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Dr. Seuss
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- The Doctor Is In
- Famous Children's Authors
- Famous Pisceans
Dr. Seuss
Illustrator, Author / 1904 - 1991
Throughout his career, cartoonist and writer Dr. Seuss published 60 children's books, including The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham.
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Indira Gandhi
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- Notable Female Leaders
- Famous Scorpios
- Famous Prime Ministers
Indira Gandhi
Prime Minister / 1917 - 1984
Indira Gandhi was India's third prime minister, serving from 1966 until 1984, when her life ended in assassination. She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister.
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Bill Clinton
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- Famous Irish-Americans
- Vegans
- Famous People Involved in Sex Scandals
Bill Clinton
U.S. President, U.S. Governor / 1946 -
Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States, and the second to be impeached. He oversaw the country's longest peacetime economic expansion.
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John Locke
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- Famous Academics
- Famous Virgoans
- Famous Philosophers
John Locke
Philosopher / 1632 - 1704
English philosopher John Locke's works lie at the foundation of modern philosophical empiricism and political liberalism.
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Aung San Suu Kyi
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- Notable Female Leaders
- Nobel Peace Prize Winners
- Famous Geminis
Aung San Suu Kyi
Activist, Political Leader / 1945 -
Aung San Suu Kyi is an opposition leader in her home country of Myanmar and the winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for Peace.
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Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Writer / 1667 - 1745
Jonathan Swift was an Irish author and satirist. Best known for writing Gulliver's Travels, he was dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.
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