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Abraham Lincoln, photograph by Mathew Brady.

Abraham Lincoln

president of United States

Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States…

Francis II

Holy Roman emperor

Francis II, the last Holy Roman emperor (1792–1806)…

Longworth, Alice Roosevelt

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

American politician and socialite

Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American socialite and daughter…

Kant, Immanuel

German philosopher

Immanuel Kant, German philosopher whose comprehensive…

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Picasso, Pablo — Pablo PicassoSpanish artist

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Carolus Linnaeus, engraving from Robert John Thornton's The Temple of Flora (1807). — Carolus LinnaeusSwedish botanist

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entertainment

Alfred Hitchcock. — Sir Alfred HitchcockEnglish-born director

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The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, 1812; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. — Napoleon Iemperor of France

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literature

Dickens, Charles — Charles DickensBritish novelist

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Thomas Jefferson, portrait by an anonymous artist, 19th century; in the National Museum of Franco-American Cooperation, Blérancourt, France. — Thomas Jeffersonpresident of United States

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Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait — Leonardo da VinciItalian artist, engineer, and scientist

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Ruth, Babe — Babe RuthAmerican baseball player

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Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait — Leonardo da VinciItalian artist, engineer, and scientist

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