Famous people in history

She was an American aviation pioneer who became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Who was she?

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She was the first Portuguese woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal as a marathon runner. Who is she?

• Queen Elisabeth II

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She was the most famous Portuguese Fado singer in the world. Who was she?

• Queen Elisabeth II

• Amelia Earhart

• Amália Rodrigues

• Rosa Mota

Picasso was a famous Spanish painter.

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Vincent van Gogh was a famous Dutch painter.

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Louis Pasteur was a famous French chemist and microbiologist. He invented a way to pasteurise milk and developped a cure for rabies.

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) is one of the world’s greatest thinkers, artists and philosophers. Seeking after perfection, he created rare masterpieces of art such as ‘The Mona Lisa’ and The Last Supper.’

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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) is one of the most widely respected composers of classical music. He is considered one of the greatest composers of all time.

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Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) was an Italian explorer, colonizer, and navigator. He is remembered as the principal European discoverer of the Americas.

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William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely known as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist.

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