(1561 – 1626) Creator of the scientific method and key figure in Scientific Revolution of the Enlightenment.
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(1893 – 1976) Leader of the Communist Revolution and dictator of China from 1949-1974.
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(1721 – 1725) Russian Emperor who expanded the Tsarist Empire to make Russia European power.
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(600 – 530 BC) Founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian Empire. Relatively enlightened ruler.
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(1460s –1524) Portuguese explorer, first European to reach India and establish a route for imperialism.
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(541 – 604) Founder of China's Sui Dynasty and reunifying China in 589
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(1870 – 1924) Leader of the Russian Revolution and new Communist regime from 1917 to 1924.
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(216 – ) Iranian founder of Manichaeism, a gnostic religion which for a time was a rival to Christianity.
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(1903 – 1967) American biologist who created the oral contraceptive pill.
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(1917 – 1963) 38th President of the US. Served at the height of the Cold War and helped defuse Cuban Missile Crisis.
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(1766 – 1834) English scholar who raised concern over growing population.
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(1469 – 1527) Italian diplomat and Renaissance writer considered the father of political science.
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(1712-1778) – French philosopher, author of Social Contract
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(1707 – 1783) Swiss mathematician who made prolific discoveries in calculus and graph theory.
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(1901 – 1954) Italian-American physicist who created the first nuclear reactor
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(1571 – 1630) German mathematician and astronomer who created laws of planetary motion.
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(1694 – 1778). A key figure of European Enlightenment. His satirical writings played a role in the French Revolution
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(6th Century BC – ) Author of Tao Te Ching and founder of Taoism
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(1685 – 1750) Composer and organist who created some of the world's most beautiful music.
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(1845 – 1923) German physicist who discovered electromagnetic waves or X-rays.
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