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American lawyer and politician who served as the 15th Vice President of the United States under President Abraham Lincoln

American businessman, author, and United States Army general known for his Civil War command and military strategy

Russian occult writer, mystic, and co-founder of the Theosophical Society, known for her foundational works on Theosophy

American showman, businessman, and politician who co-founded the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and was known for promoting celebrated hoaxes

American writer and poet known for Moby-Dick and other works of the American Renaissance period

German inventor and engineer who developed the compressed charge internal combustion engine, fundamental to modern engine technology

French official, architect, and urban planner who supervised the radical urban renewal of Paris, introducing grand boulevards and parks

French statesman and lawyer who served as President of France from 1879 to 1887, considered the first real republican president

First prime minister of Canada and dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, serving from 1867 to 1873 and 1878 to 1891

French post-Impressionist painter who developed the revolutionary techniques of chromoluminarism and pointillism

Pioneering 19th-century Russian mathematician, writer, and physicist who was the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics and a full professorship in Europe

French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes who influenced modern literature and prefigured surrealism, also a world traveler and arms trader