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100: Tirthankara of Jainism
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Mahavira
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99: Emperor of Byzantium
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Justinian
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98: Greek poet and "Illiad" author
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Homer
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97: 9th century emperor who united Europe
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Charlemagne
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96: Egyptian Pharaoh who united Egypt in 3000 BC
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Menes
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95: Soviet premier who dissolved the Soviet Union
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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94: Tudor Queen of England
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Elizabeth I
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93: Prophet and founder of Zoroastrianism
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Zoroaster
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92: Chinese philosopher and interpreter of Confucianism
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Mencius
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91: Owner of automobile manufacturer during the 1920s and 30s
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Henry Ford
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90: Philosopher and statesman, creator of scientific figures during the Enlightenment
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Francis Bacon
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89: Dictator of China from 1947-1974
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Mao Zedong
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88: Tsar who expanded Russia during the 1700s, making it a European power
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Peter the Great
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87: Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire
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Cyrus the Great
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86: Portuguese explorer and first European to reach India
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Vasco da Gama
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85: Founder of the Sui Dynasty during the 6th century
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Sui Wen Ti
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84: Leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution
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Vladimir Lenin
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83: Founder of Manichaeism
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Mani
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82: American scientist who created the oral contraceptive
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Gregory Pincus
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81: 38th President of the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis, famous for his death in 1963
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John F. Kennedy
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80: English scholar who raised concern of rising population
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Thomas Malthus
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79: Italian diplomat who is considered the father of political science
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Nicoli Machiavelli
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78: French philosopher and author of "Social Contract"
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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77: Swiss mathematician who made discoveries in calculus and graphing
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Leonhard Euler
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76: Italian-American physicist who made the first nuclear reactor
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Enrico Fermi
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75: German mathematician who created the laws of planetary motion
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Johannes Kepler
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74: French political author who wrote during and about the French Revolution
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Voltaire
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73: Founder of Taoism
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Lao Tzu
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72: German composer. Some of his most famous pieces are played on cello
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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71: German scientist who discovered electromagnetic waves
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William C. Roentgen
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70: Developed the first vaccine
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Edward Jenner
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69: Austrian pseudoscientist who founded psychoanalysis
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Sigmund Freud
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68: First Norman king of England
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William I (The Conquerer)
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67: Roman ruler who ran military campaigns throughout Europe until his assassination in 44 BC on the Ides
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Julius Caesar
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66: Brutal dictator of the Soviet Union from 1924 throughout WWII to his death in 1953
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Joseph Stalin
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65: Queen of Castile who helped create a much more powerful Spain
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Isabella I
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64: 3rd President of the US, principle author of the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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63: Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
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Hernando Cortes
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62: Also a Spanish conqueror, this time ending the Incan Empire
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Francisco Pizarro
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61: German engineer who fathered the petrol engine
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Nikolaus August Otto
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60: British surgeon who first used antiseptic during his 19th century surgery
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Joseph Lister
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59: German theoretical physicist who developed quantum theories and discovered energy quanta
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Max Planck
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58: Czech-Austrian scientist who founded the modern study of genetics
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Gregor Mendel
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57: Christian theologian who developed his own brand of Protestant Christianity
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John Calvin
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56: British physicist who first split the atom
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Ernest Rutherford
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55: English physician who developed the idea of blood circulation
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William Harvey
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54: Christian saint and writer who developed much of Western Christian thought
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St. Augustine
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53: Indian monarch who founded the Maurya Empire
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Asoka
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52: Powerful Muslim caliph and close senior companion to Prophet Muhammad
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Umar ibn al-Khattab
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51: Pope who called the First Crusade in 1096
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Urban II
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50: Renaissance painter who created the roof of the Sistine Chapel
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Michelangelo
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49: French philosopher who said "I think therefore I am"
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Rene Descartes
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48: Latin American liberator
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Simon Bolivar
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47: French artist and photographer who is believed to have invented the camera
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Louis Daguerre
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46: German pioneer of Quantum mechanics
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Werner Heisenberg
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45: German composer who was deaf
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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44: English political philosopher who promoted modern liberal democracy
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John Locke
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43: Scottish father of penicillin
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Alexander Fleming
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42: Scottish father of the telephone
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Alexander Graham Bell
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41: Leader of the Roundheads during the English Civil War
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Oliver Cromwell
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40: Greek philosopher who taught Aristotle
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Plato
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39: Dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933-45
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Adolf Hitler
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38: Italian engineer who developed radio transmittion
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Guglielmo Marconi
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37: American dentist who developed modern anaesthetic
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William T.G. Morton
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36. Dutch chemist and father of microbiology
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Antony van Leeuwenhoek
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35: Inventor of the light bulb
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Thomas Edison
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34: French general who commanded France throughout European wars in the early-1800s
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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33: King of Macedonia and founder of the Macedon Empire
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Alexander the Great
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32: English chemist who made influential contributions to atomic theory
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John Dalton
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31: English poet and playwright who revolutionized the English language
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William Shakespeare
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30: Scottish social philosopher who pioneered modern economics
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Adam Smith
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29: Leader of the Mongols and created the largest land empire in history
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Genghis Khan
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28: Brothers who flew the first plane
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Wright Brothers
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27: Author of the "Communist Manifesto" along with Friedrich Engels
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Karl Marx
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26: 1st President of the US and Founding Father
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George Washington
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25: Father of the Protestant Reformation
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Martin Luther
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24: Scottish mathematician who revolutionized electromagnetism
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James Clerk Maxwell
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23: English scientist who contributed in electromagnetism and electrochemistry
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Michael Faraday
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22: Scottish engineer who created the first efficient steam engine
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James Watt
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21: Roman Emperor who accepted Christianity into the Roman emperor
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Constantine the Great
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20: French chemist who lead the Chemical Revolution
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Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
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19: Mathematician who believed the Sun was at the centre of the universe rather than Earth
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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18: First Emperor of Rome
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Augustus
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17: King of the State of Qin who united China in 221 BCE
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Shih Huang Ti
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16: Scientist who proposed the theory of evolution
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Charles Darwin
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15: Jewish/Christian prophet who wrote the Ten Commandments and parted the seas
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Moses
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14: Greek mathematician who fathered geometry
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Euclid
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13: Greek philosopher who was taught by Plato
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Aristotle
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12: Italian scientist who confirmed the heliocentric view of the universe
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Galileo Galilei
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11: French scientist who developed efficient ways to clean food products and developed cures for infectious diseases
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Louis Pasteur
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10: German-American scientist who developed the theory of relativity
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Albert Einstein
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9: Explorer who discovered the Americas
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Christopher Columbus
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8: Inventor of the printing press
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Johannes Gutenberg
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7: Inventor of paper
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Ts'ai Lun
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6. Christian missionary who wrote the majority of the New Testament
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Saint Paul
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5: Chinese philosopher
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Confucius
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4: Founder of Buddhism
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Buddha
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3: Son of God and founder of Christianity
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Jesus
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2: British scientist who discovered gravity and electromagnetism
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Isaac Newton
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1: Prophet of Islam
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Muhammad
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