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Jamie Oliver

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James Trevor "Jamie" Oliver, MBE(born 27 May 1975) is an English celebrity chef, restauranteur, and media personality known for his food-focused television shows, cookbooks and more recently his global campaign for better food education.

UK 70’s Catering

Pat Arrowsmith


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Pat Arrowsmith (born March 2, 1930) is a British author and peace campaigner.

UK 30’s Activist

Perri Kiely


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Perri Luc Kiely (born 15 December 1995) is a British street dancer, best known as a current member of the dance troupe Diversity, who won the third series of Britain's Got Talent.

UK 90’s Performer

Charlie Chaplin


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Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor and filmmaker who rose to fame in the silent film era. Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his screen persona "the Tramp" and is considered one of the most important figures of the film industry

UK 1800’s Performer

Sir Winston Churchill


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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army a historian, a writer (as Winston S. Churchill), and an artist.

UK Nov 1800’s Politician

Chevalier Ruspini


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Bartholomew Ruspini (c. 1728 – December 1813) was an Italian-born British surgeon-dentist and philanthropist in the 18th century, remembered for founding the Royal Masonic School for Girls.

UK 1700’s Philanthropist

Anna Thynne


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Anna Thynne (née Beresford 1806–1866) was a British marine zoologist. She built the first stable sustained marine aquarium in 1846 and maintained corals and sponges for over three years

UK 1800’s Scientist

Jessie J


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Jessica Ellen Cornish (born 27 March 1988), better known by her stage name Jessie J, is an English singer and songwriter. Born and brought up in London, England, she studied at the BRIT School before signing with Gut Records and striking a songwriting deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing where she wrote for artists including Chris Brown and Miley Cyrus.

UK 80’s Performer

J. K. Rowling


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J. K. Rowling is a British novelist best known as the author of the Harry Potterfantasy series. The books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies. They have become the best-selling book series in history and been the basis for a series of films which became the highest-grossing film series in history.

UK 60’s Writer

William Shakespeare


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was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".

UK 1500’s Writer

Bear Grylls


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Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls (born 7 June 1974) is a British adventurer, writer and television presenter. He is widely known for his television series Man vs. Wild originally titled Born Survivor: Bear Grylls in the United Kingdom. Grylls is also involved in a number of wilderness survival television series in the United Kingdom.

UK 70’s Adventurer

Richard Branson


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Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English businessman and investor. He is best known as the founder of Virgin Group, which comprises more than 400 companies.

UK 50’s Business

Victoria Beckham


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Victoria Caroline Beckham (née Adams; born 17 April 1974) is an English businesswoman, fashion designer, model and singer. In the late 1990s, Beckham rose to fame with the all-female pop group Spice Girls and was dubbed Posh Spice.

UK 70’s Performer

Mary Berry


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Mary-Rosa Alleyne Berry, (born 24 March 1935) is an English food writer and television presenter. After being encouraged in domestic science classes at school, she went to college to study catering. She then moved to France at the age of 21 to study at Le Cordon Bleu school, before working in a number of cooking-related jobs.

UK 30’s Catering

Thomas Telford


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Thomas Telford (1757–1834) was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels.

UK 1700’s Engineer

Mistr Jan Hus


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Mistr Jan Hus was a Czech priest, philosopher, reformer and master at Charles University in Prague.In his works he criticized religious moral activities in which the Catholic found themself. He was burned at the stake 6. 7. 1415.

Czech Rep 1300’s Philosopher

Michal Velíšek


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Editor of TV Nova, murdered on Charles Square after he helped assaulted woman. Michal Velíšek‘s award is given each year for heroic acts.

Czech Rep 70’s Unsung Hero

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk


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Thomas Masaryk was a Czechoslovak politican, sociologist and philosopher. He became the founder and first president of Czechoslovakia.

Czech Rep 1800’s Politician

Petra Kvitová


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She is the best czech tennis player. She won Wimbledon two times and Fed Cup three times. She is now the second best tennis player of the world.

