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Historical Figures and Influential People in History
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Paul von Hindenburg
1847–1934Industrial AgeGermany
He was a war hero and a president who despised Hitler, considered him a vulgar upstart — and then appointed him chancellor anyway, convinced he could control him.
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Pompey the Great
-106–-48Classical WorldItaly
He was the most celebrated Roman general of his age, until Caesar's victories in Gaul made his own look modest — a rivalry that helped end the republic.
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Pope Alexander VI
1431–1503Medieval PeriodSpain
He was a pope who fathered children, bribed his way to the papacy, and helped divide the entire western hemisphere between two countries — and the Church never fully disowned him.
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Prince Henry the Navigator
1394–1460Medieval PeriodPortugal
He never navigated anywhere himself — but the expeditions he financed from his palace on the Portuguese coast opened the African coastline and began the age of exploration.
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