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Arthur Hiller
Arthur Hiller was a Canadian-born film director who belted out several hit films in the 1960s and 70s including the classic romantic film, ‘Love Story’
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-born American architect
Otto Stern
Otto Stern was a German born American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1943
Fernand Léger
Fernand Léger was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker in the first half of the 20th century
Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Hess was the Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler and the third most important politician in Nazi Germany after Hitler and Hermann Göring
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a famous American feminist, sociologist and novelist
Vivian Vance
Vivian Vance was an American actress, best known for playing the role of Ethel Mertz in the long-running American sitcom ‘I Love Lucy.’ This biography profiles her childhood, family, personal life, career, etc.
Dashrath Manjhi
Dashrath Manjhi was a poor Indian laborer who single-handedly carved a path through a hillock
Frederick The Great
Frederick II or Frederick the Great was King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786