Czech Rep 90’s Sport

Petr Čech


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He is a Czech football goalkeeper. At present he plays for Chelsea FC and Czech national football team.. He has played in teams Viktoria Plzeň, Hops Blšany, Sparta Prague, and Rennes.


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Is an animated character in a series of cartoons by Czech animator Zdeněk Miler in 1956. He is popular in many Central European countries. On May 16,2011 a plush toy of krtek flew to the moon on the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Czech Rep 50’s Fictional

Karel IV


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Charles IV , born in Prague, he was the second King of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg and was the first King of Bohemia to become Holy Roman Emperor. Founder of Charles University.

Czech Rep 1300’s Leader

Karel Čapek


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He was a writer and journalist. He invented the word robot. Gestapo had named him Czechoslovakia's "public enemy number two.’’ He had brother Josef Čapek, who died in concentration camp.

Czech Rep 1800’s Writer

John Amos Comenius


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He was a Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer.

Czech Rep 1500’s Philosopher

Jaromír Jágr


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Jaromír Jágr is a Czech professional ice hockey right wing currently playing for New Jersey Devils in NHL.He wears number 68.


Jára Cimrman


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Cimrman is fictional character. He was invented by Ladislav Smoljak, Zdeněk Svěrák and Jiří Šebánek. He was a philopher, dentist, writer, actor, teacher and famous inventor. He was so perfect and he has his own theater.

Czech Rep Unknown Fictional

Jan Palach


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He was a student of history and political economy of Charles University , who sacrificed his life to protest against the suppression of freedom after the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Russians. On 16 January 1969, he set himself on fire on Wenceslas Square in Prague. He died in hospital three days later.

Czech Rep 40’s Activist

Václav Havel


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Václav Havel was the first president of the Czech Republic. Václav Havel is known for his plays, essays, poets, and memoirs, too. He was also the 9th and the last president of Czechoslovakia.

Czech Rep 30’s Writer/Leader

Bedřich Smetana


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He was a very popular Czech composer.When he was a child, he was a pianist. One of his best composition was „Prodaná nevěsta“.

Czech Rep 1800’s Music

Niki Lauda


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Niki Lauda was one of the most famous formula one drivers in Austria. He won the world championship three times! He has two airlines named “Lauda Air” and “flyniki”, but he sold both. 2014 he won the world championship a fourth time with Lewis Hamilton as chief off supervisory board. There is also a Film about his life called "Rush".

Austria 1940’s Sport

Peter Mitterhoffer


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He was an Austrian carpenter and inventor. He is considered the inventor of the first typewriter. In 1964, he presented his first model in Vienna. It has 30 push buttons and can still be seen in the technical museum of Vienna.

Austria 1800’sInventor

Arnold Schwarzenegger


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He is an Austrian-born American actor, filmmaker, activist, businessperson, investor, writer, philanthropist, former professional bodybuilder, and politician. He became famous with his role “The Terminator”. Schwarzenegger served two terms as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011.

Austrian 40’s Actor

Udo Jürgens


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Udo Jürgens is an Austrian composer and singer of popular music whose career spans over fifty years. He has written more than 800 songs and sold over 100 million records. Some of his most famous songs are "Griechischer Wein", "Aber bitte mit Sahne", "Mit 66 Jahren", and – one of his biggest successes – "Buenos Días, Argentina", which he performed together with the German national football team in 1978.

Austrian 30’s Music

Josef Madersperger


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He was born on the 6th of October in 1768 in Kufstein. In 1807, he began the development of the sewing machine, spending all his savings and leisure time. In 1814, he presented his first sewing machine, which imitated a human hand. Madersperger did not commercialize the 1815 granted privilege, which expired after 3 years. In 1841, he received a bronze medal from the lower Austrian business society.

Czech Rep 1700’s Inventor

Maria Theresia


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Maria Theresia was the only female sovereign from the House of Habsburg and ruled for forty years over the Habsburg monarchy including Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria, Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma. She had 16 children and was famous for initiating financial and educational reforms and reorganized the Austrian military.

