LISTS

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George Boole	Mathematician	2-Nov-1815	8-Dec-1864	Inventor of Boolean Algebra
Charles Boyle	Military	1676	28-Aug-1731	4th Earl of Orrery
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon	Naturalist	7-Sep-1707	16-Apr-1788	Histoire Naturelle
Anthony Comstock	Activist	7-Mar-1844	21-Sep-1915	New York Society for the Suppression of Vice
Louis Daguerre	Inventor	18-Nov-1787	10-Jul-1851	Invented Daguerreotype photography
Marquis de Sade	Author	2-Jun-1740	2-Dec-1814	120 Days of Sodom
Luigi Galvani	Doctor	9-Sep-1737	4-Dec-1798	Explored bioelectical phenomena
Elbridge Gerry	Politician	17-Jul-1744	23-Nov-1814	Patron saint of Gerrymandering
John Loudon McAdam	Inventor	21-Sep-1756	26-Nov-1836	Macadam method of roads
Franz Anton Mesmer	Paranormal	23-May-1734	5-Mar-1815	Proponent of Animal Magnetism
Ernesto Miranda	Criminal	9-Mar-1941	31-Jan-1976	Miranda v. Arizona
Osman I	Royalty	1258	1326	Founder of the Ottoman Empire
Vidkun Quisling	Politician	18-Jul-1887	24-Oct-1945	Norwegian president, Nazi collaborator
Charles Richter	Scientist	26-Apr-1900	30-Sep-1985	Groundbreaking seismologist
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch	Novelist	27-Jan-1836	9-Mar-1895	Venus in Furs
Rick Santorum	Politician	10-May-1958		US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1995-2007
Henry Shrapnel	Inventor	3-Jun-1761	13-Mar-1842	Explosive artillery shell
Loyd Sigmon	Radio Personality	6-May-1909	2-Jun-2004	SigAlert inventor
Amerigo Vespucci	Explorer	9-Mar-1454	22-Feb-1512	American eponym

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