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Anne Wiazemsky

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Antony Hewish

The Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

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Anwar Sadat

statesman and president

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Archer John Porter Martin

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Aretha Franklin

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Arik Einstein

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Arne Tiselius

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate

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Arno Penzias

The Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

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Arthur Ashkin

The Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

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Arthur Kornberg

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate

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Arthur L. Schawlow

The Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

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Arthur Rudolph

rocket engineer

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Arvid Carlsson

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate

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Aung San

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Axel Seeberg

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Barbara

singer-songwriter

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Barbara Dittus

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Barbara McClintock

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Bärbel Bohley

visual artist and civil-rights activist

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Bayard Rustin

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Bea Miles

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Ben R. Mottelson

The Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

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Benazir Bhutto

stateswoman and prime minister

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Berta Scharrer

scientist and neuroendocrinologist

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