Austria 1700’s Royalty

Konrad Lorenz


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Konrad Lorenz has been called “The father of ethology” and his most important contribution to ethology was his idea that behavior patterns can be studied as anatomical organs. He watched Greylag geese and discovered the principle of attachment, or imprinting (Prägung), through which in some species a bond is formed between a new born animal and its caregiver. In 1973, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Austria 00’s Scientist

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart


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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian musician and composer who was born January 27th 1756 in Salzburg, and died on December 5th 1791 in Vienna. His compositions are "Zauberflöte" and "Die kleine Nachtmusik" for example.

Austria 1700’s Music

Joseph Mohr


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Joseph Mohr was a Catholic priest who was born in Salzburg in 1792. In 1816 Mohr wrote "Silent Night" in Mariapfarr. On Christmas Eve in 1818, Joseph Mohr asked his friend Franz Xaver Gruber to write the music for his poem. The song was performed at midnight mass with a guitar and a choir. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in March 2011.


Johann Strauss (son)


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Johann Strauss was a great musician, conductor and composer. He wrote the Austrian National Hymn, called "An der schönen blauen Donau", also known as "Donauwalzer". His pieces belong to the romantic era.


Falco


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Falco (Johann „Hans“ Hölzel) was an Austrian Musician and he had several international hits, such as "Rock Me Amadeus“, “Jeanny" and "Out of the Dark". Falco died when his car collided with a bus in the Dominican Republic. His estate claims he has sold 20 million albums and 15 million singles, which makes him the best selling Austrian singer of all time.


Hundertwasser


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He was born in 1928 as Friedensreich Stowasser.He was famous because of his very special way of painting with a lot of colours and ornaments. Additionally he was a famous architect and he invented and built houses, which are as colourful and round as his pictures as for instance the "Hundertwasserhaus" in Vienna. His mission was to live in harmony with nature.

Austria 20’s Art

Elfriede Jelinek


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Elfriede Jelinek, born on the 20th of October 1946, is an Austrian author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. She writes about abuses in public, political and private life of the Austrian society.

Austria 40’s Writer

Gustav Klimt


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Klimt chose to go off the beaten track of conventional and traditional academic art and adopted the new trend in European modern art. He is especially known for his “Art Nouveau” paintings, a genre of art that was inspired by natural forms and structures. His most famous painting is “The Kiss”, which is exhibited in the Belvedere Museum in Vienna.

Austria 1800’s Art

Ingeborg Bachmann


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Was an Austrian play writer, poet and author. Bachmann's work primarily focuses on themes like personal boundaries, establishment of the truth, and philosophy of language. The prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, awarded annually in Klagenfurt since 1977, is named after her.

Austria 20’s Writer

Julio Iglesias


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Spanish singer and songwriter who has sold more than 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages and released more than 80 albums, and more than 2,600 gold and platinum records certified. According to Sony Music Entertainment, he is the best selling music artist in history and one of the world's best-selling artists of all time.

Spain 40’s Music

Íker Casillas


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Spanish goalkeeper who plays for and captains both Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. In 2008 he was the captain of the Spanish team that won their first European Championship in 44 years, the Spanish team that went on to win Spain's first World Cup (a tournament in which he won the Golden Glove also known as the Yashin Award) and the 2012 European Championship.

Spain 80’s Sport

Juan de la Cierva


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Spanish Murcian civil engineer, pilot and aeronautical engineer. His most famous accomplishment was the invention in 1920 of the Autogiro, a single-rotor type of aircraft that came to be called autogyro in the English language. In 1923, after four years of experimentation, De la Cierva developed the articulated rotor

Spain 1800’s Engineer

Pau Gasol


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Pau Gasol Sáez is a Spanish professional basketball player who currently plays for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association

Spain 80’s Sport

Raphael Nadal


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Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player currently ranked world No. 7. He is widely regarded as one of the finest clay court players in history and has been nicknamed "The King of Clay.“”

Spain 80’s Sport

Adolfo Suárez


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Adolfo Suárez González, 1st Duke of Suárez, Grandee of Spain KOGF OCIII was a Spanish attorney and politician.

