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Serial Killer
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Last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
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Invented Basketball
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Former First Lady of the United States
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First Lady of the United States
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Opera Singer
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actor
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Ruler
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United States Senator
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composer, conductor, music educator, university
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psychologist
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Governor
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Military officer
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American sculptor
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