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Henry Ford

American industrialist who founded Ford Motor Company and made cars affordable with the Model T and the moving assembly line

Did you know? He was a lifelong friend of Thomas Edison and reportedly kept a test tube containing his friend's final breath.

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist and business magnate. As the founder of the Ford Motor Company, he is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles affordable for middle-class Americans through the system that came to be known as Fordism.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian and American actor, businessman, film producer, politician, and former professional bodybuilder who served as the 38th governor of California from 2003 to 2011. Schwarzenegger began lifting weights at the age of 15 and won the Mr.

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Emily Brontë

English poet and novelist whose only novel, Wuthering Heights, with Heathcliff and Cathy on the Yorkshire moors, became a classic

Did you know? She originally published her writing under the pseudonym Ellis Bell to ensure her work was judged without gender bias.

Emily Jane Brontë (commonly; 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English writer best known for her 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. She also co-authored a book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne entitled Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell.

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Herman Melville

American novelist whose Moby-Dick, about Captain Ahab's hunt for a white whale, failed in his lifetime but became a classic

Did you know? His early experiences working on a whaling ship in the South Pacific provided the inspiration for many of his novels.

Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American writer of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851), Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia, and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella.

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Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck

French naturalist who coined the word invertebrate and proposed one of the first theories of evolution

Did you know? He coined the term biology to describe the study of living things, helping to establish it as a distinct scientific field.

Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (French:), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biological evolution occurred and proceeded in accordance with natural laws.

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Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

King of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015, a son of Ibn Saud who led the National Guard and made cautious reforms

Did you know? He established a multi-billion dollar science university where men and women can study together, a significant change for the kingdom.

Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1 August 1924 – 23 January 2015) was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 1 August 2005 until his death in 2015. Prior to his accession, he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 13 June 1982.

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Christopher Nolan

British-American director of The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception and Interstellar who won Oscars for Oppenheimer

Did you know? He famously avoids using a mobile phone or email, preferring to have scripts hand-delivered to his actors to ensure complete secrecy.

Sir Christopher Edward Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British and American filmmaker. Known for his Hollywood blockbusters with complex storytelling, Nolan is considered a leading filmmaker of the 21st century.

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Patrick Modiano

Nobel Prize-winning French novelist known for his works on memory

Did you know? He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1974 film Lacombe, Lucien, which explores the controversial subject of French collaboration during the German occupation.

Jean Patrick Modiano (French:; born 30 July 1945), generally known as Patrick Modiano, is a French novelist and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is a noted writer of autofiction, the blend of autobiography and historical fiction.

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