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Random Important People in History

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Last updated: June 20, 2020
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Who They Are / What They Did
Person
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Preeminent mathematician of the 18th century
Leonhard Euler
82
Father of nuclear physics
Ernest Rutherford
64
Conquered Persia and much of the Byzantine Empire
Umar
56
Potentially saved hundreds of millions by improving crop yields
Norman Borlaug
58
Emperor who led China to a golden age during the Tang dynasty
Taizong of Tang
78
Discovered that the Earth revolves around the Sun
Nicolaus Copernicus
66
First President of Indonesia
Sukarno
75
Helped develop the Scientific Method
Francis Bacon
32
Improved the steam engine
James Watt
33
Made huge breakthroughs in disease prevention
Louis Pasteur
25
Expanded the Frankish empire
Charlemagne
14
Led the Communist revolution in China
Mao Zedong
84
Invented the radio
Guglielmo Marconi
54
Invented birth control
Gregory Pincus
59
Assembly line and automobile pioneer
Henry Ford
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