Spain 30’s Politics

José Carreras


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Josep Maria Carreras i Coll, better known as José Carreras, is a Spanish tenor who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Verdi and Puccini.

Spain 40’s Music

El Cid Campeador


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Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar was a Castilian nobleman and military leader in medieval Hispanic kingdoms. He was called El Cid by the Moors and El Campeador by Christians. He is the otherwise real but made legendary national hero of Castile.

Spain 1000’s Leader

Isaac Peral


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Isaac Peral y Caballero, was a Spanish engineer, naval officer and designer of the Peral Submarine. He joined the Spanish navy in 1866, and developed an electric-powered submarine.

Spain 1800’s Inventor

Don Quixote


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Don Quixote, fully titled The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

Spain 1600’s Fictional

Antonio Banderas


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José Antonio Domínguez Banderas, better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor, director, and producer.

Spain 60’s Actor

Yvonne


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Yvonne was played by the Danish actor Kirsten Walther. In the movie she was married to Kjeld - the little fat man from the gang. Her character is the demanding, much spoken woman, who have her heart the right place.

Denmark 70’s Fictional

Kierkegaard


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Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher.He wrote critical texts on religion, Christendom, morality, ethics, psychology and philosophy of religion, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and parables.

Denmark 1800’s Philosopher

Pedro Almodóvar


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Spanish film director, screenwriter, producer and former actor. He came to prominence as a director and screenwriter during La Movida Madrileña, a cultural renaissance that followed the death of Spanish dictator Franco. His first few films characterized the sense of freedom.

Spain 40’s Film

Rifbjerg


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Rifbjerg was born in Copenhagen and grew up on the island of Amager, a part of the city, the child of two teachers. Later he studied English and literature, in Copenhagen and for a year in the United States at Princeton University.

Denmark 30’s Writer

Quark


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Quark is a figure in the cartoon Valhalla and Quark, originally made by Mr. Peter Madsen . Quark was not part of the Nordic mythology. But he is a fantastic figure in the movie

Denmark 00’s Fictional

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Tordenskjold (lit.Thunder Shield), was a Danish nobleman and an eminent naval flag officer in the service of the Royal Dane-Norwegian Navy. He rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral for his services in the Great Northern War. Born in Trondheim.

Denmark 1600’s War Hero

Niels Bohr


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Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research.

Denmark 1800’s Scientist

Nicklas Bendtner


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Danish football player. He was not a succes in Itaay, in Arsenal or where ever he has played, even he is playing as a striker on the Danish national team. He has often been mentioned in the media, mostly for driving drunk, bad behavior, slapping taxidrivers etc. But he score goals for Denmark, and the Danes love him. Today he plays in Wolfburg in Germany

Denmark 80’s Sport

Leonora Christina


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The daughter of King Christian IV of Denmark and wife of Steward of the Realm–cum–traitor Count Corfitz Ulfeldt. Renowned in Denmark since the 19th century for her posthumously published autobiography, Jammers Minde, written secretly during two decades of solitary confinement in a royal dungeon.

Denmark 1600’s Writer

Jesper Sorensen


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Jesper is suffering of a disease called progeria,He is 16 years old, but caught in an old body . He is the only in Denmark, who has this disease

Denmark 2000’s Unsung Hero

Janus Friis


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Janus Friis was born d.26 June in 1976 in CopenhagenAs 15 years old, he moved to his own flat, and started an ITC company . He made Skype i august 2003.Janus Friis and his Swedish business partner Niklas Zennström sold Skype into eBay for 18 billion D.Kr. I 2005.

Denmark Computing

Holger Danske


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Danish resistance group during World War II. It was created by veteran volunteers from the Winter War who had fought on the Finnish side against the Soviet Union. It was among the largest Danish resistance groups and consisted of around 350 volunteers towards the end of the war.

