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Tyler, Wat
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(?-1381)
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English
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Revolutionary. He led the Peasant's Revolt but was executed.
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1
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Tylor, Sir Edward
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(1832-1917)
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1
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Tyndale
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(?-1536)
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1
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Tyson, Mike
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(1966- )
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1
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Ulbricht, Walter
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(1893-1973)
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German
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Communist leader of East Germany. He built the infamous Berlin Wall to prevent his people from leaving.
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1
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Unamuno, Miguel de
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(1864-1936)
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2
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Underhill, Evelyn
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(1875-1941)
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1
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Updike, John
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(1932- )
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1
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Uris, Leon
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(1924- )
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1
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Urquhart, Sir Thomas
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(c.1611-1660)
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1
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Ussher
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(1581-1656)
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1
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Uthman
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(?-656)
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2
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Valachi, Joseph
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(1904-1971)
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1
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Valentino, Rudolph
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(1895-1926)
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Italian
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Silent screen actor. He became a symbol of male sensuality.
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1
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Valery, Paul
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(1871-1945)
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1
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van der Post, Sir Laurens
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(1906- )
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1
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Van Doren, Mark
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(1894-1972)
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1
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Vanbrugh, Sir John
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(1664-1726)
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1
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Vance, Cyrus
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(1917-2002)
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American
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Secretary of state. Serving under President Jimmy Carter, he struck some (both admirers and detractors) as almost a pacifist.
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1
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Vandenberg, Arthur
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(1884-1951)
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American
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Politician. After World War II, he became an ardent internationalist.
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1
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Vane, Sir Henry
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(1613-1662)
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1
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Vanzetti, Bartolomeo
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(1888-1927)
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1
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Varah
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(1911- )
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1
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Vaughan, Henry
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(1622-1695)
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1
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Veblen, Thorstein
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(1857-1929)
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1
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Veil, Simone
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(1927- )
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1
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Venn, John
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(1759-1813)
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1
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Verdi, Giuseppe
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(1813-1901)
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Italian
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Opera composer. He was a master of emotion.
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1
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Verlaine, Paul
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(1844-1896)
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1
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Verne, Jules
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(1828-1905)
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1
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Vico, Giambattista
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(1668-1744)
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2
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Victoria
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(1819-1901)
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1
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Vidal, Gore
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(1925- )
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1
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Vieira, Antonio
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(1608-1697)
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1
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Villa, Pancho
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(1878-1923)
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Mexican
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Revolutionary. A colorful figure, he was killed.
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1
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Villas-Boas, Claudio
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(1918- )
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1
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Villas-Boas, Leonardo
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(1920-1961)
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1
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Villas-Boas, Orlando
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(1916- )
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1
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Villiers, Charles
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(1802-1898)
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1
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Villon, Francois
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Poet
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3
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Vincent de Beauvais
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(c.1190-c.1264)
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1
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Vincent de Paul, St
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(c.1580-1660)
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1
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Virgil
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(70-19 BCE)
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1
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Visser 't Hooft, Willem
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(1900-1985)
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1
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Vittorino da Feltre
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(c.1378-1446)
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Vivekananda
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(1862-1902)
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2
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Vladimir I, St
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(956-1015)
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1
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Volcker, Paul
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(1927- )
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American
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1
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Volstead, Andrew
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(1860-1947)
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American
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Politician. The Volstead Act (1919) prohibited alcohol across the U.S.
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1
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Voltaire
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(1694-1778)
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2
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von Wright, Georg
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(1916- )
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1
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Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr
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(1922- )
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1
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Voragine, Jacobus de
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(c.1230-1298)
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2
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Vygotsky, Lev
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(1896-1934)
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1
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Vyshinsky, Andrey
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(1883-1954)
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1
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Wagner, Richard
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(1813-1883)
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German
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Opera composer. He was a master myth-maker.
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1
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Waismann, Friedrich
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(1896-1959)
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1
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Wald, Lillian
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(1867-1940)
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1
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Waldo, Peter
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(f1.1175)
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1
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Walesa, Lech
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(1943- )
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Polish
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President. As head of the Solidarity Union, he challenged the Communist regime.
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1
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Walker, William
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(1824-1860)
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1
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Wallace, DeWitt
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(1889-1981)
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American
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Publisher. He founded The Reader's Digest. Did he bring literature and information to the masses, or alternatively did he epitomize "low brow" culture?
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1
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Wallace, George
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(1919-1998 )
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American
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Governor. He became famous for opposing racial integration, although he later relented. A tireless demagogue, he ran for president, was shot, and lived thereafter in a wheelchair.
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1
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Wallace, Henry
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(1888-1965)
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1
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Wallace, Sir William
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(c.1270-1305)
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Scottish
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A brave knight. He began a rebellion against English rule which seemed to fail, but ultimately succeeded under Robert Bruce.
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Wallenberg, Raoul
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(1912-?47)
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2
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Walling, William
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(1877-1936)
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2
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Walpole, Horace
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(1717-1797)
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1
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Walton, Izaak
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(1593-1683)
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1
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Wang Anshi
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(1021-1086)
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1
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Wang Yangming
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(1472-1529)
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2
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Ward, Dame Barbara
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(1914-1981)
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2
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Ward, James
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(1843-1925)
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1
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Ward, Mary
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(1585-1645)
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1
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Ward, Mary
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(1851-1920)
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1
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Ward, Sir Joseph
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(1856-1930)
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1
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Warhol, Andy
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(1927-1987)
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2
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Warnock, Mary
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(1924- )
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Warren, Earl
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(1891-1974)
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2
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Warren, Robert
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(1905-1989)
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Warwick, Richard
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(1428-1471)
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English
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Earl of Neville, soldier, king-maker. He changed allegiances as it suited him in the War of the Roses but was eventually killed.
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Washington, Booker T.
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(1856-1915)
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Washington, George
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(1732-1799)
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2
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Waters, Ethel
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(1900-1977)
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Watson, John
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(1878-1958)
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2
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Waugh, Evelyn
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(1903-1966)
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1
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Wayne, John
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(1907-1979)
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American
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Actor. He came to represent the physically commanding as well as "tough" man.
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2
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Webb, Beatrice
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(1858-1943)
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2
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Webb, Sidney
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(1859-1947)
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1
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Weber, Max
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(1864-1920)
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2
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Webster, Daniel
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(1782-1852)
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American
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Orator, politician. He epitomized the great political speaker.
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1
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Webster, Noah
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(1758-1843)
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1
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Wechsler, David
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(1896-1981)
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1
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Weems, Mason
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(1759-1825)
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1
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Weil, Simone
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(1909-1943)
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2
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Weizmann, Chaim
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(1874-1952)
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Israeli
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President. He was a leading Zionist and became the first president of Israel.
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2
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Wellcome, Henry
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(1853-1936)
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British
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Pharmaceutical company owner, philanthropist.
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1
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Welles, Gideon
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(1802-1878)
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1
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Wellington, Arthur Wellesley
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(1769-1852)
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Irish
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General. He defeated Napoleon, became a conservative prime minister, and represented the triumph of solid convention over radicalism.
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1
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Wells, H. G.
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(1866-1946)
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1
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Welty, Eudora
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(1909- )
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1
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Wendi
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(ruled 179-157 BCE)
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Chinese
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Emperor. He instituted competitive exams for state officials, but, oddly, based them on literary texts.
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