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Last updated: June 20, 2020
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Person
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Conquered the Aztecs
Hernán Cortés
94
Musical composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
89
Helped overthrow the Shogunate in Japan
Sakamoto Ryōma
16
Conquered the Persian Empire and spread Greek culture
Alexander the Great
92
Playwright
William Shakespeare
39
Father of Economics
Adam Smith
52
Made discoveries about radiation
Marie Curie
71
First post-apartheid President of South Africa
Nelson Mandela
63
Founded the Umayyad caliphate
Muawiyah I
51
Preeminent mathematician of the 18th century
Leonhard Euler
49
To Sunnis, the fourth caliph; to shiites, the first imam
Ali
42
Greatly expanded the Russian empire
Peter the Great
97
Arguably influenced pop culture more than anyone else
Walt Disney
40
Helped invent the lightbulb and much more
Thomas Edison
48
Invented the airplane (two people)
Wright Brothers
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