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Camilla, queen consort of the United Kingdom

Camilla, queen of the United Kingdom

queen of the United Kingdom

Camilla, queen of the United Kingdom is the queen of...

Charles III

king of the United Kingdom

Charles III is the king of the United Kingdom of Great...

Diana, princess of Wales

Diana, princess of Wales

British princess

Diana, princess of Wales was the princess of Wales,...

Martin Bashir

British news reporter

Martin Bashir is a British journalist who worked for...

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Edgar Degas — Edgar DegasFrench artist

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Émile Durkheim — Émile DurkheimFrench social scientist

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entertainment

Steven Spielberg — Steven SpielbergAmerican film director and producer

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history and society

Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries — Napoleon Iemperor of France

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literature

Michelangelo — MichelangeloItalian artist

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philosophy and religion

Poet John Milton — John MiltonEnglish poet

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sciences

Michael Faraday — Michael FaradayBritish physicist and chemist

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sports and recreation

José Ramírez — José RamírezDominican baseball player

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Watch a silent short of Thomas Edison, who invented the phonograph and incandescent electric light — Thomas EdisonAmerican inventor

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