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Thomas Paine was a famous writer, political activist and revolutionary.
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R. D. Laing was an eminent Scottish psychiatrist.
Percy Grainger is lauded for his eccentric music and lifestyle.
Norman Mailer was an American novelist, journalist and screen writer.
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Neil Gaiman is an English writer of novels, short stories, children’s books and other literature.
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Morgan Tsvangirai is the former prime minister of Zimbabwe.
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Mikhail Glinka was a famous Russian composer who is revered as the father of Russian classical music.
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Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential and prominent writers of France.
Maurice Allais was the first French to receive the Nobel Prize.
Mark Twain was an American author and humorist.
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