Danish 40’s War Hero

Frederik


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Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, RE, SKmd(Frederik André Henrik Christian; Danish pronunciation:; born 26 May 1968) is the heir apparent to the throne of Denmark. Frederik is the elder son of Queen Margrethe II and Henrik, the Prince Consort.

Denmark 60’s Royalty

Dan Turrell


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Danish musician and poet also known as Uncle DannyBorn 19th March 1946 in Frederiksberg.Black nails and a provo was his image. Today there is a Square in Copenhagen named after him.

Denmark 40’s Music

Camilla Pedersen


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After being in coma for 19 days, caused by an accident and fall on her bike, Camilla did what nobody expected struck led her way back - back on the throne, and won the World Championship in China, one year after her fall.

Denmark 80’s Sport

Jean Moulin


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Jean Moulin was an officer in the French army and he was a high-profile member of the French resistance during WWII .He is remembered as a great hero of the Resistance .He unified the Resistance .He was arrested and tortured by the German Police (the Gestapo) and he died soon after in prison ,in Lyon. He is buried in the pantheon in Paris where the main French heroes are.

France 1900’s War hero

Abbé Pierre


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He was a French Catholic priest. He was very popular because he founded the movement EMMAUS in order to help the poor and homeless people. He became famous during the extremely cold winter 1954 in France.

France 50’s Religion

Charles De Gaulle


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He was one of the greatest political leaders of France. He refused to accept the German occupation during WWII and he organized the Resistance to the invaders. He was elected President of the French Republic (1958-1969) and he revised the Constitution. He granted Independence to Algeria and the African colonies. He was a great President.

France 1800’s Leader

Coco Chanel


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She was a miliner, a fashion-designer and a fabulous dress-maker. She is at the origin of the “Chanel Brand”, famous for her fragrances and fashionable dresses which remain as a symbol of French elegance. She changed the way women felt about themselves by changing the way they could get dresses. Her name is synonym of fashion.

France 1800’s Fashion

Coluche


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He was a humorist and an actor. He became popular because he is at the origin of the charity called “the restaurant of the heart” that provides food to the people in need especially in winter. He died in a motorbike accident but people of the show business still encourage people by performing a show and the money they collect goes to the charity.

France 40’s Actor

Daniel Balavoine


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He was a singer and a songwriter. He helped Africa by exporting pumps to extract water. He is regarded as one of the first humanitarian artists. He was also renowned for his social dimension and his media stands. He died tragically in a helicopter crash on his way to Africa.

France 50’s Music

Jean Jacques Goldman


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A very popular singer and song-writer. He is involved in lots of charities and in particular “the Restaurants of the Heart”. He is the main responsible for the great performance which gathers lots of singers and celebrities. They produce a CD that is sold all over France and the money they collect goes to “the Restaurants of the Heart” charity.

France 50’s Music

Gustave Eiffel


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He was a French engineer. He built the world wide famous EIFFEL TOWER (all steel-made) which stands in Paris on the Champ de Mars. He also helped his friend Bartholdi to build the Statue of Liberty which stands at the entrance of New-York harbour. He had innovative ideas and promoted the industry in France and manufactured products.

France 1800’s Engineer

Yves Cousteau


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He was a navy officer, an explorer, a great scientist and photographer. He is well known for his submarine explorations with his famous submarine called “Calypso” as well as his documentaries. He pioneered marine films. His most popular film is “the world of silence”. He devoted his life to the ocean and its mysteries.

France 10’s Scientist

Jules Ferry


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He was a great statesman and republican. He believed in free, tolerant, compulsory school for everybody. When he was in the government, his law was adopted. He promoted laicism. Many French schools in France are named Jules Ferry after this great man.

