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Betty Holberton

computer programmer and computing pioneer

Complete Number 1

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Betty Williams

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Complete Number 8

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Bill Gibb

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Complete Number 5

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Billie Holiday

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Complete Number 9

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Bob Dole

United States senator and public servant

Complete Number 8

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Bunny Briggs

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Burt Lancaster

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Complete Number 9

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Byron White

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Complete Number 5

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Camilo José Cela

The Nobel Prize in Literature laureate

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Carl D. Anderson

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Carl Dahlhaus

musicologist and scholar

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Carl Proffer

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Complete Number 33

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Carl Sagan

astronomer and science communicator

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Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

statesman and president

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Cary Grant

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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

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César Chávez

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César Milstein

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate

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Chan Parker

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Complete Number 7

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Charles B. Huggins

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate

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Charles Drew

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Charles H. Townes

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Complete Number 33

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Charles J. Pedersen

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Charles K. Kao

The Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Complete Number 22

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