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Historical Figures from Poland
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Nicolaus Copernicus
1473–1543Medieval PeriodOther
He spent decades developing a model of the solar system with the Earth moving round the Sun, delayed publishing it for years out of fear, and died days after the first copies arrived.
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Rosa Luxemburg
1871–1919Industrial AgeOther
She argued with everyone on the left — Lenin, Kautsky, Bernstein — and was murdered by the government's own paramilitaries at the moment her revolution seemed closest to succeeding.
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