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Songwriter, Pianist / 1810 - 1849
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Singer / 1919 - 1991
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Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Talk Show Host / 1918 - 2007
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Physicist / 1824 - 1887
German physicist Gustav Kirchoff became the first scientist to show that electric current flows at the speed of light through a conductor.
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