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Edgar Allan Poe
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- Imbibers
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Edgar Allan Poe
Writer / 1809 - 1849
American short-story writer, poet, critic, and editor Edgar Allan Poe is famous for his tales and poems of horror and mystery such as The Raven.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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- Famous Harlem Residents
- Black Writers
- Famous Pisceans
W.E.B. Du Bois
Civil Rights Activist / 1868 - 1963
W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the most important African American activists during the first half of the 20th century. He co-founded the NAACP and supported Pan Africanism.
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Bobby Brown
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- Gap-Toothed Grinners
- Celebrity Self-Imploders
- Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston
Bobby Brown
Singer / 1969 -
Singer Bobby Brown, known for hits including "Don't Be Cruel" and "Humpin' Around," is also famous for his troubled marriage to Whitney Houston.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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- Famous Irish-Americans
- Famous Military Veterans
- The Kennedy Family
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
U.S. President / 1917 - 1963
John F. Kennedy was 35th president of the United States. He achieved the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and the Alliance for Progress, and was assassinated in 1963.
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Mark Wahlberg
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- Rags to Riches
- Celebrity Golfers
- Famous Geminis
Mark Wahlberg
Film Actor, Rapper / 1971 -
Mark Wahlberg got his start headlining the musical group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, later going on to a modeling career and acting success in Hollywood.
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Barbara Walters
Barbara Walters
News Anchor, Television Producer, Journalist / 1929 -
TV Journalist Barbara Walters was on the Today show for 11 years. She is also the first woman to co-anchor a network (ABC) evening news program.
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Blacklisted
View groupIn the 1940s and 1950s, the United States was in the grips of a "red scare." Many prominent individuals suspected of sympathizing with liberal or humanitarian causes were branded a communist threat, and even accused of espionage. Hollywood was a major focus of the accusations, and after 10 actors refused to testify in front of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, the blacklist was created. Hundreds of actors, actresses, directors, screenwriters and other entertainment professionals were barred from working. Here are some of the famous people who were on the Hollywood blacklist.
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Napoleon and Josephine
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- Joséphine de Beauharnais
Napoleon and Josephine
View groupNapoleon did not care for Josephine's given name, Rose, so he renamed her Josephine, which she kept for the rest of her life. He proposed in January 1796 and sent her intensely romantic love letters from numerous posts around the world with the French army. Despite rumors of her infidelity and his jealous temperament, Napoleon and Josephine were crowned Emperor and Empress of the French in 1804. The couple divorced in 1810 after her infertility was confirmed, freeing Napoleon to take a wife who could provide an heir. The couple remained on good terms, with Napoleon once saying that the only thing to come between them was her debts.
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