Forgotten Historical Figures Who Shaped The World

Hedy Lamarr (Inventor and Actress)

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Nikolai Tesla (Inventor)

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Ada Lovelace (Mathematician)

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Rosalind Franklin (Scientist)

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Ignaz Semmelweis (Physician)

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Mary Anning (Paleontologist)

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Nanny of the Maroons (Freedom Fighter)

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