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Post by elizab on Apr 3, 2020 0:39:45 GMT -5
"Tiger" Eldrick Tont Woods
- professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins and ranks second in men's major championships and also holds numerous golf records. Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers, and one of the most famous athletes of all time.
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Post by jan4hs on Apr 3, 2020 7:52:21 GMT -5
Ulysses S. Grant - the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
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Post by Harry Potter on Apr 4, 2020 0:20:03 GMT -5
Vincent Willem van Gogh
- Dutch post-impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, and are characterised by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art. He was not commercially successful, and his suicide at 37 came after years of mental illness, depression and poverty.
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Post by raptor on Apr 5, 2020 3:55:28 GMT -5
William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
- English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet.
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Post by chopin on Apr 5, 2020 12:06:29 GMT -5
Xu Guangqi (or Hsü0 Kuang-ch'i)
also known by his baptismal name Paul, was a Chinese agronomist, astronomer, mathematician, politician, and writer during the Ming dynasty. Xu was a colleague and collaborator of the Italian Jesuits Matteo Ricci and Sabatino de Ursis and assisted their translation of several classic Western texts into Chinese.
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Post by elizab on Apr 6, 2020 4:39:08 GMT -5
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Post by Harry Potter on Apr 7, 2020 20:27:48 GMT -5
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Post by jan4hs on Apr 8, 2020 5:06:05 GMT -5
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger
- Austrian-American actor, filmmaker, businessman, author, and former politician and professional bodybuilder. He served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 to 2011. Schwarzenegger began lifting weights at the age of 15, and went on to win the Mr. Universe title at age 20 before winning the Mr. Olympia contest seven times; he remains a prominent presence in bodybuilding and has written many books and articles on the sport. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time, as well as the sport's most charismatic and famous ambassador.
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Post by raptor on Apr 8, 2020 18:35:44 GMT -5
"Bo" Vincent Edward Jackson - the only professional athlete in history to be named an All-Star in both baseball (MLB) and football (NFL)
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Post by chopin on Apr 10, 2020 0:22:31 GMT -5
Chris Evert Lloyd - retired American World No. 1 tennis player.
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Post by elizab on Apr 15, 2020 5:36:19 GMT -5
David Robert Joseph Beckham
- English former professional footballer, the current president of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City. He played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, LA Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain and the England national team, for which he held the appearance record for an outfield player until 2016.
He is the first English player to win league titles in four countries: England, Spain, the United States and France. He retired in May 2013 after a 20-year career, during which he won 19 major trophies.
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Post by Harry Potter on Apr 16, 2020 17:18:58 GMT -5
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, a.k.a. Pelé
- Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a forward.
He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
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Post by jusrme on Apr 17, 2020 21:50:25 GMT -5
Fred Haise ~ American Astronaut
an American former NASA astronaut, fighter pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force and test pilot. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, having flown as Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 13. He was to have been the sixth person to land and walk on the Moon, but the Apollo 13 mission was aborted before lunar landing.
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Post by elizab on Apr 22, 2020 0:56:27 GMT -5
Genghis Khan
- born Temüjin Borjigin,, also officially Genghis Emperor, was the founder and first Great Khan and Emperor of the Mongol Empire, which became the second largest contiguous empire in history after his death. He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia. After founding the Empire and being proclaimed Genghis Khan, he launched the Mongol invasions that conquered most of Eurasia.
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Post by jan4hs on Apr 23, 2020 10:51:18 GMT -5
Homer
- is the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are the central works of ancient Greek literature. The Iliad is set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek kingdoms.
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