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Caligula
- In these groups:
- Erratic and Autocratic
- Famous Epileptics
- Famous Virgoans
Caligula
Emperor / 12 - 41
Gaius Caesar, known as Caligula, succeeded Tiberius and served as Roman emperor from 37 to 41 A.D. -
Nicolae Ceausescu
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- Erratic and Autocratic
- Famous Aquarians
- Famous People Born in 1918
Nicolae Ceausescu
World Leader / 1918 - 1989
Nicolae Ceausescu was the leader of Communist Romania for more than two decades until his execution in 1989.
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Elie Wiesel
- In these groups:
- Nobel Peace Prize Winners
- Holocaust Survivors
- Famous Libras
Elie Wiesel
Writer / 1928 -
Elie Wiesel is a Nobel-Prize winning writer, teacher and activist known for the memoir Night, in which he recounts his experiences surviving the Holocaust.
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Nadia Comaneci
- In these groups:
- Famous Defectors
- Olympic Gymnasts
- Famous Scorpios
Nadia Comaneci
Gymnast / 1961 -
Gymnast Nadia Comaneci earned seven perfect scores and several gold medals in the 1976 and 1980 Olympics.
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Hermann Oberth
- In these groups:
- Famous Cancerians
- Famous Physicists
- Famous Scientists
Hermann Oberth
Physicist / 1894 - 1989
Hermann Oberth has been called "the father of German rocketry." He assisted Wernher von Braun in the 1950s in developing space rockets for the United States.
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Eugène Ionesco
- In these groups:
- Famous Sagittarians
- Famous People Named Eugène
- Famous Playwrights
Eugène Ionesco
Playwright / 1909 - 1994
Playwright Eugène Ionesco's first “antiplay,” The Bald Soprano, inspired a revolution in dramatic techniques and helped inaugurate the Theatre of the Absurd.
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