France 1800’s Politics

Louis Pasteur


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He was a fabulous chemist and biologist . He invented a preservation method called pasteurization . He was interested in medical research and defectious diseases . after long and painful researches, he discovered the vaccine against rabies and anthrax and chicken cholera

France 1800’s Science

Marie Curie


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She was an extraordinary physicist. She worked and discovered radio-activity, radium and polonium. She is the only woman to have been rewarded Two Nobel Prizes (physics and chemistry) and the first woman to teach in the famous university of La Sorbonne in Paris. She was a pioneer of nuclear Physics.

France 1800’s Scientist

Robert Badinter


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He was a great lawyer. He devoted his life to the abolishment of the death penalty in France. He succeeded in 1981 when he became the Minister of Justice. He wrote many books in which he talked about his fights for justice. He was a defender of the rights of children.

France 20’s Politician

Simone Veil


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Simone Veil is a French lawyer and politician who served as a Minister of Health for a long time. She was a survivor of the Auschwitz extermination camp where she lost part of her family. She pushed forward laws to legalize abortion and she succeeded in January 1975; It was her hardest political fight. But she is also the one who legalizes the contraceptive pill.

France 20’s Politician

Victor Hugo


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He was a fabulous writer, playwriter, poet and novelist of the French Romantism. He was also involved in politics. He wrote world-wide famous novels such as: the Misérables or Le Bossu de Notre Dame De Paris, and lots of so beautiful romantic poems. His poems are still learnt by French Kids.

France 1800’s Writer

Giorgio Perlasca


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Saved 5218 Jews from deportation to Nazi German death camps in Eastern Europe during the 2nd World

Italy 10’s War Hero

Simone Neri


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He was an officer of the Italian Navy who sacrified himself saving 8 people from the mud during the flood


Salvo D'Acquisto


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He sacrified himself to save 22 million from being executed by German soldiers during the 2nd world war.


Giovanni Falcone


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Spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of the Sicilian Mafia. He was killed by the Corleonesi Mafia in 1992 on the motorway near the town of Capaci.

Italy 30’s Campaigner

Giuseppe Verdi


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Famous for the power of his music. He made the drama the most important thing with the help of music.

Italy 1800’s Music

Luciano Pavarotti


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He was one of the finest tenors of the 20th century who also crossed over into popular music. Annually hosted the Pavarotti's friends concerts in Modena to raise money for several causes.

Italy 30’s Music

Pope John XXIII


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He was known as a Good Shepherd. He carried out the duty of mercy: visiting the imprisoned and the sick, welcoming those of every nation and faith.

Italy 1800’s Faith

Samantha Cristoforetti


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She is a European Space Agency astronaut, Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. She is the first Italian woman in space.

Italy 70’s Action Hero

Pierpaolo Bruni


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Public prosecutor, member of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate, has brought to justice bosses of the 'Ndrangheta, the mafia organization, shaking the roots of a criminal system. He is still active.

Italy 60’s Campaigner

Maria Montessori


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First female doctor in Italy. She developed a new and innovative method of education for disabled children also used for normal ones.

Italy 1800’s Philanthropist

Jovanotti


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As a convinced pacifist, he frequently worked with organizations such as Amnesty international and he has contributed to events dedicated to debt relief.

Italy 60’s Activist

Christopher Colombus

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Christopher Columbus is the explorer who is credited for discovering America. Of course, there were already people living in America at the time who we call Native Americans. Columbus' voyage started the exploration and colonization of the Americas

Italy 1400’s Explorer

Rita Levi Montalcini


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Italian doctor and developmental neurobiologist who received in 1986 the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF). She also served in the Italian Senate.

Italy 1900’s Scientist

Saint Francis of Assissi


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Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the Third Order of Saint Francis . Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history. Francis arranged for the first Christmas nativity scene. In 1224, he received the stigmata, making him the first recorded person to bear the wounds of Christ's Passion.

Italy 1110’s Faith

Francesco Totti


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Italian footballer who is the captain of Serie A club Roma. He is considered to be one of the greatest players of his generation, and also as Roma's greatest player ever. He holds the record for having won five Italian Footballer of the Year awards. Totti became a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF in 2003, and the FIFA/SOS Children's Villages in January 2006.

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