¤Archimedes ** mathematician and physicist. ¤Aristotle ** philosopher and zoologist. ¤Armstrong, Neil Alden ** the first man to step on the moon. ¤Attenborough, David ** a great nature researcher and famous TV presenter. ¤Bach, Johann Sebastian ** German classical music composer who is known as the Master of Masters. ¤Beethoven, Ludwig van ** a distinguished composer of classical music during the 1800s who composed and conducted the Ninth Symphony when he was completely deaf. ¤Bell, Alexander Graham ** invented the telephone. ¤Bhutto, Benazir ** the first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan. ¤Bonaparte, Napoleon ** French emperor. ¤Caesar, Julius ** dictator of the Roman Empire. ¤Churchill, Sir Winston ** Prime Minister of England during the Second World War. ¤Columbus, Christopher ** discovered America. ¤Comaneci, Nadia ** the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in the Olympic Games. ¤Cook, James ** discovered Australia. ¤Curie, Marie ** discovered radium. ¤da Vinci, Leornardo ** the artist who painted the Mona Lisa. ¤del Cana, Sebastian ** the first man to sail around the world. ¤Dickens, Charles ** a great English novelist. ¤Edison, Thomas ** invented the light bulb. ¤Eijkman, Christian ** Dutch doctor who discovered that vitamins are necessary for good health. ¤Einstein, Albert ** a great mathematician and physcist. ¤Fleming, Alexander ** discovered penicillin. ¤Gagarin, Yuri ** the first man to travel in space (from the former U.S.S.R). ¤Galilei, Galileo ** invented the telescope. ¤Gandhi, Indira ** the first woman Prime Minister of India. ¤Gandhi, Mahatma ** the man who led the fight for independence for India. ¤Hippocrates ** the father of modern medicine. ¤Jenner, Edward ** English doctor who discovered vaccination. ¤Laennec, Theophile ** French doctor who invented the first stethoscope. ¤Lincoln, Abraham ** the American President who fought for freedom for the Negro slaves. ¤Marconi, Guglielmo ** the father of the wireless (radio). ¤Morse, Samuel F.B. ** invented the telegraph. ¤Mother Teresa ** a nun dedicated to relieve poverty and suffering of the poor. ¤Mozart, Wolfgang ** a great Australian classical music composer of the 18th century, often hailed as a child prodigy. ¤Nightingale, Florence ** a dedicated English nurse. ¤Newton, Sir Issac ** discovered the law of gravity and laws of motion. ¤Pasteur, Louis ** discovered that germ causes diseases. ¤Polo, Marco ** the great traveller to Asia to China. ¤Raffles, Sir Stamford ** founder of Singapore. ¤Shakespeare, William ** the greatest playwright. ¤Spitz, Mark ** the most successful swimmer and the first to win 9 Olympic gold medals. ¤Stevenson, Robert Louis ** a great poet and writer. ¤Thatcher, Margaret ** the first Prime Minister of the UK. ¤Washington, George ** the first President of the U.S.A. ¤Wright, Orville & Wilbur ** invented the aeroplane.
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