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Ray KrocUnited States |
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Lord ByronUnited Kingdom 
Jonathan SwiftIreland 
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Virginia ApgarUnited States 
Mason AndrewsUnited States 
Frederick BantingCanada 
Charles BestCanada |
Jackie KennedyUnited States 
Salvador DaliSpain 
Eleanor RooseveltUnited States 
Tarsila do AmaralBrazil |
Jim MorrisonUnited States 
Louis ArmstrongUnited States 
Dizzy GillespieUnited States 
Aaron CarterUnited States |
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Isadora DuncanUnited States 
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Victor HugoFrance 
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Alice PaulUnited States |
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Leo TolstoyRussia 
ConfuciusChina 
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AaliyahUnited States 
Alexis BledelUnited States 
Blake LivelyUnited States 
Calvin KleinUnited States |
Lewis CarrollUnited Kingdom 
Ansel AdamsUnited States 
Andy GoldsworthyUnited Kingdom 
Annie LeibovitzUnited States |
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John H. JohnsonUnited States 
Aaron BrownUnited States 
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Adolf HitlerGermany 
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Ariel SharonIsrael |
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Gordon RamsayUnited Kingdom 
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Julia ChildUnited States |
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Bethany MotaUnited States 
Phil LesterUnited Kingdom 
Tyler OakleyUnited States |
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