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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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Sometimes called the Father of Modern Science
Galileo Galilei
30
Started the Crusades
Pope Urban II
63
Founded the Umayyad caliphate
Muawiyah I
94
Musical composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
21
Conquered England
William the Conqueror
22
Discovered calculus and the theory of gravitation
Isaac Newton
8
Invented the printing press
Johannes Gutenberg
97
Arguably influenced pop culture more than anyone else
Walt Disney
15
Unified China
Qin Shi Huang
87
Father of computer science
Alan Turing
23
Father of Western Philosophy
Plato
28
Converted the Gentiles to Christianity
St. Paul
90
Hero of Mexican independence
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
92
Playwright
William Shakespeare
5
Rediscovered the New World
Christopher Columbus
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