Famous People: A-Z

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Joseph-Marie Jacquard

Joseph-Marie Jacquard | Biography, Loom, Invention, Computers, & Facts

Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor of the Jacquard loom, which served as the impetus for the technological revolution of the textile industry and is the basis of the modern automatic loom. The Jacquard loom’s punched cards later became a method of inputting data into computers until the mid...

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John F. KENNEDY

 

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Leo Sayer

 

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Paul McCartney

 

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NAOMI Judd

 

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Jesse OWENS - Famous athlete of 1936 Olympics

 

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PHILIP the Fair, 14th century French monarch who purged the Knights Templar

 

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QUEEN Latifa - Actress

 

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Edmund Jennings Randolph

Edmund Jennings Randolph | Attorney General & Constitutional Convention

Edmund Jennings Randolph, Virginia lawyer who played an important role in drafting and ratifying the U.S. Constitution and served as attorney general and later secretary of state in George Washington’s cabinet. After attending William and Mary College, Randolph studied law in the office of his

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STEVE Martin - Comedian/Actor

 

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Terry Fox

 

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Peter USTINOV - Actor

 

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Victoria ( Queen)

 

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Woodrow Wilson - US President

 

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Xuanzang

Xuanzang summary

Xuanzang, or Hsüan-tsang , (born 600, Guoshi, China—died 664, Chang’an), Chinese Buddhist monk and pilgrim to India.

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Neil YOUNG - Musician

 

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Avedis Zildjian

A Formula for the Future

Reprint: F0707F The oldest family-run business in the U.S., the Zildjian Company has been making cymbals, first in Turkey and then in America, since 1623. As a 14th-generation leader of the company, Craigie Zildjian sees innovation in collaboration with customers as her best path to continued...

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Woody ALLEN - Director/Actor

 

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Babur

Babur | Biography & Achievements

Babur, emperor (1526–30) and founder of the Mughal dynasty of northern India. Babur, a descendant of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan and also of the Turkic conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), was a military adventurer, a soldier of distinction, and a poet and diarist of genius, as well as a statesman.

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