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• Carrie Fisher

  Actress

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• Abraham Lincoln

  16Th U.S. President

  Sunday, Feb 12, 1809
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• Soren Kierkegaard

  Philosopher

  Wednesday, May 05, 1813
  Sunday, Nov 11, 1855

• Benjamin Franklin

  Founding Father Of The United States

  Sunday, Jan 17, 1706
  Saturday, Apr 17, 1790

• Thomas Sowell

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  Monday, Jun 30, 1930
  

• H. L. Mencken

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  Sunday, Sep 12, 1880
  Sunday, Jan 29, 1956

• Edgar Allan Poe

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  Thursday, Jan 19, 1809
  Sunday, Oct 07, 1849

• Winston Churchill

  Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom

  Monday, Nov 30, 1874
  Sunday, Jan 24, 1965

• Walt Disney

  Animator

  Thursday, Dec 05, 1901
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• Dolly Parton

  Singer-Songwriter

  Saturday, Jan 19, 1946
  

• Leonardo Da Vinci

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  Thursday, Apr 15, 1452
  Friday, May 02, 1519

• Khalil Gibran

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  Saturday, Jan 06, 1883
  Friday, Apr 10, 1931

• Stephen Hawking

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  Thursday, Jan 08, 1942
  

• Oprah Winfrey

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  Friday, Jan 29, 1954
  

• Henry David Thoreau

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  Saturday, Jul 12, 1817
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