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Roger Federer
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- Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal
- Famous Leos
- Famous Tennis Players
Roger Federer
Tennis Player, Philanthropist / 1981 -
Tennis pro Roger Federer was the first Swiss man to win a Grand Slam title. In fact, he's won just about every tennis honor there is.
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Paul Klee
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- Famous Lefties
- Famous Academics
- Famous Teachers
Paul Klee
Educator, Painter / 1879 - 1940
Paul Klee is a Swiss and German painter whose highly individual style is best known by an often childlike perspective and spidery hieroglyph-like symbols.
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Le Corbusier
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- Famous Libras
- Famous Architects
- Famous People Born in 1887
Le Corbusier
Architect / 1887 - 1965
Le Corbusier was an influential Swiss architect and city planner, whose designs combine the functionalism of the modern movement with a bold expressionism. -
Jean Piaget
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- Famous Academics
- Famous Teachers
- Famous Leos
Jean Piaget
Educator, Psychologist / 1896 - 1980
Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologists who was the first to systematically study how children learn.
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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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- Famous Cancerians
- Famous Psychiatrists
- Famous People Born in 1926
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Psychiatrist, Journalist / 1926 - 2004
Psychiatrist Elizabeth Kübler-Ross wrote the book On Death And Dying, which outlined the five stages that terminally ill patients experience.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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- Famous Academics
- Famous Cancerians
- Famous Philosophers
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Philosopher, Songwriter / 1712 - 1778
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a prominent Swiss-French philosopher who defended the idea that man is good by nature but is corrupted by society.
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