The most famous people

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. He led the United States and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis. Lincoln preserved the Union and strengthened the federal government.

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George Washington

George Washington was the first President of the United States. He was also one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and he presided over the convention that drafted the United States Constitution, which replaced the Articles of Confederation.

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Moses

Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a former Egyptian prince later turned prophet, religious leader and lawgiver. The existence of Moses is disputed among archaeologists and Egyptologists, with experts in the field of biblical criticism citing logical inconsistencies.

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Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian American electrical engineer, inventor, physicist, and mechanical engineer. Tesla is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system. He gained experience in telephony and electrical engineering before immigrating to the United States.

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Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhārtha Gautama or simply ‘The Buddha’, was a sage on whose teachings Buddism was founded. Buddha lived and taught mostly in eastern India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries. The name ‘Buddha’ means “awakened one” or “the enlightened one”.

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Julius Caesar

Gaius Julias Caesar was a Roman general, statesman, Consul and notable author of Latin prose. Caesar played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic. Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey formed a political alliance that was to dominate Roman politics for several years.

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Karl Marx

Karl Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist, and socialist. His work in economics laid the basis for much of the current understanding of labor and its relation to capital. He has published numerous books during his lifetime.

He studied at the Universities of Bonn and Berlin, where he became interested in the philosophical ideas of the Young Hegelians.

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Martin Luther

Martin Luther was a German friar, priest, and professor of theology. He is best known as the seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. He came to reject several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. Luther disputed the claim that freedom from God’s punishment for sin could be purchased with money.

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution. Bonaparte was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814.

He dominated European affairs for nearly two decades while leading France against a series of coalitions.

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Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe. Gutenberg’s invention of mechanical movable type printing began the Printing Revolution.

It’s widely regarded as the most important event of the modern period.

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