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Abraham Lincoln 1809–1865 · Serving as the 16th president of the United States
Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · Theory of relativity
Alexander the Great 356–323 BC · Conquering the Persian Empire
Cleopatra c. 69–30 BC · Being the last active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt
Isaac Newton 1643–1727 · Laws of motion
Leonardo da Vinci 1452–1519 · Mona Lisa
Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · Leading India to independence
Marie Curie 1867–1934 · Discovering polonium and radium
Nelson Mandela 1918–2013 · Fighting apartheid
Nikola Tesla 1856–1943 · Alternating-current electricity system
William Shakespeare 1564–1616 · Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756–1791 · More than 600 works

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