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John Lennon

Singer-songwriter and co-founder of The Beatles, later a peace activist.

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David Cameron

David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton (born 9 October 1966), is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. Cameron was Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016 and Leader of the Opposition from 2005 to 2010.

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Ivo Andrić

Ivo Andrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иво Андрић, pronounced; born Ivan Andrić; 9 October 1892 – 13 March 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under Ottoman rule.

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Léopold Sédar Senghor

Léopold Sédar Senghor ( song-GOR, French:, Wolof: Léwopóol Sedaar Seŋoor; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese politician, cultural theorist and poet who served as the first president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980.

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Max von Laue

Max Theodor Felix von Laue (German:; 9 October 1879 – 24 April 1960) was a German physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 "for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals." In addition to his scientific endeavors with contributions in optics, crystallography, quantum theory,…

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Boris Nemtsov

Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov (Russian: Борис Ефимович Немцов; 9 October 1959 – 27 February 2015) was a Russian physicist, liberal statesman and politician, opposition leader and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin.

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Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012.

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Mahatma Gandhi

Leader of India's non-violent independence movement against British rule.

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John Lennon

Singer-songwriter and co-founder of The Beatles, later a peace activist.

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Serena Williams

Tennis champion who won 23 Grand Slam singles titles in the Open Era.

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