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Robert Fulghum

Robert Fulghum

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Robert Fulghum (born June 4, 1937) is an American author, primarily of short essays

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Lord Kelvin

Lord Kelvin

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William S. Gilbert

William S. Gilbert

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a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)

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Charlie Finley

Charlie Finley

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Charles Oscar Finley (February 22, 1918 - February 19, 1996), nicknamed Charlie O or Charley O, was an American businessman who is best remembered for his tenure as the owner of the Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball team (tenure actually started when the team was still based in Kansas City)

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Oliver Bevan

Oliver Bevan

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Oliver Bevan is a British artist who was born in Peterborough, UK, and educated at Eton College.

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Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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Grantland Rice

Grantland Rice

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Sir Isaiah Berlin

Sir Isaiah Berlin

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Lord John Whorfin

Lord John Whorfin

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Lord John Whorfin is a character from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension movie

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Robert Fulford

Robert Fulford

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Robert Fulford, O.C., (born February 13, 1932 in Ottawa) is a Canadian journalist, a magazine editor, and an essayist. He lives in Toronto

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William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs

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United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)

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Joseph B. Wirthlin

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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Joseph Bitner Wirthlin was an American businessman, religious leader and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Charles H. Mayo

Charles H. Mayo

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Olive Schreiner

Olive Schreiner

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Olive Schreiner was a South African author, anti-war campaigner and intellectual.

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Sir Henry Wotton

Sir Henry Wotton

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Emo Philips

Emo Philips

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Emo Philips is an American entertainer and comedian born in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.

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Lord Jeffery

Lord Jeffery

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Robert Fritz

Robert Fritz

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Robert Jordan Fritz is an author, management consultant, composer, and filmmaker.

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William S. Buroughs

William S. Buroughs

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Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

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English comedian and film maker; portrayed a downtrodden little man in baggy pants and bowler hat (1889-1977)

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Charles H. Duell

Charles H. Duell

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Charles H. Duell was the commissioner of the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 1899 and is famous for purportedly saying "Everything that can be invented has been invented." However this has been debunked as apocryphal by librarian Samuel Sass

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Olin Miller

Olin Miller

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Grant Wood

Grant Wood

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United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942)

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Sir Henry Taylor

Sir Henry Taylor

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Sir Henry Taylor (October 18, 1800 - March 27, 1886) was an English dramatist

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