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33rd Vice President of the U.S.A.
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Confident, Ambitious
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Self-Help Writer, Motivational Guru, Public
Heinz Guderian17th June, German, Polish
German General
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Playwright
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Mahatma Gandhi’s Son
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Revolutionary
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Engineer
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Former United States Secretary of State
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Politician
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King
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Maurice Chevalier12th September, French
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German Army officer
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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad11th November, Indian
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Discoverer of Streptomycin
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Physicist
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Physicist
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Physicist, University teacher
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Naval officer
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Baseball Player
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politician
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engineer, physicist, inventor
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Psychologist
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inventor, entrepreneur, engineer
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Army Officer
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