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Juan Ponce de León was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. He became the first Governor of…
Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for…
Aretha Louise Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, and civil rights…
Europe + Africa + Middle East
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Charlemagne, meaning Charles the Great, was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the…
Averroës is the Latinized form of Ibn Rushd, a mediæval Andalusian Muslim polymath. He wrote…
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician,…
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist…
Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and…
Asia + Oceania
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Timur meaning "iron" or Tamerlane in English, was a 14th-century conqueror of much of western…