mythic reputation—he is considered by many to be the greatest violinist of all time.
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